| Related Organizations (other than Monthly Meetings and Churches in other Quaker branches) | |
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| Pacific Yearly Meeting - our association of unprogrammed monthly meetings in California, Nevada, Hawaii, Mexico and Guatemala |
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| College Park Quarterly Meeting - our quarterly gathering of unprogrammed Monthly Meetings in the Northern California and Northern Nevada region |
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American Friends Service Committee - a charitable organization based on Quaker principles that works worldwide to promote peace, justice, and human dignity.
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| Friends General Conference (FGC) -- North American organization serving unprogrammed Yearly Meetings. Summer Gathering is largest annual conference for unprogrammed Friends. Lots of resources for religious education, anti-racism work, etc. |
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| Ben Lomond Quaker Center - the forested retreat center near Santa Cruz where we have our yearly retreat and that provides programs throughout the year |
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| Friends Committee on National Legislation -- Quaker lobbying group in Washington, D.C. and on which we have a representative |
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| Friends Committee on Legislation of California -- Quaker lobbying group in Sacramento, on which we have a representative |
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| Sierra Friends Center - providing educational programs about spirituality, peace, sustainability, and social action - hosting the Woolman Semester, Sierra Friends Camp and Adult Workshops. |
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| San Francisco Friends School - a K–8 co-educational independent school infused with Quaker values |
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| Friends House -- a continuing care closely-knit, residential retirement community located near Santa Rosa, California. |
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| Friends for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Concerns |
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| Fellowship of Friends of African Descent |
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| Alternatives to Violence Project - offering workshops in prisons and in the larger community that seeks to reduce unresolved conflicts |
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| Non-Violent Peace Force - our members support and participate in this nonpartisan unarmed civilian peacekeeping force composed of trained civilians from around the world |
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| Friends World Committee for Consultation Section of the Americas (English and Spanish) -- En espanol: Comite Mundial de Consulta de los Amigos |
| Other Monthly Meetings and Churches in other Quaker branches | |
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| Berkeley Monthly Meeting |
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| Strawberry Creek Monthly Meeting (located in Berkeley) |
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| Palo Alto Monthly Meeting |
| Marin Monthly Meeting (no website, see www.quakerfinder.org for more info) | |
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| Berkeley Friends Church (pastoral Church belonging to Friends United Meeting) |
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| Walnut Creek Friends Church (pastoral Church belonging to Evangelical Friends Church South West) |
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| Friends United Meeting (FUM) - Worldwide organization of mostly pastoral and programmed Friends Yearly Meetings |
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| Evangelical Friends Church South West (EFCSW) - evangelical Yearly Meeting in California, Nevada and Arizona |
| Traditionally Printed Publications | |
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| Friends Journal - national monthly magazine of liberal, unprogrammed Friends |
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| Friends Bulletin, the publication of Western Quakers |
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| Quakerbooks.Org - books from the Friends General Conference, the largest online Quaker bookstore in America |
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| Quaker Life - national bi-monthly magazine, published by Friends United Meeting |
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| Quakers United In Publishing (QUIP)- a web guide to Quaker publications |
| More Online Resources | |
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| Online version of Faith and Practice maintained by the Pacific Yearly Meeting (see organizations, above) - the fundamental publication setting forth principles and community methods used in our meeting |
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| www.quaker.org - the granddaddy of Quaker websites, with links to all kinds of Quaker organizations |
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| www.quakerquaker.org - blog aggregator, with links to the best of recent blogposts on Quaker themes |
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| Quaker Electronic Archive, maintained by George Amoss Jr., said to be the "first general-purpose Quaker site on the Internet," site containing Quaker writings, basic information about Quakerism and other resources. |
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| Quakerfinder, to locate Meetings in North America |
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Community Blogs and Websites (with Quaker-related themes, maintained by meeting members and attenders) | |
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| What Canst Thou Say? by Robin Mohr. A relatively low-tech, Green, feminist, convergent Quaker blog. With lots of references to children and the occasional pie recipe. And a Christian conversion story, now in progress. |
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| This is a site for Jim Pilliod to place his ponderings. |
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| Rolene Walker's website describes the walk she and others will make from North America to Chile to celebrate the beauty of the earth starting in spring 2008. |
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| Seams of a Peculiar Queer by cubbie storm cubbie is a young adult friend who spends a lot of time in self-reflection, contemplating his understanding of god, gender, race, privilege, quakerism, and himself. |
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| Meridian Gallery Dedicated since 1989 to breaking down racial, cultural, economic and geographic barriers through the arts, Meridian Gallery assumes a tangible responsibility to explore issues and to make spaces where youth and adults can access experientially a widening of the possible. |
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| Tables, Chairs and Oaken Chests by Chris Mohr Yet another Conservative-leaning liberal Friend. (As in Conservative, not conservative, Friends!) With a title inspired by Jesus Christ Superstar, and topics that include Firstday School lessons, books (mostly Quaker), and events at meeting. |