Quaker Concern for Interpersonal Violence

Abuse and interpersonal violence are pervasive issues that impact communities worldwide, including within Quaker families and meetings.

The Coming Together for Continuing Revelation: Common Testimony on Abuse serves as a resource for Quaker meetings to explore critical questions around abuse, safety, and peace in community settings.

After two years of dedicated listening and testimony gathering, the project’s convener, embraced Quaker public minister, Windy Cooler, a member of Sandy Spring Monthly Meeting, announces this common testimony as a tool for ongoing reflection and transformation.

The three-page Common Testimony represents the voices of forty-one Friends who responded to the project’s central query: "Do we live in the virtue of that life and power that takes away the occasion of child abuse, intimate partner abuse, and all forms of violence within the family and community?"

Click here to find The Common Testimony on Abuse and a cover letter describing a recommended process for meetings to use this resource.

from Windy Cooler, Sandy Springs Meeting (11/7/2024)