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# Quaker Videos

Weekly Videos about Quakers and the Quaker Religion.

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- [A Christmas Message from Our Team](https://www.quakervideos.com/a-christmas-message-from-our-team/) - While historically, Quakers did not celebrate Christmas as a more sacred day than any other, the season does hopefully bring cause for reflection, joy, and time with our loved ones and friends. For our last video of the year, we at Thee Quaker took a brief break from our work producing Quaker content to express
- [The Christiana Resistance: How Quakers and Freedom Seekers Defied Slave Catchers](https://www.quakervideos.com/the-christiana-resistance-how-quakers-and-freedom-seekers-defied-slave-catchers/) - This week, we sit down with New York Times bestselling author Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz to talk about her new book, The Ballad of the Fugitive William Parker — the true story of the 1851 Christiana Resistance, when a self-emancipated Black leader named William Parker stood together with a Quaker abolitionist community against slave catchers in
- [A Crash Course in Quaker History](https://www.quakervideos.com/a-crash-course-in-where-quakers-came-from/) - In this week’s video, Quaker educator Tom Hoopes gives a three-minute crash course in the origins of Quakerism. In 17th-century England, Quakerism rose during a period of political and religious upheaval. Early Quakers spoke plainly and refused to defer to religious, social, or political hierarchy, leading to imprisonment. Yet in prisons their numbers only grew
- [Quaker Videos Season 2](https://www.quakervideos.com/quaker-videos-season-2/) - Quaker Videos is back! This September, we're returning with a new season of videos exploring this extraordinary faith in these extraordinary times. We’ll explore Quaker leadings and the many ways Friends create, build community, and speak truth to power. Season 2 brings new voices, new stories, and new questions about what it means to live
- [Friend's Shrub: A Quaker Wedding](https://www.quakervideos.com/friends-shrub-a-quaker-wedding/) - A homemade Quaker cocktail, a love story, and a wedding with no script. Kathrin and Silas reflect on Quaker weddings — where anyone can rise to speak, and a relationship is held by community. What emerges is a picture of marriage not as a single moment, but as a journey shaped by relationships and connection.
- [A Quaker Resisting ICE](https://www.quakervideos.com/a-quaker-resisting-ice/) - Betsy Raasch-Gilman, a Quaker activist in Minneapolis–St. Paul, is part of a growing movement using nonviolent resistance to confront federal immigration agents. Through school patrols, rapid response networks, and direct intervention, she and others are working to protect families at risk. Guided by her faith and the belief that “God is a verb,” Betsy embodies
- [Quakers in Minneapolis](https://www.quakervideos.com/quakers-in-minneapolis/) - Minneapolis Friends Meeting is a welcoming Quaker community rooted in silence, reflection, and shared care. Friends can choose between unprogrammed worship in silence or semi-programmed worship with music and a message, offering different ways to connect. Across generations, people come together to pause, breathe, and find belonging—listening for the still, small voice within. Minneapolis Friends
- [Do Quakers Drink Alcohol?](https://www.quakervideos.com/do-quakers-drink-alcohol-2/) - Do Quakers drink alcohol? We join Quaker bartender Silas and longtime Friend Frank Massey for an honest conversation about alcohol, history and values… all while sipping a cocktail called “The Quaker”. Together they explore the stereotype that Quakers don’t drink, the deeper social justice roots behind temperance, and how ideas of integrity, community, and discernment
- [How I Became A Quaker](https://www.quakervideos.com/how-i-became-a-quaker/) - Some Friends are born and raised in Quaker families and communities, while some are “convinced” - attending Meeting for one reason or another, they find themselves drawn to the values and community there. Conflict mediator and artist Dwight Dunston shares his experience growing up in a Friends school before fully connecting to Quakerism as an adult.
- [Meet the Quakers of Sandy Spring, Maryland](https://www.quakervideos.com/meet-the-quakers-of-sandy-spring-maryland/) - Sandy Spring Friends Meeting is a warm and welcoming Quaker community in Maryland where all are invited to worship and belong. Friends gather in silence, in a beautiful historic meeting house where the community has worshiped together since 1817. The meeting is alive with connection and care—young families, a thriving First Day School program, shared
- [A Quaker Journey to Palestine](https://www.quakervideos.com/a-quaker-journey-to-palestine/) - n October 2025, Frank traveled to Palestine on a Quaker service trip to visit the Ramallah Friends School and help with the olive harvest. Through time at the school, work on a nearby farm, and worship with the Quaker community in Ramallah, Frank reflects on his own Quaker roots, the practice of nonviolence, and what it means to choose love and shared humanity in the midst of ongoing conflict.
- [Denver Quakers at Mountain View Friends Meeting](https://www.quakervideos.com/denver-quakers-at-mountain-view-friends-meeting/) - With the Rocky Mountains as a backdrop, Mountain View Quaker Meeting has brought people together in worship and community for more than 60 years. What begins in silence continues in service and activism, with longtime Friends and newcomers alike working together in witness to strengthen their broader community.
- [Quakers Answer MORE of The Web’s Most Searched Questions](https://www.quakervideos.com/quakers-answer-more-of-the-webs-most-searched-questions/) - Why are Quakers called Friends? Can Quakers get married? DO THEY HAVE SNACKS!? Our panel of Friends returns with more answers to the most Googled queries about Quakers. It seems like the Internet has some bees in their bonnet about Friends – and even though we don’t wear bonnets anymore, we’re here to help.
- [Quakers in Downingtown, PA](https://www.quakervideos.com/quakers-in-downingtown-pa/) - Welcome to Downingtown Friends (Quaker) Meeting in Downingtown, Pennsylvania www.downingtownfriendsmeeting.org Join Us for Meeting for Worship Sundays 10:30 - 11:30 AM 800 East Lancaster Avenue Downingtown, PA 19335 Downingtown Friends Meeting offers a loving welcome to people of any age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status or family structure, economic or
- [The Quaker Walk to Washington](https://www.quakervideos.com/the-quaker-walk-to-washington/) - The Quaker Walk to Washington: 300 Quakers walk from Flushing, NY to Washington DC, retracing the spirit of the 1657 Flushing Remonstrance in a modern call for immigrant justice.
- [Still Rising: A Quaker Summer Camp Recovers from Hurricane Helene](https://www.quakervideos.com/still-rising-a-quaker-summer-camp-recovers-from-hurricane-helene/) - On August 27th, 2024, Hurricane Helene tore through Camp Celo, a Quaker summer camp in western North Carolina, washing away bridges and power lines. This is how they rebuilt.
- [Desert Witness: A Quaker Responds to the Border Crisis](https://www.quakervideos.com/desert-witness-a-quaker-responds-to-the-border-crisis/) - When migrant families began arriving in the desert near Jacumba Hot Springs, California, Quaker Sam Schultz was called to action.
- [Quakers in Richmond Virginia](https://www.quakervideos.com/welcome-to-richmond-friends-meeting/) - Richmond Friends Meeting is a warm, inclusive Quaker church in Richmond, Virginia, with a joyful mix of young families, children, and long-time members. The meeting offers a vibrant children's program, deep silent worship, and a shared commitment to peace, equality, and action in the world. Beyond the meetinghouse, the community also gathers just outside Richmond
- [Welcome to Quaker Videos](https://www.quakervideos.com/this-is-quaker-videos/) - Quaker Videos is a weekly video project brought to you by the creators of Thee Quaker Podcast and the Daily Quaker Message. Join us every Thursday as we explore an extraordinary faith in extraordinary times.
- [Welcome to Mount Holly Friends Meeting](https://www.quakervideos.com/welcome-to-mount-holly-friends-meeting/) - In the heart of Mount Holly, New Jersey, sits Mount Holly Quaker Meeting. Steeped in history, the Meeting was once home to weighty friend John Woolman, and was crashed by Hessian soldiers working for the British during the Revolutionary War.
- [Quakers Answer The Web’s Most Searched Questions](https://www.quakervideos.com/quakers-answer-the-webs-most-searched-questions/) - Are Quakers Amish? Are Quakers parrots? What do Quakers believe? You’ve been searching, and we have the answers! Our panel of Friends takes on the most Googled questions about Quakers and gives their hottest takes on the Quaker beliefs and theology.
- [The Quaker Nonprofit Changing Lives in Bolivia’s Prisons](https://www.quakervideos.com/avp-quaker-bolivia-prisons/) - Inside Bolivia’s prisons, non-violence workshops help inmates cope with the challenges of incarceration and the root causes of conflict. Born from Quaker principles, the Alternatives to Violence Project’s growing team in the country has won the support of Bolivia’s government while impacting the lives of thousands. Now, AVP is taking the model to classrooms, where teachers and facilitators instill peaceful conflict resolution principles in young people, and inspire them to reach high and take charge of their futures.
- [9 Days: Saving A Quaker School](https://www.quakervideos.com/9-days-saving-a-quaker-school/) - When Sandy Spring Friends School in Maryland suddenly faced closure, students, teachers, parents, and alumni came together across generations to save the place that shaped their lives. In just nine extraordinary days of collective action—guided by Quaker values of community, care, and stewardship—they pulled their school back from the brink. Told over these nine days,
- [Valerie Brown: Why Quakers Can't Hide Their Light](https://www.quakervideos.com/why-quakers-cant-hide-their-light/) - Why is it said that some Quakers “hide their light under a bushel?” Buddhist-Quaker teacher and facilitator Valerie Brown reflects on the need for Friends to not let humility leave a vacuum for others to define who Quakers are. Credits Produced by Michael Candelorihttps://www.michaelcandelori.comMusic by Jon Wattshttps://www.jonwatts.comA project of Thee Quakerhttps://www.theequaker.org VALERIESo one of -
- [The Quaker Whistleblower Who Sparked Mental Health Reform](https://www.quakervideos.com/the-quaker-whistleblower-who-sparked-mental-health-reform/) - Charlie Lord, a WWII Quaker conscientious objector fulfilling his work requirement in the Civilian Public Service, used his hidden camera to expose abuse where he worked at Philadelphia’s Byberry mental hospital. This story honors a lineage of Quaker courage and conscience, presented through his photographs, an archival interview, and reflections from his son Ron Lord.
- [Multnomah Quaker Meeting in Portland, Oregon](https://www.quakervideos.com/multnomah-quaker-meeting-in-portland-oregon/) - There are several Quaker Meetings and Churches in Portland, Oregon—Quakers in the Pacific Northwest can experience a diversity of Quaker faith and practice. During their unprogrammed Quaker meetings for worship, Multnomah Friends Meeting often describe a flow of love that carries them into a more peaceful and compassionate relationship with their neighbors.

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