Upcoming Local Worshiping Communities Events

The ad hoc Growing Diverse Leadership Committee and the Working Group on Racism invite you to this free Change Group training to realize our vision of overcoming racism and becoming a multicultural religious society. Our lead facilitator is Dr. Amanda Kemp assisted by Dr. Erika Fitz. Both are members of a Lancaster Monthly Meeting. Each training session will be from 10am to 5pm (with an hour lunch break). Click here to download the flyer and registration instructions. Before we can create healthy relationships across the color line, attract and retain racial diversity, or be effective advocates for change in our Meeting we need to increase self-awareness. We will focus on:
• Noticing implicit racial bias and unintended micro-aggressions
• Removing audio and visuals in our home and Meeting that cue negative racial stereotypes
• Adding audio and visuals that promote equity in our community
• Expanding our leadership and positive impact by going towards what we fear
• Creating an action plan that includes regularly reflecting on our impact and intention.

Please join Frederick Friends’ Meeting at 2:00pm to learn about The Healthy Green Amendment, a proposed amendment to Maryland’s State Constitution. Rabbi Nina Beth Cardin will describe the amendment and answer questions. Rabbi Cardin works at the intersection of faith, nature and sustainability. She has served as national director for COEJL (the Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life); is Advocacy Co-Chair of the Pearlstone Jewish Sustainability Coalition in Baltimore; founded the Baltimore Jewish Environmental Network and partnered with the Central Maryland Ecumenical Council. Kallen Benson is a 14-year old high school student and Quaker activist who works to promote a healthy future for her own and future generations.

Bethesda Friends Meeting returns to the Morella Library for a timely forum on Climate Change Policy in 2019: What Citizens Can Do at Federal, State & Local Levels. Learn how we can make a difference regarding the climate crisis from organizations like Citizens’ Climate Lobby and Chesapeake Climate Network as well as local activists–and maybe even from a member of Congress! Please join us Monday, March 18, 7:00 pm at Morella Library, 7400 Arlington Road, Bethesda. For more information, contact Peter Jenkins or Rick Morgan from BFM’s Environmental Sustainability Group.

Get to know Yearly Meeting Committees and Friends from other Meetings! Be a part of important decision making. Join Friends for morning committee meetings and the afternoon’s Interim Business Meeting. Annapolis Friends Meeting will host the Third Month Interim Meeting. Friends will begin gathering at 10:00am. Committee meetings will begin at 10:30. Check the Yearly Meeting website for more information.

Friends in southern Virginia will gather for a day of worship, singing, and society. The day will begin with worship at 10:00, followed by a pot-luck, and a presentation by Ruth Fitzgerald at 1:00. Overnight hospitality may be available. For more information and details, contact Edna Whittier (egwquaker@gmail.com)