by WebPost | Oct 18, 2023 | Baltimore Yearly Meeting, Race and Racism
“Racial exclusion from the mainstream economy, [Malcolm] later reasoned, meant that ‘almost everyone in Harlem needed some kind of hustle to survive, and needed to stay high in some way to forget what they had to do to survive …. In one sense, we were huddled in there, bonded together in seeking security and warmth, and comfort from each other, and we didn’t know it. All of us—who might have probed space, or cured cancer, or built industries—were, instead, black victims of the white man’s America social system.’ ” (p. 180)
From The Dead Are Arising – The Life of Malcolm X, 2020, by Les Payne. Here, Payne is quoting from p. 91 of The Autobiography of Malcolm X, 1992, by Malcolm X and Alex Haley.
This column is prepared by the BYM Working Group on Racism (WGR) and sent to the designated liaison at each local Meeting. The BYM WGR meets most months on the first Saturday, 10:00 am to 1:00 pm, currently via Zoom. If you would like to attend, contact the clerk at david.etheridge@verizon.net.
by WebPost | Oct 10, 2023 | Baltimore Yearly Meeting, Current
Community Work Day at BYM camps- help prepare the camps for the winter.
CAMP SHILOH
Spend time in the Shenandoah cleaning, making repairs and putting camp to bed for the winter.
October 14th
CAMP CATOCTON
October 28th
by WebPost | Sep 11, 2023 | Baltimore Yearly Meeting, Clerk’s Business, Current
The Race and Racism Ad Hoc Committee would like to share the following training provided by BYM:
The BYM Working Group on Racism has arranged for Crossroads Antiracism Organizing and Training to provide training via Zoom for BYM Friends doing antiracism work in their local Meetings.
September 16th 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Introduction to Systemic Racism
We will gain shared language and frameworks with which to grapple not only with our unwitting legitimization of systemic racism but with what committing to the work of dismantling racism and of cultivating antiracist culture and practice in our Meetings will require. We will also be introduced to strategic methodology that can assist us to organize our work of dismantling racism in our Meetings.
October 14th 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Follow-up
Crossroads will work with us in developing next steps.
Registration
If you wish to attend, please register at this link.
by WebPost | May 28, 2023 | Baltimore Yearly Meeting, Current
BYM’s committees need new members every year. This year, we especially need new members to bring energy and new perspectives to:
● Program Committee – to plan and carry out all aspects of our annual session
● Stewardship & Finance – for faithfully translating our financial resources into our vision
● Youth Programs – to plan and attend conferences or “cons” for the Yearly Meeting’s middle and high
school folks
● Development – to support, renew and enlarge the giving activity that forms an important revenue stream
Are you someone who attends a local meeting, Annual Session, Interim Meeting, camp, Spiritual Formation, or another Quaker activity? Someone who is curious about what our committees do? Maybe you are wondering where your gifts, interests, and skills might most be needed. BYM committees shape much of the work of the Yearly Meeting, and your perspective could help shape a committee.
BYM’s Nominating Committee has care of the process of talking with and nominating F/friends who are interested in joining committees or representing BYM in another organization. Filling these positions is a community-wide process you are welcome to engage in. Let’s talk! Replying to this message won’t create an obligation for you to join a committee, but it will provide a way to share information and start a dialogue. Nominating Committee believes that new relationships and fresh dialogue will benefit our faith community.
Please email us at nominating@bym-rsf.org, and one of our members will respond.
by WebPost | Mar 25, 2023 | Announcement, Baltimore Yearly Meeting
Although this item is dated April, it is going out in March, Women’s History Month, and thus features a piece by a woman writer, Claudia Rankine: Citizen -- An American Lyric, 2014.
“A woman you do not know wants to join you for lunch. You are visiting her campus. In the café you both order the Caesar salad. This overlap is not the beginning of anything because she immediately points out that she, her father, her grandfather, and you, all attended the same college. She wanted her son to go there as well, but because of affirmative action or minority something – she is not sure what they are calling it these days and weren’t they supposed to get rid of it? – her son wasn’t accepted. You are not sure if you are meant to apologize for this failure of your alma mater’s legacy program; instead you ask where he ended up. The prestigious school she mentions doesn’t seem to assuage her irritation. This exchange, in effect, ends your lunch. The salads arrive.”
“Thinking About Race” is prepared by the BYM Working Group on Racism (WGR) and sent to the designated liaison at each local Meeting. The BYM WGR meets most months on the first Saturday, 10:00 am to 1:00 pm, currently via Zoom. If you would like to attend, contact the clerk at david.etheridge@verizon.net.
by WebPost | Jun 21, 2022 | Announcement, Baltimore Yearly Meeting
The Baltimore Yearly Meeting (BYM) Annual Session will be in person for the first time since August 2019 with online programs as well. It is the time where folks from all over our Yearly Meeting gather to worship, conduct business and enjoy a wide variety of programs and activities, including morning worship sharing groups, evening plenaries, in person and on-line workshops, intergenerational activities, Meeting for Worship with attention to Business, interest groups and a two day retreat. There is programming for children, Junior Young Friends and Young Friends. Come up for the day or stay for as long as you like. ASE has funds available for people wishing to attend. Explore all the information about the Annual Session on the BYM website.
Commemorating 350 Years and 100 years of Camping Programs
Theme: Consider the Wildflowers- Rooted in History, Growing Toward Spirit August 1-7-In Person Hood College, Frederick MD
Pre-Session Online Workshops-6/26. 6/28 and 6/30
DEADLINE for In-Person Registration: July 15
