QEW’s Outreach Committee

THE QEW OUTREACH COMMITTEE explores ideas to help expand the network of Friends who see themselves as Quaker "Earthcare witnesses" and ways to support Friends who carry a concern for our right relationship with all of Creation.

< Click here for recent reports of the QEW Outreach Committee>


VISITATION PROGRAM. The Outreach Committee oversees QEW Steering Committee members visiting Yearly Meetings, other regular Quaker gatherings, and related events
.
< Click here to learn who your YM contacts are and how to arrange QEW visits.>


MINI-GRANTS. The Outreach Committee has care of the QEW Mini-Grant program, which in 2009 awarded ten $250 matching grants to Quaker Meetings and Churches for ecological programs. Click here to download the Mini-grant application form in pdf format.

< Click here to download the Mini-Grant Application form.>
< Click here to learn more about the latest Mini-Grant projects.>


YEARLY MEETING RELATIONS. The Outreach Committee develops relations with other kindred organizations, including Yearly Meeting Earthcare/Unity with Nature committees, Friends Committee on National Legislation, etc.

< Click here to learn more about current Yearly Meeting Representatives
and how you can become involved.>


MONTHLY MEETING SUPPORT. The Outreach Committee recruits and supports Monthly Meeting Contacts, who have agreed to promote QEW and its publications within their Meetings and to share Earthcare activities within their Meetings with QEW.

< Click here to learn more about what Monthly Meeting contacts do
and how you can get involved.>


QEW PRESENCE AT THE GATHERING. The Outreach Committee works with the QEW staff to develop programs and materials that will maintain a high level presence for QEW at the annual FGC Gathering.

< Click here to learn more about QEW’s presence at the Gathering.>


EARTHCARE SUPPORT AT OTHER GATHERINGS. The Outreach Committee works with the QEW staff to provide Earthcare literature, videos, and displays as requested by various Quaker gatherings and kindred organizations.


Other QEW Outreach work

FINCA LA BELLA (“The Beautiful Farm)—This project, under the care of QEW’s Ann Kriebel/San Luis Committee, promotes our vision of eco-justice and serves as a kind of “laboratory” to better understand the challenges of sustainable farming and community living. This 122-acre tract in the San Luis Valley near the Quaker community in Monteverde, Costa, Rica, was purchased in the 1990s by Quaker funds and is farmed by 24 formerly landless families. The parcel holders, or “parceleros,” agree to work cooperatively and to move toward farming sustainably. Occasional work-camps there provide a rich experience in international cooperation.

< Click here to learn more about the Finca la Bella project and the people who live there.>