Updates and opportunities to join in Northside’s social witness and community service activities:
American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)
Every Fri 11:00 am: Action Hour for a Creasefire Now. Online.
Join AFSC staff to hear weekly updates from Gaza. Then, take action together to contact our elected officials and call for an immediate cease-fire and humanitarian access to Gaza. Pre-registration required.
To register:
https://afsc.org/events/action-hour-cease-fire-now
Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL)
Fri 4/12: Application Deadline for FCNL Advocacy Corps. Washington DC and Remote.
The Advocacy Corps is a 10 month-long program where young adults between the ages of 19-30 get paid to organize their local community around federal legislation. Advocacy Corps organizers connect local activists and leaders with their local member of Congress to affect big, long-term change. During the course of this program, Advocacy Corps organizers learn critical organizing skills and put them into practice with hands-on leadership experience.
More information and application: https://apply.workable.com/friendscommittee/j/97B69EF20B/
Illinois Yearly Meeting (ILYM)
Mon 4/15 7 pm: Illinois Yearly Meeting Anti-Racism Cafe. Online.
"Are you interested in connecting with other Friends in Illinois Yearly Meeting on anti-racism work? Then join in at the Anti-Racism Café. Each month the ILYM Ad Hoc Anti-Racism Committee will provide space both for Friends who want to share ideas for anti-racist activism, and for Friends who want to focus on the inward work of becoming anti-racist. This is an opportunity to learn about the experiences of Friends in other meetings, to share resources, and to come together in worship and fellowship to build a wider Quaker community."
More information: https://ilym.org/ilym/anti-racism-cafe/ or contact Eva Hare.
Chicago Friends School (CFS)
Sat 4/27, 10 am - 1 pm: CFS Open House. 1246 W Thorndale.
Drop in to learn more about NFM’s new host community. Includes an activity for kids, refreshments, a group tour of the school, and an opportunity to meet teachers, staff, and CFS parents.
More information: info@chicagofriendsscholl.org
Pendle Hill
Thu-Sun, 5/2-5: The Quaker Institute: Living Our Testimonies in “The Fierce Urgency of Now.” Wallingford, PA.
As we face the illumination and escalation of longstanding structures of violence both in the U.S. and globally, and prepare for the 2024 US elections, Pendle Hill invites Friends to learn, vision, worship, and break bread together. Participants will explore the role of our communities in the context of our current political moment. Participants are intended to leave this gathering spiritually grounded, with new relationships, strategies, and practices for living our testimonies, speaking truth, and walking with integrity through the world as Friends.
To register: https://pendlehill.org/events/pendle-hill-quaker-institute-living-our-testimonies-in-the-fierce-urgency-of-now/