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Private Refugee Resettlement through WelcomeCorps

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A workshop to discuss the WelcomeCorps private refugee sponsorship program and to build interest in sponsoring refugees to our area and forming sponsorship groups through Quaker meetings in the PYM and NYYM regions. Participants will include representatives of the national WelcomeCorps program, and Afghan refugees speaking via zoom from refugee camps in Indonesia.

Meeting for worship is at 11 a.m. and the workshop to discuss sponsorship will start at 1 p.m.

 

PYM Supports FCNL’s Award-Winning Peace Efforts

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PYM Friends joined with Friends from different yearly meetings, schools, and organizations across the country for Friends Committee on National Legislation’s (FCNL) 2024 Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., with opportunities to participate online as well. Friends visited congressional offices to lobby for blocking the sale of offensive weapons to Israel. These efforts reflected a collective spirit and dedication to creating meaningful change through lobbying.

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A Conversation with Jose Antonio Vargas

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AFSC is delighted to host Jose Antonio Vargas as our keynote speaker for the 2024 Corporation Program. Vargas is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Emmy-nominated filmmaker, Tony-nominated theatrical producer, and a leading voice for the human rights of immigrants. He is the founder of Define American, an organization which empowers diverse and nuanced storytelling about immigrant experiences across a variety of different media. In 2020, Fortune named him one of its “40 under 40” most influential people in government and politics. After his keynote address, Vargas will be available to sign copies of his bestselling memoir, Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen.

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