Tag: interfaith
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Flushing Interfaith Council receives $20,000 grant to support community relief efforts
Flushing Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends is a founding member of the Flushing Interfaith Council, which received a $20,000 emergency grant to support community relief efforts addressing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Robin Hood Foundation, a charitable organization which attempts to alleviate problems caused by poverty in New York City, allocated…
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Queens Interfaith Unity Walk!
In 1657, the farmers of Flushing courageously stood up for our freedom of conscience (telling Governor Stuyvesant that the “law of love, peace and liberty in the states extend[s] to Jews, Turks and Egyptians”). Since then, religious freedom has become a bedrock of our society and we have all benefited from this legacy of peaceful coexistence. Flushing, now…
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2015 Interfaith Unity Walk
Please Come & Support this Annual Autumn Tradition! Flushing Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends is a member of the Flushing Interfaith Council, which organizes an annual Queens Interfaith Unity Walk in our community. We are asking those interested in participating to come by 1:15 pm to allow us to start early and arrive…