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Yesterday morning, ICE agents shot and killed Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis. Our hearts are with her family, her loved ones, and the whole Minneapolis community working to stop ICE’s mass deportation agenda. We hold you in the Light.

In response to the violence that has unsettled many of us this week, NYC Quakers is holding a Called Meeting for Worship on Thurs., Jan. 8 at 12 pm at Brooklyn Meeting (110 Schermerhorn, Bklyn NY) and via Zoom. See nycquakers.org/events/calle...

Fifteenth Street Meeting has been hosting and organizing some activist-energizing events recently, with more to come. Last week I attended a performance of Reverend Billy and the Stop Shopping Choir that ended the SUN DAY of pro-clean-energy activation. It was ecstatic! Earthalujah!

This is a big win! New York Yearly Meeting is part of this lawsuit. The monthly meetings in NYYM, including all the meetings in NYC, are now protected from unwarranted ICE actions in or near their worship spaces due to this injunction.

Opposing immigration enforcement in houses of worship, Friends General Conference joined an interfaith lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and two of its enforcement agencies, the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Oh, per @nbcnews.com: Quaker groups file suit over the end of policy restricting ICE arrests in houses of worship. Note: Quakers were some of the earliest supporters of Sanctuary, even putting out a booklet on the topic in 1984 (it's still available). www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

@nycquakers.org joined @nyclu.bsky.social for the #peoplesmarch in New York City today. We marched from Foley Square to Washington Square Park for #lgbtqrights #transrights #racialjustice #genderjustice #reproductiverights #protectourdemocracy #immigrantrights #freepalesti̇ne

“How do you live in a world that can never be repaired? How do you resist when you are too exhausted to dream of a future?” It took a substantial effort, but @floralashes.bsky.social found a way: “If we are doomed to suffer, maybe we can ensure that there will be love among the suffering.”

Friends Seminary, which shares a complex with 15th Street Meeting (and NY Quarterly Meeting) in NYC, hosts a James Turrell Skyspace on its roof. Tickets to visit in winter/spring 2025 have just become available - reserve soon: www.friendsskyspace.com/e-x-p-e-r-i-...

"Does your Quaker meeting long to have new people attend and become active in the meeting?... how can we truly welcome people to our Quaker communities?" Diane Randall reviews my Pendle Hill Pamphlet, Deep Hospitality, for @friendsjournal.org www.friendsjournal.org/book/deep-ho...

Check it out! @catsashimi.bsky.social has put together a Quaker starter pack. If you're looking for Friends online, it'll be a good place to start.

NYC Quakers signing in to BlueSky! This is Sarah, a real Quaker person who missed the old Twitter. Nice to be here!