October: Meeting for Business, Fellowship, and Program
October 23rd: At Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting
Schedule:
10:30 | You are invited to Worship with Chestnut Hill Meeting, if you wish to attend.
11:45 | Potluck lunch with Chestnut Hill Meeting. Please bring a dish if you wish to partake!
12:30 | Business Meeting for PQM
1:45 | End Slavery For All—A discussion with John Andrew Gallery about Mass Incarceration, the 13th Amendment, and Quaker testimony.
3:15 | Close
Agenda for Meeting for Business:
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Opening Worship - 10 min
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Introductions and Review of Agenda - 5 min
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Approval of Minutes of May 22, 2016 and July 30, 2016 - 10 min
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Minutes of Concern - CPMM call for City Council Hearings - Liz Robinson -30 min
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2 Meetings have endorsed, 2 Meetings are revising letter
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Discussion of process moving forward
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QVS - report and possible introduction of new Philadelphia Coordinator, Oskar Castro
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Finance - distribution of finalized 2015-16 end of year statement and 2016-17 budget - Bill Sanderson
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Reminder of requests re possible larger MM contribution to PQM
Program: End Slavery for All: with John Andrew Gallery and Jondhi Harrell. John Gallery, a member of Chestnut Hill Meeting, will present his concern about the 13th amendment to the US Constitution, which allows "slavery and involuntary servitude" for those who have been convicted of a crime. His letter published in the September 2016 Friends Journal is attached. The majority of the hour will be spent in reflection and discussion. John offers these queries for consideration:
- What can I or my meeting do to become more aware of the way incarcerated individuals are treated in prison or upon release?
- Could the changing of the 13th Amendment contribute to criminal justice reform and ending mass incarceration?
- How might we test whether if Friends in Philadelphia Yearly Meeting are willing to support an effort to change the 13th Amendment?
- What are other ways that we might end mass incarceration locally?
Childcare available if requested. Please email Coordinator at philaqtr@pym.org by 10/18/2016
To find more information, you can go to our Facebook event at: www.facebook.com/events/1799867606967098/