Links to further information and to related organizations
Quaker organizations and sources of information:
The Quaker Web Page is a vast website providing links to Quaker history, writings, organizations, Meetings, genealogy, retirement homes, schools, Oats (!), andmuch, much more. If you can't find it on that website it probably isn't Quaker!
The Quaker Information Center in Philadelphia has online information about Quaker beliefs & practices, history, organizations, literature, activities, and events, volunteer & service opportunities, and more.
Friends Camp is a Quaker summer camp under the care of NEYM.
Friends General Conference (FGC), a Quaker organization in the unprogrammed tradition of the Religious Society of Friends, comprises non-pastoral Quaker meetings. NEYM is a member of FGC. Each year it holds a large Gathering, which in 2004 will be in Amherst. A flyer about it is on the web.
Friends United Meeting (FUM), an association of Friends Churches around the world, comprises largely programmed (pastoral) Quaker Meetings. NEYM is a member of FUM.
Friends Peace Teams (FPT) promotes spirit led peace team work among members of the Religious Society of Friends. Friends Peace Teams also partners with Christian Peacemaker Teams and Peace Brigades International. NEYM is a member of FPT.
The American Friends Service Committee (Western Massachusetts) has an office in Florence MA and is a leader in regional efforts for peace, justice, and human rights. Its website contains much of interest including a calendar of regional events.
The Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) is a Quaker lobby in the public interest. FCNL seeks to bring the concerns, experiences and testimonies of the Religious Society of Friends to bear on policy decisions in the nation's capital.
Frances Crowe, member of Mount Toby Friends, founder of western Massachusetts AFSC, and longtime draft/CO counselor, was interviewed at Traprock in 2004. Her interview, titled "You have a Legal Right to be a Conscientious Objector," is here.
Many more Quaker organizations can be found on the Quaker Web Page.
Other Meetings can be located using this "Quaker Finder."
Organizations and sources which are not specifically Quaker nor endorsed by Mount Toby Friends, but placed here because of their general consistency with Mount Toby Friends' testimonies and concerns:
Several organizations in our region working for peace, justice, and human rights are listed here.
The Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) is an association of community based groups and prison based groups offering experiential workshops in personal growth and creative conflict management.
The Religious Coalition for the Freedom to Marry supports civil marriage rights for same gender couples and seeks to promote dialogue within faith communities about religious marriage for gay and lesbian couples.