New York Yearly Meeting’s online summer interest groups have begun! Now is the time to register for the groups you’re interested in. Click here for the full program of interest groups. Topics range from gun violence, climate change, and anti-racism work to epistles, community safety, and re-imagining Summer Sessions. Groups are meeting now through July 22. All groups are free to attend. When you find one that interests you, please go to the Interest Group Registration Form and RSVP. Once registered you will be emailed the Zoom information 1-2 days before the group.
Here are the interest groups meeting in the next week or so:
Mexico-United States Friends Bridge with Jan Hanvik, July 12, 11 am – 12 noon.
Be Drawn In — Connection and Community Created Through Prison Art with Judy Meikle and Corey Devon Arthur (from Otisville Correctional Facility), July 9, 6:30-8 pm
Healing Justice: Abolition and Quaker Engagement with King Downing, Bonnie Kerness & Akira Rose, offered at 3 times: July 10, 10-11:30 am, OR July 16, 10-11:30 am, OR July 22, 10-11:30 am.
How New York Yearly Meeting is Working to Prevent Gun Violence with Peter Murchison and Nancy Dodson. This is a 2-session Interest Group, attend either or both: July 10, 7-8:30 pm; and July 15, 3-4:30 pm.
Mental Health: Sharing our Stories with Friends with Gessie Perez, July 11, 7-8 pm.
Catching up on the American Friends Service Committee’s Migration Work and Work in the Northeast Region with Nicole Miller, Amy Gottlieb & Keith Harvey, July 12, 1-2:30 pm.
The Peace Testimony in Times of War with Fred Dettmer, July 13, 7-9 pm, OR July 14, 7-9 pm.
Epistles: Archaic? Prophetic? Why We Care About Writing Epistles Today with Lu Harper, Matt Sunderland & Beth Kelly, July 16, 7-9 pm.
Climate Change and Food Security Project for Bolivian Indigenous Communities with Emma Condori Mamani, July 17, 6:30-8 pm.
Register for interest groups by clicking here. These interest groups are being held online to increase their accessibility and to create space for other activities at Summer Sessions, happening July 26-31 (including an online business meeting on July 24, 7:00-9:00 p.m.)