New York Quarterly Meeting, April 19, 2026
The New York Quarter (the organization of the Quaker meetings in New York City) met at Fifteenth Street Meeting at 1:00 pm on April 19, 2026
New York Quarterly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends
Meeting for Worship with a Concern for Business
April 19, 2026, at Fifteenth Street Meeting and over Zoom
Fifteenth Street Meeting is at 15 Rutherford Place (and E. 15th Street), New York, NY.
NEW: Read the minutes from this meeting.
Zoom Link: : https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87236183226?pwd=IdJqmcfDRTpD6362kq33OFXTS3dFZQ.1
Schedule:
11:00 am - 12:00 pm: Meeting for Worship
12:00 - 1:00 pm: Fellowship and potluck lunch
1:00 pm: Meeting for Worship with a Concern for Business
2:00 pm: annual Meeting of the Corporation
Notice: The annual Meeting of the Corporation of the New York Quarterly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends will be held at 2:00 pm on Sunday, April 19, 2026 at the 15th Street Meeting House, 15 Rutherford Place, New York, N.Y. Purpose: To elect one or more Trustees of the Corporation. To transact such other business as may lawfully come before the Meeting.
MINUTES from the last meeting (Jan. 2026) — please review: 2026-01-18
The clerk, Scott Blumenthal, invites Friends who are led to bring a concern before the meeting to contact him first at NYQMClerk@nycquakers.org so that it may be added to the agenda.
2026.04.19 AGENDA
Quarterly Meeting Reports
- People of Color Worship & Reflections Group: Concerns re: NYQM/Friends Fiduciary's Investments
- Trustees: Investing in Alignment with Peace Testimony (Draft)
- Annual Meeting of the Corporation of the NY Quarterly Meeting
- Executive Director
- Trustees
- Annual Audit Report
- Mary McDowell Friends School
- Brooklyn Friends School
- Nominating Committee
- Community Organizer on Threshing Sessions
- Witness Fund
- NYQM clerk's report
Monthly Meeting Reports
- Manhattan Meeting
- People of Color Worship and Reflection Group
- Brooklyn Meeting
- Staten Island Meeting
- Fifteenth Street Meeting
- Morningside Meeting
Note: no report is expected from Flushing Meeting.
Announcements
May 11: Conscientious Objector workshop, hybrid at Brooklyn Meeting with Curt Torell from Quaker House
June 13: Meeting for Remembrance, Quaker Cemetery
July 7-12: Friends General Conference Gathering in Burlington, VT (registration open)
July 12-18: NYYM Summer Sessions, hybrid at Silver Bay, NY (register soon)
Save the date: Fall NYC Quakers Retreat will be September 18-20 at Powell House
Upcoming New York Quarterly Meeting Dates (all begin at 1:00 pm)
2026:
July 25 (Saturday) at Friends Cemetery in Prospect Park, Brooklyn (weather permitting), or online
October 18 at Flushing Meeting