Weekly Announcements for October 3, 2025
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Sunday is World Quaker Day! |
Sun, Oct 5 is World Quaker Day! This year's theme is Love Your Neighbor, and there are many ways to participate:
🗓️ Join a World Quaker Day event listed at the link below
🎬 Share the text of the recent BBC Daily Service themed Love Your Neighbour, presented by FWCC General Secretary Tim Gee.
🧒 Use the colouring posters available on our website here as part of your children’s meeting or Sunday school session.
🖌️ Make your own Love Your Neighbour poster or banner and share a photo online
🤝 Reach out to local organisations working in solidarity with refugees and migrants.
Join Homewood Meeting in Baltimore for their World Quaker Day celebration on Sunday at 7:00pm - featuring José Moreno (Homewood member and FCNL Director for Justice Reform). It will be a presentation with discussion afterwards. Register here.
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The Quaker Push for Gay Liberation, Oct 26 @ FMW
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Friends Meeting of Washington invites all Friends to a presentation by Brian T. Blackmore, Ph.D. on Oct 26 at 12:15pm at the Living Room at FMW. Brian is a historian and Friend with over a decade of experience researching the evolution of Quaker attitudes towards LGBTIAQ+ people and the role many Quakers played in the advancement of gay rights. He serves on the board of the Friends Historical Association and is Director of Quaker Engagement at the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC).
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| Help Wanted: Quaker Attorneys
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The BYM Peace & Social Concerns Committee is aware that some Friends participating in protests in the D.C. area are concerned about potential arrests and legal expenses. If you are a Quaker attorney willing and able to offer low or no-cost legal assistance, please contact us. We will pass your information along to those in need.
A similar need may exist among immigrants who attend some of our Quaker meetings. If you’re able to assist in these cases, we would be grateful to connect you with individuals seeking support. Please E-Mail Douglas Vaughn: dougevaughn@aol.com.
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New Book by Pat Powers Now Available Through FGC
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Respect & Justice depicts activities of the Baltimore Yearly Meeting Indigenous Affairs Committee from 1940 through the beginning of the second Trump administration. Combining committee, Quaker, and Native history, the book focuses on the dynamics of being an ally and describes concrete individual and group actions. Readers will be surprised at the variety of ways that Friends found to champion tribal Nations. Readers will be sorrowful about the harms done by Friends which are described in detail.
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| Oct 5th Workday at Shiloh Postponed
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Due to a lack of volunteer sign-ups, we have had to cancel the workday at Shiloh Quaker Camp on October 4th (tomorrow). The workday at Catoctin Quaker Camp on October 25th has been canceled and rescheduled for November 1st. Stay tuned for upcoming volunteer opportunities at Shiloh Quaker Camp.
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Pete Schenck (FMW), passed away on April 30, due to complications from vascular dementia. A memorial will be held in the manner of Friends TODAY, Fri, Oct 3, 6pm ET online via Zoom and in New Orleans, where Pete was a sojourner over the last decade. Pete was a founding member of Annapolis Meeting, a caretaker at Adelphi Meeting, and a longtime member of FMW. Pete's children, Sarah and Ben, also share his Memorial Minute, with love.
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| Invitation to Join Manual of Procedure Committee Meetings
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One of the yearly meeting’s anti-racist queries is “How will we provide opportunities for those most likely to be directly affected by our decision to influence that decision?” Manual of Procedure committee sees inviting folks to attend online committee meetings as a way of providing opportunities. Our next meeting is set for 10/20/2025 at 7:00 p.m.; to get the Zoom information for the meeting, send a message to mop@bym-rsf.org. This practice might be considered by other yearly meeting committees.
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Braver Angels MD Workshops
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Family relationships are becoming casualties of our toxic polarized environment. If you want to preserve important family bonds while still being true to your values and political beliefs, this workshop is for you! Central Maryland Braver Angels s hosting two in-person workshops in October:
If you'd like more information or to speak to a team member, contact BYM Friend Erinn Mansour erinn@campmansour.com. We hope to see you at one of our upcoming events. You can also explore online and future in-person events on the Braver Angels Events calendar pages.
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| Resources from Palestinian Israeli Peace & Justice Working Group
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BYM's Palestinian Israeli Peace and Justice Working Group has endorsed the following three statements on seeking a just peace in Israel/Palestine:
They encourage local BYM Meetings to consider doing this as well. A next step is to learn more and take informed action, such as the next Ssmud: A Quaker Study in Palestinian Self-Determination, starting Oct 7th. Details here. For Friends seeking other action ideas, Quaker for Peace in Palestine and Israel have developed a list of action ideas for Gaza.
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