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Ethical Artificial Intelligence - A Design Solution Working 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. Emily is a recent grad from Cornell University, where she studied Information Science with […]
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! Register on the MSF Events page for Middle School Friends programs in June and July (before Annual Sessions! July 29-August 2). Register once and we’ll send you the Zoom information before […]
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! Register on the MSF Events page for Middle School Friends programs in June and July (before Annual Sessions! July 29-August 2). Register once and we’ll send you the Zoom information before […]
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! Register on the MSF Events page for Middle School Friends programs in June and July (before Annual Sessions! July 29-August 2). Register once and we’ll send you the Zoom information before […]
Dear Friends, In light of the COVID-19 pandemic and after careful discernment, the Sessions Coordinating Committee and the leadership of the councils of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting have thoughtfully and carefully decided that this year’s Annual Sessions (July 29 – August 2, 2020) will move to a virtual space in order to preserve the care and […]
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Annual Sessions Key Note Presentation - Wednesday, July 29 7:00pm Marcelle Martin will ground virtual PYM Annual Sessions in worship. Marcelle Martin, a member of Swarthmore Meeting, has led workshops across the United States. She was the resident Quaker Studies teacher at Pendle Hill for four years and is a core teacher […]
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Annual Sessions Keynote - Friday, July 7:00pm “We become true individuals …” writes James Fowler. How does our community help us become known, inside and outside of the Quaker world? As members of the Religious Society of Friends, how do we reconcile with and activate our histories for the abolitionist work at […]
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Annual Sessions Keynote Presentation - Saturday, August 1st, at 7pm Making “music for the world we need,” City Love is a West Philly social justice music and education group, using songs to spread love, hope, dialogue, justice, and healing. City Love has shared assemblies, workshops, and performances at schools, colleges, and conferences […]
On July 11th, Friends from across PYM met in a Plenary Session on Climate Change to consider what it would mean to adopt the EJC minute to make the climate crisis a Yearly-Meeting-wide witness/concern. While we must wait until a business meeting to adopt such a minute, those present expressed an urgent desire to start […]
Conversation Circles are an opportunity to bring together the wisdom of our PYM RE community of practice. Join in listening and discussion with others carrying a concern for children and youth programs in meetings. What questions are you holding? How are you finding new ways to nurture the faith and life of Quaker families at […]
