Friends Peace Teams North America

04/17/2026

03/30/2026

Event;
Teens and adults join others in learning, practicing, preparing for action, and taking action!
What’s today’s movement of love and conscience look like?

NORTH AMERICA — Event: Teens and adults join others in learning, practicing, preparing for action, and taking action! What’s today’s movement of love and conscience look like?

03/30/2026

EVENT:
Quaker author Curt Torell will explain recent legal changes in draft registration and outline steps for conscientious objectors to war to respond. Then the group will self-organize next steps for mutual support and counsel. Everyone is welcome.

NORTH AMERICA — Event: Quaker author Curt Torell will explain recent legal changes in draft registration and outline steps for conscientious objectors to war to respond. Then the group will self-or…

03/16/2026

Historically, Quakers have been known for “not taking sides,” which we recognize does not reflect our understanding or practice today. The expression was used to reflect Quakers’ faith in the blessing of life. Every person, every life, is a manifestation of Spirit. Known for reaching out to everyone and bridging divides, Quakers invest in relationships and dialogue and resist the destructive business of enemy-making, pitting some people against others.- Nadine Hoover

NORTH AMERICA — Historically, Quakers have been known for “not taking sides,” which we recognize does not reflect our understanding or practice today. The expression was used to reflect Quakers’ fa…

02/23/2026

The Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) Workshop first began in Green Haven prison in New York in 1975. Soon after, the second workshop was held in Auburn prison in New York, where workshop exercises and activities were refined, giving rise to the AVP workshop format that we know today. The workshops have spread beyond the prison walls into schools and communities. In Friends Peace Teams, the AVP for Justice and Peace (AVP-JP) is a Special Topic workshop series for justice and peace workers, including the AVP Basic workshop on Transforming Power, Trauma Resiliency, Liberation from Oppression, and Discerning a Consensus of Conscience. On October 24-26, 2025, an AVP Trauma Resiliency workshop was held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. What follows is a reflection written by a participant in the workshop.

NORTH AMERICA — The Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) Workshop first began in Green Haven prison in New York in 1975. Soon after, the second workshop was held in Auburn prison in New York, whe…

02/16/2026

On October 12, 2025, forty one people from across the world gathered online for an Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) mini-workshop. The workshop was possible through the collaboration of Friends Peace Teams North America and Asia West Pacific regional teams. The facilitating and tech teams were made up of four people from the US, four from the Phillipines, and one each from Malaysia and Indonesia. Read on for the teammates’ reflection on working together.

NORTH AMERICA — On October 12, 2025, forty one people from across the world gathered online for an Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) mini-workshop. The workshop was possible through the collab…

01/26/2026

Dear Friends,
Thought you might enjoy watching this video created by our 2025 intern Carolyn Yao of Haverford College about her experiences at Peace Place and Joglo Preschool: Friends Peace Teams, Asia West Pacific Peace Place, Pati: Report by Carolyn Yao Peace and Justice Education Intern.

FRIENDS PEACE TEAMS — Thought you might enjoy watching this video created by our 2025 intern Carolyn Yao of Haverford College about her experiences at Peace Place and Joglo Preschool: Friends Peace…

01/05/2026

Having worked in war zones for decades, I have witnessed and heard of severe human rights violations. It’s tragic what human beings can do to one another — humiliation, intimidation, enslavement, forced sterilization, and all kinds of sexual, emotional, medical, and physical violence. Nadine Hoover

NORTH AMERICA — Having worked in war zones for decades, I have witnessed and heard of severe human rights violations. It’s tragic what human beings can do to one another — humiliation, intimidation…

12/08/2025

The Quaker legacy of justice and peace work in the world is marked by silent assistance from the nameless to the nameless; living from faith in the ways Spirit guides and shapes us; letting love and truth change us and take us places we never imagined; calling on Spirit in every person to act in accord with love and conscience in our relationships with all of creation. We make no enemies, take no sides. We make friends, and trust the universal Spirit of Life we share.

NORTH AMERICA — The Quaker legacy of justice and peace work in the world is marked by silent assistance from the nameless to the nameless; living from faith in the ways Spirit guides and shapes us;…

11/03/2025

Chuck Fager published a report on the new Quaker House Substack channel: Illinois National Guard Members Plan to Refuse “Midway Blitz” Orders, concerning two members of the Illinois National Guard who had gone public with their intention to refuse orders to deploy to Chicago in support of the ongoing “Midway Blitz” raids by ICE and Border Patrol agents. Go to the Quaker House Substack link to read the full report.

NORTH AMERICA — For 55 years Quaker House has been on the front lines of working to achieve a world of peace. They need your support to continue. Please consider writing a Statement of Conscience o…

10/22/2025

Join us in a gathering to celebrate the people who work for justice and peace in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Ecuador, Colombia and Cuba through Friends Peace Teams.

PEACEBUILDING EN LAS AMÈRICAS —Join us in a gathering to celebrate the people who work for justice and peace in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Ecuador, Colombia and Cuba through Friends Peace Te…