Quakers are active in the world, working to build peace and equality for everyone.
Some examples of the types of work that we do in our broader community include:
The Palo Alto Meeting supports projects in El Salvador. In addition, we have members and attenders who are volunteering with Friends House Moscow, in Haiti, and at Hidden Villa.
Our meeting provides meals for the local Hotel de Zink homeless shelter one month each year.
Our members volunteer with the Friends Committee on National Legislation to lobby for Quaker values at the federal level.
We also work with the FCLCA which works here in California. Our meeting holds an annual Quaker Harvest Festival fundraiser every September to support the work of FCLCA.
The American Friends Service Committee organizes Quaker projects in the US and across the world, including here in the Bay Area.
PAFM supports (currently or recently) the following organizations. For more information regarding PAFM’s work in the world, or to suggest organizations deserving of its support, please contact workintheworld@clerks.pafm.org.
American Friends Service Committee, Western Region
Ben Lomond Quaker Center
Earlham School of Religion
El Salvador Project, PAFM
Friends Committee on Legislation of Calif
Friends Committee on National Legislation
Friends for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Concerns
Friends House Moscow
Friends Journal
Friends Peace Teams
Friends World Committee for Consultation
Madison Quakers, Inc
Pendle Hill
Progresa: Guatemala Friends Scholarship Program
Quaker Earthcare Witness
Quaker House, Fayetteville, NC
Quaker United Nations Office
QuakerSpeak
Ramallah Friends School
Right Sharing of World Resources
San Jose Friends Meeting Sleeping Bag Project
Western Friend
American Muslim Voice
California Interfaith Power and Light
Catholic Worker of Redwood City
Center for Constitutional Rights
Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto
Day Worker Center of Mountain View
Ecumenical Hunger Program
Ending Racism USA
Hidden Villa
LifeMoves
Multifaith Voices for Peace and Justice
Planned Parenthood Mar Monte
Rebuilding Alliance
Showing Up for Racial Justice – Bay Area Chapter
SOAW (School of the Americas Watch)
Veterans for Peace, Chapter 101 – South Bay / Peninsula
We Hope