Zoom and its Competitors
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from Tech Soup (5/26/2020)
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from Tech Soup (5/26/2020)
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with Tom McSteen
June 16th - July 21st, Tuesdays, 10:00 am - 12:15 PM Pacific Time; 6 sessions on Zoom
Humanity is waking up to our interconnectedness as never before - to one another and to the Earth. We believe that learning to listen with compassion to ourselves and others is a key to this awakening, and that our evolutionary capacity is directly linked to our ability to navigate conflict.
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Instead of holding its annual in-person conference this year, Quakers Uniting in Publications (QUIP) is offering a series of public webinars on topics concerning Quaker publishing.
Please join us on Saturday, June 6, 2020, at 12:00 noon, Eastern Time, for the last in the series, Ashley Wilcox’s interactive webinar. Zoom instructions are below.
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Join Sierra Cascades Yearly Meeting of Friends for all or part of their Annual Conference 2020.
from Rachel Hampton, Sierra Cascades Yearly Meeting of Friends (5/22/2020)
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Dear Friends: I came across a film potentially of Quaker interest called Hillbilly. It is about the modern-day people of Appalachia and was awarded Best Documentary Feature at the 2019 Los Angeles Film Festival.
Ashley York, co-director and star of Hillbilly, grew up in Kentucky and left to become a film maker in Los Angeles. She returned to her home and through interviews with fellow Kentuckians, she crafted this documentary. It exposes the feelings of shame engendered by mainstream cultural ridicule of the Appalachian regional accent and mountain identity.
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The Quaker United Nations Office, QUNO, has published two new papers concerning impacts of COVID-10 on issues of international importance:
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Hi, All – I am circulating this idea, which came out of a Chicago Meeting, to many of you. Not sure what Albuquerque Meeting will be doing, but it will be something. In peace, Sara
Northside Friends Meeting is a Quaker Meeting located in the Uptown Neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and Illinois quarantine we have continued to worship and share fellowship over video from our homes and have drawn comfort and strength from this continuing connection to our community.
