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This page updated on
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| At
the Young Friends Working
Group Meeting,
April 26, 2009, at Downingtown Meeting
Young
Friends choose Jenna Lombardo and Alyssa Young as Co-Clerks
for the 2010 school year.
The
next YFWG meeting date TBA.
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Bombs Away Philly Summer
Film Festival Summer 2009
Ban All Nukes Generation
(BANG-USA) is hosting
a five-part, nuclear-themed film series this summer at the
 Magic
Gardens on South Street in Philadelphia, PA. Based on BANG-USA's
activist model—Learn. Discuss. Act—Bombs Away
will allow audiences to discuss the real-world implications
of the films and strategize about how today’s youth
can take action on the local and global levels. Ranging
from action movies about nuclear terrorism to documentaries
about the environmental impact of nuclear testing, each
screening will be accompanied by analysis from youth leaders
and film and nuclear policy experts. Fridays in
June and July (see
Film Schedule)
6:00 PM Watch
8:00 PM Discuss.
8:30 PM Take Action. |
$6 MOVIE
WINE
REFRESHMENTS |
PHILADELPHIA’S MAGIC
GARDENS
1020-22 SOUTH STREET
PHILADELPHIA, PA 19147
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Help PYM support
your Monthly Meeting’s youth programs and First Day
Schools by taking this on-line
survey. This survey is aimed at FDS Teachers & Parental
Units |
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TED Ideas
worth spreading.
Clay
Shirky: How Cellphones, Twitter, Facebook Can Make History
While news from Iran streams to the world, Clay Shirky shows how
Facebook, Twitter and TXTs help citizens in repressive regimes
to report on real news, bypassing censors (however briefly). The
end of top-down control of news is changing the nature of politics. |
|  Lifeguards!
We need You!
What do
I have to do if I sign up as a life guard for the YF Onas
Gathering, August 23-29, 2009?
We want four
to six certified lifeguards to guard the pool.
There are 5 open swim sessions for 2 hours each afternoon
from 3-5 pm. We need to have 2 lifeguards
on duty when ever the pool is open. You would work one
hour each afternoon.
On Tuesday and Thursday evening
after the Sweat lodges the lifeguards have usually
opened the pool for about an hour between 10-11 pm. We
need to have 2 lifeguards on duty.
On Friday afternoon during the program
there will be a pool float exercise in the shallow end
of the pool with most of the group. 1 hour or less. We
need to have 2 lifeguards on duty.
The total for the week is about
7 hours or less for each lifeguard.
We are offering an $100
credit towards the gathering. You must have a current
Red Cross Lifeguard Certificate and a current CPR Certificate.
We will need a photocopy of your cards. Remember
your CPR certificate is only good for one year from the
date you last took the test!! |
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High School Workcamp,
William Penn House, Washington DC
Sunday, July 5 to Saturday, July 11, 2009
Come join us in exciting, historic Washington, DC for
a week of unique service learning activities, learning about
the intersection of activism and faith, and explorative discussion.
Through a variety of activities, we will provide a glimpse of
how Friends of different branches are living out their leadings
from God each day. High School students from Meetings and Friends
Schools are welcome. Get
more information
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Peace and Concerns Standing Committee
Invites you to a Picnic
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting's Peace and Concerns Standing Committee
invites Friends and their friends to come together at Taylors
Farm,  Sunday,
July 19 from 4:00 to 7:00 pm to share reflections on
how we are living up to the Light each of us is given. Friends
are also invited to bring a dish or cold beverage to share
along with their Peace, Justice and Sustainable Living concerns.
Suzanne Day and Nick Kakaroukas will host this long-standing
tradition at the house with the farm stand at #s3 and 5 Taylors
Lane Cinnaminson, NJ 08077 on the banks of the Delaware River.
From Route 130, exit onto Taylor?s Lane and proceed west. A
driveway appears at the end across the tracks. It is served
by the New Jersey Transit bus line #419 - one mile from New
Jersey Transit
River Line regional rail Cinnaminson stop and 1/2 mile off River
Road (County Route 543). To contact the hosts, call 856-829-7034.
Get Map to Taylors
Lane |
 I picked
up "This End Up" furniture I found on Craig's list for
the Burlington Meeting House Basement; 2 love seats, 1 chair and
an Ottoman. Beth and I got them down the basement stairs. Here
they are after Beth adjusted their feng shui.
Since this photo was taken I brought in two more couches and a
love seat. Needs more feng shui. -Cookie |
Young Friends remember
Haley Jennifer Yarmark
4/15/1990 - 5/11/2007
Photo by Holly Olson -
Bucks Quarter Coordinator
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Photo by Cookie Caldwell
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The Education Standing Committee of Philadelphia
Yearly Meeting, at its meeting on June 23, approved the re-naming
of the Sergei Thomas Memorial Fund to the "Sergei
Thomas and Haley Yarmark Memorial Fund."
As of September 3, 2008, $3834 dollars have been donated
in Haley's memory. |
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yqspace
yqspace is a new website from Britain Yearly Meeting for
and about young Quakers to find out more, please take a
look. |
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Listen to
Young friends talk about "What
is important about gatherings like this one?" Listen |
Summer
Workcamps
Westtown
Quaker Leadership Workcamps are an interesting
and meaningful way to volunteer and travel with a purpose.
Working and living together with other young people provides
an excellent opportunity to make new friends, learn about
new cultures, gain new skills and practical experience.
Your enthusiasm, time, and energy can make a difference
in areas where help is really needed.
This summer we are offering one
Environmental weekend Program
(June 19 to June 21, 2009 ) based at Westtown
and one 8-day program in Mexico (June 28 to July
5, 2009.) Program information and application
forms are available by clicking Read
more information. We hope to see you this
summer!
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"Before You Enlist!"
is a 15-minute film that provides "the real deal on joining
the military" as told by veterans from Iraq to Vietnam,
their family members and other young people who've dealt with
recruiters. Produced by Telequest of Princeton NJ with support
from the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), Veterans
For Peace, the Coalition for Peace Action, the Puffin Foundation
and others, it is ready for viewing (and download) via
You can watch the video at BeforeYouEnlist.org...
or at YouTube
This will require a high speed connection. It will take forever
to load on a Dial up connection. |
| Are
you concerned about a
potential Military draft?
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Youth
and Selective Service registration
Whether or not you think you
might be conscientiously opposed to war, if you
are in middle or high school, consider talking to
a member of your Meeting, the Quakerism teacher
at your Friends school, or call the Philadelphia
Yearly Meeting office at (800) 220-0796 (ext. 7240).
Whether clearness or counseling is needed, there
are websites which contain updated information about
registration and the draft: Peace
& Concerns
PYM
Peace and Witness portal
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| Please assume
that there is space in any Young Friends gathering unless
an announcement that the event is closed has been posted
here on the web site. |
|  Young
Friends
at
Yearly
Meeting
Summer Sessions
July
29 - August 2, 2009
DeSales University in Center Valley, PA
Get
more information
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|  2010
Quaker Youth Pilgrimage
to the Northwestern United States
July 16 – August 13, 2010*
Friends World Committee Section of the
Americas is
Seeking pilgrims &
leaders
Registration is now open for potential pilgrims
- young Friends who will be ages
16-18 next summer - and potential adult leaders
for the 2010
Quaker Youth Pilgrimage. This bi-annual event
will take place July 16-August 13, 2010* in the
Northwestern United States. General information
on the pilgrimage may be found on our website.
The deadline for both pilgrim
and leader applicants is September 30, 2009.
Photo (r) from the 2008 pilgrimage.
Information & application for YF
pilgrims
Information & application for Adult
leaders
*Note these dates have changed from
those published in some advertisments.
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| Quaker
Colleges want thee!
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Quaker
College Fair
Saturday
November 14th
4th
& Arch Street Meeting House, Philadelphia, PA
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Look
for more information in September 2009
or
contact Elke Muller at elkem@pym.org
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The
new basement mural painted by Young Friends at
the Christmas Gathering December 27-30, 2008
at the Burlington Meeting House, NJ.
See
the photos from Christmas
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| Would you like to
be on the Young Friends E-mail network?
E-mail cookiec@pym.org
and say you want on. You will receive announcements of Coffeehouses,
Quarterly Meeting events, service opportunities, Young Friends
Working Group meeting agendas and other neat stuff! A
reminder: If you change your address to some newer cooler
address we won't know it and you won't hear from us unless you
tell us! |
| There is also a Young
Adult E-mail listserv for those
over 18.
Philadelphia Young Adult Friends (PYAF) is a group
of young adult Quakers (roughly 18-32) and Quaker sympathizers
meet together and talk about their experiences and needs as
young adults.
PYAF seeks to share life experiences and attitudes,
and come together as an energetic, supportive community of seekers.
They have a foundation in Quaker principles, ethics, and practices.
The group meets every other Thursday and Sunday evenings
for a potluck meal, fellowship and Meeting for Worship. Different
people take turns hosting the gathering. PYAF gatherings are
generally in the Philadelphia, with occasional events in the
suburbs.
Check out their Yahoo Group list serve at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pyaf/
Email pyaf-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
to join the listserv and learn where our next event is. Got
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This page updated on
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
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If you have problems, suggestions or comments concerning
the Young Friends Web pages, please send your
e-mail to Cookie Caldwell
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
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