Announcements and Statements

Next Young Adult Friends meeting, May 10th

Tacoma Friends YAFs will not meet in April. The next meeting will be Sunday, May 10th, 5 to 7 PM.

141st Anniversary Celebration of San Jose Friends meetinghouse – April 26, 2026

Learn about the history of the Beanite branch of Quakerism from historian Thomas Hamm, author of The Quakers in America, and prominent Quaker activist Chuck Fager. For details and to receive the zoom link visit sanjosefriends.org

Opportunities
Resources for Immigrant Families

Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families provides resources for immigrant families and those who are helping them navigate these difficult times. Go to DCYF | Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families and learn more by clicking on the Family Separation Rapid Response Team button.

Link to divestment strategies offered by the American Friends Service Committee: How to Divest | AFSC Investigate. Go to Home | American Friends Service Committee for additional information about Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) efforts.

Ongoing Peaceful Demonstrations in Tacoma:

  • The corner of 38th and Steel, Saturdays from 2-3pm regarding the conflict in Palestine.
  • 2nd and 4th Mondays of each month from 5 to 6 pm at the corner of Sprague and 6th (at the corner of Hilltop Heritage Middle School). The organizers are an independent Love>Fear Group composed of people from various faith traditions. will be standing on Monday, March 9th from 5:00 – 6:00 p.m, on the corner of 6th and Sprague. People stand in opposition to fascism and war. They use positive messages and strive for non-violence in speech and action.
  • March 28th – various locations – No Kings Day.

Homeless Outreach – Bring a case of bottled water or other food/supplies to the meetinghouse for distribution to people living homeless.

Contact your State legislator through Welcome to the Washington State Legislature or go to Home — Quaker Voice for more information about legislative issues here in Washington State.

Learn about Federal issues and contact Congress by visiting Home | Friends Committee On National Legislation


Community Statements

TFM Peace Minute – Approved at Meeting for Business, April 12, 2026

Early Quakers had a clear vision for peace that encompassed rejection of “outward wars and strife.” They believed the world could be transformed by Love. Today, Quakers embrace this vision while recognizing that injustice, greed, inequality and despair, as well as exploitation of people and the earth are seeds of war. We confess to sowing these seeds, either wittingly or unwittingly. Tacoma Friends Meeting offers the following peace statement as a framework for growing in love and addressing wrongs:
Quakers believe there is that of God in everyone. To harm another person is to harm God’s dwelling place. Peace is more than a sense of calm or a rejection of violence. Peace is a way of life that upholds justice, embraces compassion, and faces conflict with humility and courage. War, violence, aggression, domination, militarization, abuse of power, and destruction of the natural world are counter to peace. We reject normalizing such actions. We commit to building our Tacoma Friends community both as a peaceful sanctuary and as an energetic promoter of peaceful practices locally and globally. This commitment necessarily includes reverent care for the earth and all living beings, recognizing that environmental degradation harms present and future generations and undermines the conditions for peace.

Tacoma Friends Minute on Inclusion “Tacoma Friends Meeting (Quakers) is a community of people from a variety of races, colors, ethnicities, national origins, (dis)abilities and attributes, sexual orientations, gender identities, and their expressions. . . .:

Audio of Tacoma Friend Minute on continued suffering and death in Gaza Friend Louisa Beal recorded our Minute as a PSA for KTAH Radio Tacoma 101.9 FM. The QR code below takes you to audio of the PSA.


Tacoma Friends Updated Minute on Conflict in Israel and Gaza, approved by Meeting for Business June, 2025

Tacoma Friends Minute on Conflict in Israel and Gaza, approved by Meeting for Business January 14, 2024

TFM Land Acknowledgement that the meeting house sits on Puyallup Tribe unceded territory, recognition of our responsibility for harm, ongoing commitment to right relationships, and repudiation of the Doctrine of Discovery.

2025 State of the Society Report “Mixed joy and grief as we gained new friends and mourned the loss of dear loved ones. . . .”