The SEYM Gathering falls early in the “season” of yearly meeting events; most yearly meetings in North America hold their large annual sessions over the summer. As a result, we were one of the first yearly meetings to have to…
Coordinator Mónica Maher sent this report from Peacebuilding en las Américas (PLA). Their network of AVP facilitators in Ecuador, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras are coping with dire pandemic conditions: hunger, human rights violations, the collapse of public health…
The SEYM Virtual Mini-Gathering proved to be a wonderful way to respond to our need for spiritual renewal and community in this time of physical distancing. 112 Friends attended the sessions; Quakers from SEYM Meetings and Worship Groups, along with…
Over the last two months, I have been engaged in virtual Earthcare fieldwork via Zoom nearly each day. Despite the anxiety, grief, and anger that I am experiencing because of the social impacts of the coronavirus, I have had the…