This summer we traveled to New England Yearly Meeting and asked Quakers from all over the region: how does your meeting do outreach? How do you welcome newcomers?
Part 2 (of 4) of ‘Aspire Women’, a film produced by Tany Alexander, of Oxford Meeting. The film has won awards from the Mountain View International Film Festival and the Oasis International Film Festival (OIFF).
Philadelphia celebrates its founder more than any other American city, but who exactly is William Penn? For many, he is a statue atop City Hall, but Penn’s busy life reflected an era of chaotic upheaval and conflict. He is at once a radical Quaker, political prisoner, visionary city planner, absent landlord, and a slaveholder. His ideals, contradictions, and ambitions cast a long shadow across American history. This installment of Philadelphia: The Great Experiment explores what it means to live In Penn’s Shadow.
To celebrate 20 years of Refugee Week, we put together 20 of the things we have been doing to protect human rights and be in solidarity with newcomers to the UK.
Originally the video was going to be called “What is Quakerism,” but that turned out to be way too big of a project, at least for now.
I worked with the Young Friends on this video for six months or so, studying some important moments in Quaker history and generally having a good time.
What is the blessed community? Well, for me, its a community where everyone has value and that we’re actually able to see that of God in each person and to be able to live in community, sharing the gifts that God has given us with each other.
Part 1 (of 4) of ‘Aspire Women’, a film produced by Tany Alexander, of Oxford Meeting. The film has won awards from the Mountain View International Film Festival and the Oasis International Film Festival (OIFF).