Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Prison Service Committee of Southern New Jersey
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Records: Meeting for Social Concerns (1969-1974)
Collection — Othertype SW/Phy/758
Identifier: QM-Phy-758
Overview
The Meeting for Social Concerns began as the Committee for Social Concerns with a deliberately loose structure and open membership. It assumed direction of numerous social action committees within Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. After the Meeting for Social Concerns was laid down in 1974, these committees were placed under Coordinating Committee for Testimonies and Concerns (CCII).
Dates:
1958-1980
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Records: Prison Service Committee (1958-1976)
Collection — Othertype SW/Phy/790
Identifier: QM-Phy-790
Overview
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting's Prison Service Committee of Southern New Jersey was organized in the mid 1960s. It focused its activities on the reform of female and juvenile justice. Members of the Committee developed a successful Friendly Visitors Program, staffed by volunteers, and a volunteer Probation Counselor Program. The Committee was also involved in lobbying efforts, maintained a speakers' bureau, and published a newsletter, "No Bars Hold." Records include minutes of the Prison...
Dates:
1958-1975
