Friends Center, Philadelphia
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The Quaker hub for peace and justice. Space for worship, nonprofit offices, and events in Philadelphia. https://www.friendscentercorp.org.
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Trainings to Celebrate Our 50th Anniversary! – Friends Center
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Friends Center's office building opened in 1975--50 years ago!
This fall, we'll celebrate our 50th year as the Quaker hub for peace & justice in Philadelphia with a series of in-person trainings on nonviolent action.
Some details remain to be worked out. Here's the overview.
This fall, we'll celebrate our 50th year as the Quaker hub for peace & justice in Philadelphia with a series of in-person trainings on nonviolent action.
Some details remain to be worked out. Here's the overview.
The Friends Center board of directors has started a search for our next executive director. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
Please share with folks who have relevant experience.
Thanks to our equity partner @afsc-org.bsky.social
for supporting the search!
Full posting:
Please share with folks who have relevant experience.
Thanks to our equity partner @afsc-org.bsky.social
for supporting the search!
Full posting:
recruiting.ultipro.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The Friends Center board of directors has started a search for our next executive director. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
Please share with folks who have relevant experience.
Thanks to our equity partner @afsc-org.bsky.social
for supporting the search!
Full posting:
Please share with folks who have relevant experience.
Thanks to our equity partner @afsc-org.bsky.social
for supporting the search!
Full posting:
AP story on young adults showing up to Quaker worship at Arch Street Meeting House in Philadelphia!
We've seen this here, at Central Philadelphia Friends Meeting, and in other nearby meetings, too.
We've seen this here, at Central Philadelphia Friends Meeting, and in other nearby meetings, too.
Young adults turn to Quakers' silent worship to offset — and cope with — a noisy world
There’s been an unprecedented surge in the numbers of attendees at Sunday worship at the Quaker Arch Street Meeting House in Old City Philadelphia.
apnews.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:13 PM
AP story on young adults showing up to Quaker worship at Arch Street Meeting House in Philadelphia!
We've seen this here, at Central Philadelphia Friends Meeting, and in other nearby meetings, too.
We've seen this here, at Central Philadelphia Friends Meeting, and in other nearby meetings, too.
Reposted by Friends Center, Philadelphia
"Recent years have produced an unprecedented surge in the number of attendees at Sunday worship — from about 25 before the coronavirus pandemic to up to 100 today."
Good to see. Arch Street was where I was when I decided to become a Quaker member.
www.usnews.com/news/us/arti...
Good to see. Arch Street was where I was when I decided to become a Quaker member.
www.usnews.com/news/us/arti...
October 31, 2025 at 3:35 PM
"Recent years have produced an unprecedented surge in the number of attendees at Sunday worship — from about 25 before the coronavirus pandemic to up to 100 today."
Good to see. Arch Street was where I was when I decided to become a Quaker member.
www.usnews.com/news/us/arti...
Good to see. Arch Street was where I was when I decided to become a Quaker member.
www.usnews.com/news/us/arti...
Our executive director since 2015, Chris Mohr, will leave Friends Center staff as of 10/31/2025, to become General Secretary of @quakerspym.bsky.social, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Quakers). (1/2)
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting is pleased to announce the appointment of Christopher Mohr as the new General Secretary of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, starting November 8th!
Learn more about Chris at www.pym.org/new-philadel...
Learn more about Chris at www.pym.org/new-philadel...
October 30, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Our executive director since 2015, Chris Mohr, will leave Friends Center staff as of 10/31/2025, to become General Secretary of @quakerspym.bsky.social, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Quakers). (1/2)
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Join Friends Center's 50th anniversary celebration w/ our next training on Sun. 11/23 2-5 pm, led by @eqat.bsky.social:
Building Skills for Spiritually Grounded Nonviolent Action
Deepen your understanding & sharpen your skills!
Quakers & non-Quakers welcome.
Refreshments & childcare provided.
Building Skills for Spiritually Grounded Nonviolent Action
Deepen your understanding & sharpen your skills!
Quakers & non-Quakers welcome.
Refreshments & childcare provided.
Next Training for FC50: – Friends Center
friendscentercorp.org
October 23, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Join Friends Center's 50th anniversary celebration w/ our next training on Sun. 11/23 2-5 pm, led by @eqat.bsky.social:
Building Skills for Spiritually Grounded Nonviolent Action
Deepen your understanding & sharpen your skills!
Quakers & non-Quakers welcome.
Refreshments & childcare provided.
Building Skills for Spiritually Grounded Nonviolent Action
Deepen your understanding & sharpen your skills!
Quakers & non-Quakers welcome.
Refreshments & childcare provided.
The next training in our 50th anniversary series is "Skills for Spiritually Grounded Nonviolent Direct Action."
Join trainers from @eqat.bsky.social on Sunday, November 23, 2-5 pm, here at Friends Center!
Open to all, Quakers & non-Quakers alike!
Details & registration here:
Join trainers from @eqat.bsky.social on Sunday, November 23, 2-5 pm, here at Friends Center!
Open to all, Quakers & non-Quakers alike!
Details & registration here:
Building Skills for Spiritually Grounded Nonviolent Action - FC@50
This immersive training by CPFM & Earth Quaker Action Team (EQAT) will equip you with essential tools & strategies for direct NV action.
www.eventbrite.com
October 29, 2025 at 8:56 PM
The next training in our 50th anniversary series is "Skills for Spiritually Grounded Nonviolent Direct Action."
Join trainers from @eqat.bsky.social on Sunday, November 23, 2-5 pm, here at Friends Center!
Open to all, Quakers & non-Quakers alike!
Details & registration here:
Join trainers from @eqat.bsky.social on Sunday, November 23, 2-5 pm, here at Friends Center!
Open to all, Quakers & non-Quakers alike!
Details & registration here:
Join Friends Center's 50th anniversary celebration w/ our next training on Sun. 11/23 2-5 pm, led by @eqat.bsky.social:
Building Skills for Spiritually Grounded Nonviolent Action
Deepen your understanding & sharpen your skills!
Quakers & non-Quakers welcome.
Refreshments & childcare provided.
Building Skills for Spiritually Grounded Nonviolent Action
Deepen your understanding & sharpen your skills!
Quakers & non-Quakers welcome.
Refreshments & childcare provided.
Next Training for FC50: – Friends Center
friendscentercorp.org
October 23, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Join Friends Center's 50th anniversary celebration w/ our next training on Sun. 11/23 2-5 pm, led by @eqat.bsky.social:
Building Skills for Spiritually Grounded Nonviolent Action
Deepen your understanding & sharpen your skills!
Quakers & non-Quakers welcome.
Refreshments & childcare provided.
Building Skills for Spiritually Grounded Nonviolent Action
Deepen your understanding & sharpen your skills!
Quakers & non-Quakers welcome.
Refreshments & childcare provided.
Coming up Sunday 10/12/25, 3-5 pm: How faith communities can support immigrants.
Part of Friends Center's 50th anniversary series of trainings on nonviolent action.
Held here in Center City Philadelphia. Refreshments and child care provided.
For Quakers and non-Quakers alike!
Sign up here:
Part of Friends Center's 50th anniversary series of trainings on nonviolent action.
Held here in Center City Philadelphia. Refreshments and child care provided.
For Quakers and non-Quakers alike!
Sign up here:
How Faith Communities Can Support Immigrants - FC@50
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting & New Sanctuary Movement will help faith communities respond to expressed needs of immigrant communities.
www.eventbrite.com
October 9, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Coming up Sunday 10/12/25, 3-5 pm: How faith communities can support immigrants.
Part of Friends Center's 50th anniversary series of trainings on nonviolent action.
Held here in Center City Philadelphia. Refreshments and child care provided.
For Quakers and non-Quakers alike!
Sign up here:
Part of Friends Center's 50th anniversary series of trainings on nonviolent action.
Held here in Center City Philadelphia. Refreshments and child care provided.
For Quakers and non-Quakers alike!
Sign up here:
Registration is open for the next workshop in Friends Center's series to celebrate our 50th anniversary as the Quaker hub for peace & justice in Philly.
Here with @quakerspym.bsky.social next Sun. 10/12/25, 3-5 pm:
How Faith Communities Can Support Immigrants
Here with @quakerspym.bsky.social next Sun. 10/12/25, 3-5 pm:
How Faith Communities Can Support Immigrants
How Faith Communities Can Support Immigrants - FC@50
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting & New Sanctuary Movement will help faith communities respond to expressed needs of immigrant communities.
www.eventbrite.com
October 6, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Registration is open for the next workshop in Friends Center's series to celebrate our 50th anniversary as the Quaker hub for peace & justice in Philly.
Here with @quakerspym.bsky.social next Sun. 10/12/25, 3-5 pm:
How Faith Communities Can Support Immigrants
Here with @quakerspym.bsky.social next Sun. 10/12/25, 3-5 pm:
How Faith Communities Can Support Immigrants
World Quaker Day is this Sunday!
(Or, as earlier generations of Friends called it, and some still do today, this First Day.)
(Or, as earlier generations of Friends called it, and some still do today, this First Day.)
This year's World Quaker Day (5 October) is themed 'Love Your Neighbour'.
Our QuakerSpeak video on the theme, published in preparation, has been viewed nearly ten thousand times!
You can watch it too, here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylgi...
Our QuakerSpeak video on the theme, published in preparation, has been viewed nearly ten thousand times!
You can watch it too, here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylgi...
The Quaker Approach to the Bible
YouTube video by QuakerSpeak
www.youtube.com
October 2, 2025 at 2:29 PM
World Quaker Day is this Sunday!
(Or, as earlier generations of Friends called it, and some still do today, this First Day.)
(Or, as earlier generations of Friends called it, and some still do today, this First Day.)
Reposted by Friends Center, Philadelphia
FCNL’s Stephen Donahoe reflects on finding hope, even in the worst places:
“I am taking this reminder to seek out and cultivate resilience. I am taking this reminder to continue planting seeds, even in the rockiest soil.”
“I am taking this reminder to seek out and cultivate resilience. I am taking this reminder to continue planting seeds, even in the rockiest soil.”
Finding resilience, even in the worst places | Friends Committee On National Legislation
Recently I was traveling in Berlin for a long weekend with friends; I woke up in the morning of my last day convinced that I needed to visit Sachsenhausen, a nearby concentration camp. Throughout an o...
www.fcnl.org
October 1, 2025 at 1:57 PM
FCNL’s Stephen Donahoe reflects on finding hope, even in the worst places:
“I am taking this reminder to seek out and cultivate resilience. I am taking this reminder to continue planting seeds, even in the rockiest soil.”
“I am taking this reminder to seek out and cultivate resilience. I am taking this reminder to continue planting seeds, even in the rockiest soil.”
Reposted by Friends Center, Philadelphia
You can register here for our October 12th workshop on how faith communities can support immigrants. Open to Quakers non-Quakers alike!
How Faith Communities Can Support Immigrants - FC@50
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting & New Sanctuary Movement will help faith communities respond to expressed needs of immigrant communities.
www.eventbrite.com
September 30, 2025 at 5:53 PM
You can register here for our October 12th workshop on how faith communities can support immigrants. Open to Quakers non-Quakers alike!
Reposted by Friends Center, Philadelphia
New banners just dropped!
2025 is Friends Center's 50th anniversary as the Quaker hub for peace & justice in Philadelphia.
We're celebrating with a series of workshops on nonviolent action!
2025 is Friends Center's 50th anniversary as the Quaker hub for peace & justice in Philadelphia.
We're celebrating with a series of workshops on nonviolent action!
September 30, 2025 at 5:51 PM
New banners just dropped!
2025 is Friends Center's 50th anniversary as the Quaker hub for peace & justice in Philadelphia.
We're celebrating with a series of workshops on nonviolent action!
2025 is Friends Center's 50th anniversary as the Quaker hub for peace & justice in Philadelphia.
We're celebrating with a series of workshops on nonviolent action!
New banners just dropped!
2025 is Friends Center's 50th anniversary as the Quaker hub for peace & justice in Philadelphia.
We're celebrating with a series of workshops on nonviolent action!
2025 is Friends Center's 50th anniversary as the Quaker hub for peace & justice in Philadelphia.
We're celebrating with a series of workshops on nonviolent action!
September 30, 2025 at 5:51 PM
New banners just dropped!
2025 is Friends Center's 50th anniversary as the Quaker hub for peace & justice in Philadelphia.
We're celebrating with a series of workshops on nonviolent action!
2025 is Friends Center's 50th anniversary as the Quaker hub for peace & justice in Philadelphia.
We're celebrating with a series of workshops on nonviolent action!
At Stenton Museum in Philly, 9/30/25:
"Wrestling with Justice" will challenge widespread assumptions about northern slavery & create an interpretive framework, programming, & exhibits to explore untold stories of enslaved & free people at Stenton, & evolving 18th-C. Quaker attitudes re enslavement.
"Wrestling with Justice" will challenge widespread assumptions about northern slavery & create an interpretive framework, programming, & exhibits to explore untold stories of enslaved & free people at Stenton, & evolving 18th-C. Quaker attitudes re enslavement.
Wrestling With Justice - Taking It To The Streets
WRESTLING WITH JUSTICE will challenge widespread assumptions about northern slavery and create an interpretive framework, programming, and exhibits to explore untold stories of enslaved and free peopl...
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September 26, 2025 at 6:10 PM
At Stenton Museum in Philly, 9/30/25:
"Wrestling with Justice" will challenge widespread assumptions about northern slavery & create an interpretive framework, programming, & exhibits to explore untold stories of enslaved & free people at Stenton, & evolving 18th-C. Quaker attitudes re enslavement.
"Wrestling with Justice" will challenge widespread assumptions about northern slavery & create an interpretive framework, programming, & exhibits to explore untold stories of enslaved & free people at Stenton, & evolving 18th-C. Quaker attitudes re enslavement.
We continue our 50th anniversary training series Sun. 10/12/25, 3-5 pm, with @quakerspym.bsky.social & New Sanctuary Movement of Philly.
How faith communities can support immigrant justice, with updates on what’s happening on the ground & how to stand in solidarity.
Open to all. Register here:
How faith communities can support immigrant justice, with updates on what’s happening on the ground & how to stand in solidarity.
Open to all. Register here:
How Faith Communities Can Support Immigrants - FC@50
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting & New Sanctuary Movement will help faith communities respond to expressed needs of immigrant communities.
www.eventbrite.com
September 25, 2025 at 9:37 PM
We continue our 50th anniversary training series Sun. 10/12/25, 3-5 pm, with @quakerspym.bsky.social & New Sanctuary Movement of Philly.
How faith communities can support immigrant justice, with updates on what’s happening on the ground & how to stand in solidarity.
Open to all. Register here:
How faith communities can support immigrant justice, with updates on what’s happening on the ground & how to stand in solidarity.
Open to all. Register here:
Reposted by Friends Center, Philadelphia
This year's World Quaker Day (5 October) is themed 'Love Your Neighbour'.
Our QuakerSpeak video on the theme, published in preparation, has been viewed nearly ten thousand times!
You can watch it too, here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylgi...
Our QuakerSpeak video on the theme, published in preparation, has been viewed nearly ten thousand times!
You can watch it too, here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylgi...
The Quaker Approach to the Bible
YouTube video by QuakerSpeak
www.youtube.com
September 25, 2025 at 2:15 PM
This year's World Quaker Day (5 October) is themed 'Love Your Neighbour'.
Our QuakerSpeak video on the theme, published in preparation, has been viewed nearly ten thousand times!
You can watch it too, here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylgi...
Our QuakerSpeak video on the theme, published in preparation, has been viewed nearly ten thousand times!
You can watch it too, here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylgi...
Thanks to Lewis Webb of @afsc-org.bsky.social & Tonya McClary for leading our 1st training in Friends Center's series celebrating our 50th year as the Quaker hub for peace & justice in Philly.
Next: @quakerspym.bsky.social on how faith communities can support immigrants, here on 10/12/25, 3-5 pm.
Next: @quakerspym.bsky.social on how faith communities can support immigrants, here on 10/12/25, 3-5 pm.
Trainings to Celebrate Our 50th Anniversary! – Friends Center
friendscentercorp.org
September 22, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Thanks to Lewis Webb of @afsc-org.bsky.social & Tonya McClary for leading our 1st training in Friends Center's series celebrating our 50th year as the Quaker hub for peace & justice in Philly.
Next: @quakerspym.bsky.social on how faith communities can support immigrants, here on 10/12/25, 3-5 pm.
Next: @quakerspym.bsky.social on how faith communities can support immigrants, here on 10/12/25, 3-5 pm.
Reposted by Friends Center, Philadelphia
"We believe that career development, spiritual and faith practice, and mental health are key to long-term peace and community empowerment," says Joyeuse Senga, co-founder and executive director of Friends Career Center, which serves the needs of young people in Rwanda and Canada.
Empowering East African Youth to Build a Better Future
An interview with Joyeuse Senga of Friends Career Center.
www.friendsjournal.org
September 22, 2025 at 1:01 PM
"We believe that career development, spiritual and faith practice, and mental health are key to long-term peace and community empowerment," says Joyeuse Senga, co-founder and executive director of Friends Career Center, which serves the needs of young people in Rwanda and Canada.
Reposted by Friends Center, Philadelphia
Friends Center's 50th anniversary celebration as the Quaker hub for peace and justice in Philadelphia kicks off with @afsc-org.bsky.social's workshop here on Community Safety Beyond Policing.
Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/creating-c...
Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/creating-c...
Creating Community Safety Beyond Policing - FC@50
The US spends over $200 bn/yr on prisons & policing. Come learn how to develop community safety with transformative alternatives!
www.eventbrite.com
September 16, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Friends Center's 50th anniversary celebration as the Quaker hub for peace and justice in Philadelphia kicks off with @afsc-org.bsky.social's workshop here on Community Safety Beyond Policing.
Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/creating-c...
Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/creating-c...
Friends Center's 50th anniversary celebration as the Quaker hub for peace and justice in Philadelphia kicks off with @afsc-org.bsky.social's workshop here on Community Safety Beyond Policing.
Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/creating-c...
Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/creating-c...
Creating Community Safety Beyond Policing - FC@50
The US spends over $200 bn/yr on prisons & policing. Come learn how to develop community safety with transformative alternatives!
www.eventbrite.com
September 16, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Friends Center's 50th anniversary celebration as the Quaker hub for peace and justice in Philadelphia kicks off with @afsc-org.bsky.social's workshop here on Community Safety Beyond Policing.
Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/creating-c...
Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/creating-c...
Friends Center celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2025 with a series of trainings on nonviolent action. First up: Community Safety Beyond Policing, with @afsc-org.bsky.social.
Please share the flyer: friendscentercorp.org/wp-content/u...
Please share the flyer: friendscentercorp.org/wp-content/u...
September 12, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Friends Center celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2025 with a series of trainings on nonviolent action. First up: Community Safety Beyond Policing, with @afsc-org.bsky.social.
Please share the flyer: friendscentercorp.org/wp-content/u...
Please share the flyer: friendscentercorp.org/wp-content/u...
Reposted by Friends Center, Philadelphia
How can we share knowledge and insight across generations within our communities?
Read and watch searching conversations on faith and action between young Quakers and older members of the Welsh Quaker community.
Read the full blog, and access our new film, here:
Read and watch searching conversations on faith and action between young Quakers and older members of the Welsh Quaker community.
Read the full blog, and access our new film, here:
You can always ask me: intergenerational conversations about faith
Extract of an intergenerational conversation about Quaker faith
www.quaker.org.uk
September 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
How can we share knowledge and insight across generations within our communities?
Read and watch searching conversations on faith and action between young Quakers and older members of the Welsh Quaker community.
Read the full blog, and access our new film, here:
Read and watch searching conversations on faith and action between young Quakers and older members of the Welsh Quaker community.
Read the full blog, and access our new film, here:
Reposted by Friends Center, Philadelphia
Countdown is on! Our PFAS webinar is just days away.
Learn how “forever chemicals” impact obesity, infertility, cancer, and more — and what we can do to protect public health.
Featuring Megan Wolff, PhD, MPH.
Reserve your spot today: buff.ly/wanQdyW
Learn how “forever chemicals” impact obesity, infertility, cancer, and more — and what we can do to protect public health.
Featuring Megan Wolff, PhD, MPH.
Reserve your spot today: buff.ly/wanQdyW
September 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Countdown is on! Our PFAS webinar is just days away.
Learn how “forever chemicals” impact obesity, infertility, cancer, and more — and what we can do to protect public health.
Featuring Megan Wolff, PhD, MPH.
Reserve your spot today: buff.ly/wanQdyW
Learn how “forever chemicals” impact obesity, infertility, cancer, and more — and what we can do to protect public health.
Featuring Megan Wolff, PhD, MPH.
Reserve your spot today: buff.ly/wanQdyW
Reposted by Friends Center, Philadelphia
This thread features the Quaker & non-Quaker nonprofits that call Friends Center home.
If your organization needs office space in Center City Philadelphia, check us out. We have some space available for small groups whose missions align with Quaker values.
If your organization needs office space in Center City Philadelphia, check us out. We have some space available for small groups whose missions align with Quaker values.
July 11, 2025 at 3:05 PM
This thread features the Quaker & non-Quaker nonprofits that call Friends Center home.
If your organization needs office space in Center City Philadelphia, check us out. We have some space available for small groups whose missions align with Quaker values.
If your organization needs office space in Center City Philadelphia, check us out. We have some space available for small groups whose missions align with Quaker values.