Witness Section

This page is for news and activities of committees under the Witness Coordinating Commitee of New York Yearly Meeting.

Witness Coordinating Committee

• Policy on Sharing Fund Bequests

Alternatives to Violence Project, Inc., Committee

American Friends Service Committee

Barrington Dunbar Fund Committee

Black Concerns Committee

• Quaker Resources for Racial Justice

Bolivian Quaker Education Fund

• www.bqef.org

Committee on Conscientious Objection to Paying for War

Death Penalty Concerns

• Abolition of Death Penalty in N.J.

Ending Torture (includes Torture Awareness Working Group)

Friends Committee on National Legislation

• www.fcnl.org

Friends Peace Teams

• www.friendspeaceteams.org

Indian Affairs Committee

Latin American Concerns

• Epistle of the Second Gathering of Unprogrammed Friends in Latin America (May 2–4, 2008)
      Epistle in PDF
• Epístola de la Segunda Reunión de Cuáqueros No Programados en Latinoamérica (2–4 de mayo 2008)
      Epístola en PDF
• Mara Komoska Report on Comadres in El Salvador to NYYM Sessions, July 24, 2009
•     Report on Comadres in PDF

Meeting the Minimum Needs of All Working Group

National Campaign for a Peace Tax Fund representative

• www.peacetaxfund.org

National Religious Campaign against Torture representatives

• www.nrcat.org

New York State Council of Churches Public Policy Commission representatives

Peace Concerns

• Report of Peace Concerns resource person to NYYM Summer Sessions, July 24, 2009
•     Report to NYYM Sessions 2009 in PDF

Prisons Committee

Right Sharing of World Resources

Rural and Migrant Ministry representative

• http://ruralmigrantministry.org

William Penn House

• http://williampennhouse.org

World Ministries Committee

Other Witness Activities

• Ernie Buscemi: Letter to U.S. Congress on Iraq war, May 14, 2007*
• Ernie Buscemi: Letter to N.J. Legislators on the death penalty, May 4, 2007*
• Linda Chidsey: testimony for Resolution 367 to NY City Council, June 9, 2005
        PDF version*
• Linda Chidsey: testimony on the death penalty to NYS Legislature January 25, 2005.       PDF version*

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