by WebPost | Aug 19, 2015 | Peace and Social Concerns
Saturday, October 24 from 10-12 noon. A presentation featuring Lynn and Steve Newsom, co-directors of Quaker House Military Counseling Center, Fayetteville, NC, home of Fort Bragg. MORAL INJURY, a relatively new term employed by the Veterans Administration,...
by WebPost | Aug 19, 2015 | Peace and Social Concerns
Sunday, October 18 at 1 pm. Dr. Alice Rothchild, Boston physician, human rights advocate and Jewish advocate for peace in Israel and Palestine, will present on her recent and ongoing travels to Gaza. This session is a kickoff to Dr. Rothchild’s three day visit...
by WebPost | Aug 19, 2015 | Peace and Social Concerns
Sunday, October 4 at 9:30 and 11 am. With no draft and a Selective Service registration system often linked automatically to obtaining a state driver’s license, the idea of Conscientious Objection is fading from the consciousness and relevance of Friends,...
by WebPost | Jul 1, 2015 | Peace and Social Concerns
(The following minute, proposed by the Peace and Social Concerns Committee, was approved at Fifth Month Meeting for Business.) Richmond Friends Meeting is a Quaker community of spirit dedicated to peace, justice, and right relations with all creatures and life upon...
by WebPost | Jul 1, 2015 | Peace and Social Concerns
– from Peace and Social Concerns Committee Michael Klare, a professor of peace and world security studies at Hampshire College, writes in a recent essay about the Obama administration’s use of energy as a weapon in US foreign policy. In this context, the...
by WebPost | Jul 1, 2015 | Baltimore Yearly Meeting, Peace and Social Concerns
… from Waking Up White — and Finding Myself in the Story of Race by Debby Irving, 2014 Author Debby Irving will spend two days at Friends School of Baltimore in September. Over the summer, Trustees and faculty of Friends School, and perhaps also parents...
