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…
A full youth program is planned for Friday through Sunday, January 17-19, the Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend, which is SEYM’s Winter Interim Business Meeting and Michener Lecture weekend. All events are at the Orlando Friends Meetinghouse. It’s a…
QREC’s Conversation Circles are online video conferences where Quaker religious educators across geographic regions share and collaborate about why and how they do their work. Circles are scheduled for every month. Registration is required with access information provided by email.…
Blessings, Friends. Last year, Friend Stephanie Preston-Hughes asked me to attend the Valencia College Peace and Justice Institute's “Peace Breakfast: An Interfaith Gathering.” Faith leaders were asked to share touchstones—“a touchstone transcends any one religion, thought, or spiritual tradition and…
Following up on what they learned in the recent George Lakey workshop, ‘How We Win,’ Gainesville Quakers have begun taking steps to wage nonviolent direct action campaigns. First, they held a worship sharing/forum to determine group and individual leadings for…
Friends from all over Florida gathered for a blissful four days at Half Yearly Meeting, held over Thanksgiving weekend at Wekiwa Springs State Park. A team of Friends arrived early Thursday and prepared a delicious Thanksgiving dinner, which included not…
George Lakey, long-time activist and author, visited four Meetings in Florida, giving workshops based on his latest book, How We Win: A Guide To Nonviolent Direct Action Campaigning. The 3-1/2 hour interactive, intense workshop walked Friends through the process of…
Mónica Maher, Initiative Coordinator for Peacebuilding en las Americas (PLA) sends this report on their work since September 2019. A highlight of this period was visiting Friends in Seattle, Olympia, Corvallis and Portland November 8-13 as part of the PLA…
"Holding Ourselves in the Spirit of Love and Gratitude" was the theme of Miami Friends Meeting Annual Retreat, held on Saturday November 9th. Over 20 Friends attended the gathering, facilitated by Kody Hersh, SEYM’s Youth and Young Adult Coordinator. The…