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
At Oakwood Friends School and Online
NYYM will again meet at Oakwood Friends School in Poughkeepsie, NY, for Summer Sessions. Oakwood is part of New York Yearly Meeting — a Quaker boarding school for grades 5-12 with a green, compact, suburban campus with dorms, a dining hall, and many hotels within a five minute drive. This year Summer Sessions features a full day youth program and will begin with a weekend focused on intergenerational community activities. Check out the "Week-at-a-glance" schedule.
News and Announcements
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
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
Minutes from NYYM Summer Sessions 2024
You can view the Minutes from Spring Sessions 2024 in two ways: online with links to supporting documents, or download a single PDF file with supporting documents attached.
NYYM Minute on Race and Racism - A Minute of Conscience against racism