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)…
Here’s another video Earthcare resource: Quaker Earthcare Witness: A Panorama. Barb Adams, Richmond (VA) Monthly Meeting and Quaker Earthcare Witness (QEW) Representative from Baltimore Yearly Meeting, has created the 21-minute film that, as described by QEW, “…inspires Friends to connect…
I have the joy of sharing with you a new film (and new friends)! Bill Adler and Robin Truesdale will screen their new documentary film ‘Sweet Home Monteverde’ in St. Petersburg on February 21st. In the future, Bill and Robin will…
Winter Interim Business Meeting, held on Saturday, Jan. 18th, and the Michener Lecture and Seminars, held on Sunday, January 19th, made for a lively and rewarding weekend that drew record crowds. The events were hosted by Orlando Meeting, who provided…
As many yearly meeting adults participated in the committee meetings, Michener lecture, and other activities of Winter Interim Business Meeting this past weekend, SEYM youth enjoyed a varied program focused on anti-war movements and activism. On Saturday, Vietnam veteran Ray…
George Lakey, veteran activist and recently-retired Swarthmore professor, will visit Miami and Palm Beach Meetings in March, leading workshops based on his new book How We Win: A Guide to Nonviolent Direct Action Campaigning, which has received endorsements from social…