Houston Live Oak Friends Meeting Minute for Apartheid-Free Communities
On February 19, 2023, the following minute was passed:
Minute 2023-02 #4: Live Oak Friends Meeting joins American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) in its Apartheid-Free Communities campaign. LOFM joins AFSC’s call on faith congregations and communities as well as other communities and organizations to join in and declare themselves “Apartheid-Free”. As such we agree with the AFSC campaign pledge that:
We affirm our commitment to freedom, justice, and equality for the Palestinian people and all people;
We oppose all forms of racism, bigotry, discrimination, and oppression; and We declare ourselves an Apartheid-free congregation and to that end;
We pledge to join others in working to end all support to Israel’s Apartheid regime, settler colonialism, and military occupation.