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SUMMARY:#FreedomWalk2026
DESCRIPTION:#FreedomWalk2026\n\n\n\n\n“We Make the Path by Walking It” –inspired by Antonio Machado\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA modern-day retracing of the Underground Railroad to Canada\, on the 30th anniversary of historian Anthony Michael Cohen’s 1996 walk.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n#FreedomWalk2026 is an 8-week long travelling commemoration of the Underground Railroad\, where participants will retrace the route to freedom in the footsteps of 19th century self-liberators. This once-in-a-lifetime event will be led by The Menare Foundation\, Inc. in partnership with Coming to the Table and Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth during the nation’s Semiquincentennial commemoration in 2026. He has a traveling minute from Sandy Springs Meeting in Maryland. \nWalk Map and Dates (scroll down) \n\n\nThere are many ways to participate in #FreedomWalk2026 whether in person or remotely. See their different options below & the associate linked forms. \n\nOur walk team\, led by historian Anthony Cohen—who first walked the route in 1996—will trek 750 miles journey by foot\, boat and rail using modes of transport of the original freedom seekers. The walk will launch from Sandy Spring\, MD on May 4\, 2026\, on the 30th anniversary of the original walk\, and conclude in Ontario\, Canada on July 4\, 2026. \nEach week we will establish our base of operation in a different city along the way\, where we will co-host events with local communities around the themes of history and community empowerment. Events will include teach-ins\, service projects\, lectures\, installations and tours as well as opportunities for the public to walk with our team. \nThe Harriet Tubman Journey to Freedom statue\, depicting the famed abolitionist on a harrowing rescue mission\, will also accompany the walk. The large bronze sculpture\, designed in 2019 by artist Wesley Wofford\, evokes our nation’s ceaseless struggle for freedom\, and will serve as a focal point for participants to reflect\, engage and unite. \nThe 740-mile walk is a collaboration between The Menare Foundation and Coming to the Table | Taking America Beyond the Legacy of Enslavementas a learning and service journey – a way of engaging communities in public history\, dialogue\, and civic reflection. \n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Walk\nJoin the Journey \nWalk Media\n\n\n\n\n\nSupport or Join the Walk\nBASE STATIONS \n If you can help us secure housing in these locations we want to hear from you. Base Stations will be established in the following cities: Maryland-Sandy Spring and Baltimore; Pennsylvania-Philadelphia; New York-Poughkeepsie\, Albany\, Utica\, Syracuse\, Rochester\, Buffalo and Niagara Falls. \nCOMMUNITY ACTIVATIONS/WEEKEND PROGRAMS\nCommunity Activations are weekend events held at each Base Station city along the walk. Activations will include presentations\, community walks\, art\, performance\, service projects and a chance to meet the Walk Team. Check the list to see if you live in or near a Base Station city and fill out the form to help organize an Activation Day.\n\n\nGRANT A WISH\nTravelers on the Underground Railroad often made the journey with little more than the clothes on their backs. With your help we strive to be well-prepared when taking to the road in 2026. View our Wish List to see how you can contribute to the success of the walk.\n\n\nJOIN THE JOURNEY\nJoin the Journey as a Companion Walker during select times along the 8-week journey. The Walk Team will travel an average of 12 miles per day and up to 6 days each week. The experience will be rigorous but we welcome you to come out and put your best foot forward.\n\n\nSOLIDARITY EVENTS\nSolidarity Events are your way to support the project in locations not directly on the walk route. Host an event\, program or solidarity walk in your own hometown and let us know how you honored the Underground Railroad.
URL:https://www.pym.org/event/freedomewalk2026/
CATEGORIES:Addressing Racism Witness,Peace & Social Justice
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SUMMARY:Creating Our Council: Listening Session #1
DESCRIPTION:For the last two years\, PYM’s three councils – Administrative\, Quaker Life\, and Nominating – have met monthly for business together as one Joint Council. After nearly 18 meetings of the Joint Council Experiment\, Governance Advisory Committee has reached unity to propose codifying the change by merging the three councils into one PYM Council. \nYou can read the committee’s proposal here. \nThese three listening sessions are for PYM members to consider queries and address concerns regarding the proposal\, in order to discern the conclusion of the experiment. \nRegister Here \nThree sessions are being hosted to accommodate the most people possible; while Friends are welcome attend more than one session\, it is not required. Each session has its own registration\, and you must register to join each session. \nCreating our Council: Listening Session 1\nJuly 1\, 2026 | 10:00 am \nCreating our Council: Listening Session 2\nJuly 15\, 2026 | 1:00 pm \nCreating our Council: Listening Session 3\nJuly 17\, 2026 | 7:15 pm
URL:https://www.pym.org/event/creating-our-council-listening-session-1/
CATEGORIES:Communications & Outreach,Governance and Stewardship,Philadelphia Yearly Meeting
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SUMMARY:A Quiet Roar: The Unparalleled Lives of Bayard Rustin & Sarah Mapps Douglass
DESCRIPTION:It’s the summer of 1948\, and dynamic civil rights activist Bayard Rustin has a very important speech to prepare for at Arch Street Meeting House. But outspoken 18th-century educator\, activist\, and artist Sarah Mapps Douglass doesn’t know who this young interloper is. \nA Quiet Roar is a theater performance that bridges the lives of Rustin and Mapps Douglass\, two phenomenal Black Philadelphian Quakers who walked the halls of Arch Street Meeting House a century apart. Their writings and experiences come to life by highlighting the complex\, often overlooked intersections of race\, faith\, and freedom in the United States. Written & Directed by Yvie Jones. \nRun Time: 30 minutes \nThe Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) at ASMH practices unprogrammed\, silent worship. Following the performance\, the audience will be invited to engage in a 30-second moment of silent reflection and a Q&A. \nCast: Leslie Hartshell (Sarah Mapps Douglass) & Najee Duwon (Bayard Rustin) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe program will run on Saturday mornings from 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM and afternoons from 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM\, on Memorial Day\, May 25\, 2026\, through Labor Day\, September 7\, 2026.
URL:https://www.pym.org/event/a-quiet-roar-the-unparalleled-lives-of-bayard-rustin-sarah-mapps-douglass-3/
LOCATION:Arch Street Meeting House\, 320 Arch St\, Philadelphia\, 19106\, United States
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SUMMARY:A Quiet Roar: The Unparalleled Lives of Bayard Rustin & Sarah Mapps Douglass
DESCRIPTION:It’s the summer of 1948\, and dynamic civil rights activist Bayard Rustin has a very important speech to prepare for at Arch Street Meeting House. But outspoken 18th-century educator\, activist\, and artist Sarah Mapps Douglass doesn’t know who this young interloper is. \nA Quiet Roar is a theater performance that bridges the lives of Rustin and Mapps Douglass\, two phenomenal Black Philadelphian Quakers who walked the halls of Arch Street Meeting House a century apart. Their writings and experiences come to life by highlighting the complex\, often overlooked intersections of race\, faith\, and freedom in the United States. Written & Directed by Yvie Jones. \nRun Time: 30 minutes \nThe Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) at ASMH practices unprogrammed\, silent worship. Following the performance\, the audience will be invited to engage in a 30-second moment of silent reflection and a Q&A. \nCast: Leslie Hartshell (Sarah Mapps Douglass) & Najee Duwon (Bayard Rustin) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe program will run on Saturday mornings from 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM and afternoons from 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM\, on Memorial Day\, May 25\, 2026\, through Labor Day\, September 7\, 2026.
URL:https://www.pym.org/event/a-quiet-roar-the-unparalleled-lives-of-bayard-rustin-sarah-mapps-douglass/2026-07-04/
LOCATION:Arch Street Meeting House\, 320 Arch St\, Philadelphia\, 19106\, United States
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SUMMARY:Fundraising Friends
DESCRIPTION:Strong and stable monthly meetings are the foundation of a thriving Quaker community. This is why PYM staff are hosting a monthly virtual gathering of Friends who carry stewardship or fundraising work for their meetings called “Fundraising Friends!” \nThe goal of Fundraising Friends is to ensure that PYM meetings have the financial resources they need to build impactful faith communities\, so we sincerely hope that you will join us! By being a part of Fundraising Friends\, you will find… \n\nMutual support from others who understand the joys and challenges of ensuring their meeting has sufficient funds\nPractical ideas and resources to strengthen your meeting’s stewardship\, giving\, and community engagement.\nShared stories and successes that inspire Light-led approaches to fundraising rooted in Quaker values.\nConnections across the yearly meeting\, building friendships and collaboration among those doing similar work.\nEncouragement and learning from PYM Development staff and experienced Friends.\n\nFundraising Friends meets virtually on the second Thursday of each month at 12 noon and is free and open to any PYM Friends who are interested in or involved with fundraising for their local meeting. \nWhether you come to find ways to strengthen your meeting’s financial health or help other meetings do the same\, you’ll be why new seekers and long-time Friends alike can find a spiritual home at their local Quaker meeting! \nContact Joe Kirkenir at jkirkenir@pym.org or 215-241-7115 with any questions or topics you’d like covered! \n***By submitting your information below\, you will become a part of Fundraising Friends and receive information for each month’s gathering. Please don’t feel obligated to attend every month. Come as you are led and able!***
URL:https://www.pym.org/event/fundraising-friends-2/
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SUMMARY:Love: Tending the Soil of our Sanctuaries for Cis/Het Identities
DESCRIPTION:This online workshop series invites people of faith who are working for LGBTQIA+ inclusion and liberation to gather in community.  \nTogether\, we will sink our hands into the soil in which we build\nBeloved Community: love. What does love mean to us\, and how is it moving in our lives? What practices of love are sustaining and\nsoftening us in the hardness of the present moment? How can we be love’s accomplices in transforming our faith communities to embrace queer experiences and people? \nThrough breathing\, stretching\, movement\, discussion\, and journaling\, we will explore how love can help us re-member\, interrupt fragmentation\, and reclaim wholeness in ourselves and our communities. \nThe initial workshop will be offered two times: \n1. Thursday\, June 25th\, 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM Eastern\nFor those whose identify as lesbian\, gay\, bisexual\, transgender\, queer\, questioning\, non-binary\, Two Spirit\, intersex\, asexual\, aromantic\, or otherwise outside of cisgender heterosexuality. \n2. Thursday\, July9\, 7:30 to 9:30 pm Eastern Time\nFor cisgender and heterosexual allies of the LGBTQIA+ community.    \nThose who attend either the first or second workshop will be invited to join the third workshop to go deeper in a mixed identity setting. Attendees will receive a Zoom link to the third workshop\, on Saturday\, August 15th\, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM\, via email.  \nConsider joining us for Dreaming Sanctuary: An Intergenerational LGBTQ+ Gathering on August 7-10 to continue this learning and community building.
URL:https://www.pym.org/event/love-tending-the-soil-of-our-sanctuaries-for-cis-het-identities/2026-07-09/
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SUMMARY:Prayers and Meditation for Peace
DESCRIPTION:Trenton Meeting of Friends (Quakers) is holding \nPrayers and Meditation for Peace \nWhere: Trenton Friends Meetinghouse \n142 East Hanover Street\, Trenton\, NJ or at our zoom link \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/9915474009?pwd=aGZ6VW54ZnpwZGcxS3MzUE9kOEllZz09&omn=87362638230 \nWhen: Monthly on Second Saturdays\, 10:15-11:00AM \nPrayers and Meditation for Peace holds space for vocal ministry and silent worship. \nVocal ministry about peace\, prayer\, and meditation is encouraged. \nContact TrentonQuakers@gmail.com for more information.
URL:https://www.pym.org/event/prayers-and-meditation-for-peace/2026-07-11/
LOCATION:Trenton Friends Meetinghouse\, 142 E Hanover St\, Trenton\, 08608
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SUMMARY:A Quiet Roar: The Unparalleled Lives of Bayard Rustin & Sarah Mapps Douglass
DESCRIPTION:It’s the summer of 1948\, and dynamic civil rights activist Bayard Rustin has a very important speech to prepare for at Arch Street Meeting House. But outspoken 18th-century educator\, activist\, and artist Sarah Mapps Douglass doesn’t know who this young interloper is. \nA Quiet Roar is a theater performance that bridges the lives of Rustin and Mapps Douglass\, two phenomenal Black Philadelphian Quakers who walked the halls of Arch Street Meeting House a century apart. Their writings and experiences come to life by highlighting the complex\, often overlooked intersections of race\, faith\, and freedom in the United States. Written & Directed by Yvie Jones. \nRun Time: 30 minutes \nThe Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) at ASMH practices unprogrammed\, silent worship. Following the performance\, the audience will be invited to engage in a 30-second moment of silent reflection and a Q&A. \nCast: Leslie Hartshell (Sarah Mapps Douglass) & Najee Duwon (Bayard Rustin) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe program will run on Saturday mornings from 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM and afternoons from 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM\, on Memorial Day\, May 25\, 2026\, through Labor Day\, September 7\, 2026.
URL:https://www.pym.org/event/a-quiet-roar-the-unparalleled-lives-of-bayard-rustin-sarah-mapps-douglass-2/
LOCATION:Arch Street Meeting House\, 320 Arch St\, Philadelphia\, 19106\, United States
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SUMMARY:A Quiet Roar: The Unparalleled Lives of Bayard Rustin & Sarah Mapps Douglass
DESCRIPTION:It’s the summer of 1948\, and dynamic civil rights activist Bayard Rustin has a very important speech to prepare for at Arch Street Meeting House. But outspoken 18th-century educator\, activist\, and artist Sarah Mapps Douglass doesn’t know who this young interloper is. \nA Quiet Roar is a theater performance that bridges the lives of Rustin and Mapps Douglass\, two phenomenal Black Philadelphian Quakers who walked the halls of Arch Street Meeting House a century apart. Their writings and experiences come to life by highlighting the complex\, often overlooked intersections of race\, faith\, and freedom in the United States. Written & Directed by Yvie Jones. \nRun Time: 30 minutes \nThe Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) at ASMH practices unprogrammed\, silent worship. Following the performance\, the audience will be invited to engage in a 30-second moment of silent reflection and a Q&A. \nCast: Leslie Hartshell (Sarah Mapps Douglass) & Najee Duwon (Bayard Rustin) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe program will run on Saturday mornings from 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM and afternoons from 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM\, on Memorial Day\, May 25\, 2026\, through Labor Day\, September 7\, 2026.
URL:https://www.pym.org/event/a-quiet-roar-the-unparalleled-lives-of-bayard-rustin-sarah-mapps-douglass/2026-07-11/
LOCATION:Arch Street Meeting House\, 320 Arch St\, Philadelphia\, 19106\, United States
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SUMMARY:Creating Our Council: Listening Session #2
DESCRIPTION:For the last two years\, PYM’s three councils – Administrative\, Quaker Life\, and Nominating – have met monthly for business together as one Joint Council. After nearly 18 meetings of the Joint Council Experiment\, Governance Advisory Committee has reached unity to propose codifying the change by merging the three councils into one PYM Council. \nYou can read the committee’s proposal here. \nThese three listening sessions are for PYM members to consider queries and address concerns regarding the proposal\, in order to discern the conclusion of the experiment. \nRegister Here \nThree sessions are being hosted to accommodate the most people possible; while Friends are welcome attend more than one session\, it is not required. Each session has its own registration\, and you must register to join each session. \nCreating our Council: Listening Session 1\nJuly 1\, 2026 | 10:00 am \nCreating our Council: Listening Session 2\nJuly 15\, 2026 | 1:00 pm \nCreating our Council: Listening Session 3\nJuly 17\, 2026 | 7:15 pm
URL:https://www.pym.org/event/creating-our-council-listening-session-2/
CATEGORIES:Communications & Outreach,Governance and Stewardship,Philadelphia Yearly Meeting
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SUMMARY:Quaker Writers’ Retreat at Pendle Hill
DESCRIPTION:A retreat for writing and sharing in Quaker community.  \nJoin us in Pendle Hill’s sanctuary to center down and write in community with other Friends. Enjoy Pendle Hill’s library\, art studio\, walking trails\, and communal meals and refreshments\, with time to come together to worship\, share your work as led\, and explore what it means to be a Quaker writer.    \nWe welcome both professional and non-professional writers to this weekend of self-directed individual writing time within a scheduled framework. Pendle Hill Pamphlets Coordinator Janaki Spickard Keeler will offer an optional presentation on the process of writing a Pendle Hill pamphlet. Janaki and former Pamphlets Editor Rebecca Mays will be available to discuss potential pamphlet manuscripts and offer feedback on pamphlet manuscripts in progress if submitted in advance. 
URL:https://www.pym.org/event/quaker-writers-retreat-at-pendle-hill/
LOCATION:Pendle Hill\, 339 Plush Mill Road\, Wallingford\, 19086\, United States
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SUMMARY:Creating Our Council: Listening Session #3
DESCRIPTION:For the last two years\, PYM’s three councils – Administrative\, Quaker Life\, and Nominating – have met monthly for business together as one Joint Council. After nearly 18 meetings of the Joint Council Experiment\, Governance Advisory Committee has reached unity to propose codifying the change by merging the three councils into one PYM Council. \nYou can read the committee’s proposal here. \nThese three listening sessions are for PYM members to consider queries and address concerns regarding the proposal\, in order to discern the conclusion of the experiment. \nRegister Here \nThree sessions are being hosted to accommodate the most people possible; while Friends are welcome attend more than one session\, it is not required. Each session has its own registration\, and you must register to join each session. \nCreating our Council: Listening Session 1\nJuly 1\, 2026 | 10:00 am \nCreating our Council: Listening Session 2\nJuly 15\, 2026 | 1:00 pm \nCreating our Council: Listening Session 3\nJuly 17\, 2026 | 7:15 pm
URL:https://www.pym.org/event/creating-our-council-listening-session-3/
CATEGORIES:Communications & Outreach,Governance and Stewardship,Philadelphia Yearly Meeting
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SUMMARY:A Quiet Roar: The Unparalleled Lives of Bayard Rustin & Sarah Mapps Douglass
DESCRIPTION:It’s the summer of 1948\, and dynamic civil rights activist Bayard Rustin has a very important speech to prepare for at Arch Street Meeting House. But outspoken 18th-century educator\, activist\, and artist Sarah Mapps Douglass doesn’t know who this young interloper is. \nA Quiet Roar is a theater performance that bridges the lives of Rustin and Mapps Douglass\, two phenomenal Black Philadelphian Quakers who walked the halls of Arch Street Meeting House a century apart. Their writings and experiences come to life by highlighting the complex\, often overlooked intersections of race\, faith\, and freedom in the United States. Written & Directed by Yvie Jones. \nRun Time: 30 minutes \nThe Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) at ASMH practices unprogrammed\, silent worship. Following the performance\, the audience will be invited to engage in a 30-second moment of silent reflection and a Q&A. \nCast: Leslie Hartshell (Sarah Mapps Douglass) & Najee Duwon (Bayard Rustin) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe program will run on Saturday mornings from 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM and afternoons from 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM\, on Memorial Day\, May 25\, 2026\, through Labor Day\, September 7\, 2026.
URL:https://www.pym.org/event/a-quiet-roar-the-unparalleled-lives-of-bayard-rustin-sarah-mapps-douglass-6/
LOCATION:Arch Street Meeting House\, 320 Arch St\, Philadelphia\, 19106\, United States
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SUMMARY:A Quiet Roar: The Unparalleled Lives of Bayard Rustin & Sarah Mapps Douglass
DESCRIPTION:It’s the summer of 1948\, and dynamic civil rights activist Bayard Rustin has a very important speech to prepare for at Arch Street Meeting House. But outspoken 18th-century educator\, activist\, and artist Sarah Mapps Douglass doesn’t know who this young interloper is. \nA Quiet Roar is a theater performance that bridges the lives of Rustin and Mapps Douglass\, two phenomenal Black Philadelphian Quakers who walked the halls of Arch Street Meeting House a century apart. Their writings and experiences come to life by highlighting the complex\, often overlooked intersections of race\, faith\, and freedom in the United States. Written & Directed by Yvie Jones. \nRun Time: 30 minutes \nThe Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) at ASMH practices unprogrammed\, silent worship. Following the performance\, the audience will be invited to engage in a 30-second moment of silent reflection and a Q&A. \nCast: Leslie Hartshell (Sarah Mapps Douglass) & Najee Duwon (Bayard Rustin) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe program will run on Saturday mornings from 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM and afternoons from 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM\, on Memorial Day\, May 25\, 2026\, through Labor Day\, September 7\, 2026.
URL:https://www.pym.org/event/a-quiet-roar-the-unparalleled-lives-of-bayard-rustin-sarah-mapps-douglass/2026-07-18/
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SUMMARY:Third Tuesdays: Protect\, Resist and Build with AFSC
DESCRIPTION:Monthly webinar series that brings together AFSC constituents to learn about how to protect\, resist\, and build just peace\, just migration\, and just economies. \nThird Tuesday of every month at 8pm ET/ 7pm CT/ 5pm PT. \nIf you are registering from outside the US please use the zip code 19102.
URL:https://www.pym.org/event/third-tuesdays-protect-resist-and-build-with-afsc-2/2026-07-21/
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SUMMARY:Wednesday Walks at Willistown
DESCRIPTION:Up for an opportunity for some informal forest bathing?  Join us for a 2–3-mile guided nature hike through the wooded and open space of Willistown Township’s protected land and trails. \nThe hike will last about 2 hours (easy/moderate difficulty) and will take place on edges of fields and moderately rocky trails\, so wear long pants and good hiking shoes and bring water\, snacks\, and insect repellent. We will hike in any weather except for thunderstorms. Bring binoculars to get a better look at the birds we may encounter. \nMeet at the Willistown Friends Meeting parking lot at 5:30 pm: 7069 Goshen Road\, Newtown Square\, PA 19073. Restrooms are available on site. RSVP at meetup.
URL:https://www.pym.org/event/wednesday-walks-at-willistown-3/
LOCATION:Willistown Friends Meeting\, 7069 Goshen Rd\, Newtown Square\, 19073\, United States
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SUMMARY:A Quiet Roar: The Unparalleled Lives of Bayard Rustin & Sarah Mapps Douglass
DESCRIPTION:It’s the summer of 1948\, and dynamic civil rights activist Bayard Rustin has a very important speech to prepare for at Arch Street Meeting House. But outspoken 18th-century educator\, activist\, and artist Sarah Mapps Douglass doesn’t know who this young interloper is. \nA Quiet Roar is a theater performance that bridges the lives of Rustin and Mapps Douglass\, two phenomenal Black Philadelphian Quakers who walked the halls of Arch Street Meeting House a century apart. Their writings and experiences come to life by highlighting the complex\, often overlooked intersections of race\, faith\, and freedom in the United States. Written & Directed by Yvie Jones. \nRun Time: 30 minutes \nThe Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) at ASMH practices unprogrammed\, silent worship. Following the performance\, the audience will be invited to engage in a 30-second moment of silent reflection and a Q&A. \nCast: Leslie Hartshell (Sarah Mapps Douglass) & Najee Duwon (Bayard Rustin) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe program will run on Saturday mornings from 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM and afternoons from 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM\, on Memorial Day\, May 25\, 2026\, through Labor Day\, September 7\, 2026.
URL:https://www.pym.org/event/a-quiet-roar-the-unparalleled-lives-of-bayard-rustin-sarah-mapps-douglass/2026-07-25/
LOCATION:Arch Street Meeting House\, 320 Arch St\, Philadelphia\, 19106\, United States
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SUMMARY:A Quiet Roar: The Unparalleled Lives of Bayard Rustin & Sarah Mapps Douglass
DESCRIPTION:It’s the summer of 1948\, and dynamic civil rights activist Bayard Rustin has a very important speech to prepare for at Arch Street Meeting House. But outspoken 18th-century educator\, activist\, and artist Sarah Mapps Douglass doesn’t know who this young interloper is. \nA Quiet Roar is a theater performance that bridges the lives of Rustin and Mapps Douglass\, two phenomenal Black Philadelphian Quakers who walked the halls of Arch Street Meeting House a century apart. Their writings and experiences come to life by highlighting the complex\, often overlooked intersections of race\, faith\, and freedom in the United States. Written & Directed by Yvie Jones. \nRun Time: 30 minutes \nThe Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) at ASMH practices unprogrammed\, silent worship. Following the performance\, the audience will be invited to engage in a 30-second moment of silent reflection and a Q&A. \nCast: Leslie Hartshell (Sarah Mapps Douglass) & Najee Duwon (Bayard Rustin) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe program will run on Saturday mornings from 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM and afternoons from 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM\, on Memorial Day\, May 25\, 2026\, through Labor Day\, September 7\, 2026.
URL:https://www.pym.org/event/a-quiet-roar-the-unparalleled-lives-of-bayard-rustin-sarah-mapps-douglass/2026-08-01/
LOCATION:Arch Street Meeting House\, 320 Arch St\, Philadelphia\, 19106\, United States
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SUMMARY:Dreaming Sanctuary: An Intergenerational LBGTQ+ Gathering
DESCRIPTION:An intergenerational LGBTQ+ gathering for renewal\, rejuvenation\, and relationship building.  \nThis retreat will offer a refuge space for renewal\, rejuvenation\, and relationship building at Pendle Hill\, a Quaker center open to all for retreat\, learning\, and community. This gathering will bring together LGBTQ+ participants from a range of ages and spiritual backgrounds\, providing an opportunity to break bread together\, recenter in openness to the Spirit\, and create new connections as we celebrate what nourishes and sustains us across the generations.  \nWe will explore inherited spiritual practices that sustained our queer ancestors\, including the fundamental practice of building shared spiritual community.  \nSee the draft schedule here.  \nHaverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Curator of Quaker Collections\, Mary Crauderueff\, has started an oral history project interviewing queer Quakers. Queer history and stories are dramatically underrepresented in most archives\, and in particular in our archives. This project will bring concrete material into the collections\, including putting materials in our online\, public repository (see our long-form interviews here: Queer Quakers Oral History Project). We acknowledge the diverse spectrum of experiences within the queer Quaker community and will actively work towards representative coverage.    \nWe are honored to be invited to share time with you at Dreaming Sanctuary to conduct 15-20 minute interviews that will be part of this larger project. Participants need to be 18+\, and who either currently or previously have identified as Quaker and LGBTQIA+. 
URL:https://www.pym.org/event/dreaming-sanctuary-an-intergenerational-lbgtq-gathering/
LOCATION:Pendle Hill\, 339 Plush Mill Road\, Wallingford\, 19086\, United States
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SUMMARY:Prayers and Meditation for Peace
DESCRIPTION:Trenton Meeting of Friends (Quakers) is holding \nPrayers and Meditation for Peace \nWhere: Trenton Friends Meetinghouse \n142 East Hanover Street\, Trenton\, NJ or at our zoom link \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/9915474009?pwd=aGZ6VW54ZnpwZGcxS3MzUE9kOEllZz09&omn=87362638230 \nWhen: Monthly on Second Saturdays\, 10:15-11:00AM \nPrayers and Meditation for Peace holds space for vocal ministry and silent worship. \nVocal ministry about peace\, prayer\, and meditation is encouraged. \nContact TrentonQuakers@gmail.com for more information.
URL:https://www.pym.org/event/prayers-and-meditation-for-peace/2026-08-08/
LOCATION:Trenton Friends Meetinghouse\, 142 E Hanover St\, Trenton\, 08608
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SUMMARY:A Quiet Roar: The Unparalleled Lives of Bayard Rustin & Sarah Mapps Douglass
DESCRIPTION:It’s the summer of 1948\, and dynamic civil rights activist Bayard Rustin has a very important speech to prepare for at Arch Street Meeting House. But outspoken 18th-century educator\, activist\, and artist Sarah Mapps Douglass doesn’t know who this young interloper is. \nA Quiet Roar is a theater performance that bridges the lives of Rustin and Mapps Douglass\, two phenomenal Black Philadelphian Quakers who walked the halls of Arch Street Meeting House a century apart. Their writings and experiences come to life by highlighting the complex\, often overlooked intersections of race\, faith\, and freedom in the United States. Written & Directed by Yvie Jones. \nRun Time: 30 minutes \nThe Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) at ASMH practices unprogrammed\, silent worship. Following the performance\, the audience will be invited to engage in a 30-second moment of silent reflection and a Q&A. \nCast: Leslie Hartshell (Sarah Mapps Douglass) & Najee Duwon (Bayard Rustin) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe program will run on Saturday mornings from 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM and afternoons from 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM\, on Memorial Day\, May 25\, 2026\, through Labor Day\, September 7\, 2026.
URL:https://www.pym.org/event/a-quiet-roar-the-unparalleled-lives-of-bayard-rustin-sarah-mapps-douglass/2026-08-08/
LOCATION:Arch Street Meeting House\, 320 Arch St\, Philadelphia\, 19106\, United States
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SUMMARY:A Quiet Roar: The Unparalleled Lives of Bayard Rustin & Sarah Mapps Douglass
DESCRIPTION:It’s the summer of 1948\, and dynamic civil rights activist Bayard Rustin has a very important speech to prepare for at Arch Street Meeting House. But outspoken 18th-century educator\, activist\, and artist Sarah Mapps Douglass doesn’t know who this young interloper is. \nA Quiet Roar is a theater performance that bridges the lives of Rustin and Mapps Douglass\, two phenomenal Black Philadelphian Quakers who walked the halls of Arch Street Meeting House a century apart. Their writings and experiences come to life by highlighting the complex\, often overlooked intersections of race\, faith\, and freedom in the United States. Written & Directed by Yvie Jones. \nRun Time: 30 minutes \nThe Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) at ASMH practices unprogrammed\, silent worship. Following the performance\, the audience will be invited to engage in a 30-second moment of silent reflection and a Q&A. \nCast: Leslie Hartshell (Sarah Mapps Douglass) & Najee Duwon (Bayard Rustin) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe program will run on Saturday mornings from 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM and afternoons from 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM\, on Memorial Day\, May 25\, 2026\, through Labor Day\, September 7\, 2026.
URL:https://www.pym.org/event/a-quiet-roar-the-unparalleled-lives-of-bayard-rustin-sarah-mapps-douglass/2026-08-15/
LOCATION:Arch Street Meeting House\, 320 Arch St\, Philadelphia\, 19106\, United States
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SUMMARY:Love: Tending the Soil of our Sanctuaries for Cis/Het Identities
DESCRIPTION:This online workshop series invites people of faith who are working for LGBTQIA+ inclusion and liberation to gather in community.  \nTogether\, we will sink our hands into the soil in which we build\nBeloved Community: love. What does love mean to us\, and how is it moving in our lives? What practices of love are sustaining and\nsoftening us in the hardness of the present moment? How can we be love’s accomplices in transforming our faith communities to embrace queer experiences and people? \nThrough breathing\, stretching\, movement\, discussion\, and journaling\, we will explore how love can help us re-member\, interrupt fragmentation\, and reclaim wholeness in ourselves and our communities. \nThe initial workshop will be offered two times: \n1. Thursday\, June 25th\, 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM Eastern\nFor those whose identify as lesbian\, gay\, bisexual\, transgender\, queer\, questioning\, non-binary\, Two Spirit\, intersex\, asexual\, aromantic\, or otherwise outside of cisgender heterosexuality. \n2. Thursday\, July9\, 7:30 to 9:30 pm Eastern Time\nFor cisgender and heterosexual allies of the LGBTQIA+ community.    \nThose who attend either the first or second workshop will be invited to join the third workshop to go deeper in a mixed identity setting. Attendees will receive a Zoom link to the third workshop\, on Saturday\, August 15th\, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM\, via email.  \nConsider joining us for Dreaming Sanctuary: An Intergenerational LGBTQ+ Gathering on August 7-10 to continue this learning and community building.
URL:https://www.pym.org/event/love-tending-the-soil-of-our-sanctuaries-for-cis-het-identities/2026-08-15/
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SUMMARY:Third Tuesdays: Protect\, Resist and Build with AFSC
DESCRIPTION:Monthly webinar series that brings together AFSC constituents to learn about how to protect\, resist\, and build just peace\, just migration\, and just economies. \nThird Tuesday of every month at 8pm ET/ 7pm CT/ 5pm PT. \nIf you are registering from outside the US please use the zip code 19102.
URL:https://www.pym.org/event/third-tuesdays-protect-resist-and-build-with-afsc-2/2026-08-18/
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ORGANIZER;CN="American Friends Service Committee":MAILTO:events@afsc.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260821T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260823T160000
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CREATED:20260504T132630Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260504T132630Z
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SUMMARY:Playing in the Light: Godly Play/Faith & Play Training for Friends
DESCRIPTION:This weekend workshop shares an approach to religious education grounded in deep respect for children\, using wonder\, play\, and stories from the Bible and Quaker faith\, practice\, and witness. More than a workshop on storytelling\, “Playing in the Light” is also an opportunity to gather in community and consider how we approach spiritual formation and support for children and families in our meetings. The experiential approach has tools that can be used with other resources\, and meetings are finding ways that the stories can anchor intergenerational worship. Those who have previously attended a training will find they go deeper in their practice. And for some Friends\, the weekend is a personal spiritual retreat more than preparation for service to a religious education program. Come spend a weekend full of stories\, centering children and welcoming all of us into a bigger story of faith in community! \n \nPresentations/discussions include: \n\nnurturing the spiritual lives of children\nexploring the “unspoken” lessons of spaces and pedagogy\nsupporting children and families in the meeting community\nworking with multiage groups and diverse needs\nadapting Godly Play for Friends and weaving stories into a children’s program
URL:https://www.pym.org/event/playing-in-the-light-godly-play-faith-play-training-for-friends-2/
LOCATION:Mount Holly Meetinghouse\, 81 High Street\, Mount Holly\, 08060
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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SUMMARY:A Quiet Roar: The Unparalleled Lives of Bayard Rustin & Sarah Mapps Douglass
DESCRIPTION:It’s the summer of 1948\, and dynamic civil rights activist Bayard Rustin has a very important speech to prepare for at Arch Street Meeting House. But outspoken 18th-century educator\, activist\, and artist Sarah Mapps Douglass doesn’t know who this young interloper is. \nA Quiet Roar is a theater performance that bridges the lives of Rustin and Mapps Douglass\, two phenomenal Black Philadelphian Quakers who walked the halls of Arch Street Meeting House a century apart. Their writings and experiences come to life by highlighting the complex\, often overlooked intersections of race\, faith\, and freedom in the United States. Written & Directed by Yvie Jones. \nRun Time: 30 minutes \nThe Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) at ASMH practices unprogrammed\, silent worship. Following the performance\, the audience will be invited to engage in a 30-second moment of silent reflection and a Q&A. \nCast: Leslie Hartshell (Sarah Mapps Douglass) & Najee Duwon (Bayard Rustin) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe program will run on Saturday mornings from 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM and afternoons from 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM\, on Memorial Day\, May 25\, 2026\, through Labor Day\, September 7\, 2026.
URL:https://www.pym.org/event/a-quiet-roar-the-unparalleled-lives-of-bayard-rustin-sarah-mapps-douglass/2026-08-22/
LOCATION:Arch Street Meeting House\, 320 Arch St\, Philadelphia\, 19106\, United States
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SUMMARY:YAF Summer Celebration Weekend
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Programming\nThis weekend will be flexible and group led.  We will have pizza for dinner on Friday night and will prepare and clean up our meals together. \nSome activities you can expect include: \n\nSwimming (in a pool)\nWatching a movie\nPlaying board games\nHaving a campfire\nGood old-fashioned fellowship\nSilent worship\n\n\nThings to Know:\n* Plan for sleeping on the floor of Carleton’s house! * \nWe will send you the street address in Mulica Hill\, NJ closer to the date of the event. \nYou can plan to sleep over\, stay the whole time\, or come for part of the retreat; you are welcome! Please let us know in the registration when we can expect you–this will help us plan for meals and activities. \nThe cost for this event is $20. The funds each Friend pays goes towards the cost of food and activities. There is scholarship money available. \nThis will be a mask optional event. Young Adult Friends is a community for Quaker and Friendly folk ages 18-35. \nPlease email ckinnel@pym.org if you have any questions or accommodation needs. \n\n \nCommunity Expectations:\nThe Young Adult F/friends community is a collaborative community where we share responsibility and work together to support each of our gatherings. This means\, each F/friend is expected to support making and setting up meals\, cleaning up dishes and shared areas\, collecting and disposing of trash\, organizing spaces and activities to their original layout\, and other such responsibilities. We welcome each F/friend contributing to the collective work of the Young Adult community in ways that feel comfortable and accessible. We share responsibility to align with our Quaker values of community and service\, and to ensure that the task of tending to our community is distributed fairly among F/friends. \nRegistration closes Wednesday\, August 26th\, 2026. \n			\n				REGISTER
URL:https://www.pym.org/event/yaf-summer-celebration-weekend/
LOCATION:Mullica Hill\, New Jersey\, 08062
CATEGORIES:Philadelphia Yearly Meeting,Young Adult Friends
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260829T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260829T133000
DTSTAMP:20260624T181619Z
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SUMMARY:A Quiet Roar: The Unparalleled Lives of Bayard Rustin & Sarah Mapps Douglass
DESCRIPTION:It’s the summer of 1948\, and dynamic civil rights activist Bayard Rustin has a very important speech to prepare for at Arch Street Meeting House. But outspoken 18th-century educator\, activist\, and artist Sarah Mapps Douglass doesn’t know who this young interloper is. \nA Quiet Roar is a theater performance that bridges the lives of Rustin and Mapps Douglass\, two phenomenal Black Philadelphian Quakers who walked the halls of Arch Street Meeting House a century apart. Their writings and experiences come to life by highlighting the complex\, often overlooked intersections of race\, faith\, and freedom in the United States. Written & Directed by Yvie Jones. \nRun Time: 30 minutes \nThe Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) at ASMH practices unprogrammed\, silent worship. Following the performance\, the audience will be invited to engage in a 30-second moment of silent reflection and a Q&A. \nCast: Leslie Hartshell (Sarah Mapps Douglass) & Najee Duwon (Bayard Rustin) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe program will run on Saturday mornings from 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM and afternoons from 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM\, on Memorial Day\, May 25\, 2026\, through Labor Day\, September 7\, 2026.
URL:https://www.pym.org/event/a-quiet-roar-the-unparalleled-lives-of-bayard-rustin-sarah-mapps-douglass/2026-08-29/
LOCATION:Arch Street Meeting House\, 320 Arch St\, Philadelphia\, 19106\, United States
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SUMMARY:A Quiet Roar: The Unparalleled Lives of Bayard Rustin & Sarah Mapps Douglass
DESCRIPTION:It’s the summer of 1948\, and dynamic civil rights activist Bayard Rustin has a very important speech to prepare for at Arch Street Meeting House. But outspoken 18th-century educator\, activist\, and artist Sarah Mapps Douglass doesn’t know who this young interloper is. \nA Quiet Roar is a theater performance that bridges the lives of Rustin and Mapps Douglass\, two phenomenal Black Philadelphian Quakers who walked the halls of Arch Street Meeting House a century apart. Their writings and experiences come to life by highlighting the complex\, often overlooked intersections of race\, faith\, and freedom in the United States. Written & Directed by Yvie Jones. \nRun Time: 30 minutes \nThe Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) at ASMH practices unprogrammed\, silent worship. Following the performance\, the audience will be invited to engage in a 30-second moment of silent reflection and a Q&A. \nCast: Leslie Hartshell (Sarah Mapps Douglass) & Najee Duwon (Bayard Rustin) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe program will run on Saturday mornings from 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM and afternoons from 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM\, on Memorial Day\, May 25\, 2026\, through Labor Day\, September 7\, 2026.
URL:https://www.pym.org/event/a-quiet-roar-the-unparalleled-lives-of-bayard-rustin-sarah-mapps-douglass/2026-09-05/
LOCATION:Arch Street Meeting House\, 320 Arch St\, Philadelphia\, 19106\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260912T101500
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SUMMARY:Prayers and Meditation for Peace
DESCRIPTION:Trenton Meeting of Friends (Quakers) is holding \nPrayers and Meditation for Peace \nWhere: Trenton Friends Meetinghouse \n142 East Hanover Street\, Trenton\, NJ or at our zoom link \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/9915474009?pwd=aGZ6VW54ZnpwZGcxS3MzUE9kOEllZz09&omn=87362638230 \nWhen: Monthly on Second Saturdays\, 10:15-11:00AM \nPrayers and Meditation for Peace holds space for vocal ministry and silent worship. \nVocal ministry about peace\, prayer\, and meditation is encouraged. \nContact TrentonQuakers@gmail.com for more information.
URL:https://www.pym.org/event/prayers-and-meditation-for-peace/2026-09-12/
LOCATION:Trenton Friends Meetinghouse\, 142 E Hanover St\, Trenton\, 08608
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