by WebPost | Nov 4, 2023 | Uncategorized
The Peace and Social Concerns committee invites Friends/friends to join us at MovieLand/Bow Tie Cinemas on Wednesday, November 8th at 6:30, to watch together the newly released film, Rustin.
The movie is based on the life of Bayard Rustin, a black Civil Rights activist, a close associate of Martin Luther King, an advocate of gay and lesbian rights, and a Quaker. He was the architect of 1963’s momentous March on Washington. The movie shines a long overdue spotlight on this extraordinary man who, alongside giants like MLK, Adam Clayton Powell Jr. and Ella Baker, dared to imagine a different world and inspired a movement in a march toward freedom.
by WebPost | Oct 18, 2023 | Uncategorized
Do you have input for Peace and Social Concerns? Are there issues you would like addressed, programs you would like to have? Please respond to a survey available on the RFM website or pick one up a paper copy from the table in the vestibule. Although we cannot promise to take on all issues suggested, we would value your input when we set our priorities in early January. If you wish to have a bigger voice, join our committee and be part of the effort! Link to survey below.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScwxWkDr4cpkNYL0wC_4V5z7tNHtEKQRLbEb91gao4UOY_hgg/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1&flr=0&usp=mail_form_link
by WebPost | Sep 22, 2023 | Current
It's time to move toward our Meeting's goal of 100% participation in the November 7, 2023, polling.
Here's a link to a site where you can:
-- Confirm your registration
--- Register (if you haven't already!)
-- Request a mailed ballot.
-- Ask to vote by mail in this and all future elections.
Right here:
https://vote.elections.virginia.gov/VoterInformation
If you'd already asked for ongoing vote-by-mail, ballots were supposed to be sent today, so watch your mailbox.
Thanks
Peace & Social Concerns Committee
by WebPost | May 22, 2023 | Current
There will be a four week reading group about our Peace Testimony. On Friday June 2nd, at 7:30pm, we will hold an organizational session, via Zoom We will discuss format, readings and most importantly best days and times. (This is not considered Session 1)
If you are interested, please email ellenandjules@protonmail.com. If you cannot attend the organizational meeting, let me know what days and times of week are best for future meetings.
Suggested themes for the four weeks are:
Session 1: Early Quaker writings-
Session 2: Contemporary writings (20th and 21st century
Session 3: What do we do with “evil.”
Session 4: What does it mean to “live in the virtue of that life and power that took away the occasion of all wars?"
by WebPost | Oct 23, 2022 | Announcement
This month the BYM Working Group on Racism shares with you a portion of the “Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address: Greetings to the Natural World.” We encourage you to read the entire document here:https://americanindian.si.edu/environment/pdf/01_02_Thanksgiving_Address.pdf
This Thanksgiving Address includes a paragraph of greetings to each of 17 aspects of the natural world. Each one ends with the words “Now our minds are one.” The 17 are The People, The Earth Mother, The Water, The Fish, The Plants, The Food Plants, The Medicine Herbs, The Animals, The Trees, The Birds, The Four Winds, The Thunderers, The Sun, The Grandmother Moon, The Stars, The Enlightened Teachers, The Creator.
Following the 17 greetings are these words:
Closing Words
We have now arrived at the place where we end our words. Of all the things we have named, it was not our intention to leave anything out. If something was forgotten, we leave it to each individual to send such greetings and thanks in their own way.
Now our minds are one.
This translation of the Mohawk version of the Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address was developed, published in 1993, and provided, courtesy of: Six Nations Indian Museum and the Tracking Project. All rights reserved.
Thanksgiving Address: Greetings to the Natural World English version: John Stokes and Kanawahienton (David Benedict, Turtle Clan/Mohawk) Mohawk version: Rokwaho (Dan Thompson, Wolf Clan/Mohawk) Original inspiration: Tekaronianekon (Jake Swamp, Wolf Clan/Mohawk)
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.
