Updates and opportunities to join in NFM’s social witness and community service activities:
Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL)
Tue 8/1, 7 pm CT: Strategy Call on Advocacy During August Recess. Online.
Every member of Congress will be home for August recess. FCNL invites Friends to join a call "to talk strategy and connect with other people who are engaging in advocacy during the August Congressional recess. We will be joined by a special guest speaker, Philip Kim, senior advisor for the White House Office of Public Engagement. Philip will share how advocacy, especially from a faith perspective, can have a real impact in advancing change in Washington, D.C."
For more information and to register: https://act.fcnl.org/event/congressional-recess-events/3177
Northside Friends Meeting Ministry on Racism Committee
Thu 8/3, 6 pm: Youth theater production on Bessie Coleman. South Shore Cultural Center, 7059 S South Shore Dr. Free.
Bessie Coleman was an early American civil aviator. She was the first African-American woman and first Native American to hold a pilot license. This free theater production is part of South Shore Cultural Center’s summer youth program, and will be performed for one night only. This is the second in a series of "community-building immersion events” that NFM Ministry on Racism Committee is covening, a "chance to spend time together this summer and get us collectively exploring parts of our Uptown and Chicago communities that not all of us are familiar with."
More information or to RSVP: Contact Beth Burbank
Illinois Yearly Meeting (ILYM)
Tue 8/15: Illinois Yearly Meeting Anti-Racism Cafe. Online.
This online discussion takes place on the 15th of each month from 7-8:30 pm.
"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/
Friends General Conference (FGC)
Community of Practice Program: Quaker Coalition for Uprooting Racism. Hybrid.
>>2024 Cohort Application Deadline 8/30<<
This collaborative effort by FGC, FCNL, Pendle Hill, the American Friends Service Committee, Friends Council on Education, Quaker Voluntary Service, and individual Friends is intended to "move the Religious Society of Friends forward in becoming a fully transforming, co-creative community which understands that dismantling white supremacy and creating beloved community is an elemental aspect of our faith.” The next community cohort will take place January-September 2024.
More information: https://www.fgcquaker.org/fgcprograms/ministry-on-racism/qcur/