The William Penn Lecture

The William Penn Lecture is a Philadelphia Yearly Meeting tradition that originally ran from 1916 - 1966 and was relaunched in 2011.

The 2012 William Penn Lecture: Signe Wilkinson - "Putting the Cheer into Walking Cheerfully"

Young Adult Friends of the Yearly Meeting invited everyone to join them for the second Lecture in this series. This year Signe Wilkinson, Pulitzer prize-winning editorial cartoonist and member of Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting, spoke on a subject she is passionate about: outreach.  Signe is an outspoken Friend who is clear that Quakerism is a faith whose light should not be hidden under a bushel.

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The William Penn Lecture is an annual event given for the purpose of

• The creation of a closer fellowship through association and interchange of experience
• Strengthening our loyalty to the ideals of the Society of Friends
• Preparation by such common ideals for more effective work through the Society of Friends for the growth of the Kingdom of God on earth

The original William Penn Lecture Series, which ran through 1966, was initiated and presented by the Young Friends Movement, the community of young adult Friends in the early part of the 1900’s.   The Lecture is now under the care of the Young Adult Friends Working Group which is maintaining its original purpose.

The Lecture is intended to be an annual event which will be held on the last Saturday in March.

For more information about the history of the Lecture and previous Lectures click on the links on the sidebar.