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Are you a "Publisher of Truth?" Are you a writer, a publisher, an editor, a translator or a bookseller? Or are you blogging, producing videos, writing songs or creating a web presence for Friends? We're all united in the work of sharing Quaker messages with the world. So let's get together and consider what that's like, now and in the next few years. The Quakers Uniting in Publications Annual conference registration is available at www.quakerquip.org, and there is a 10% discount for those who register by March 15.

Shannon Zimmerman is a program specialist in the Center for Gender and Peacebuilding at the U.S. Institute of Peace. During her graduate studies she received a Boren Fellowship to study culture and languages in Tunis, Tunisia, where she witnessed the Tunisian Revolution and the start of the Arab Spring. Her studies focused on embedded cultural norms as they relate to conflict and human security, and the role and impact of peacekeeping missions. From 2007 to 2009, Zimmerman served as a Peace Corps youth development volunteer in Ukraine working with at risk youth to address such topics as HIV/AIDS, healthy relationships, and domestic violence. She holds a master’s in conflict resolution from Georgetown University. The monthly potlucks begin at 6:30 pm. This is an opportunity for fellowship among Quakers, attenders and fellow seekers. Bring a dish to share; family members, neighbors and friends are always welcome. For more information, see the William Penn House website. (williampennhouse.org/potlucks)

Philadelphia Yearly Meeting is hosting their Quaker College Fair, beginning at 12:00 pm and running until 3:00. Colleges represented at the Quaker College Fair offer a values-based education rooted in Quaker tenets. Appropriate for all high school aged students, and particularly relevant to Juniors and their families, this Fair allows for one-to-one personalized contact with Admissions officers, and offers insight into the college search process. Information about financial aid and campus life are also provided, and an interactive panel discussion opens the Fair. Information and registration details are at the PYM website. (www.pym.org/calendar/events/quaker-college-fair-2014/)

Sit back, relax and listen this weekend while Robin and Stephen Larsen help us “chart the many paths the soul may take in the healing process.” They will draw on their studies with mythologist Joseph Campbell and Jungian analyst E.C. Whitmont. They’ll bring to us their extensive experience in dream seminars, personal mythology workshops, and new work in neurofeedback. They will share stories of the soul work emerging from explorations of the human brain and central nervous system. Expect to be moved and expanded by your experience in one of a dozen interest groups as well. Activities include collage, writing, Tai Chi, and Family Constellation work. FCRP is an ever-evolving spiritual community. You are welcome to be a part of it! Now you only need to hurry and register. Bring a friend to share in this wonderful, and always memorable, Memorial Day weekend at Lebanon Valley College in Annville, PA. For more information, including registration, see the FRCP website. (fcrp.quaker.org)

Join us for a small group experience to explore the ways in which community healing and empowerment may promote a safer and more peaceful resettlement process for refugees and their families. Theoneste Bizimana, HROC Coordinator in Rwanda for African Great Lakes Initiative, will be featured. Participants will apply fundamental concepts of the HROC basic trainings to work with refugees in the United States. Complex trauma and grief have a profound impact on the physical and emotional capacity of individuals to acculturate. The session will be held from 9 am - 4 pm at Stony Run Friends Meeting in Baltimore. A simple lunch will be provided. The registration fee is $75.Questions? Contact Adrian Bishop at srmeetcoord@stonyrunfriends.org. Stony Run website: www.stonyrunfriends.org. (All proceeds will be donated to the African Great Lakes Initiative and future Friends Peace Teams work with refugees and asylum seekers in the USA).