About Conscience Studio
Service
- ACCORD - Allegany County Community Opportunities & Rural Development offers business and community development, childcare resources and referral, family and youth development services and housing development and management. We collect especially: coats and women's and men's clothing.
84 Schuyler St, Belmont, NY 14813. 800-593-5322 (domestic violence hotline).
- Alfred Food Pantry provides food to families in need in our area. We collect especially: non-perishable items such as boxed meals, canned fruits, meats, soups and vegetables, condiments, cereals, peanut butter, jelly, rice, baked beans, and pasta.
Seventh Day Baptist Church, Alfred Station, NY
- Books thru Bars sends books to people incarcerated in federal prisons. We collect especially: dictionaries and ethic literature.
4722 Baltimore Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19143
- Canandaigua Treaty Commemoration with a march, booths, a potluck dinner, talk and dancing. This Treaty between the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) and the U.S. Government, signed November 11, 1794, is the standing legal basis of many Native American land claims.
Canandaigua Elementary School, Can. NY on November 11th every year from noon until 9:30pm
- Friends Peace Teams works around the world to develop long-term relationships with communities in conflict to create programs for peacebuilding, healing and reconciliation, particularly in the African Great Lakes, Latin America, Caribbean as well as Indonesia.
- First Fridays is a gathering open to all that meets the first Friday of each month from 7:30 - 9:00 pm to discuss topics of concern to our communities and to seek action together.
Mustard Seed Inn and B&B, 33 Center St, Andover , New York
- Habitat for Humanity is a housing organization that welcomes all people to join in building simple, decent, affordable housing in partnership with those who lack adequate shelter. Let us know if you'd like to help build houses! Contact: David Snyder, Herrick Library
Alfred University, Alfred, NY
- Leonard Peltier has been incarcerated for over thirty years for the murder of two FBI agents and the U.S. Attorney admits he was framed. Over sixty years old with deteriorating health, he should be allowed to live his remaining years with freedom and dignity. We support his freedom!
- Stamp Collecting of cancelled, commemorative stamps torn off envelopes - postmark not needed. Stamped postcards and international envelopes are most valuable whole. Proceeds go to service projects around the world, especially Uganda, Congo, Kenya and Vietnam.
- Vive la Casa is an interfaith organization that assists refugees seeking protection in the U.S. or Canada under the Geneva Convention. It is the largest refugee center in the US. We collect especially: toothbrushes, deodorant, disposable shavers, adult socks, women's and men's underwear, cleaning supplies, sponges, mops, brushes, and pine sol.
50 Wyoming Ave., Buffalo, NY 14215
Alternatives to Violence
- Alternatives to Violence Manuals can be ordered from:
- Alternatives to Violence Project, Inc.,
60 Leber Rd.
Blauvelt, NY 10913
- e-mail:
- phone: 800-909-8920
- fax:(845)398-2261
- Pedoman Hidup Tanpa Kekerasan Dasar (Indonesian AVP Basic Manual)
- may be ordered by HTK facilitators from Conscience Studio via
- Pedoman Hidup Tanpa Kekerasan PUP (Indonesian AVP T4F Manual)
- is under development; not yet available
- How Do You Feel Poster (one page from AVP Basic Manual)
Conscience
- Conscience Workshop Manual
- Friends in Conscience: Quaker Service in Indonesia DVD NYYM Keynote 2006
To order this DVD send a check payable to:
- Conscience Studio - NYYM DVD Order
90 W University St
Alfred, NY 14802
- Check should be payable to Alfred Friends Meeting
- Write Conscience Studio - NYYM DVD Order in the Memo portion of the check.
Spiritual Life
Finding the divine in daily life is fundamental to spiritual grounding and a peaceful world. There are many helps along the way:
- Powell House
A Quaker conference and retreat center in New York with short courses
- School of the Spirit
A Quaker ministry of prayer and learning with a two year program on being a spiritual nurturer
- Spiritual Formation
Deepening the spiritual experience of modern Friends in Baltimore a one year program
- Pendle Hill
A Quaker center for spiritual growth, study and service with courses, residencies and sojourning and access to the Friends Historical Library at Swarthmore
- Hearts and Minds Prepared
A program of twelve facilitated sessions developed by Woodbrooke in Britain Yearly Meeting
- Earlham School of Religion
A distance learning option including on-site intensive courses designed for developing pastors with a peace and justice track
- Guild for Spiritual Guidance
Prepare for a ministry of assisting others to discern God's presence in their lives, and in the diverse contexts of contemporary society
Spiritual Practice