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Posted by Blake Burr on 08/28/2023 - 7:29pm

Joanne's meeting for learning on global warming and climate change drew from the recent UofM physics lecture and several NOVA programs Joanne uses in her classes:

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Posted by Blake Burr on 07/23/2023 - 4:18pm

Carol's Meeting for Learning on 6/25 covered all Quaker testimonies - known among Quakers as the SPICES - but put the spotlight on the I testimony of Integrity. She likened the testimonies as stones brought home from a trip, to be held and considered.

She invited Friends to share how the Integrity testimony has spoken to them. 

Several Friends spoke of this testimony as a foundation useful in withstanding storms - something including but perhaps more than honesty, fairness, authenticity, consistency, congruity, wholeness, and accountability.

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Posted by Blake Burr on 06/29/2023 - 6:11pm

At the May 28 meeting for learning, Susan led Memphis Friends through a presentation on the New England Yearly Meeting's process on Noticing Patterns of Oppression and Faithfulness, and what that process may mean for Memphis Friends.

Here are some links for more information:

Slideshow

Recent QuakerSpeaker by Niyanu Spann:

More information:

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Posted by Blake Burr on 05/28/2023 - 4:58pm

Karen and Mike Minnis joined Memphis Friends for the meeting for learning on 4/23. The couple have founded and operate a suite of businesses in Orange Mound that focus on nutrition, health, community building and job training. Volunteers are welcome. Many Friends expressed interest in a tour of the gardens to learn more and to identify ways to volunteer:

https://landmarktraining.org/

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Posted by Blake Burr on 04/24/2023 - 7:48am

At the April 16 meeting for learning, Memphis Friends were joined by Stephanie's friend, Vlad, who lives in Kyiv and who has been seeking ways to offer support to his fellow Ukranians and to build a future of peace and justice. The conversation was a time of reflection on the responsibilities and perhaps the limitations of the historic Quaker peace testimony. A challenging query offered was how to respond nonviolently when there is a clear aggressor and when there has been a violent invasion.

Resources shared or on the mind of Friends included:

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Posted by Blake Burr on 04/16/2023 - 6:48pm

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