The Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) Announces an Event Sept 28, 2022
(Text from the FCNL website.)
As the November elections approach, the fault lines in our democracy are increasingly evident. A deeply polarized public, threats of election-related violence, and efforts to make voting more difficult and to manipulate election outcomes are challenges to Quaker efforts to listen deeply and honestly, engage peacefully across differences, and speak truth.
These challenges have led Friends across the country to unite in a call to discernment and action. More than 650 individuals, meetings, churches, and Quaker organizations from 43 states have already endorsed the Quaker Call , with many more joining in discussions and organizing efforts around these concerns.
Join us [FCNL and others] on Weds. Sept. 28 at 6:30 p.m. EDT to discuss how Quakers are being led to respond to threats to our democracy. We’ll be joined by Gretchen Castle, dean of the Earlham School of Religion and a member of the Quaker Call steering committee, and Margaret Lew, a Friend from New York actively involved in organizing efforts responding to the Quaker Call to action. They’ll be in dialogue with FCNL’s Senior Director of Community and Culture Alicia McBride.