Friends Organizations of Interest
- Jul 1
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Below is a list of Friends Organizations of interest.
American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), is a worldwide service organization founded and supported by Friends. http://www.afsc.org
Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL), is a Quaker lobby group in Washington, D.C. The FCNL provides information in support of issues such as religious liberty, Native American self-determination and treaty rights, documentation of defence expenditures, and many other subjects that have been idenified as priorities by Monthly Meetings and individual Friends that support the work of the FCNL. http://www.fcnl.org/
Friends General Conference, an association of 14 regional yearly meetings, regional groups and individuals meetings primarily in the United States and Canada founded in 1900. Our meeting is affiliated with FGC through our affiliation with Piedmont Friends Fellowship. http://www.fgcquakers.org/
Genealogical information can be researched at http://www.qfhs.mcmail.com/.
GI Rights Hotline: The hotline assists servicepeople who are seeking discharge and want to know their rights and other factual informaiton regarding termination of military service. The GI Rights hotline number is (877) 447-4487. http://www.girightshotline.org/
Quaker.org compiles diverse resources about the Religious Society of Friends. http://www.quaker.org/
Quakerinfo.com also compiles information about Quakers including recent news articles. http://www.quakerinfo.com
Quaker House, this Fayetteville-based non-profit offers Friends witness regarding military service and recruitment. Draft counceling services, including the GI Rights Hotline are available for those who are conscienciously opposed to military service. Quaker House is supported by Raleigh Friends Meeting. Their e-mail address is quakerhse@aol.com. http://www.quakerhouse.org/.
Find a Meeting
Quaker.org provides links or contact information for international yearly meetings and individual meetings. http://www.quaker.org/meetings.html#YEARLY, http://www.quaker.org/meetings.html, and http://www.quaker.org/meetings.html#OTHER
QuakerFinder.org is a handy way to search for U.S. Quaker meetings by city. QuakerFinder.org
Quakerinfo.com provides information about how to locate Quaker meetings and their differences. http://www.quakerinfo.com/quakfind.shtml
If you were unsuccessful locating a Friends Meeting in QuakerFinder.org, the excellent article at http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/quakerism/42798 may help.
Children and Youth Resources
Quaker Camps lists Quaker-based summer camps throughout the nation. http://quakercamps.org/Name.html
Quaker schools is Wikipedia's list of Friends School. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Friends_schools#United_Stateshttp://
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