The Richmond Peace Education Center is holding a two-day conflict resolution training at Richmond Friends Meeting August 20-21, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.You can learn more about it here.This is exactly the kind of program that the Adult Spiritual Education committee can provide scholarships for. If you are interested in attending, please contact lyndafleetperry@gmail.com to request a scholarship.
We call on people of good will from all over the Richmond region, and across the Commonwealth, to join us on Tuesday, July 9, 9 a.m.-10 a.m., at the Bell Tower on the Virginia State Capitol grounds, for a unity vigil to demand action to stop gun violence. Following the vigil, we will join the Votes and Laws Rally on 10th & Bank Street.
Richmond Branch NAACP and Richmond Peace Education Center, with Armstrong Leadership Program, Together We Will Henrico, Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy.
The Quaker Banner will be there!
From Visibility Committee
Our new 50th Anniversary t-shirts are debuting at North Carolina Yearly Meeting – Conservative in McNeil 1028 (UNC-Wilmington)!
They will be available on our website on Tuesday, July 16 (ie, when I get back to Quaker House).
The countdown is on to September 21, 2019, when we come together in Fayetteville to hear from people we have helped in the past and current and former directors. We hope you’ll join us! See or contact Kindra for tickets.
Quaker House 50th Anniversary Celebration Luncheon.
This year marks the 50th Anniversary of Quaker House. Fifty years ago Dean Holland, a Vietnam era soldier, hitched-hiked to Chapel Hill Friends Meeting and asked for help in getting a conscientious objector discharge from the military. After his plea and questions by our meeting, he proclaimed, "Quakers need to be in Fayetteville." At that, Bob Gwyn and others from our meeting, as well as other local meetings, formed Quaker House. CHFM has been a prominent supporter of this Quaker witness for peace ever since.
In honor of this anniversary, Quaker House is sponsoring a Celebration Luncheon on Saturday, September 21, 2019, 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM, at the Fayetteville Holiday Inn I-95 (1944 Cedar Creek Road). The celebration will feature a panel of those who have benefited from Quaker House, past and present directors, and our GI Rights Hotline and Domestic Violence counselors; a feature presentation by Monisha Rios, a military sexual assault survivor who Quaker House helped; the debut of newly made Quaker House films "Conscientious Peacemaking Since 1969" and "Stories of Gratitude;" live music; and food!
Getting tickets in advance is encouraged to help estimate attendance, but they will also be available at the door. Prices are $0-$10 for Limited Income; $25 for Actual Cost; $50+ Contribution Level; and free for service members and veterans. For more information or reservations go to qpr@quaker.org, call Quaker House at 910-323-3912, or contact Curt Torell (curtnpatty@aol.com or 919-968-2174) particularly for carpool arrangements
We mark Abbies commitment with a day of worship and resistance.Join us for: Fighting for Home: 24Hours of Resistance June 20-21. Events begin with a march at Blvd Bridge Thursday, June 20th 5:30. . (NB this is a correction of location from announcement at Meeting). There will be events throughout the night and day- you can find out more by going tohttps://www.facebook.com/events/308933929993040/We will end our time together with a potluck- to sign up go to: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZpACOCy-kJIqHzy5EEp-UFGlbIC5q2txjY-3qAj6COI .PLEASE COME as Richmond’s Friends Meeting shares in an hour of Worship Sharing from noon to 1 at Richmond First Universalist Unitarian Church 1000 Blanton Ave, Richmond. Any questions, please call Ellen Arginteanu 814-206-6712
On March 17, our fundraiser lunch after business meeting will benefit GraceInside, a privately-funded prison chaplaincy program. Please join us for a delicious lunch after Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business. For more information about GraceInside go to graceinside.org.
Richmonders for Peace in Israel and Palestine Showing the Film “Occupation of the American Mind”On March 10that 1 pm,in the Community Room, Richmonders for Peace in Israel and Palestine will be showing the film “Occupation of the American Mind”. Richmonders for Peace in Israel and Palestine (RPIP) is a diverse group committed to working together and with others to support a just and lasting peace that ends the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians.