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October: Meeting for Business, Fellowship, and Program

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Posted by Philadelphia Quarter Coordinator on 10/19/2016 - 5:12pm

October 23rd: At Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting

Schedule: 
10:30 | You are invited to Worship with Chestnut Hill Meeting, if you wish to attend. 
11:45 | Potluck lunch with Chestnut Hill Meeting. Please bring a dish if you wish to partake! 
12:30 | Business Meeting for PQM
1:45 | End Slavery For All—A discussion with John Andrew Gallery about Mass Incarceration, the 13th Amendment, and Quaker testimony. 
3:15 | Close

Agenda for Meeting for Business:

  • Opening Worship - 10 min

  • Introductions and Review of Agenda - 5 min

  • Approval of Minutes of May 22, 2016 and July 30, 2016  - 10 min

  • Minutes of Concern - CPMM call for City Council Hearings  - Liz Robinson -30 min

  • 2 Meetings have endorsed, 2 Meetings are revising letter

  • Discussion of process moving forward

  • QVS - report and possible introduction of new Philadelphia Coordinator, Oskar Castro

  • Finance - distribution of finalized 2015-16 end of year statement and 2016-17 budget - Bill Sanderson

  • Reminder of requests re possible larger MM contribution to PQM

Program: End Slavery for All: with John Andrew Gallery and Jondhi Harrell. John Gallery, a member of Chestnut Hill Meeting, will present his concern about the 13th amendment to the US Constitution, which allows "slavery and involuntary servitude" for those who have been convicted of a crime. His letter published in the September 2016 Friends Journal is attached. The majority of the hour will be spent in reflection and discussion. John offers these queries for consideration:

  • What can I or my meeting do to become more aware of the way incarcerated individuals are treated in prison or upon release? 
  • Could the changing of the 13th Amendment contribute to criminal justice reform and ending mass incarceration?
  • How might we test whether if Friends in Philadelphia Yearly Meeting are willing to support an effort to change the 13th Amendment?
  • What are other ways that we might end mass incarceration locally? 

Childcare available if requested. Please email Coordinator at philaqtr@pym.org by 10/18/2016

To find more information, you can go to our Facebook event at: www.facebook.com/events/1799867606967098/

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