Join friends at Swarthmore Friends Meeting on Sunday, January 19th for a presentation from Ainsley Bruton, AFSC’s Quaker Engagement Coordinator, about AFSC’s work to promote peace and justice around the world. Ainsley will share information about AFSC’s food justice activism, efforts to de-militarize police forces, peacemaking in the Middle East, AFSC’s social change leadership program for young adults, and more. Ainsley will also be connecting with Friends to learn more about peace and justice work being done at Swarthmore.
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Private Refugee Resettlement through WelcomeCorps
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
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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