Engaging North Korea: Quaker Work for Peace on the Korean Peninsula The Quaker-affiliated American Friends Service Committee has been working in North Korea for over three decades; by 1998, AFSC had established an on-going agricultural development project with cooperative farms, and today it is one of only a handful of American NGOs actively engaged in […]
On Saturday, March 24, the 15th St. Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) will host a presentation of This Evil Thing, a one-man drama written and performed by award-winning author/actor Michael Mears. All are welcome at this free performance, which starts at 7:00 PM, at the 15th St. Meetinghouse, 15 Rutherford Place, Manhattan […]
RALLY & EVENING OF ACTION for GUN REFORM WHO: Students, parents, teachers, and Stoneman Douglas alumni WHAT: Lobbying at action stations, hearing from leading gun control activists, and rallying for an end to gun violence WHEN: 5:30-7:30pm, Wednesday, March 14 WHERE: 15th St. Meetinghouse, 15 Rutherford Pl, New York, NY **NPR, […]
Meeting for Discernment February 17, 2018 15th Street Meetinghouse, New York, NY How do I prepare myself to be receptive to the Light, in worship and in the world? How does this experience affect my life? How does my meeting support me and other Friends to test and support the leadings that arise in the Light? The […]
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Sonia Nazario, author of Enrique’s Journey, will speak on Thursday, February 8, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the Fifteenth Street Meetinghouse as part of Friends Seminary’s Peace Week programming. The event is open to the public, and all NYQM members and attenders are warmly invited to attend. In addition, the Care Relationship Committee […]
The 28th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Concert to Benefit the The Friends Shelter THE MEETINGHOUSE JAZZ ORCHESTRA Little Big Horn, jazz musicians from Friends Seminary Jason Craige Harris and the words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Thursday, January 18 at 7 PM Friends Meetinghouse 15 Rutherford Place, enter at 222 East 16th Street […]
This afternoon program will include : A performance and listening and worship sharing event Sponsored by the ARTS COMMITTEE OF 15TH ST MM and the East African Wildlife Society (EAWS) The program will include poetry ,written word , discussion and worship sharing related to the status surrounding animals at risk from over development and local […]
In association with the 15th Street Arts Committee, Michael de la Force's 20th Annual Artisans' Ball Founded in 1997, with the first ball held at the Rasputin Nightclub in Brooklyn, NY, the Artisans' Ball is an annual event which celebrates artists and musicians. In the last twenty years the Artisans' Ball exhibition has been held in […]
The 15th Street Monthly Meeting Arts Committee in association with Poet's Congress presents three films on Voting Rights: (1) the documentary "The Best Democracy Money Can Buy" based on the New York Times best selling book by Greg Palast (9/29); (2) Gerrymandering, a documentary on gerrymandering by Jeff Reichert; and (3) "Answering the Call." about […]
There will be a 15th Street Meeting Third Sunday Program, “Finding Peace in Turbulent Times,” on November 19 at 1 PM. The program will consist of worship-sharing on the theme of climate change.