Quaker meetings have the tradition of adopting Minutes about areas of concern. These are statements of convictions that express the “sense of the meeting” on which the Meeting reached unity during a meeting for business. At times they also issue statements to the press or to run as a newspaper ad.
Below are links to some Minutes and Statements from Olympia Friends Meeting:
- Minute: Quakers Discern Genocide in Gaza (Approved July, 2026)
- The Apartheid Pledge (Approved July, 2026)
- Minute: Minute of the Billings Friends Meeting (Approved June, 2026)
- Minute: Environmental Minute (Approved April, 2026)
- Minute: Quaker Witness Concerning Actions of the Current Federal Administration (Approved February 8, 2026)
- Minute: Boycott Chevron in support of Palestine (Approved, 2025)
- Minute of Support for Lawsuit: PYM et.al. vs Department of Homeland Security (Approved February 9, 2025)
- Minute Endorsing AFSC’s A different future is possible: Quaker organizations share a vision for peace in Palestine and Israel (Approved June, 2024)
- Minute on Becoming an HP-free Church (Approved August, 2019)
- Minute of Inclusion – Welcoming Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming People (Approved May 13, 2018)
- Sanctuary (Approved April, 2018)
- Addressing Systemic Racism (Approved October, 2016)
- Regarding Uganda’s Passage of A Law Targeting Its LGBTQ Population (Approved April, 2014)
- Expressing Support for the pursuit of Peace and Solidarity with the American Muslim Community (Approved November, 2012)
- On the Illegal Use of U.S. Weapons by Israel (Approved August, 2006)
- On Our Concern for the Christian Peacemaker Team Hostages in Iraq (Approved February, 2006)
- In Support of Military Personnel Seeking Clearness About War Participation (Approved February, 2006)
- Statement Regarding Invasion of Iraq (newspaper ad, October 2002)
- Statement Regarding the Events of September 11, 2001 (newspaper ad, October 2002)
- Opposing the Death Penalty (Minute approved in January, 1997)
- Affirming Same-Sex Marriage (Minute approved in September, 1991)