GPQM invites you to Early-Spring Gathering, April 8, 2023, on Zoom

Join us on Zoom for a Green Pastures Quarterly Meeting Early-Spring Gathering from 10:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Saturday, April 8, 2023. We will share a program, Friendship, and one item of business. The Zoom link can be obtained by writing us at gpqmcommunications@gmail.com .

Our presenter, Desiraé Simmons, will speak on Black Lives Matter—What Are We Called to Do? Desiraé is co-director of the Interfaith Center for Peace and Justice in Ann Arbor.

Since moving to Ypsilanti from Boston, she has co-hosted a resistance march focused on the love, resilience, and history of activism in the community; organized for affordable housing, keeping a school within the Ypsilanti Community School district, and a Community Benefits Ordinance; ran for City Council as a nonpartisan candidate; and she currently holds leadership positions within the Washtenaw County Democratic Party and serves on a citizen committee for housing affordability and accessibility. (See bio: https://www.icpj.org/blog/about/bios/)

Our plan for the day:

  • Worship
  • Report on Michigan Friends Center
  • Presentation by Desiraé Simmons on Black Lives Matter – what are we called to do?
  • Small group discussion
  • Lunch socializing
  • Closing worship

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LEYM Annual Meeting will be held in-person June 15-18 2023 at Ashland University. Check out all the exciting details here: https://leym.org/annual/

Green Pastures Quarterly Meeting has a good looking program lined up for April 8. Presenter Desiraé Simmons will speak on Black Lives Matter—What Are We Called to *Do*? Details and access info here: https://leym.org/gpqm-early-spring/

Last week LEYM’s Representative Meeting was exciting on so many levels. Clerk Susan Loucks ably led us through a hybrid Open Space process where Friends in the Room joined Friends in the Zoom for discussion on topics that matter to us. And the food! Thanks Broadmead Friends!

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There’s a Quaker Chanting Workshop opportunity hosted by SEYM with Paulette Meier set for March 25 at 3pm. Registration and details at https://seymquakers.org/blog/2023/03/07/quaker-chanting-workshop-march-25th/

On March 4 at 2pm EST LEYM is offering a free online workshop entitled Data Brokers and Modern Surveillance: Dangers for Marginalized People. We’ll be meeting via zoom. Details at https://leym.org/pje-interest-group/

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