Volunteers, Non-Profits, Crafts Vendors Needed! The 21st Annual Peace Fair of Bucks Quarterly Meeting will take place on Saturday, September 18, 2021, at Buckingham Friends Meetinghouse in Lahaska, just south of Peddlers Village. Up to 100 booths of local crafts, artwork, food, games, animals and Bucks area non-profits whose focus is peace, community service, healthy living and the environment. Browse the book sale and listen to entertainers like the Tookany Creek bluegrass band, River Drivers and kids’ songster Ecoman. Hear Bucks and Montgomery County poet laureates at the Poetry Reading or tour the Buckingham Quaker Meetinghouse, a National Landmark. The fair runs from 10:30am until 4:00pm and is handicap accessible. The suggested donation is $2 and parking is free. Local residents from toddlers to seniors will enjoy a delightful, engaging and uplifting day among the giant oaks and maples at the Peace Fair.
Social Justice
BLM block party at Trenton Meetinghouse
Food, fun and solidarity. Black Lives Matter, which prepares and distributes food and care packs at the Meetinghouse monthly is making the August distribution into a street festival. Fun, games, sprinklers, food and fellowship for our neighborhood and beyond. Cooperation with neighborhood congregations and groups should make this a great event. Volunteers from other meetings are very welcome. Email trentonquakers@gmail.com
(Rain date August 28)
Let’s Talk About ‘How Can We Win?’
Author and activist Kimberly Jones went viral with a YouTube interview in which she asks, “How can we win?” Moorestown Friends Meeting’s Anti-Racism Committee recommends the interview highly; we’ll host a discussion of Jones’s perspective on race, protest, violence and economics for this Let’s Talk session on Thursday 22 July. Watch Jones’s seven-minute interview on YouTube – and maybe her 12-minute appearance on The Daily Show – then join us to discuss Jones’s ideas and our own perspectives; click here or phone 646-558-8656 and use meeting ID 815 8781 6369.
Racial Justice & Superheroes Webinar
“Racial Justice and Superheroes” a free webinar taking place on July 22 at 7 p.m. Eastern Time.
This webinar is part of North Branch Society of Friends Meeting “Quakers for Peace and Justice Series.”
Today’s Superfriends look like an all-inclusive group of heroes, but was it always so?
How did our heroes’ attitudes change toward racial justice since Superman first bounded to the rescue in 1938?
Join Allan Austin, Ph.D. for this “graphic” exploration of evolving American conversations about race through superhero comic books, cartoons, and film.
Let’s Talk About Songs We Love
Take a listen to a few of these great songs: Billie Holiday’s ‘Strange Fruit,’ Janis Ian’s ‘Society’s Child,’ Gil Scott-Heron’s ‘The Revolution Will Not Be Televised,’ Bruce Springsteen’s ‘American Skin,’ Solomon Burke’s ‘None of Us Are Free,’ Adia Victoria’s ‘South Gotta Change,’ Tyler Childers’s ‘Long Violent History,’ and Amethyst Kiah’s ‘Black Myself’ – or all of them. (These are free YouTube videos; all the songs should be available on streaming services as well.) Then bring your thoughts, and your recommendations, and join our Anti-Racism Committee to help support the important work our meeting is doing in witness to our testament of equality; click here or phone 646-558-8656 and use meeting ID 815 8781 6369.
Let’s Talk About Our Favorite Reads (and Listens and Watches)
On Thursday, June 24 at 7:30pm, Moorestown Friends Meeting’s Anti-Racism Committee members will offer a range of ideas for books, articles, movies, videos, podcasts – and maybe more – that brought them new insights into racism and racial justice. We’ll share a few quick takes as well as longer works, and welcome your ideas as well. Please join us to help support the important work F/friends are doing in support of our testament of equality; click here or phone 646-558-8656 and use meeting ID 873 3565 8140.
“Supporting our Transgender Neighbors”
North Branch Society of Friends is offering a free webinar “Supporting our Transgender Neighbors” as part of our Peace and Justice initiative.
Hi there,
You are invited to a Zoom webinar.
When: Jun 22, 2021, 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Topic: Quakers For Peace and Justice Series “Supporting our Transgender Neighbors” Presented by North Branch Friends
Register in advance for this webinar:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fHCMtgStRZ-KjlNrBCJhsg
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
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Webinar Speakers
Spencer Bergstedt
Spencer Bergstedt is a consultant, public speaker, educator, and author specializing in LGBTQ workplace, health care, and educational inclusion issues. Spencer has been advocating for LGBTQ people for over 30 years. His work on transgender legal issues has garnered him an international reputation for both scholarly theory and practical application. Spencer’s work has impacted birth certificate and driver’s license policies, youth participation in after-school activities, and self-help legal information for trans people throughout the US. His lived experience as a transman, combined with his legal expertise and executive leadership roles, brings a unique breadth of understanding to his clients. Spencer is an engaging presenter who fosters greater understanding on the topic of gender diversity in an open and supportive manner.
Lyndsey Sickler
Lynz is 44 years old, non binary, and uses They/Them pronouns. They identify as queer, poly, kinky, body and sex positive and have over 20 years experience with advocacy, community and resource support work for TLGBQIA+ youth and young adults, 25 and under.
Alexandra St James
Grace and Face, Class and Sass, the Force of Nature that is Alexandra St. James will leave you breathless. This Activist, Actress, Artist will leave the audience spellbound as she challenges your views on various topics. Alexandra has been a fixture in the LGBTQ+ community for more than 20 years. She has been active in fundraising for various charitable causes and uses her time to educate and entertain the masses.
Supporting our Transgender Neighbors
North Branch Society of Friends is offering a free webinar “Supporting our Transgender Neighbors” as part of our Peace and Justice initiative.
Hi there,
You are invited to a Zoom webinar.
When: Jun 22, 2021, 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Topic: Quakers For Peace and Justice Series “Supporting our Transgender Neighbors” Presented by North Branch Friends
Register in advance for this webinar:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fHCMtgStRZ-KjlNrBCJhsg
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
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Webinar Speakers
Spencer Bergstedt
Spencer Bergstedt is a consultant, public speaker, educator, and author specializing in LGBTQ workplace, health care, and educational inclusion issues. Spencer has been advocating for LGBTQ people for over 30 years. His work on transgender legal issues has garnered him an international reputation for both scholarly theory and practical application. Spencer’s work has impacted birth certificate and driver’s license policies, youth participation in after-school activities, and self-help legal information for trans people throughout the US. His lived experience as a transman, combined with his legal expertise and executive leadership roles, brings a unique breadth of understanding to his clients. Spencer is an engaging presenter who fosters greater understanding on the topic of gender diversity in an open and supportive manner.
Lyndsey Sickler
Lynz is 44 years old, non binary, and uses They/Them pronouns. They identify as queer, poly, kinky, body and sex positive and have over 20 years experience with advocacy, community and resource support work for TLGBQIA+ youth and young adults, 25 and under.
Alexandra St James
Grace and Face, Class and Sass, the Force of Nature that is Alexandra St. James will leave you breathless. This Activist, Actress, Artist will leave the audience spellbound as she challenges your views on various topics. Alexandra has been a fixture in the LGBTQ+ community for more than 20 years. She has been active in fundraising for various charitable causes and uses her time to educate and entertain the masses.
Let’s Talk About Juneteenth
Burlington County college students and activists Ashlynn Conley and Jasmine Cartwright-Atkins join Moorestown F/friends to discuss Juneteenth, a celebration of emancipation in the U.S. Jasmine and Ashlynn will tell us something about the beginnings of this holiday, when many enslaved people in Texas first learned, on June 19, 1865, of the Emancipation Proclamation, almost three years after it officially ended legal enslavement. They will also discuss their plans for a second annual Juneteenth celebration at the Perkins Center in Moorestown on Saturday, June 19. All are welcome to join the conversation at 7:30pm on Thursday 10 June; click here or phone 646-558-8656 and use meeting ID 815 8781 6369.
Let’s Talk About Inclusion in Education
Moorestown Friends Meeting’s Anti-Racism Committee member Michelle Maikis, a teacher with experience in both Quaker and public schools, and Nikki Tatum, Michelle’s vice principal at Franklin Park School in Somerset, New Jersey, will join F/friends to discuss their public school district’s commitment to providing diversity training and anti-racism awareness to staff. Together, we’ll explore one district’s approach to making lasting change in the face of some negative history. All are welcome to join the conversation; click here or phone 646-558-8656 and use meeting ID 873 3565 8140.