Friends
Resources from the Community Wellness Team
August 5, 2025
NYC Quakers' wellness partner, University Settlement, shares resources and information for Friends.
Announcements
Jess Hobbs Pifer Joins New York Quarterly Meeting as Interim Community Organizer
Jess Hobbs Pifer will be serving as New York Quarterly Meeting's Interim Community Organizer while nova sturrup is on leave.
June 24th, 2025
Jess Hobbs Pifer Joins New York Quarterly Meeting as Interim Community Organizer
Jess Hobbs Pifer has joined the New York Quarterly staff as Interim Community Organizer while nova sturrup is on leave. Jess is a member of Germantown Monthly Meeting in Philadelphia, PA, where she grew up. She moved to New York in August 2020, and has been regularly attending Brooklyn Monthly Meeting since 2022. She studied Religion in college and has worked in outreach to faith communities and faith leaders for the Council on Foreign Relations. Most recently, she helped organize and facilitate the Quaker Walk to Washington. In her free time, Jess enjoys running and oil painting. Welcome, Jess!
News
Activism & Witness
Article with New Sanctuary Coalition at Immigration Court
August 4, 2025
When ICE Agents Are Waiting Outside the Courtroom — An asylum seeker and her children face the terrifying new reality of immigration hearings.
By Jordan Salama
NYQM Business Meetings
July 19, 2025 NY Quarterly Business Meeting Minutes and Report
July 20, 2025
New York Quarterly Meeting Friends met at the Quaker Cemetery in Prospect Park on Saturday, July 19, 2025, for meeting for worship with a concern for business.