BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4@philadelphiaquarter.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230423T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230423T160000 DTSTAMP:20230619T220431Z URL:https://philadelphiaquarter.org/events/quakers-and-the-indian-boarding -school-movement-quarterly-meeting-april-23rd-2023/ SUMMARY:Quakers and the Indian Boarding School Movement: Quarterly Meeting April 23rd 2023 DESCRIPTION:\n\n\nJoin Andrew Grant on April 23rd for the Philadelphia Quar terly Meeting!\nQuaker researcher\, Andrew Grant\, NEYM\, will share his w ork to date\, including exploring the archives of the Associated Executive Committee of Friends on Indian Affairs (AEC) located in the Quaker and Sp ecial Collections at Haverford College.\n\nAndrew Grant (he/him/relative) is a Quaker peace activist with a concern for Indigenous Relations. His wo rk is supported in part by witness and ministry grants from the Legacy Fun d of the New England Yearly Meeting. A ministry oversight committee in his monthly meeting provides moral support and accountability. His work is fu rther guided by a two-spirit Indigenous elder Strong Oak (Abenaki) of Visi oning B.E.A.R. Circle Intertribal Coalition. He is a trainer in their Walk ing In Balance With All Our Relations circle process. Together\, Andrew an d Strong Oak are working with others to form a Land Justice Affinity Group \, to catalize conversations between land holders and Indigenous communiti es.\n\nAndrew is a member of the NEYM Right Relationship Resource Group th at reinforces Monthly Meetings' desire to improve relations with the peopl es who were at home in this region before colonization. The group has dist ributed a formal Letter of Apology to Native Americans on behalf of the Ye arly Meeting and is encouraging ongoing dialog with representatives of loc al tribes.\n\nA trained facilitator with Toward Right Relationship With Na tive Peoples\, Andrew worked with Paula Palmer and Gail Melix (Herring Pon d Wampanoag) to present The Quaker Indigenous Boarding Schools: Facing Our History and Ourselves\, hosted by Beacon Hill Friends House in October 20 22.\n\nFor the last several months\, Andrew has been engaged in archival r esearch in the Quaker collection at the University of Massachusetts\, look ing into Friends' involvement in "Indian education" and the forced assimil ation of children. He has been invited to visit the special collection at Haverford College specifically to review material related to the Associate d Executive Committee on Indian Affairs\, the means by which Quakers colla borated across Yearly Meeting lines. He will be staying on campus\, April 10-30. He will be carrying a travel minute from his home meeting\, Mt Toby /Porcupine Mt/Kunkwachu Friends Meeting in the Leverett\, Massachusetts (N onotuck/Pocumtuck homeland).\nSchedule\n\n 10:30am Join Germantown Friend s Meeting for worship at 47 West Coulter St. or by zoom\n 1:00pm  Zoom: Quakers and the Indian Boarding School Movement\n 2:00pm  Zoom: PQM Meet ing for Worship for Business\n 4:00pm  Fare Thee Well\n\nItems for Meeti ng for Worship with Attention to Business\n\n Financial Report - Ellen Sl eeter\n Quakers in POWER Report\n Status of PQM’s Spiritual State of t he Meeting Report\n Brainstorm ways to invest non-working capital\n Germ antown Monthly Meeting Reproductive Health Care Minute\n Read\, adjust\, and approve today’s minutes\n Announcements\n Worship &\; Adjourn\n \n\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://philadelphiaquarter.org/wp-content/uploa ds/2023/06/Andrew-Grant.jpeg CATEGORIES:New and Recent Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230312T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR