BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Philadelphia Yearly Meeting - ECPv6.16.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Philadelphia Yearly Meeting X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.pym.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Philadelphia Yearly Meeting REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20270314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20271107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260529T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260531T170000 DTSTAMP:20260530T144746 CREATED:20260105T170216Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260205T184902Z UID:102272-1780041600-1780246800@www.pym.org SUMMARY:Geography of Change DESCRIPTION:A Forest Retreat for Navigating Life Transitions\nwith Valerie Brown\nOn Campus | In Person May 29-31\, 2026 \nBen Lomond Quaker Retreat Center\, Santa Cruz Mountains\, Northern California \nLife transitions often arrive without clear direction. Changes in work\, identity\, relationships\, health\, or an inner sense of calling can leave us uncertain about how to move forward. Set among the redwood forests of the Santa Cruz Mountains\, Geography of Change offers space to slow down\, listen deeply\, and reconnect with what matters most. \nAttending to body\, mind\, and spirit\, the retreat supports personal and professional integrity and the courage to lean into action. Guided by the belief that each person carries an inner teacher and an inner source of truth\, participants are invited to connect who they are with how they live and act. As we savor the spring beauty of the redwoods\, we will engage poetry\, prose\, music\, journaling\, gentle guided movement\, stories from diverse wisdom traditions\, and mindfulness meditation practices\, touching the seeds of transformation already present. \nWhat You Will Explore: \n\nGet grounded and renewed through the natural world.\nNavigate life’s uncertain and ambiguous moments.\nCultivate courage and trust even when you don’t feel it.\nReflect on what matters most with soul-amplifying questions\, creative practices\, small and large group dialogue and more.\nAlign your values with your work for a greater sense of purpose and meaning.\nCultivate body intelligence and body awareness.\nShow yourself real kindness through self-compassion.\nPractice self-stewardship while compassionately respecting your limits.\n\nWhat people are saying about retreats with Valerie: \n\nThis retreat provided so many excellent opportunities for inward journeys\, and identified ways that my energy\, spiritual journey was blocked.’  \n‘This retreat helped me to see more clearly the hindrances to my deepening/developing relationship to my joy and fullness.’   URL:https://www.pym.org/event/geography-of-change/ LOCATION:Ben Lomond Quaker Retreat Center\, Santa Cruz Mountains\, Northern California\, 1000 Hubbard Gulch Rd\, Ben Lomond\, CA\, 95005 CATEGORIES:Retreat,Young Adult Friends ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.pym.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Casa-exterior-2-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260606T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260606T203000 DTSTAMP:20260530T144746 CREATED:20260519T150558Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260519T150558Z UID:111504-1780772400-1780777800@www.pym.org SUMMARY:This Monstrous Law! Robert and Harriet Purvis and the Fugitive Slave Act DESCRIPTION:he Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia and Millicent Sparks Productions invite the public to witness a performance that portrays three legendary Philadelphians from the city’s rich 19th-century Black history.   \nThis Monstrous Law! Robert and Harriet Purvis and the Fugitive Slave Act is a recreation of a historic protest of the 1850 Fugitive Slave Law\, which compelled everyday citizens to assist in capturing enslaved people seeking their freedom. Living history performers portray abolitionists Robert Purvis and Harriet Forten Purvis\, who boldly responded to the inhumane law by rallying local citizens to defy it. A portrayal of celebrated concert singer Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield\, “The Black Swan\,” lends melodic power to the production.  URL:https://www.pym.org/event/this-monstrous-law-robert-and-harriet-purvis-and-the-fugitive-slave-act/ LOCATION:Byberry Friends Meeting\, 3001 Byberry Road\, Philadelphia\, 19154 CATEGORIES:Music,Quaker History,Young Adult Friends ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.pym.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Monstrous-Law-2200-x-1237-px.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Poquessing Trail of History":MAILTO:afarren@preservationalliance.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260620T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260620T170000 DTSTAMP:20260530T144746 CREATED:20260330T150226Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260330T150226Z UID:110460-1781949600-1781974800@www.pym.org SUMMARY:Young Adult Friends Beach Day! DESCRIPTION:Young adult F/friends and seekers (ages 18-35) will be gathering at Brigantine Beach in New Jersey to celebrate the summer with a Beach Day on Saturday\, June 20th. You can meet us at the beach and there will be carpools departing from Arch Street Meeting House at 10 a.m.! \nBring a F/friend or two\, let’s have a great day! \nPlease bring your own brown paper bag lunch and any food or snacks you’d like to share with F/friends. Please bring all the food and water you’ll need for the day with you. \nRegister Below \n\nPlease note that this is a program for YAFs\, and you must be between the ages of 18 through 35 to participate. \nThe young adult F/friends community is one that shares collective responsibility toward the care and support of the community. This means that responsibilities with the logistics\, cleaning\, and taking care of public spaces is shared among all F/friends. Each F/friend is expected to contribute to help with the tasks that come up throughout the day. \nWe’re excited for this day in the sun together\, which will be an incredible opportunity to spend time in community with each other! \nDon’t forget your sunscreen\, towels\, beach chairs\, umbrellas\, boogie boards\, paddle balls\, etc.! \n\n\n \n \n Beach Day Registration\n \n \n Name(Required)\n \n \n First\n \n \n \n \n Last\n \n \n \n Email(Required)\n \n Phone Number(Required)Carpool(Required)All carpools\, whether you need a ride or are able to give a ride\, will depart at 10 a.m. from Arch Street Meeting House.\n \n \n Need a Ride\n \n \n \n Driving and CAN give a ride\n \n \n \n Driving and CANNOT give a ride\n \n \n \n Taking public transit\n If you said you are driving and can give a ride\, please list the number of people you can take in your car:\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Δ URL:https://www.pym.org/event/yafbeachday2026/ LOCATION:Brigantine Beach\, 14th St.\, Brigantine\, NJ\, 08203\, United States CATEGORIES:Young Adult Friends ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.pym.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2.jpg GEO:39.401908;-74.3728126 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Brigantine Beach 14th St. Brigantine NJ 08203 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=14th St.:geo:-74.3728126,39.401908 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260626T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260628T130000 DTSTAMP:20260530T144746 CREATED:20260212T160929Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260423T142814Z UID:109356-1782491400-1782651600@www.pym.org SUMMARY:Continuing Revolution 2026 (Young Adults!) DESCRIPTION:Pricing\n\nOn Campus Overnight: $$50/$75/$100\nOn Campus Commuter: $15/$30/$45\nZoom Only: $5/$15/$25\n\n\nWe offer a subsidized price for those with less financial resources and a subsidizing price for those with the ability to help support those with less. We invite your reflection in choosing which rate is the best fit for you.   \nIf you are seeking funds or alternate payment options (like someone else paying for you)\, please wait to register and first complete our Financial Assistance Application.  \n\nDescription\nA hybrid weekend workshop for young adults to connect\, learn skills for community resistance\, and deepen their personal spiritual practices.   \nGrounding in our personal spiritual journeys and community-level resistance and resilience work\, this program will bring together young adults ages 18-35 eager to deepen their personal spiritual landscape in community\, connect with others\, and learn skills to meet this moment.  \n2026 marks the 250th anniversary of the United States. Philadelphia is a focal point of the celebrations. What can we learn from the last 250 years? What do we want our world to look like 250 years from now? What is our role in caring for one another? How can we build the skills and spiritual grounding necessary for building community and resisting oppressive systems? How can we deepen our personal spiritual practices?  \nLike past Continuing Revolution programs\, this offering is simultaneously grounded in Quaker values and practices and open to those with no prior knowledge or experience with Quakerism. We welcome all seekers who are interested in exploring the intersection of their personal spiritual journey and community needs\, regardless of faith or ideology.  \nStay tuned for more details about workshops. We hope to explore themes of creating community safety beyond policing\, mutual aid\, spiritual embodiment\, and the past and future of resistance in Philadelphia. \nSchedule\nOn-site (the full program schedule) \n\nFriday June 26: 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm at Pendle Hill\nSaturday June 27: 9:00 am – 8:30 pm at Friends Center (including an off-site walking tour)\nSunday June 28: 9:00 am – 5 pm at Friends Center\n\nOn Zoom (the full program schedule) \n\nFriday June 26: 7:15pm – 9:00 pm\nSaturday June 27: 9:30 am – 8:30 pm (with breaks)\nSunday June 28: 9:30 am – 5:00 pm (with breaks)\n\n\nThis program is made possible by generous support from Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Travel and Witness. \n\nCollaborating Organizations and Leader\nPhiladelphia Yearly Meeting is the association of Friends meetings and communities across the Eastern Shore of Maryland\, Delaware\, southern New Jersey\, and eastern and central Pennsylvania. PYM connects and supports Friends in our region. \nAmerican Friends Service Committee works with communities worldwide to challenge injustice and build conditions for lasting peace. We are steadfast in our commitment to nonviolence and our belief in the transformative power of love to overcome conflict and oppression. \nFriends Committee on National Legislation is a national\, nonpartisan Quaker organization that lobbies Congress and the administration to advance peace\, justice\, and environmental stewardship. \nPendle Hill is a Quaker study\, retreat\, and conference center located on 24 acres in Wallingford\, PA\, seeking to create peace with justice in the world by transforming lives through experiential learning\, silent worship\, and a commitment to the historic testimonies of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)\, including peace\, equity\, and community.  \n Lewis Webb\, Jr. is the Peacebuilding Director at the American Friends Service Committee and is responsible for leading AFSC’s work towards a future free of militarism and violence. Lewis previously led AFSC’s New York-based healing justice work for over 12 years and since 2017 has been the coordinator of the organization’s national healing justice network. Since joining AFSC\, Lewis has built an advocacy program that focuses on sentencing and the school-to-prison pipeline\, established a growing youth advocacy training program\, and guided the collective development and eventual organizational endorsement of “Our North Star: A Vision for Community Safety Beyond Prisons and Policing.” Lewis holds degrees in philosophy and law and has many years of experience as an educator. He is based in Philadelphia. URL:https://www.pym.org/event/continuing-revolution-2026-young-adults/ LOCATION:Friends Center\, 1501 Cherry St\, Philadelphia\, Pennsylvania\, 19102\, United States CATEGORIES:Peace & Social Justice,Spirituality,Young Adult Friends ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.pym.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Continuing-Revolution-2026-Save-the-Date-Graphic.png ORGANIZER;CN="Pendle Hill":MAILTO:info@pendlehill.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260926T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260926T160000 DTSTAMP:20260530T144746 CREATED:20260128T212237Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260529T140559Z UID:107290-1790418600-1790438400@www.pym.org SUMMARY:Peace Fair of Bucks Quarterly Meeting DESCRIPTION:The 26th annual Peace Fair features over 80 tables of local crafts\, artwork\, traditional and vegetarian food\, kids games\, and Bucks area non-profits whose focus is peace\, community service\, healthy living and the environment. Browse the gently-used book sale and listen to the Tookany Creek bluegrass band\, Mindy Murray and Kevin McCloskey from River Drivers\, and singer/songwriters Jonathan Sprout and Paige Melton\, among others. Hear this year’s Bucks County Poet Laureate Madeline Marriott and other area poets at the Poetry Reading (open mike at the end)\, and tour the recently restored Buckingham Quaker Meetinghouse\, a National Landmark. The fair runs from 10:30am to 4:00pm on Saturday\, September 26\, and is handicap accessible. Admission and parking are free to the public\, ($5 suggested donation). Visitors from toddlers to seniors will enjoy a delightful\, engaging and uplifting day at the Peace Fair. URL:https://www.pym.org/event/peace-fair-of-bucks-quarterly-meeting/ LOCATION:Buckingham Friends Meetinghouse\, 5684 Old York Rd\, Lahaska\, 18931\, United States CATEGORIES:Young Adult Friends ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.pym.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Peace-Fair.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Bucks Quarterly Meeting":MAILTO:quakersbucks@gmail.com GEO:40.345089;-75.037266 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Buckingham Friends Meetinghouse 5684 Old York Rd Lahaska 18931 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=5684 Old York Rd:geo:-75.037266,40.345089 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261009 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261013 DTSTAMP:20260530T144746 CREATED:20260521T205058Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260521T205433Z UID:111594-1791504000-1791849599@www.pym.org SUMMARY:1990s Young Friends Reunion Weekend at Camp Onas! DESCRIPTION:1990s-era/Gen X Young Friends of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting are gathering at Onas and we invite you to join us.\nFor many of us\, the past year has highlighted the need to come together and share resources and fellowship. The sacred community we created in the 90s was a powerful force in our lives. Now is the time to tap back into that power and rebuild that community.\nIf you were a 90s PYM Young Friend or adjacent to that community\, we especially hope you’ll join us. But all Friends and Friendly folk are welcome. \nWe will connect\, learn from each other\, and reignite the light of our community. Throughout the weekend\, just like in the old days\, we will take part in shared meals\, worship sharing\, and workshops focused on mobilizing our shared power. \n \n Get Your Tickets!\n \n \n \n \n \n If you would like to request financial or logistical support to attend this event please reach out to the planning committee: \nKri Burkander\, Paul Burkander\, Jasmine Surti\, Wilder Scott\, Mary Jesse\, Adrienne Pancoe Cormier\, & Josh Grove \nby contacting programs@pym.org. URL:https://www.pym.org/event/1990s-young-friends-reunion/ LOCATION:Camp Onas\, 609 Geigel Hill Road\, Ottsville\, PA\, 18942\, United States CATEGORIES:Families,Retreat,Young Adult Friends ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.pym.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Young-Friends-Baner.jpg GEO:40.4797367;-75.1390581 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Camp Onas 609 Geigel Hill Road Ottsville PA 18942 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=609 Geigel Hill Road:geo:-75.1390581,40.4797367 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR