by WebPost | Apr 2, 2022 | Announcement, Quaker House
Worship Sharing on the Peace Testimony
Quaker House is hosting a second Worship Sharing session on Saturday, April 2 at 4:00pm EDT. Friends are invited to join to share their thoughts and discernment about the Peace Testimony of Friends and how the events in Ukraine have affected them.
The Worship Sharing will be unprogrammed and we will wait for messages to rise from the silence. As a time of worship, we will not record the session.
If you wish to participate, send an email to wayne.finegar@quakerhouse.org or call 910-323-3912 and the connection information will be sent to you. This will allow us to have a sense of how many will be joining in worship.
After the time of worship, we will discuss next steps in this discernment. Some options already suggested include:
1. Additional worship sharing opportunities.
2. More formal presentations from Friends who have written or spoken on these topics (suggestions of names with contact information are very welcome).
3. Discussion groups (probably with smaller numbers) focused on topics of interest. These might well include materials for review prior to the sessions.
4. Activism sharing with a focus on how to achieve real change in an era of social media.
by WebPost | Mar 4, 2022 | Announcement, Quaker House
The Board of Directors of Quaker House is pleased to announce the appointment of Wayne W. Finegar II to the position of Executive Director, effective March 1, 2022
Mr. Finegar graduated from Swarthmore College in 1989 with a BA in Philosophy and received a JD degree from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1993. After 9 years of practicing plaintiff's personal injury law, he became the at-home parent for his three sons. In 2009 he joined the staff of Baltimore Yearly Meeting, eventually serving as the Associate General Secretary and then the Acting General Secretary.
He looks forward to living in Fayetteville and helping our service members who are injured and/or mistreated by our country's warfare. He believes “that the testimony of peace requires seeking to end all forms of violence and that this work includes supporting every victim of that violence."
Mr. Finegar will:
• Serve as the organization’s primary community builder, spokesperson, and administrator
• Work with the board and staff to construct and execute a strategic plan to expand the Quaker House mission in North Carolina and nationally.
• Attend and speak at gatherings such as monthly, quarterly,and yearly meetings of the Religious Society of Friends, other faith communities, and local partner organizations.
• Articulate the Quaker House mission in an inspiring way to internal and external constituencies.
• Develop and supervise peace witness programs—currently Counseling, Truth in Recruiting, Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Moral Injury in the Military, and coordinate with the GI Rights Network.
• Engage in the local community, building relationships and partnerships that advance the mission
Mr. Finegar succeeds Kindra Bradley, who has served as Executive Director since 2017.
“Kindra was Executive Director of Quaker House when I became a board member,” said Patricia Stansbury, clerk of the Quaker House Board. “Her calm leadership and informed passion were the face of our mission for me. Her adoption and adaptation of virtual technology connected us so we could continue our work. Quaker House is in good shape for this transition because of Kindra‘s focus and supportive spirit.”
During Kindra’s tenure, the work of Quaker House encompassed an active family counseling program for survivors of domestic abuse, and supported the nationwide GI Rights Hotline, a service which Quaker House helped found in 1994. She also took part in hearings for the Congressionally chartered National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service, which explored an expansion of the Selective Service System. Kindra paid special attention to maintaining the rights of conscientious objectors and advocated ending the system for all rather than requiring the registration of women. This was in addition to organizing numerous peaceful antiwar protests and leading Quaker House in supporting local Black Lives Matter and police oversight activism. The board thanks Kindra for her exceptional service and wishes her well in her next endeavor.
Who we are: For over 50 years Quaker House has operated in Fayetteville, NC, home of Ft. Bragg, to manifest the Friends’ Peace Testimony in a military city.
What we do: Quaker House provides counseling and support to service members who are questioning their role in the military; educates them, their families, and the public about military issues; and advocates for a more peaceful world.
Patricia Stansbury, Clerk
Quaker House Board of Directors
clerk@quakerhouse.org / 804 617 6312
Contact Information for Wayne Finegar: 910 323-3912 wayne.finegar@quakerhouse.org
Lynn Newsom, former executive director 704-604-8798 lynn.newsom@gmail.com
GI Rights Network: https://girightshotline.org/en/
by WebPost | Sep 20, 2021 | Quaker House
We want to race to peace, and we invite you to join us virtually! The last week of October, design your own 5K or 100 yard run/dash/walk and run it in your location. We would love it if you include place(s) that speak to you of peace and/or social justice (peace for all of us). Take photos or write about the route you chose and share it with us! We will do the same.
Know other people who would enjoy this? Please share it with them! We want this to involve as many people across the nation and even across the globe as we can.
https://runsignup.com/Race/NC/Fayetteville/TheQuakerHouse5kPeaceRace
DESCRIPTION
Quaker House is happy to announce its inaugural race! Join your family, friends, and fellow meeting members between October 23, 2021 and October 30, 2021 as you make your way through a virtual 5k for peace. All of your donation and a significant portion of your registration fees will go to supporting Quaker House as it continues to manifest the Friends' Peace Testimony and encourage peace around the world!
What is Quaker House?
Quake House is an organization that provides counseling and support to service members who are questioning their role in the military. We specifically provide outreach services via the GI Rights Hotline and counseling to active service members. We also educate them, their families, and the public about military issues in an effort to advocate for a more peaceful world. To learn more, please visit us at quakerhouse.org
Registration
For $20, participants can register to run wherever they are! Just track your time and upload it via this website when you are finished. Your registration also provides you with the inaugural Quaker House 5k Peace Race T-shirt in the size of your choosing and the participants holding the fastest three 5k times will win a Visa Gift card!
If you desire to receive your shirt prior to the race, we ask that you register prior to October 2, 2021. The final day for registration in order to receive a shirt is October 29, 2021. This will allow us the opportunity to have a final headcount and send you your wonderful shirt after the race is over.
We have made the registration fee as low as possible to encourage all to participate, but we urge everyone to donate what they feel so that we can continue to serve our mission and spread peace across the world.
Running The 5k
In this virtual 5k, you can run anywhere between October 23, 2021 and October 30, 2021! In your neighborhood, your local park, your favorite hiking path, wherever! Keep track of your time in whatever way you choose (you can even use your favorite smartwatch or fitness tracker!) and just upload your recorded time to this website. For Quaker meeting members, we are encouraging everyone to sign up with their local meeting and get to know your meeting members a little better! For those local to Quaker House, we will be walking (or running, if you so choose) together on October 30, 2021 at 9:00am, so come on out and join us! Participants are allowed to submit times until 6pm on October 30, 2021.
https://runsignup.com/Race/NC/Fayetteville/TheQuakerHouse5kPeaceRace
by WebPost | Jul 16, 2019 | Announcement, Peace and Social Concerns, Quaker House
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
