NYYM Minutes of Conscience
About Minutes of Conscience
"Minutes of Conscience" refers to statements approved by the gathered body of New York Yearly Meeting stating our stand or testimony regarding some aspect of social witness. They are called minutes because they are recorded in the minutes of our sessions. In the Religious Society of Friends, "minutes" can refer to such a statement or stand itself and not just to the written record.
Not all the actions Quakers take regarding social witness are minutes of conscience. For a more complete review of the yearly meeting's witness activities, please visit our Actions We Have Taken page.
Links to our formal minutes of conscience appear below.
Resources
| NYYM Minute on the Gospel of Peace | 05/04/2017 |
| Minute of Conscience: Standing Rock Sioux | 08/30/2016 |
| Minute of Support for Sarah Niccoli | 07/25/2016 |
| Signon Letter, Paris Climate Convention 2015 | 11/07/2015 |
| Leonard Peltier Letter Requesting His Release from Prison | 06/01/2015 |
| Minute of Conscience: Solitary Confinement | 04/11/2015 |
| Apology to Afro-Descendants | 11/17/2013 |
| NYYM Minute of Conscience: Hydrofracking | 11/11/2012 |
| NYYM Minute of Conscience: The Doctrine of Discovery | 07/25/2012 |
| Minute of conscience: Tenth Anniversary of 9-11 | 07/22/2011 |
| NYYM Minute on Race and Racism | 07/24/2009 |
| NYYM Minute on Torture | 04/15/2009 |
| NYYM Minute on Health Care, 2009 | 03/31/2009 |
| NYYM Minute on Eco-Spirituality | 07/27/2007 |
| NYYM Minute on Refraining from War with Iran | 04/14/2007 |
| NYYM Minute on Conscientious Objection to Military Taxation | 04/01/2007 |