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The 2025 White Privilege Conference drew 500 attendees, including four FGC staff and 19 other Friends.

YAY, FGC’s young adult, youth, and family gathering is open for registration! The Young Adult & Youth (YAY) Gathering is a five-day, in-person event hosted by Friends General Conference from Wednesday, July 2, 2025, through Sunday, July 6, 2025, at the Colombiere Retreat Center in Clarkston, Michigan (about 50 minutes outside of Detroit). Children, teens,…

FGC staff use this link to sign out Covid supplies (2025).

The objective of the Events Coordinator shall be to develop and implement exemplary events for the Religious Society of Friends through FGC.

The coordinator will develop a culture in which anti-racist practice is centered as an essential part of spiritual formation.

FGC recommends the following tip for newcomers to the Quaker faith: Interrogate Quakerism’s complicated legacies:  Native American boarding schools, gay marriage, and racism.

QuakerBooks of FGC is offering a $5 Book Sale on many titles!

Friends General Conference has joined a multifaith coalition and the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection (ICAP) in opposition to the rescission of ICE’s sensitive locations policy.

FGC recommends the following tip for newcomers to the Quaker faith: Learn how to participate in the Quaker Coalition for Uprooting Racism.

FGC recommends the following tip for newcomers to the Quaker faith: Learn who supports your meeting — spiritually, physically, and financially.

As the General Secretary of Friends General Conference, I wish to state clearly that FGC’s vision as a religious community remains unchanged. 

The coordinator will develop a culture in which anti-racist practice is centered as an essential part of spiritual formation.