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LEARN MORE: https://friendspeaceteams.org/trr/ https://boardingschoolhealing.org/ https://youtu.be/doYRrXjooo0 https://www.fcnl.org/issues/native-americans QuakerSpeak will resume February 15th, 2024. SUPPORT QuakerSpeak on Patreon! http://fdsj.nl/patreon2 SUBSCRIBE for a new video every other week! http://fdsj.nl/QS-Subscribe WATCH all our videos: http://fdsj.nl/qs-all-videos ___ Become a Friends Journal subscriber for only $28 http://fdsj.nl/FJ-Subscribe Filming and Editing by Christopher Cuthrell ___ Transcript: One Dakota woman, Zitkala-Sa, was taken to a Quaker boarding school in Indiana at age eight. She talks about what she lost in order to get to, what she called, the “white man's papers.” Through her schooling, she was awarded certificates and graduation papers. But what she lost was her relationship with the natural world, her relationship with her mother, with her community, her connection to Spirit. And she writes about that with such pain. I think most Quakers still don't know our history as participants in this enterprise of forced assimilation of native people. And so the first thing that we have to do is learn the truth. My name is Paula Palmer and I use she/her pronouns. I'm a member of the Boulder meeting, which is part of Intermountain Yearly Meeting, and I live outside of Boulder in a little town called Lewisville, which is in the homeland of the Arapaho, Cheyenne and Ute Peoples. The indigenous people of this country experienced many traumas, beginning with the arrival of Europeans on these shores. The boarding school experience was particularly traumatic for the children, who were taken away from their families -- intentionally separated from their parents and grandparents and communities. And so you can imagine the trauma that they experienced, not only by being physically separated, but by being told that everything about their lives was somehow wrong and that they needed to change everything. From their names to their clothes to their hair. As they left the schools, they faced another really difficult challenge. As they tried, if they tried, to assimilate as they were taught to do, they were never going to be completely accepted as equals. In a racist society dominated by white European Americans. Many of them had lost so much of their indigenous identity by missing those years of growing up in their families and learning the dances and the stories and the songs and the skills of their people. It was very difficult for many of them to return to their families, into their communities and feel at home there. Trauma is passed from generation to generation. As they grew up and started having children, they experienced their parents as being not genuinely affectionate and loving because they had not experienced that themselves as children. They didn't really know how to be in a family, how to create a family, how to be affectionate to their children. Their children grew up lacking that care and comfort and sense of being loved in their own families. And they usually were not taught the indigenous language that their parents had lost in the years that they were not allowed to speak their language in the boarding schools. That generation grows up also feeling that something is missing. One generation after another, that sense of despair is passed down and it can it can be experienced as: persistent poverty, violence, alcoholism. Friends sometimes ask me, “well, how could Quakers have done this? Didn't Quakers at that time see that of God in indigenous people?” I think they did see that of God in individuals. What they didn't see was the intrinsic value of indigenous cultures as a whole. And that's because they were blinded by white supremacy. They were they were blinded by their certainty that their way of life was superior. What can we do now is not something that we ourselves can answer alone. We can only really answer that through dialog with Indigenous people. Being in touch. Reaching out. Meeting Native people where they are. Learning from them. Participating in their activities. Supporting their work in the communities. Their aspirations. And learning through those relationships. Learning through friendships. One thing that Quakers can do, and that is really important to do, is to support this legislation for creating a Truth and Healing Commission. And FCNL, the Friends Committee on National Legislation makes it so easy for us to do that, to contact our senators and representatives. So that's something that we immediately need to do as individuals and as our meetings. Another thing I think that is a direct acknowledgment that the Quaker Indigenous schools attempted to annihilate indigenous languages... ___ The views expressed in this video are of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views of Friends Journal or its collaborators.

The Lasting Trauma of Quaker Indigenous Boarding Schools

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How Spirituality informs Earth Care #quakers #spirituality #religion #climatechange

QuakerSpeak is a weekly video series. New video every other THURSDAY! SUPPORT QuakerSpeak on Patreon! http://fdsj.nl/patreon2 SUBSCRIBE for a new video every other week! http://fdsj.nl/QS-Subscribe WATCH all our videos: http://fdsj.nl/qs-all-videos ___ Become a Friends Journal subscriber for only $28 http://fdsj.nl/FJ-Subscribe Learn more in Cherice Bock's book, " Quakers, Ecology, & the Light": https://chericebock.com/2023/05/25/published-quakers-ecology-the-light/ Filming and Editing by Christopher Cuthrell ___ Transcript: The undergirding of all of these peace and justice issues is environment and climate and natural resources. It just kind of clicked, like “Oh, this is a justice issue.” This is...you know...climate change, the environmental harm that we're doing, all of the various pieces of the environment and climate crisis. This is a social justice issue of our time. I'm Cherice Bock, and I use she/her pronouns.I'm from Oregon. I live on Kalapuya land in Willamette Valley. I'm a member at North Valley Friends and a member of Sierra Cascades. Yearly Meeting of Friends. Spirituality and Social Justice are very connected. Friends have, traditionally at least, a contemplative style of of worship, of spirituality. It's sort of a rhythm of spending time being contemplative, spending time waiting and listening. And then we actually do what we hear. And of course, we're listening while we do whatever action that we're doing, as well. I think there's a lot of power and joy and deep rootedness that can come from combining spirituality with social justice. We sometimes tend to think of spirituality as, sort of, escaping our body. Especially for Quakers where we're coming and we're sitting in silence. And a lot of times it can kind of feel like “I'm going to focus on my spirit, sort of get out of my body, ignore my body as much as possible.” That's kind of a problem because we aren't being our full selves. We're just trying to escape ourselves. There's a long history, particularly in the West, if you want to call it that, in the kind of Western cultures of disconnection from the rest of the natural world. This comes from the kind of dualism of nature versus culture and seeing those as a hierarchy. So if you have “culture is better than nature.” And so we're trying to escape nature or control nature in order to create culture or civilization. As Western cultures or European nations colonized other parts of the world. They brought this idea of Western culture as better and nature is worse. And so we should try to escape from nature. For many of us who have been taught that our whole lives kind of subconsciously, it's really hard to feel connected to the natural world, or we feel it's sort of like subversive to do that, or it's sort of not as good as living, really disconnected from nature. So it's a really hard thing to break down, I think, in many Americans minds and actions. My friend Christy Randazzo and I have been trying to think about “how do we bring a way of caring for the environment from within the Quaker tradition.” And so we started thinking about the metaphor of the light, the light within or the inward light, the light of Christ. People use different terms, but the light is this concept that's important to friends across the centuries and across different parts of the Quaker tradition. And so kind of developed this eco theology of light that helps us transform that metaphor of the light from within the Quaker tradition to something that has ecological significance. We as humans experience some of the light. Many of us can see by the light. We can feel the light on our skin. It keeps us warm. We can't process all of the things that the light has to offer. We need other species in order to process all of the things that the light has to offer to our whole community. As the light comes into our community, different species and different individuals within those species process different parts of the light and are able to make possible different aspects of energy and nourishment within that ecosystem that we wouldn't have if that species wasn't there. All of these systems that we need function because of the light and so humanity by ourselves can't receive all of our nourishment without all of those other species, without the whole community working together. ... ___ The views expressed in this video are of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views of Friends Journal or its collaborators.

A Quaker Way to Earth Care

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How Quaker Testimonies Combat Racism #quakers #religion #equity

Lindsey Fielder Cook from the Quaker United Nations Office talks to Rebecca WalkerWoo, our Climate Justice Lead, about what's coming up at the UN climate talks, COP28. Part 3 of 3. www.quaker.org.uk/climatejustice

What can people of faith do to help move the big issues at and beyond COP28?

Lindsey Fielder Cook from the Quaker United Nations Office talks to Rebecca WalkerWoo, our Climate Justice Lead, about what's coming up at the UN climate talks, COP28. Part 2 of 3. www.quaker.org.uk/climatejustice

What are the big issues at COP28?

Lindsey Fielder Cook from the Quaker United Nations Office talks to Rebecca WalkerWoo, our Climate Justice Lead, about what's coming up at the UN climate talks, COP28. Part 1 of 3. www.quaker.org.uk/climatejustice

Quakers joined the No Faith in War Day as part of the protests against the DSEI arms fair in September 2023. We asked them why? London hosts one of the world’s largest weapons fairs, and offices of the biggest weapons companies. The global trade in weapons is a business that profits billions from hundreds of thousands of deaths every year. No Faith in War Day saw a gathering of individuals and groups representing different faiths making their presence and call for peace known at the entrances to the fair. Refusal to fight with weapons is not surrender. We are not passive when threatened by the greedy, the cruel, the tyrant, the unjust. We will struggle to remove the causes of impasse and confrontation by every means of nonviolent resistance available. Quaker Faith and Practice 24.10 Quaker Peace and Social Witness, part of Britain Yearly Meeting, supports Quaker activists in the UK. Sign up to our Faith in Action Newsletter here: https://www.quaker.org.uk/resources/newsletters/quaker-faith-in-action

Interview at No Faith in War Day – Stop DSEI

Thinking of postgraduate study? Meet one of our graduates to hear what doing a PhD is like. In this live interview, Andrew Fincham will share his experience of studying Quakers and business as a Woodbrooke research student. The interview by Ben Pink Dandelion will be live and we will take questions during the session from viewers on Facebook and YouTube, and the video will be available to watch afterwards as well. If you want to know more about research in Quaker studies, what it’s like to be a research student, or how to apply for a PhD, this is an opportunity to find out.

Meet the Students: Andrew Fincham

Thinking of postgraduate study? Meet one of our graduates to hear what doing a PhD is like. In this live interview, Mark Frankel will share his experience of studying the Quaker politician T. Edmund Harvey as a Woodbrooke research student. The interview by Ben Pink Dandelion will be live and we will take questions during the session from viewers on Facebook and YouTube, and the video will be available to watch afterwards as well. If you want to know more about research in Quaker studies, what it’s like to be a research student, or how to apply for a PhD, this is an opportunity to find out.

Meet the Students: Mark Frankel

Listen to Rosemary Daly in conversation with Joe Jones, editor of The Friend. Please note that the video ends somewhat abruptly as the conversation moved to smaller group discussions that were not recorded.

Friends Quarterly Conversations: Good Grief

Thinking of postgraduate study? Meet one of our graduates to hear what doing a PhD is like. In this live interview, Frederique Green shares her experience of studying the Amish as a research student based at Woodbrooke. If you want to know more about research in Quaker studies, what it’s like to be a research student, or how to apply for a PhD, this is an opportunity to find out.

Meet the Students: Frederique Green

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Sandy Spring Friends School: The SPICES

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Listen Up is a video series created by Keith for his SSFS music classes, in which he interviews musicians from different backgrounds. Keith Adams teaches 6th and 7/8th grade Music, as well as Upper School Handbells and Orchestra. He has been teaching at SSFS for six years. Lin Sun Oo is the co-founder of Tagu Films, a film studio focused on making documentaries, short films, and music videos in Myanmar.

"Listen Up!" - Keith Adams Interviews Lin Sun Oo

In the fall semester of the 2020-2021 school year, the SSFS Upper School Handbell Class performed Thingyan Moe from the classic Myanmar film of the same name. The music was composed by Zaw Myo Htut in 1985.

SSFS Upper School Handbell: Thingyan Moe

~ Do atheist Quakers exist and if yes, would you accept them into your meeting? ~ What is the difference between Worship and Meeting ~ Quaker Simple Dress Conundrum! – What clothing are you allowed to wear? Four Quakers in South Jersey answer 3 questions from the Quaker Reddit: reddit.com/r/Quakers/ The questions come from Seekers, Attendees, and other Quakers throughout the world. Thank you to my interviewees and thank you to the original posters for these thought provoking questions! Each individual's answers only represent their personal interpretation & experiences with Quakersiom. Brought to you by SouthJerseyQuakers.org

Quakers of South Jersey answer questions from Reddit - Part 2

Gary Smith talks about the Quaker Testimonies throughout history, followed by a fantastic group discussion. Presented at Tri - Quarter 2023 Brought to you by southjerseyquakers.org and the Tri - Quarter Planning Committee.

The Quaker Testimonies with Gary Smith - Tri - Quarter 2023 Presentation & Discussion

MUMS (Mothers Uplifting Mothers) at Fall 2023 Salem QM, held at the Lower Greenwich Friends Meeting. Five years ago, MUMS (Mothers Uplifting Mothers) was organized in Bridgeton by a group of Mothers in Cumberland and later Salem Counties who have lost children to gun violence. The purpose of Mums is to hold, create, and share a space for mutual healing. It was almost serendipity that the women found Karen Barnett, Director of the Bridgeton Municipal Alliance - Youth to Youth Program, who found ways to honor every woman’s experience, and helped in organizing and developing MUMS. Greenwich Friends Meeting and Salem Quarterly Meeting invited all Friends to join MUMS and Karen Barnett at the Greenwich Friends Lower Meetinghouse for an afternoon program to listen and affirm the women’s stories, bear witness to the road they are traveling and become part of their healing journey.

MUMS (Mothers Uplifting Mothers) - Fall 2023 Salem QM

Newly appointed Chief Urie Ridgeway speaks at a listening circle at Woodstown Meeting, hosted by the Salem Quarter Indian Affairs Committee. The event was attended by 80+ people both in person and online mainly from the PYM area. This has strengthened the long held bond between the Native American community and Quakers in South Jersey Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape https://www.nlltribalnation.org. Brought to you by Salem Quarter’s Indian Affairs Committee https://www.salemquarter.net/iac & by https://www.southjerseyquakers.org/

Chief Urie Ridgeway Speaks at Woodstown Meeting Listening Circle

This is part of 2017's #ShutTheHellUp Advent Devotional series which says that to convey a visceral Gospel, we must sometimes use visceral language.

Perish: An Advent Devotional for #ShutTheHellUp

Re-Imagining Theological Education

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Beginning in July, 2016 we will be organizing a pilot project of a series of online theopoetics seminars hosted via Google Hangouts, a free web conferencing service. For six months we will meet once a month, with each meeting facilitated to focus on a particular seminar member who will (a) submit something for participants to read at least a week in advance, (b) briefly present their work and/or ask for particular types of feedback and reflection, and (c) invite open dialogue based on their requests.

Theopoetics Seminar (July)

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