Quaker Organizations

Links to Some Quaker Organizations

CLEARWATER FRIENDS AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS

Southeastern Yearly Meeting (SEYM): Clearwater Friends Meeting is a member of  SEYM, a community of  25 unprogrammed Quaker Meetings and Worship Groups in Florida, southeast Georgia, coastal South Carolina, and Managua, Nicaragua.

Friends General Conference (FGC):  Clearwater Friends Meeting and SEYM are members of Friends General Conference, a coalition of sixteen yearly meetings and twelve directly affiliated monthly meetings primarily in the United States and Canada.

OTHER QUAKER ORGANIZATIONS 

American Friends Service Committee (AFSC):  Founded by Quakers in 1917, and co-recipiant of the 1947 Nobel Peace Prize “for their pioneering work in the international peace movement and compassionate effort to relieve human suffering, thereby promoting the fraternity between nations.”  

Friends Journal: Available FREE online. Friends Journal’s staff work from all over the US, with a home office in Friends Center in Center City Philadelphia. Personnel include a staff of eleven and the assistance of volunteers and interns. Our readership is located in all 50 states and 43 foreign countries. The magazine is published in print 11 times per year and continuously online, supported by the voluntary contributions of our members.  

Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL): FCNL fields one of the largest faith-based lobbies in Washington, D.C. A national, nonpartisan Quaker organization that lobbies Congress and the administration to advance peace, justice, and environmental stewardship. Grounded by faith and morality, they strive to combine a pragmatic and results-driven strategy with a clear-eyed, ambitious vision of the world we seek.

Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC): FWCC represents Quakers around the world. Known today for its peaceful principles, the Quaker community circles the globe, spanning a rich diversity of regional cultures, beliefs and styles of worship. FWCC exists to bring fellowship to all Quakers around the world and speak on behalf of Quakers in international spaces such as the United Nations.

Friends Peace Teams is a Spirit-led organization working to develop long-term relationships with communities in conflict around the world to create programs for peace building, healing and reconciliation.

friendspeaceteams.org

Pendle Hill: Pendle Hill is a Quaker study, retreat, and conference center welcoming all for Spirit-led learning and community.  Their vision is "To create peace with justice in the world by transforming lives."

Quaker House is a manifestation of the Friends’ Peace Testimony. Based in Fayetteville, NC, home of Ft. Bragg, Quaker House provides counseling and support to service members who are questioning their role in the military; educates them, their families, and the public about military issues; and advocates for a more peaceful world.