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Western Friend - September/October 2011

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Table of Contents

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The Annual Sessions Issue 1
From the Editor's Desk Kathy Hyzy (editor) 2
Artichoke (poem) Phyllis Hoge 3
NPYM Highlights (photos) 4
Discernment: A Practice of Rigorous Truthfulness Niyonu Spann-Wilson 6
IMYM Highlights (photos) 8
Confronting Racism: The Heart Work Within (IMYM Epistle) 12
Mountain Friends Camp (Epistle) 13
Being Practically Spiritual Michael Birkel 14
Everything You Wanted to Know about Other Yearly Meetings 16
Vocal Ministry (poem) Rick Ells 21
Being Practically Spiritual (NPYM Epistle) 22
Catalyst, Interpreter, Resource 23
PYM Highlights (photos) 25
Power Walk 26
Where Are We Stretched Anew? (PYM Epistle) 27
PYM Minute in Opposition to Torture 28
IMYM's Intergenerational Color Exchange 29
For the Comadres (poem) Maria Melendez 29
Classifieds 30