Society of Friends -- Maryland
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Records: Committee on the Civil Rights of Homosexuals (1972-1987)
Collection — Othertype SW/Phy/725
Identifier: QM-Phy-725
Overview
In 1972, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting appointed a Committee on Homosexuality under the Meeting for Social Concerns to work for the assurance of civil rights for homosexuals. In December of 1975, after the Meeting for Social Concerns was laid down and Yearly Meeting restructured, it was decided that there should be a subcommittee of the Family Relations Committee on homosexuality and a Committee for the Civil Rights of Homosexuals under the Testimonies/Concerns section of Yearly Meeting; the...
Dates:
1975-1987
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
