Philadelphia Yearly Meeting

of the Religious Society of Friends

Haddonfield Quarter

A Brief Introduction to Black History

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Haddonfield Quarterly Meeting will include a presentation on Black History, featuring Dr. Teresa Nance.   Friends are invited to participate, with worship starting at 10 AM, followed by the program at 11 AM.

Nance is currently serving as the Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, and Chief Diversity Officer at Villanova University.  Her office has launched a new campaign called Living Race—Transforming Community that focuses on organizational systemic change and high-impact community engagement to facilitate opportunities for Black and minoritized students, staff and faculty to succeed and thrive within the University.  She has ties with both Swarthmore and Central Philadelphia Monthly Meetings.  Please see the PYM Stories about Dr. Nance for additional information.

Pre-registration is required; zoom information will be sent on Saturday, 4/24 to those who have pre-registered.   Link:  https://www.southjerseyquakers.org/quarterly-mtg-4-25/

 

 

Book Discussion with Rocky Wilson

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Rocky Wilson – often called the Muse of Camden – is a performance artist and  Walt Whitman interpreter.  In 2019, Rocky was presented the Camden County Freedom Medal in recognition of his service to Camden.

Using “The Last Bus to Camden” as a starting point, we have invited Rocky to reflect on his journey from growing up in Haddonfield to his personal commitment to the people of Camden and the quest for social justice.  Pre-registration is required.  https://www.southjerseyquakers.org/last-bus-to-camden/

Lightning Kids

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Let’s brighten up the new year with some new ways of playing! We’ll do some thinking outside our zoom-boxes to create new space. Go on adventures into that space as our super-selves! Mix things up to make them brand new. Simple life-hacks for even the youngest Friends. See how silliness goes a long way to warm the heart!

Haddonfield Quarterly Meeting – Annual Business Meeting

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Hear reports from the Finance, Nominating, and Long Range Vision Committees, and consider the proposed budget and slate of committee members and officers for 2021.

Additional presentations will focus on  funds under the care of the Quarter, Medford’s minute regarding Climate Change, and our monthly meetings’ anti-racism activities.

Virtual meeting; please pre-register to receive link for meeting:

https://www.southjerseyquakers.org/haddonfieldquarter-business-meeting-registration/

For further information, please email haddonfieldquarterly@yahoo.com

 

Lightning Kids

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Let’s brighten up the new year with some new ways of playing! We’ll do some thinking outside our zoom-boxes to create new space. Go on adventures into that space as our super-selves! Mix things up to make them brand new. Simple life-hacks for even the youngest Friends. See how silliness goes a long way to warm the heart!

Lightning Kids

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Let’s brighten up the new year with some new ways of playing! We’ll do some thinking outside our zoom-boxes to create new space. Go on adventures into that space as our super-selves! Mix things up to make them brand new. Simple life-hacks for even the youngest Friends. See how silliness goes a long way to warm the heart!

2020 Poor People’s Campaign: A 52 Year History Renewed

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In 1968, the Poor People’s Campaign (PPC) was first named as a key concern of Friends in America. American Friends Service Committee’s (AFSC) Associate Executive Secretary, Stephen Cary,  remarked that the PPC “…has made poverty in America visible, and never again will it be possible to pretend that it is not real.”

52 years later, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (PYM) recognizes that we need to work together as a community to continue to make poverty and all the injustices that contribute to it more visible.  As part of that process, PYM’s Quaker Life Council recently minuted an endorsement of the PPC, as has PYM’s Young Adult Friends community, Trenton Meeting of Friends and Haddonfield Quarter. PYM has also offered youth programming (described later in this story) around this initiative and will continue to support the community’s energy on addressing the causes and consequences of poverty in America today.

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