Events Calendar

The next gathering or Warrington Quarterly Meeting will be on Sunday, February 16, 2020, at Menallen Monthly Meeting. The agenda, so far, includes:
reports from the member Meetings
looking at conflict within a Meeting:
what were the things that contributed to the conflict?
what were the underlying assumptions/dynamics that were manifesting themselves within such things?
what queries and/or advices can be developed to address such situations in the future?

If you, or a committee you are part of, wants to lead a workshop, please submit this form (www.bym-rsf.org/events/annualsession/workshopprop.html) not later than February 22. Workshops are held Thursday, Friday, and Saturday afternoons, and typically cover a range of topics that relate to the theme of Annual Session (Courage, Faith, and Hope to Love Across Our Differences), and other topics of interest to Friends. Interest group times are also available for those that want to converse with others on a topic, without the preparation needed for a full workshop. Interest group requests can be made any time before or during Annual Session.

The Eastern Panhandle Green Coalition and the Eastern Panhandle Sierra Club have invited environmental and community leaders from Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia to join a focused discussion of how fossil fuels and heavy industry will impact the environment and the communities within the Potomac Watershed and Chesapeake Bay region. Our aim in bringing together so many leaders from the tri-state area is to examine the impact on our region from 1000 acres of industrial development in the WV Eastern Panhandle. Through roundtable discussion we hope to facilitate communication among all the stakeholders affected by such development, beginning with the Pipeline and Rockwool. Morning refreshments will be available at 9:30 am. The Roundtable formally begins at 10:00 am. Morning speakers are Mary Anne Hitt, Director of Sierra Club Beyond Coal Campaign and Brent Walls, Upper Potomac Riverkeeper, Potomac Riverkeeper Network. Break out discussion groups will focus on the specific environmental issues we can expect across our region’s airshed and watershed, and what we can do about them. After lunch, each breakout group will provide a summary of the responses and conclusions from the morning discussion. This will be an opportunity for processing all we have learned about each other and may offer an approach for working together to address our region’s greatest environmental concerns. Afternoon speakers are Brooke Harper, 350.org Campaign Specialist, and Kallan Benson, National Organizer of Fridays for Future. Both morning refreshments and lunch will be provided by EPGC and Sierra Club. Meals will include vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free options. There is no fee for attending the Roundtable. To register or to ask any questions about the Roundtable, email info@epgreencoalition.org or call Lew Prillaman at 304-261-8299. We look forward to having you join us.

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