The Peace Testimony in Troubled Times

During times of uncertainty and violent escalation, like the recent attack on the U.S. Capitol, how will the Peace testimony manifest itself in your life and in the life of your meeting? 

These resources offer historical information and ideas for living and witnessing peace in your daily life.

• Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College: The Quaker Testimony for Peace: Introduction 

• Quakers in the World: Peace and Nonviolence

• Friends Committee on National Legislation: War is Not the Answer

• American Friends Service Committee: Partners in spirit-led action

• QuakerSpeak: Holding the Peace - Quaker Nonviolence in the Time of Black Lives Matter

• QuakerSpeak: Can There Be a Nonviolent Response to Terrorism?

• The Albert Einstein Institute: 198 Methods of Nonviolent Action, adapted from Gene Sharp's The Politics of Nonviolent Action, Volume II

• Waging Nonviolence: A century later, the women’s suffrage movement offers a timely lesson on how to win through escalation - by George Lakey

• The Washington Post: The urgency of peaceful protest (an article about Bayard Rustin)

Books and Pamphlets from QuakerBooks

• Quaker Peace Testimony pamphlet (great resource to share with newcomers and spiritual seekers in meeting spaces, when it's safe to meet in-person again!)

• Practicing Peace

• Quakers and the Search for Peace

• Practicing Peace: Teaching Young Children the Quaker Peace Testimony (PDF)

• Transforming Power for Peace (QuakerPress)

• Peace is an Offering