PROVIDENCE
FRIENDS MEETING
Our Social and Climate Crisis Witness
Racial Justice
Providence Friends Meeting acknowledges and honors the fundamental value and dignity of all individuals, we strive to be a culturally safe space where all individuals and groups are treated with respect in regard to their unique cultural needs and differences.
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We strive to build a pluralist, anti-racist community that encourages participation and leadership among all Friends, and supports and elevates partners and community members most affected by racism and bias. In September 2020, our community unified in support of Providence Friends Meeting Statement on Racial Justice and Anti-Racism
2025 Racial Justice Speakers
May 18, 2025 - Patricia Trippley Demiranda
Providence Friends Meeting was honored to host a conversation with Patricia Trippley Demiranda about her co-founding of the Will Trippley Foundation on Sunday, May 18, 2025. Her spirit led work is changing the lives of young children in Chester. We look forward to continuing engagement with her inspired work.
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"The Trippley Foundation empowers grieving children and their families to find strength, healing, and hope after the loss of a loved one. We guide families on their journey to rebuild and thrive by providing compassionate community support and essential resources at no cost. Our mission is to foster resilience and growth, helping families live fulfilling lives beyond loss. "https://www.willtrippley.org
April 13, 2025 - Jonathan Abdur-Rahim King, Founder and Executive Director of Safe Corridors
On Sunday, April 13, 2025, Providence Meeting had the honor of hosting Jonathan Abdur-Rahim King, Founder and Executive Director of Safe Corridors, a 501(c-3) based in Chester, Pa. We learned about the transformative work he is engaged in which he
described as, “capping both ends of the school to prison pipeline.” The program’s profound impact has been seen and felt through the reduction of violence and the creation of safe spaces for children while fostering the restoration of community,Safe Corridors not only provides safety and mentorship to children in schools in 5 school districts, but also employment for adults, including the formerly incarcerated, to work in their own communities. To learn more about Safe Corridors visit their website.
Global Warming turned into Climate Change which has evolved into a Climate Crisis - where will we be next year?
The Climate Crisis Committee was formed at Providence Monthly Meeting in 2021 to help fulfill PMM and PYM’s commitment to address climate change, to promote increased awareness about climate issues in our Meeting, to educate our Meeting on how locally we can reduce our carbon footprints, and to help identify opportunities for witnessing to our faith in creating a more sustainable society.
Serving Our Hungry Neighbors
Providence Meeting has been assisting our neighbors in Upper Darby by providing food for over thirty years. We are a part of a large consortium of faith communities in Delaware County, each of which makes dinner once a month and delivers it to the Life Center in Upper Darby, right on the border of Philadelphia. At the moment, we are providing dinners, lunches for the next day, and paper products for the fifty people who live at the Center. Faith communities all over Delaware County have cooperated in this way to help feed some of those who experience food insecurity.
Life Center Dinners Committee
