Weekly Announcements for April 25, 2025
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Sandy Spring Friends School to Stay Open after Successful Community Organizing Effort
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On Wednesday, Sandy Spring Friends School (SSFS) announced the reversal of the closure decision and will remain open through at least June 2028. The announcement came in an email from the SSFS Board of Trustees to the school community and said, “The Sandy Spring Friends School Board of Trustees is thrilled to announce that based on substantial and meaningful funding guarantees and support of the Coalition of Friends of the Sandy Spring Friends School, among others, a path forward for the school had been secured. The School will remain open for the 2025-2026, 2026-2027, and 2027-2028 school year.”
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YF Con is Coming, May 16-18
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Young Friends (high school) will host their annual GradCon Fri-Sun, May 16-18 at the BYM Office in Sandy Spring. Whether it's your first con or your 20th, all BYM Young Friends are welcome! Come honor our graduating seniors and wish them well in their next adventure.
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| JYF Con is Coming, May 10-11
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Junior Young Friends (junior high school) will gather for their last Con of the year, May 10-11 at Catoctin Quaker Camp. Please note that the date shared in last week's Weekly Announcements (the first weekend in May) was incorrect. JYFs will enjoy a weekend in the spring woods ending with Meeting for Worship at the brand new Catoctin firecircle on Sunday morning.
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Save the Date: WV Statewide Meeting for Worship, June 9
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Friends from across West Virginia will bather for a statewide Meeting for Worship with Attention to the Needs of West Virginia on Mon, June 9 at 6pm. Arising from last fall's WV Gathering, this statewide worship is an opportunity for WV Friends, regardless of Yearly Meeting, to share in worship and fellowship. Keith Fullerton (Monongalia) and Diana Masso (Charleston) will Clerk the Meeting. Stay tuned for the link!
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BYM Educational Scholarship Application Now Open
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Each year, BYM awards up to $20,000 in scholarships to members or regular attenders of Monthly Meetings associated with BYM (or from their children). These grants may be applied to expenses associated with undergraduate attendance at accredited post-secondary educational institutions. Applications are now open and and award notifications will be sent by July.
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Quaker Solidarity Walk from NYC to Washington, DC
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A group of young Friends working with Brooklyn Meeting’s Peace and and Social Action committee are partnering with like-minded faith, interfaith, and other groups to organize a 265 mile solidarity walk from Flushing, Queens to Washington, DC. The three-week walk will build energy through strategic events and demonstrations, mobilizing communities to defend our democracy and protect our free speech rights. Upon reaching Washington D.C., walkers will deliver the historic Flushing Remonstrance petition along with specific demands to Congressional leaders.
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| Constructive Use of Conflict in Quaker Communities, May 3
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Would you like to be able to handle conflicts, disagreements, tensions while staying grounded in our Quaker Faith and Practices? Friends Supporting Friends, a working group under BYM Ministry & Pastoral Care, invites you to attend a workshop on Saturday, May 3rd, 10am-2pm, at Sandy Spring Meeting. The workshop covers concepts of dealing with issues/challenges/conflicts with others and links the process to our Quaker processes and beliefs that you can bring back to your monthly meeting. To attend, email Joan Liversidge at: joanlive44@gmail.com.
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Quaker Coalition for Uprooting Racism Community Organizing Workshop, May 10
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Quaker Coalition for Uprooting Racism (QCUR) invites you to participate in a half-day of community organizing on Saturday, May 10th, 1-5pm ET on Zoom to resist the current rise of fascism in the United States of America. We encourage Quaker organizations, schools, committees, and meetings to make themselves hubs so people can gather in person to Zoom together. Please share this invitation widely with your community and check out the event flyer.
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| Menallen Buggy Shed Righted
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This month, the historic buggy shed at Menallen Friends Meeting in Biglerville, PA has been undergoing work to bring the structure upright and preserve it for future generations. Menallen Meeting was founded in 1748. In the mid-nineteenth Century, Menallen Friends Phebe and William Wright aided over a 1000 enslaved freedom seekers on their way North, and the Meeting served as a hub on the Underground Railroad.
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