Thursday, May 8, 2025
Friends Meeting of Austin adopts a minute calling on the US and Israeli Governments to end the genocide in Gaza. Minuted at Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business, May 4, 2025,
Thursday, May 8, 2025
Quakers from Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas met in annual sessions April 13-20, 2025 and approved a Minute which enumerates ways in which Trump administration policies are in conflict with Friends' testimonies. Friends Meeting of Austin minuted their adoption of this minute at the May 4, 2025 Business meeting
Sunday, January 14, 2024
At the January 7 Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business FMA adopted a minute against anti-semitism and islamophobia and in favor of conscientious objection in Minute 2024.01.01.
Monday, January 8, 2024
We, the Friends Meeting of Austin, are heartbroken by the terror, violence, and devastation in Israel/Palestine. Friends united in a minute calling for an immediate cease-fire in the current Israel/Palestine conflict.
Monday, October 23, 2023
During our September 4, 2023 Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business, Friends approved the following Minute:
2023.09.02. Friends Meeting of Austin minutes our support for Transgender and Gender Diverse Individuals. Friends Meeting of Austin minutes our commitment to be an affirming, safe, and nurturing place for everyone to live fully that which Spirit is leading them to be. We affirm the rights of all individuals to bodily autonomy, and respect the gender identity of each person, as that person determines it. With glad hearts we acknowledge and affirm the transgender and gender diverse Friends in our community.
Monday, October 23, 2023
During our September 4, 2023 Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business Friends approved the following:
2023.09.03. Friends Meeting of Austin minutes our support for joining with Apartheid-Free Communities.
Joining with “Apartheid-Free Communities:” Friends Meeting of Austin (FMA) joins American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), Live Oak Friends Meeting (Houston), South Central Yearly Meeting (SCYM) and others in the “Apartheid-Free Communities” campaign. FMA responds to AFSC’s call to join in and declare ourselves “Apartheid-Free”. As such:
Wednesday, April 5, 2023
Friends Meeting of Austin holds that the death penalty is ethically and morally wrong and contrary to our core belief that there is “that of God" in each of us. We call for the immediate abolition of the death penalty on both state and federal levels.
Friday, March 24, 2023
With deep sadness we must announce the passing of Sally Merill. Sally has been a Friend since the 1970's and attended our meeting online with great regularity along with her companion Volker Imschweiler. Sally dedicated her life to the preservation of the wilderness and wildlife, most recently focused on the Rio Grande Valley where she and Volker lived. We hold Volker and all of Sally's family and many friends in the Light.
Sunday, October 9, 2022
Friends Meeting of Austin calls on the City of Austin to fulfill its commitments with regard to providing meaningful remedies to correct the harmful effects of systemic racism as described in City Council Resolution 20210304-067.
Friday, April 8, 2022
We Grieve the Loss of Ukrainian and Russian Lives and Call for Courageous Peacemaking,. Friends Meeting of Austin minuted a call for peacemaking in Ukraine at the April 3, 2022 Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business