QM/Ph/YM/soc. Social Concerns
Record Group Term
Identifier: QM/Ph/YM/soc
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Records: Committee on Racial Concerns (1978-1996)
Collection — Othertype SW/Phy/801
Identifier: QM-Phy-801
Overview
The Committee on Racial Concerns took up the activities and experience of the Committee on Community Involvement when the latter was laid down at the end of 1978. It operated under the Coordinating Committee for Testimonies and Concerns (CC-2) until it was laid down in 1996.
Dates:
1977-91
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Records: Coordinating Committee on Civil Liberties (1954-1964)
Collection — Othertype SW/Phy/720
Identifier: QM-Phy-720
Overview
A Coordinating Committee on Civil Liberties was appointed by both PYM in 1954. The following year, the reunited Yearly Meeting approved the creation of a regular Committee on Civil Liberties "to activate anew our ancient testimony."
Dates:
1956-1959
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Records: Mississippi Project (1964-1966)
Collection — Othertype SW/Phy/826
Identifier: QM-Phy-826
Overview
In response to the 1964 bombing of 44 black churches in Mississippi, Philadelphia and New York Yearly Meetings coordinated a joint effort to rebuild the destroyed churches and to attempt to foster racial reconciliation in the area. The project sent Lawrence and Viola Scott to Jackson, Mississippi as Quaker representatives. By 1966, the group had rebuilt 33 of the 44 churches, and built a community center in rural Canton, Mississippi. This collection is primarily composed of financial...
Dates:
1949-1967
