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Topic: White Privilege Speaker: Rev. Greg Pelley, Pastor Unitarian Universalist Society of Millcreek, DE Date: Tuesday, March 22, 7:00 pm Western Quarter Friends have joined with MLK CommUnity Advocates and Inclusive Social Ministry for Solidarity (ISIMs) to help arrange a series of Conversations on Race. These conversations will feature a short presentation by a guest […]
Organization of Peace Week Delaware began in February 2016. Since then, Delaware’s Movement for a Culture of Peace (MCP) has partnered with dozens of organizations and individuals across the First State to present a week-long series of events running from September 18 – 25. All are welcome to attend and support these activities - regardless of […]
Peace Day Philly promotes and collaborates on programming related to personal, local and/or global peace, on and around the United Nations International Day of Peace (“Peace Day”), SEPTEMBER 21. Peace Day Philly’s focus is on building positive peace and creating the conditions for peace, unity and justice through diverse and collaborative activities such as: dialogue, skill and […]
Time to Wake Up & Stand Up Fighting for Social Justice in the 21st Century “In the end we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” - Martin Luther King, Jr. Featured Speaker: Jerry Franklin Poe Jerry Franklin Poe Jr. is the Vice President of the Martin Luther […]
Conversations on Race - March 28, 7 pm Western Quarterly Meeting has been peripherally involved in the planning and hosting of this monthly conversation (4th Tuesdays at 7pm), which currently meets at Kennett Friends Meeting House (in the Worship Room). In March Iram Shaukat, of the Islamic Society of Delaware and the Delaware Civil Rights Coalition […]
A HOT TOPIC Event Wednesday, May 10 at 6:30 p.m. on Human Trafficking (Exploitation) FEATURING: A/V presentation by Yolanda Schlabach, founder and Executive Director of Zoë Ministries PANEL: Commissioner Mary McDonough, Delaware Court of Common Pleas, Human Trafficking Court Commissioner Loretta Young, Delaware Family Court Nancy McGee, Coordinator, Sexual Assault Network of Delaware, ContactLifeline, Inc. […]
One-day Workshop: Speaking from the Heart— The Real Work of Undoing Racism from the Inside Saturday, September 16, 2017 8:30 am—3:30 pm Lunch provided. Registration required. Free, with $5-$35 donation suggested. This one-day workshop is designed for participants to engage with issues of racism and oppression on a personal level. We will learn tools for recognizing, […]
This Thursday, March 22, at 7:00 pm (in the Meeting Room) KACS director, Melanie Weiler, will present a new initiative for addressing the causes of systemic poverty in Kennett Square. The program is based on a nation-wide community support program called Bridges Out Poverty Initiative. This in turn is part of a larger effort called […]
In one way or another all of us have had to face the harsh reality of gun violence in communities, or in our friends’ communities and unfortunately an ever increasing occurrence of gun violence where our most vulnerable go to learn and grow, our schools. Our own children are leading this conversation that has affected […]
April Quarterly Meeting Western AND Concord Quarters at Wilmington Friends School (101 School Road, Wilmington, DE) Children’s Program (during Meeting for Worship and Afternoon Program for elementary and middle school age Friends) child care available 9-11:45 am and 1-3 pm 8:45-9 am Sign-In 9-10:15 am Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business - for each […]
