Making Peace a Reality
OUR principle is, and our practices have always been, to seek peace and ensue it; to follow after righteousness and the knowledge of God; seeking the good and welfare, and doing that which tends to the peace of all. . .
OUR principle is, and our practices have always been, to seek peace and ensue it; to follow after righteousness and the knowledge of God; seeking the good and welfare, and doing that which tends to the peace of all. . .
Excerpts from the keynote presentation to North Pacific Yearly Meeting; July 14, 2016; Whitworth University, Spokane, Washington
by Diane Randall
Good morning Friends. Thank you for welcoming me here this week as a Friend in Residence.
Transcript of keynote presentation made to the annual session of North Pacific Yearly Meeting on July 14, 2016.
The first in a pair of keynote talks given to Intermountain Yearly Meeting on June 12, 2014, by Diane Randall and Shan Cretin.
Keynote talk given to Pacific Yearly Meeting on July 30, 2013, by the Executive Secretary of Friends Committee on National Legislation, Diane Randall.
Dear Editor: I was pleased to see Dan Clark’s article “A Friendly Approach to Partisanship” in the Jan/Feb issue. I couldn’t agree more that Friends have a great opportunity to work with all elected officials, regardless of political party. Clark writes, “. . .
Keynote talk given at the 2014 annual gathering of Intermountain Yearly Meeting; June 12, 2014; Ghost Ranch, Abiquiú, New Mexico.
Excerpts from a presentation to Intermountain Yearly Meeting; June 12, 2014; Ghost Ranch, Abiquiú, New Mexico
Diane Randall has served as the Executive Secretary of Friends Committee on National Legislation since March 2011. Before joining FCNL, Diane spent nine years in Connecticut as Executive Director of Partnership for Strong Communities, a non-profit working for solutions to homelessness. She is a member of Hartford Monthly Meeting, New England Yearly Meeting.
The Mission Field of Washington, DC
Talk given to Pacific Yearly Meeting, July 30, 2013 at Mount Madonna Retreat Center, Watsonville, California
by Diane Randall, Executive Secretary, Friends Committee on National Legislation