Author: Roger Vincent Jasaitis
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A Community Conversation on Policing
PLEASE JOIN US FOR A COMMUNITY CONVERSATION POLICING IN BRATTLEBORO JULY 27, 2016 5:00 TO 7:30 At the RIVER GARDEN 157 Main Street, Brattleboro Our Panel: Ken Williams (Interim Dean, S.I.T.), Chief Michael Fitzgerald (Brattleboro Police Dep’t), Dan Davis, Esq., José Moldando, Orlando Alverez, Patrina Lingard (moderator), and Darah Kehnemuyi (Director, Brattleboro Community Justice Center) …
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Don’t Forget
Dear Friends, Are you interested in… a summary of public statements and actions taken in the past year to make more visible the witness of New England Friends news from the staff and committees of New England Yearly Meeting on the work they have done on our behalf in the past year a proposed budget for how we plan…
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Black Lives Matter Stolen
We Quakers here in Putney Vermont arrived at Worship today to find that our “Black Lives Matter”sign in front of our Meeting house was stolen some time this week. To quote from our minute on Black Lives Matter; “What’s important for us is that it’s not just a sign, not just a statement, it’s a commitment…
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Trying what Love will do
This week the news of two more shootings of black men by police sends our hearts reeling. We are praying, mourning, crying again for justice, for healing, for wholeness. The devastating bombing in Baghdad claiming hundreds of lives again lays bare both the enduring wounds of war and the flawed belief that violence can bring…
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A Prayer in response to the shootings at Pulse in Orlando
“How deeply we are connected.” A Prayer in response to the shootings at Pulse in Orlando. Friends believe there is that of God in all people. To intentionally harm another—with our actions, our words, or our policies—is to separate ourselves from God. We are here to love one another and to be loved as God…
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Supporting the work of Orlando Quakers
Forwarded from the Clerk of NEYM: Friends, Orlando Quakers invite Friends across the country to have silent worship at a common time, 7 p.m. on Tuesday, June 14th 2016, whether in your homes or in your meetinghouses. Here are links for additional information about two local LGBTQ+ non-profit community organizations in Orlando that do amazing work: Zebra Foundation (http://zebrayouth.org)…
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Activating Action, what you can do about Orlando.
If we all take one step, that is a lot of steps…contact your elected officials and tell them how you feel. A few days ago I woke up thinking about the word activist. What are they activating? Conscience, sympathy, compassion? Or how about outrage, anger, disgust? Activating action? The other names that we use for…
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