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Baltimore Yearly Meeting - is the regional organization for the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in the area of central Pennsylvania, Maryland, parts of West Virginia, Virginia, and the District of Columbia. It is through membership in a Yearly Meeting that individual Quakers become connected with the larger Quaker movement worldwide.

Friends General Conference - Friends General Conference provides services and resources for individual Friends, meetings, and people interested in the Quaker way. FGC is an association of regional Friends communities in the U.S. and Canada working together to nurture a vital Quaker faith.

Friends Committee on National LegislationThe Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) is the largest peace lobby and the oldest registered ecumenical lobby in Washington, DC. Founded in 1943 by members of the Religious Society of Friends, FCNL staff and volunteers work with a nationwide network of thousands of people from many different races, religions, and cultures to advocate social and economic justice, peace, and good government.

The organization’s legislative priorities and policies are set by a General Committee made up of some 220 Quakers from around the country. FCNL’s multi-issue advocacy connects historic Quaker testimonies on peace, equality, simplicity, and truth with peace and social justice issues that the United States Government is or should be addressing.

FCNL is a nonpartisan 501(c)4 public interest lobby. It is neither a political action committee nor a special interest lobby. The FCNL Education Fund is a parallel 501(c)3 organization that supports the research, analysis, and education for which FCNL is known and respected.

AFSCThe American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) carries out service, development, social justice, and peace programs throughout the world. Founded by Quakers in 1917 to provide conscientious objectors with an opportunity to aid civilian war victims, AFSC’s work attracts the support and partnership of people of many races, religions, and cultures.

Pendle Hill - a conference and retreat center emphasizing worship, study, work and service. Located in Media, Pennsylvania, it is a vibrant experiment in religious education fostering"the basic social testimonies of Friends: equality of opportunity and respect for individuals, simplicity of the educational and material environment, harmony of inward and outward actions, community in daily life and in the seeking of the Spirit."  Despite many changes since its founding in 1930, Pendle Hill thrives as an "educational experiment, grounded in the spiritual and social principles of Friends - a community centered in the daily meeting for worship and sharing a common life of study, work, recreation, and mutual care and concern for one another.

Quaker Earthcare Witness - a network of Friends (Quakers) in North America and other like-minded people who are taking spirit-led action to address the ecological and social crises of the world from a spiritual perspective, emphasizing Quaker process and testimonies

Right Sharing of World Resources - "Empowering Women: One Grant at a Time" -Right Sharing of World Resources is a Quaker micro-credit organization that supports grassroots income-generating projects in developing countries, led by women, many of whom are making less than a dollar a day.

Friends Journal-a donor supported monthly publication and expanding on-line presence of Quaker Thought and Life Today.

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