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SUMMARY:Virtual Worship with Abingdon Monthly Meeting
DESCRIPTION:All are welcome to join us online\nMonday\, Wednesday & Friday\nfor a Quaker meeting for worship by Zoom from 10am to 11am.\nPreceding this is hymn-singing from 9:25 to 9:50am\, where a meeting family leads us in song\, while our home mics are muted.\nFOR THE LINK: ahead of time please email AbingtonMeeting@abingtonfriends.net
URL:http://westernquarterquakers.org/event/virtual-worship-with-abingdon-monthly-meeting/2020-04-13/
LOCATION:PA
ORGANIZER;CN="Abington Friends Meeting":MAILTO:AbingtonMeeting@abingtonfriends.net
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200416T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200416T200000
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SUMMARY:PYM's Weekly Clerks\, Quarter Clerks\, and Coordinators Call
DESCRIPTION:Advance Care Planning During the COVID-19 Crisis:Having the Conversation Now\npre-conversation video is about 30 minutes\n\n7:00 pm – for conversation\nA conversation between Ted Taylor MDiv\, Director of Pastoral Care & Training at RWJ Baqrnabas Hospital in Hamilton NJ (Yardley Meeting)\, and Susan W Hoskins LCSW (Newtown Meeting)\, in which they discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic has increased the urgency for talking with family members about how you would like your care to be handled in a way consistent with your choices and Quaker values.\nWATCH THE VIDEO FROM YOUR LOCATION. PASS ALONG TO FRIENDS & FAMILY.\n \nSusan will offer a Q&A follow-up on Zoom\nTime: Apr 16\, 2020 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Meeting ID: 220 863 082 PW: 1jtMyS
URL:http://westernquarterquakers.org/event/pyms-weekly-clerks-quarter-clerks-and-coordinators-cal-2020-04-23/2020-04-16/
LOCATION:PA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200418T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200418T150000
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SUMMARY:Middle School Friends - Virtual gathering!
DESCRIPTION:Let’s Hangout! \nWe had a wonderful time at our first Middle School Friends virtual hangout! Our second Zoom Hangout will be Saturday\, April 18th from 1:30-3 PM.\nThis time\, we’ll begin with an at-home Scavenger Hunt to check-in. For the rest of the time\, we will give MSF participants an opportunity to simply be together with old and new friends\, talk\, and play a question/answer card game.\nIt was wonderful to see everyone last time! Thank you for bringing yourselves and your thoughtful questions! We are looking forward to spending more time in community with you all soon. All friends in middle school are welcome! \nElizabeth Croce\, MSF Co-Facilitator       Kristin Simmons\, MSF Co-Facilitator   \nAlix Vallery\, MSF Assistant\nSee the PYM calendar to register OR register here
URL:http://westernquarterquakers.org/event/middle-school-friends-virtual-gathering/
LOCATION:PA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200418T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200418T170000
DTSTAMP:20200329T201226Z
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SUMMARY:Quaker Family Meetup! - VIRTUAL OFFERING
DESCRIPTION:Quaker Family Meetups are an opportunity for PYM Families of infants to teens to join together for fellowship\, play\, snacks and spiritual refreshment. \nWe’re moving this party online! Join PYM Families to check in\, tell jokes\, hear a story together\, and share fellowship across our homes. BYOS! (Bring your own snacks this time!) \nJoin Zoom Meeting: https://zoom.us/j/143964445 \nMeeting ID: 143 964 445 \n\n3:00 Introductions\n3:30 Group games at home!\n4:30 Story and worship sharing\n5:00  So long . . . until the next Meetup! (at Annual Sessions)\n\n\nLet us know you’re coming (not required)\nEmail the Youth Religious Life Coordinator: mwennerbradley@pym.org or call 215-241-7171. It’s also fine to show up! \n\nThe Vision of the Quaker Family Meetups (modified a bit for virtual gathering!) \n\nProvide a welcoming\, comfortable space for parents and children to gather for a relaxed program of fellowship\, play\, and worship sharing. Grandparents\, foster parents\, and other family caregivers are welcome\, too. Create the opportunity to connect with other families and support one another in grounding our parenting in the “tools” we have as Friends: queries\, space for listening\, openness to finding new ways\, and Quaker testimonies.  \n\n 
URL:http://westernquarterquakers.org/event/quaker-family-meetup/
LOCATION:PA\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200423T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200423T200000
DTSTAMP:20200416T215829Z
CREATED:20200411T153913Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Clerking with Emily Provance
DESCRIPTION:Emily Provance\, a member of Fifteenth Street Meeting (NYC)\, New York Yearly Meeting will be with us to offer her gifts and skills for a 2 hours “Clerking a Virtual Meeting” workshop. Do you have questions about clerking a virtual business meeting? Please join us to learn and ask questions.\nPlease join us – you will not want to miss this workshop! You will need to register and you may do so by using the registration link below. You will receive an email the the day before the workshop with the Zoom call information.\nWe look forward to being with you for this great workshop with Emily!\nRegister here
URL:http://westernquarterquakers.org/event/pyms-weekly-clerks-quarter-clerks-and-coordinators-cal/
LOCATION:PA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200426T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200426T150000
DTSTAMP:20200219T171847Z
CREATED:20190716T020331Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200219T171847Z
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SUMMARY:April Quarterly Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Come for worship\, programs\, business\, and fellowship!\n8:45-9:00 Sign in\n9:00-10:15 Meeting for Business\, each Quarter meeting separately AND CHILDREN’S PROGRAM!\n10:30-11:30 Meeting for Worship\n11:45-12:45 Lunch and fellowship\n12:45 gathering for program AND CHILDREN’S ACTIVITIES\n1:00-3:00 CHILDREN’S ACTIVITIES\n1:00-3:00* program – Better Angels Skill Session\nwith Jennifer Elam\, a member of Goshen Friends Meeting in Concord Quarter\nand Madelena Rizzo\, a Friends Central graduate and J.D/Ph.D. candidate at Drexel\nBetter Angel’s Mission\nBetter Angels is a citizens’ organization uniting red and blue Americans in a working alliance to depolarize America\n\n\nWe try to understand the other side’s point of view\, even if we don’t agree with it\n\n\nWe engage those we disagree with\, looking for common ground and ways to work together\n\n\nWe support principles that bring us together rather than divide us\n\n\n*Better Angels list workshop times for a minimum of 2 1/2 hours but the moderators will aim for a two hour time for this one. \n 
URL:http://westernquarterquakers.org/event/april-quarterly-meeting-2/
LOCATION:Kennett Friends Meeting\, 125 W. Sickle Street\, Kennett Square \, PA\, 19348\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200501T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200503T130000
DTSTAMP:20200425T164053Z
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SUMMARY:Middle School and Young Friends Virtual Camp Swatara
DESCRIPTION:Youth staff have put together a virtual weekend featuring some Camp Swatara favorites. Join Middle School and Young Friends from Philadelphia area and beyond.\n-Blanket fort-making challenge  -hike workout    -worship sharing in small groups    -talent show with youth MC   -sing around the virtual campfire with your own snacks!   -program graduation on Sunday\nMiddle School Friends register here\nYoung Friends register here\n 
URL:http://westernquarterquakers.org/event/middle-school-and-young-friends-virtual-camp-swatara/
LOCATION:PA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200502T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200502T123000
DTSTAMP:20200423T151321Z
CREATED:20200423T151321Z
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SUMMARY:Caln Quarter's Swatara 2020 Virtual Plenary and Discussion - Growing Our Meetings
DESCRIPTION:Featured speaker – Barry Crossno\, General Secretary Friends General Conference\n\n\n\n\nPlenary Speech on The Meeting Experience: share stories\, statistics\, and practical tools to help re- imagine a Meeting experience that is invitational and responsive to the needs of the diversity of current and potential Friends.\nOutreach Panel: explore findings of Facts on Growth study\, Outreach resources of Yearly Meetings and Friends General Conference.\n2020-2021 Membership Development Zoom Series: create an Outreach Working Group to identify and convey resources\, activities and information regarding membership development.\nRegistration\nQuestions? e-mail registrar at irene5951@gmail.com\nEvent flyer \n 
URL:http://westernquarterquakers.org/event/caln-quarters-swatara-2020-virtual-plenary-and-discussion-growing-our-meetings/
LOCATION:PA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200502T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200503T120000
DTSTAMP:20200425T162646Z
CREATED:20200227T231308Z
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SUMMARY:Family Overnight! - going virtual!
DESCRIPTION:For information about alternative programming May 2 on goto the PYM Children’s Program Events page!\nGather for one\, two\, or all three sessions with program staff Kimani Keaton and Crystal Hershey during the weekend:\n\n\nSaturday\, May 2\, 7-8pm Family Games\n\n\nSaturday\, May 2\, 9:30-10:30pm Parent Fellowship\n\n\nSunday\, May 3\, 10-10:30am Worship Experiment\n\n\nOn the evening of Saturday May 2\, bring your tea and hot cocoa\, chocolate snacks and fruit bowls\, and join us to play games and share fellowship. After your kids are in bed\, we’ll regroup on Zoom at 9:30pm for a time just for parents to chat with fellow parents. On Sunday morning\, we’ll gather for a worship experiment from 10:00-10:30am.\nRegistration link
URL:http://westernquarterquakers.org/event/family-overnight/
LOCATION:Camp Dark Waters\, 26 New Freedom Road\, Medford\, NJ\, 08055\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200507T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200507T190000
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SUMMARY:Commonwealth Interfaith Prayers for Justice and Peace
DESCRIPTION:Loving Your Neighbor as Yourself in a Time of Pandemic\nJoin PA Council of Churches for their 12th year in raising a collective voice for a more just and peaceful world.\n6:oopm via Facebook Event link\nhttps://www.facebook.com/PAChurchesAdvocacy/live\nQuestions / Contact Rev. Sandy Strauss 717-545-4761 s.strauss@pachurches.org
URL:http://westernquarterquakers.org/event/commonwealth-interfaith-prayers-for-justice-and-peace/
LOCATION:PA
ORGANIZER;CN="PA Council of Churches":MAILTO:pcc@pachurches.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200507T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200507T210000
DTSTAMP:20200505T133800Z
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SUMMARY:Building a Nonviolent Direct Action Campaign
DESCRIPTION:We’re living in strange times. While many of us are experiencing or standing in solidarity with the immediate suffering around us during the Coronavirus epidemic\, we are also aware of the bigger social needs so glaring in this moment of profound rupture. We want to use this time well and build our activist muscles\, so we can collectively push for real change on health care\, inequality\, climate change\, and more. \nHistory shows that nonviolent direct action campaigns are one of the best ways to build such movements. Let’s prepare now for the work ahead. \nThis online course will teach you the basics of nonviolent direct action campaigning. With proven methods of building people power\, campaigns shake up the status quo through tactics that range from fasting and boycotts to noncooperation and civil disobedience. If you’re feeling discouraged\, this is the perfect time to build your strategic skills in the methods of Gandhi\, King\, and Quaker suffrage leader Alice Paul. \nDuring our four classes together online\, you will learn how to:\n● Choose an issue where you can actually make a difference.\n● Identify the people who you want to pressure and where they are vulnerable.\n● Develop creative tactics to make your actions effective\, press-worthy\, and often fun.\n● Build your impact over time\, so the people you’re trying to pressure have to take you seriously. \nEach session will include a mixture of lesson and discussion. Recordings of the class sessions will be available in case you can’t make every one\, along with additional materials and suggested homework. \nThe course will begin Thursday\, May 7th and run the four Thursdays of May from 7 to 9 EST. \nDue to financial hardship from the Coronavirus\, I am moving to sliding scale pricing. My hope is that you will choose a price that feels like a real investment to you without making it a hardship. The group registration option remains\, which is a great way to lower the cost for everyone while building your group. Please let me know if you have questions or need additional financial aid. \nContact: Eileen Flanagan 215-400-1547   https://eileenflanagan.com/building-a-campaign/ \n  \n 
URL:http://westernquarterquakers.org/event/building-a-nonviolent-direct-action-campaign/2020-05-07/
LOCATION:PA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200512T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200512T213000
DTSTAMP:20200512T184950Z
CREATED:20200512T184950Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200512T184950Z
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SUMMARY:Quakers and the Poor People's Campaign
DESCRIPTION:ZOOM WORKSHOP  – 90 minute interactive program\nProvidence Friends Meeting invites us to join them on Zoom tonight to learn more about Quakers and the Poor People’s Campaign.\nIn 2020\, the Poor People’s Campaign is bringing people across the U.S. together in pursuit of racial\, economic\, and environmental justice; as in 1968\, faith communities will play a significant role. Learn about the origins of this economic justice campaign first organized by the Rev. Martin Luther King\, Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and how local Quaker communities can continue to speak truth to power in partnership with the Campaign. Be sure to have a few pieces of paper and writing utensils with you\, and feel free to bring a friend or family member along!\nPresenters:\nSophia Burns\, Stuart Fellow at AFSC\, and\nLaura Boyce\, AFSC and member of Providence Friends Meeting\nRegistration is required.\nUse this link to register and get the link for “Poor People’s Campaign 101”
URL:http://westernquarterquakers.org/event/quakers-and-the-poor-peoples-campaign/
LOCATION:PA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200515T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200515T170000
DTSTAMP:20200511T144644Z
CREATED:20200511T144644Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200511T144644Z
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SUMMARY:Young Friends - Friday Check-in
DESCRIPTION:Friday Afternoon Check-ins!\n\nYoung Friends Staff will host the Friday gatherings between 4-5 PM on the dates listed below\, and Young Friends are invited to sign-up to lead the program on additional Fridays. Register for the Friday programs\, and we’ll send you the Zoom link.\n\n\n\nStaff Hosted Check-ins: April 17 — April 24 — May 29 — June 26\nFellowship\, games\, community!\n\n\nYou can sign up to host a check-in at the PYM Calendar page\n\nQuestions? Call PYM Youth Religious Life coordinator 215-241-7171 or email
URL:http://westernquarterquakers.org/event/young-friends-friday-check-in/2020-05-15/
LOCATION:PA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200515T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200515T210000
DTSTAMP:20200511T143846Z
CREATED:20200511T143846Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200511T143846Z
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SUMMARY:Young Adult Friends - Virtual Community Worship
DESCRIPTION:This week’s YAF Community Worship will kick off our At-Home Retreat.\nFor more information on the retreat or to find registration visit the retreat page.
URL:http://westernquarterquakers.org/event/young-adult-friends-virtual-community-worship/
LOCATION:PA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200515T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200516T190000
DTSTAMP:20200511T130150Z
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SUMMARY:AT HOME - YAF Retreat
DESCRIPTION:Register Here\nThe idea behind our retreat is to collaboratively create something that speaks to a query and where young adult friends are at on this day. Throughout the retreat there will be large group community time\, and small group time where we are split up by the medium we are working on:\n\n\nWords (example: poetry\, creative writing)\n\n\nVisuals (example: drawing\, collage\, photography)\n\n\nSounds (example: observing\, making\, recording)\n\n\nEach individual participating in the retreat will create something that will be compiled into a zine of all our work together!\nPYM coordinator to contact mrose@pym.org 
URL:http://westernquarterquakers.org/event/yaf-retreat/
LOCATION:Camp Dark Waters\, 26 New Freedom Road\, Medford\, NJ\, 08055\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200519T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200519T203000
DTSTAMP:20200511T132209Z
CREATED:20200511T131842Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200511T132209Z
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SUMMARY:EcoJustice Collaborative Film Discussion
DESCRIPTION:Exploring What is True in the film Planet of the Humans\nConnection information here\nMichael Moore’s new movie\, Planet of the Humans\, has stirred up lots of controversy and confusion. Our presenters will sort out fact from fiction\, identify errors and accuracies\, and answer as many questions as we can fit into one hour. This will be a lively discussion\, so bring all your questions.\nJoin Zoom Meeting\nQuestions – contact Patricia Finley 267-475-0391
URL:http://westernquarterquakers.org/event/ecojustice-collaborative-film-discussion/
LOCATION:PA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200521T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200521T200000
DTSTAMP:20200511T144025Z
CREATED:20200511T144025Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200511T144025Z
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SUMMARY:Young Adult Friends Community Worship - Virtual
DESCRIPTION:Join YAF Community Worship facilitated by Catherine Campbell.\nJoin Zoom Meeting by computer: https://zoom.us/j/540686103 \nOr by phone: +1 929 436 2866\nMeeting ID: 540 686 103
URL:http://westernquarterquakers.org/event/young-adult-friends-community-worship-virtual/
LOCATION:PA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200525T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200525T200000
DTSTAMP:20200518T142839Z
CREATED:20200518T142839Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200518T142839Z
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SUMMARY:Northside Friends Meeting - National Day of Mourning for Covid-19
DESCRIPTION:Northside Friends Meeting is a Quaker Meeting located in the Uptown Neighborhood of Chicago\, Illinois. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and Illinois quarantine we have continued to worship and share fellowship over video from our homes and have drawn comfort and strength from this continuing connection to our community.\nAt a recent check-in video call\, we shared how we felt affected by the pandemic – we spoke of feeling sorrow\, frustration\, fear\, guilt\, and despair. Although these feelings were painful\, we felt lifted at being able to be together in our sorrow.\nWe know this crisis is far from over. We will experience more frustration and fear and guilt and despair and terrible\, terrible loss. But we know too that sorrow shared is sorrow halved and it serves none of us to carry our burdens alone.\nThere has been no call from the US government for a Day of Mourning to acknowledge the grief and loss caused by the pandemic thus far. As people of faith\, it falls to us.\nOur testimony of integrity compels us to speak truth – we will not deny our grief nor refuse to acknowledge our loss. Our testimony of equality compels us to see the privilege enjoyed by those whom the pandemic has touched lightly and witness the pain of those whom the pandemic has wounded deeply. Our testimony of community compels us to come together – as Quakers\, Chicagoans\, Americans\, humans\, and children of the Earth.\nWe invite all people to hold Memorial Day\, Monday May 25\, 2020\, as a Day of Mourning. We invite you to take time and to share your burdens with your loved ones and the communities from which you draw comfort and strength. We too will be worshiping together on that day and gather with you in spirit.\nWe also invite you to join with us in a visible action. At sundown wherever you live\, light a candle and step outside and hold a moment of silence for what we have lost together.\nMay 10\, 2020
URL:http://westernquarterquakers.org/event/northside-friends-meeting-national-day-of-mourning-for-covid-19/
LOCATION:PA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200528T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200528T210000
DTSTAMP:20200511T142525Z
CREATED:20200511T141411Z
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SUMMARY:Friends in Fellowship with Nozizwe Charlotte Madlala-Routledge & Jeremy Routledge
DESCRIPTION:Join us online for an evening with Nozizwe Charlotte Madlala-Routledge\, former Deputy Minister of Defense and of Health in South Africa\, currently Friend in Residence at Haverford College\, and Jeremy Routledge\, former director of the Quaker Peace Centre in Cape Town.\nTimes of global crisis\, like now under COVID19\, are also an opportunity for social transformation and innovation. Join this talk with Nozizwe and Jeremy Routledge\, from Southern Africa Quaker Community\, as they share stories of hope and courage drawn from their own life-long struggle for peace\, equality and justice in South Africa. There will be an interactive Breakout room where you can share your own stories of connecting locally and internationally.  Come! Practice hope and courage with Friends.\nRegister here!\nHosted virtually by Friends World Committee for Consultation\, PYM\, Haverford College and Friends Center.\nNozizwe is a Quaker South African politician and activist who started her life of political activism under the tutelage of Steve Biko\, a leading light of the grassroots anti-apartheid campaign known as the Black Consciousness Movement. Madlala-Routledge moved on to join the ANC and the South African Communist Party\, which were both banned\, and was detained a number of times without trial. The latest period was serving a year in solitary confinement.\nQuestions? Email Grace Sharples Cooke
URL:http://westernquarterquakers.org/event/friends-in-fellowship-with-nozizwe-charlotte-madlala-routledge-jeremy-routledge/
LOCATION:PA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200603T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200603T203000
DTSTAMP:20200511T143118Z
CREATED:20200511T143118Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200511T143118Z
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SUMMARY:Friends in Fellowship – with Emily Ominsky
DESCRIPTION:Ethical Artificial Intelligence – A Design Solution\nWorking at the leading edge of responsible Artificial Intelligence (AI) design\, tech guru Emily Ominsky unpacks her work in ethical design of AI\, telling us how AI human bias in Artificial Intelligence is addressed.\nEmily is a recent grad from Cornell University\, where she studied Information Science with a concentration in User Experience and a minor in Communications.  While a student\, she served as a teaching assistant in Cornell’s Human Computer Interaction and Web Development\, teaching best practices in UX research and development.\nRegister to receive the Zoom link \nQuestions? Email Grace Sharples Cooke
URL:http://westernquarterquakers.org/event/friends-in-fellowship-with-emily-ominsky/
LOCATION:PA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200606T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200606T160000
DTSTAMP:20200523T142707Z
CREATED:20200523T142707Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200523T142707Z
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SUMMARY:Clerking by Zoom Workshop
DESCRIPTION:It’s just like clerking in person\, right? The principles are the same\, but when we can’t see each other’s body language we need to make adjustments. What can we do to facilitate a grounded\, spirit-led process? Practically\, how will you handle documents and reports? How will you use the chat feature? (Does the chat feature promote side conversations?) Explore these questions with Steve Mohlke\, NYYM General Secretary.\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSteve Mohlke is a longtime Friend and former clerk of Ithaca Monthly Meeting. He served as co-clerk for the 2017 Friends General Conference Gathering. He currently serves as General Secretary of New York Yearly Meeting. \nRegister here\nThis is a pay-as-led event to help support Powell House\, the conference and retreat center of New York Yearly Meeting.
URL:http://westernquarterquakers.org/event/clerking-by-zoom-workshop/
LOCATION:PA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200613T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200613T150000
DTSTAMP:20200518T144458Z
CREATED:20200518T144458Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200518T144458Z
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SUMMARY:Middle School Friends Hangouts
DESCRIPTION:MSF staff are planning a crafting hangout\, a movie hangout\, and a hangout to learn more about the Poor People’s Campaign and youth witness!\n\nRegister on the MSF Events page for Middle School Friends programs in June and July (before Annual Sessions! July 29-August 2). \nRegister once and we’ll send you the Zoom information before each event. (Attending all three is not required!)
URL:http://westernquarterquakers.org/event/middle-school-friends-hangouts/
LOCATION:PA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200627T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200627T150000
DTSTAMP:20200518T144638Z
CREATED:20200518T144638Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200518T144638Z
UID:10693-1593262800-1593270000@westernquarterquakers.org
SUMMARY:Middle School Friends Hangout
DESCRIPTION:MSF staff are planning a crafting hangout\, a movie hangout\, and a hangout to learn more about the Poor People’s Campaign and youth witness!\n\nRegister on the MSF Events page for Middle School Friends programs in June and July (before Annual Sessions! July 29-August 2). \nRegister once and we’ll send you the Zoom information before each event. (Attending all three is not required!)
URL:http://westernquarterquakers.org/event/middle-school-friends-hangout/
LOCATION:PA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200627T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200627T210000
DTSTAMP:20200608T121017Z
CREATED:20200522T143106Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200608T121017Z
UID:10698-1593284400-1593291600@westernquarterquakers.org
SUMMARY:Western and Concord Quarters Virtual Fellowship Gathering
DESCRIPTION:Everyone’s Got Talent
URL:http://westernquarterquakers.org/event/western-and-concord-quarters-virtual-fellowship-gathering/
LOCATION:PA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200628T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200628T090000
DTSTAMP:20200619T140217Z
CREATED:20200619T140217Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200619T140217Z
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SUMMARY:Worship at Old Kennett Meeting House
DESCRIPTION:Worship at Old Kennett Friends Meeting House with Kennett Monthly Meeting. \nOld Kennett Meeting House is on the right as you enter Kendal on Route 1 east of Kennett Square. \nLast Sundays of June\, July\, August at 8am.
URL:http://westernquarterquakers.org/event/worship-at-old-kennett-meeting-house/
LOCATION:PA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200704T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200704T120000
DTSTAMP:20200630T134206Z
CREATED:20200630T134206Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200630T134206Z
UID:10777-1593860400-1593864000@westernquarterquakers.org
SUMMARY:Wilmington Monthly Meeting - July 4th demonstration
DESCRIPTION:Black Lives Matter demonstration on Fourth Street in front of Wilmington Meeting at Fourth and West Sts. in Wilmington Saturday\, July 4\, from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m.  \nWe would like to invite folks from the Concord and Western Quarters.  We’ll be carrying “Black Lives Matter” and “There is that of God in Everyone” signs that demonstrators will themselves bring.  \nWe see July 4 as a particularly good time for a demonstration\, because it is the start of a country that was built on the backs of slaves.  “Independence Day”– HA! Clearly not for African Americans!\n 
URL:http://westernquarterquakers.org/event/wilmington-monthly-meeting-july-4th-demonstration/
LOCATION:Wilmington Friends Meeting\, 401 West Street\, Wilmington\, DE\, 19801\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200711T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200711T150000
DTSTAMP:20200518T145016Z
CREATED:20200518T145016Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200518T145016Z
UID:10695-1594472400-1594479600@westernquarterquakers.org
SUMMARY:Middle School Friends Hangout
DESCRIPTION:MSF staff are planning a crafting hangout\, a movie hangout\, and a hangout to learn more about the Poor People’s Campaign and youth witness!\n\nRegister on the MSF Events page for Middle School Friends programs in June and July (before Annual Sessions! July 29-August 2). \nRegister once and we’ll send you the Zoom information before each event. (Attending all three is not required!)
URL:http://westernquarterquakers.org/event/middle-school-friends-hangout-2/
LOCATION:PA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200712T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200712T170000
DTSTAMP:20200620T135954Z
CREATED:20200620T135953Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200620T135954Z
UID:10755-1594540800-1594573200@westernquarterquakers.org
SUMMARY:SCAVENGER HUNT!
DESCRIPTION:For the children’s program on 19 July\, a multigenerational Scavenger Hunt activity – with friends and/or family – complete as many as you’d like and share a few with Western Quarter’s Youth Coordinator.\n\nSend photos to Claire by July 12.
URL:http://westernquarterquakers.org/event/scavenger-hunt/2020-07-12/
LOCATION:PA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200719T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200719T150000
DTSTAMP:20231016T230132Z
CREATED:20200411T154802Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231016T230132Z
UID:10573-1595152800-1595170800@westernquarterquakers.org
SUMMARY:Quarterly Meeting - Save the date!
DESCRIPTION:Western Quarterly Meeting’s Seventh Month Gathering\nWestern Quarterly Meeting will meet virtually on 19 July\, 2020 for worship and meeting for worship with attention to business.\nREGISTER HERE\n10:00-10:25 am Joint Quarter Children’s Program – Scavenger Hunt Sharing\n10:30-11:15 am Joint Quarter Meeting for Worship\n11:20-11:45 am Joint Quarter Fellowship Rooms\n11:50-12:50 pm Joint Quarter Open Fellowship time\n1:00pm Western Quarter Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business with consideration of the 5th Query\nOn Wednesday 22 July from 7:00pm-9:00 we will have a Joint Quarter program with Braver Angels.
URL:http://westernquarterquakers.org/event/quarterly-meeting-save-the-date/
LOCATION:PA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200722T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200722T210000
DTSTAMP:20231016T230043Z
CREATED:20200624T194250Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231016T230043Z
UID:10764-1595444400-1595451600@westernquarterquakers.org
SUMMARY:Joint Quarter Program - Braver Angels Skills Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by Concord & Western Quarters\n\n\n \n\n\nConversation Training for a Polarized Society\n\n\n\n\n\nIn December of 2016 … With passions still high following the election we assembled 10 Trump supporters and 11 Clinton supporters in South Lebanon\, Ohio. This would become our first Red/Blue Workshop. The goal was simple. We needed to see if Americans could still disagree respectfully – and just maybe\, find common ground. Some thought it wasn’t likely. We proved our skeptics wrong. https://braverangels.org/our-story/\n\n\n \n\n \n\n\n\nMadelena Rizzo and Jennifer Elam are experienced moderators for the Braver Angels organization. Braver Angels was organized in 2016 to help participants with opposing political views learn to speak with one another with respect and understanding while still holding onto their core beliefs. Madelena and Jennifer will conduct an official Braver Angels workshop designed to teach us these skills in this 2-hour online experience.\nMadelena Rizzo is currently in her fifth year in a dual law/clinical psychology graduate program at Drexel University. She attended Friends’ Central School in Wynnewood\, PA\, from 1st grade to 12th grade and credits the school with instilling in her a lifelong pursuit of the common good.\nJennifer Elam is a member of Berea Friends Meeting in Berea\, Kentucky\, with a PhD in school psychology from the University of North Carolina. She is a licensed psychologist who has studied Quaker spirituality and the lives of the Christian contemplatives and mystics.\nThis is a special event that requires registration by July 21. You will be sent the Zoom in an email confirmation.\nRegister by July 21 at: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUofuqopzIvHtZA8pGbVpMB3fe3G8qBbNwp\nParticipants are asked to take an online module that takes about 40 minutes within a week of the workshop. That link is here: https://braverangels.org/online/online-skills-training/ You are welcome to complete the online module even if you cannot attend the workshop.\n\n\n \n\n \n\nBraverAgl_flyer20200722
URL:http://westernquarterquakers.org/event/joint-quarter-program-braver-angels-skills-workshop/
LOCATION:PA
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