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Friends Peace Committee (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Records: Nonviolence and Children Committee (1970-2015)

 Collection — Othertype SW/Phy/771
Identifier: QM-Phy-771
Overview Since its inception in 1973, the Non-Violence and Children Committee (NVC) has explored the values, skills, and supports which enable children to develop powerful, nonviolent responses to violence. They work with Monthly Meetings, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, Friends' and non-Quaker schools, the wider community and within their own committee, to support nonviolent approaches to conflict and differences, and to nurture children in the ways of peacemaking. The committee organizes and often...
Dates: 1970-1997

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