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intergenerational panel of speakers at the 2023 Annual Session of North Pacific Yearly Meeting – in conversation on the theme, “Meeting at the Corner of Wisdom and Power.” Facilitated by Paul Christansen of Eastside Friends meeting, the panelists included:
- Zane Freewyn, Multnomah Monthly Meeting
- Hazel Jordan, Olympia Friends Meeting
- Adam Billen, South Seattle Friends Meeting
- Jane Snyder, Multnomah Monthly Meeting
- Jerry Graville, Lopez Island Monthly Meeting
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The “chapters” in this podcast:
0:00 Introduction
1:20 Paul Christiansen frames the discussion
5:07 Panelists introduced
6:56 Zane Freewyn on difficulties between generations
10:36 Hazel Jordan on growing among Friends
13:55 Adam Billen on challenges to connection
17:49 Jane Snyder on being a young Friend in the 1970s
21:10 Jerry Graville on raising a family among Friends
27:00 Jane on obstacles to young adults' participation
30:23 Adam on value of "affinity group" versus broader community
32:59 Hazel on building community during a transitory time of life
36:28 Zane on the need to rebuild Junior Friends community post-Covid
38:55 Paul asks about condescension between generations
40:05 Adam on older Friends discounting younger Friends' knowledge
41:04 Zane on respectful ways of sharing knowledge
42:30 Jane on respect for each person's light as a safeguard against condescension
42:53 Jerry on learning in community
44:40 Hazel on the individual journey
45:32 Paul asks about differences and commonalities
46:45 Hazel on shift away from mass social change movements
48:09 Zane on the continuity of anti-violence and on shifts in gender politics
49:33 Jerry on developments in gender politics since the 1980s
51:02 Adam on cultural changes coming in waves
52:24 Paul asks for clarifying questions
53:10 Q&A about ways panelists learned Quaker practices and history
55:32 Q&A about entering Quaker community as newcomers
1:01:42 Paul wraps up
1:03:32 Outro