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.