Following are links to reports received in advance of the NYQM Meeting of July 11:
7.10.10 Advance Agenda, Cemetery Committee Annual Report, Amending By-Laws, Proposed Changes to Handbook, April Minutes for July Mtg, 15th Street Meeting Report, Staten Island Report and NYQM Revised Roster
Dear Friends:
Here is the link for the 2010 Edition of the NYQM Handbook. Enjoy!
Following are links to reports received for the NYQM Meeting of April 18:
15th Street Report, Ad Hoc Fundraising Report, Flushing Meeting Report, Manhattan Monthly Meeting Report, NYQM Minutes Exerpt Regarding Audit, Morningside Monthly Meeting Report, Yearly Meeting Fall Sessions Report, Relief Committee Report and the Brooklyn Monthly Meeting Report.
The link for January’s Business Meeting is located here: January Minutes
Links to the Advance Agenda and attached reports to be presented for the April 18 New York Quarterly Meeting can be found at the following links in PDF format: AdvanceAgenda, Housing Report, Corrected March 2010 Roster and Proposed Dates and Venues for NYQM 2010
Monthly Meeting Dialogue
March 21, 2010
1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
All Are Welcome
The dialogue is the third opportunity for members of the NYQM to explore our relationship to money. We will share the ways in which we view money.
Morningside Monthly Meeting
At Riverside Church, Room T-12, 91 Claremont Ave.
Subway #2, 3 to 96 St., #1 to 116 St., walk to 120th St.
Bus M104 to 120th Street (Broadway)
Then Left on 120th Street to Claremont,
Right on Claremont 1 block to entrance
Contact: Sally Campbell, Morningside Clerk - (212) 787-3903
Electra Cummings (718) 629-0199; Carol Summar (212) 777-8866
New York Quarterly Meeting will be held on 1/24/2010 at Brooklyn meeting house. Links to reports to be presented are here: Advance Agenda - Trustees Governance Committee proposal - Staten Island report - interim matching fund report - Fifteenth St report - Property task group proposal - Property task group nominees - Friends in the City report - Proposed 2010 Budget - Minutes of NYQM 10/25/2009 -
To highlight this year’s Peace Week theme, “Beyond the Numbers: The Economics of Peace,” the Friends Seminary community will work with artist Derick Melander to create a beautiful textile sculpture from second hand clothing.
The purpose of the installation is to highlight just one thread of our waste consciousness: Clothing.
The installation encourages the average consumer to ask the questions:
* What does clothing signify in our culture?
* How much of what we own do we actually use?
* Of the clothing we own, how much do we really need?
* How can I help clothe someone in need?
* What are the environmental implications of clothing that is discarded into landfills?
* What does 386 million pounds of clothing look and feel like?
The Friends Seminary community will host a clothing drive from January 8th to February 1st. During this time we hope to collect approximately 1200 -1500 pounds of clothing (35-40 large garbage bags). On Saturday, February 6th from 3-8 pm and on Sunday, February 7th from 10am-5pm, students, parents, faculty, and staff are invited to participate in a two-day event to carefully fold and stack the clothing to create the sculpture, ”The Fabric of Peace”.
Folding coaches are also needed an hour before each session.
The sculpture installation will be dismantled at the end of the month and all the clothing will be donated to support the relief effort in Haiti.
Please contact Rachel Gomez to sign up for the workshop and to be a folding coach.
rgomez@friendsseminary.org 212-979-5030 (x157)
(click here to download the official flyer for the show)
Jesse Suzuki from Friends Seminary writes:
I’d appreciate it if you could circulate to the Quarterly Meeting my invitation to join the 5th-12th grades for a wonderful performance next Wednesday. It is a play called “Show Me The Franklins!” written by a fascinating scholar and artist named Amanda Kemp. Here is a brief description which can be read at Meeting on Sunday if there is time during Announcements:
“This play introduces audiences to the conflicting documentary record of Benjamin Franklin as an apologist for slaveholding and as a champion of abolition. The play’s main character, Scholar, has emplyed an ensemble to imagine what happened where the documentary record leaves off. It is a moving performance that invites the audience to remember what is disturbing about our collective past and move towards healing and forgiveness. The play runs about 45 minutes and is followed by a Question and Answer session.”
There will also be an evening performance at a blackbox theater in midtown. I have attached a flyer with the event info, and the link below has a Paypal link to purchase tickets in advance. They are also available at the door for an additional $5.
http://www.dramandakemp.com/events.html
Here is the bio for Amanda Kemp, who is inspirational in her own right:
http://www.dramandakemp.com/meetamanda.html
We feel that this performance will spark dialogue and reflection within our community and would be honored to have members of the larger Quaker community join us if they are able.
Thank you! Please let me know if you have further questions, and I appreciate your making this information widely available.
Jessi
Jessi Suzuki
History Department
5/6 Grade Coordinator
Friends Seminary
212-979-5035 x124
jsuzuki@friendsseminary.org
Advance agenda - Trustees election - Trustees Report on Pacific HS lease - Proposed Witness Committee for NYQM - Friends Seminary financial report - FS School Committee Report - Brooklyn Healthcare Minute - Staten Island report - Flushing MM report - 15th St MM Minute on property and FS - 2009 Education Committee Report - AdHoc Fundraising Committee Interim Report - Manhattan MM Report -