Over 30 Friends from 11 Meetings and Worship Groups attended the SEYM Monthly Meeting and Worship Group Forum, which proved to be a rich and rewarding online gathering. The forum was held on May 16th, as part of our Yearly…
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…
SEYM Friends are invited to gather on Sundays at 3 pm for Meeting for Worship on the Zoom video-conferencing platform. While we are maintaining our physical distance during this pandemic, we need to be resilient, and find more ways to…
Join SEYM Field Secretary for Earthcare Beverly Ward and Youth and Young Adult Coordinator Kody Hersh, for family "devotional time" with Quaker families around the world! These daily Zoom (video-conference) calls are designed for adults and children participating together. No…
A few Monthly Meeting Clerks have responded to an invitation, from SEYM staff to share stories of how their meeting is coping with the physical distancing required to slow the coronavirus pandemic. Here are the responses so far. Check back…
Dear Friends, The Yearly Meeting Administrative Secretary, Gathering Committee, and the YM clerk have been receiving a large number of messages of concern about the coronavirus and whether the SEYM Gathering would continue as planned. On Wednesday night, March 11th,…
I have been asked to share greetings from Britain Yearly Meeting and Friends World Committee for Consultation - Section of the Americas (FWCC-SoA). On 8 Second Month (February), I participated, electronically, in Britain Yearly Meeting’s Quaker World Relations Committee (QWRC)…