Quakers share a common faith, based on experience, that every human being can commune with God directly, without the need for any mediating persons or rituals, and that the worshiping community can commune directly with God, as well.
Next Sessions
Join NYYM Friends for Fall Sessions 2025, Online via Zoom on December 5-7, 2025. Fall Sessions gives us the opportunity for worship together, attend to business and learn from each other. This year our evening programs will focus on the final part of our 2025 Theme: Dare to Hope! Dare to Heal! Dare to Witness! We will hear from NYYM Young Adult Friends as they tell us of ways they Dare to Witness and from Meetings or individuals whose witness can inspire us all. Details and presenters are not yet finalized.
Spring Sessions 2026 will be held online via Zoom and in-person at Oakwood Friends School from Friday evening through Sunday Meeting for Worship and lunch. Business sessions, evening programs and Meeting for Worship will be hybrid to enable online participation. There is no programming for children and youth at Spring Sessions. Please plan to join in. More information will be posted in early March.
All Friends are invited to attend Summer Sessions. At Summer Sessions Friends gather together and create a community where we can worship, play, and work with each other. It will again be hybrid, with many in-person events available for participation via Zoom. Please note that the date, July 12-18, is earlier in the month than in the past, and is right after Friends General Conference’s Gathering in Burlington, VT.
News and Announcements
NYYM Seeks a Communications Director
New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) is hiring a part-time Communications Director (20 hours/week, $31/hour). The role focuses on writing, editing, and curating digital publications and social media, as well as supporting communication strategy, events, and fundraising. For the full posting and job description, see nyym.org/communications-director-job. Priority will be given to applications received by November 17.
New York Yearly Meeting Call for Peace
The Clerk and the General Secretary of New York Yearly Meeting, with seasoning and guidance from Friends around the yearly meeting, have written a statement calling for nonviolent resolution to the war between Israel and Palestine. Read the full statement at nyym.org/peace-statement-2024.
Love Thy Neighbor - NYYM's Minute in support of transgender and gender non-conforming people
Approved at Spring Sessions 2024
Summer Sessions Minutes and Reports
Find out what happened at New York Yearly Meeting’s Summer Sessions 2025 by reading the minutes! There are two formats to choose from:
- The online version, with links to supporting documents
- The printable version, with supporting documents attached after the minutes
Minutes and Recordings from Spring Sessions 2025
- MINUTES: You can view the Minutes from Spring Sessions 2025 in two ways: online with links to supporting documents, or download a single PDF file with supporting documents attached.
- PLENARIES: Video recordings of Friday's Evening Program, and Saturday's Evening Program are available on the NYYM YouTube channel.
Minutes from Fall Sessions 2024
New York Yearly Meeting Friends met online for Fall Sessions in early December. You can now read the minutes from our business meetings in your choice of format:
- An interactive online version with links to the reports
- A PDF version that can be printed or downloaded to be read offline and includes the reports at the end
NYYM Minute on Race and Racism - A Minute of Conscience against racism