Welcome to TWIN CITIES FRIENDS MEETING

April 21: Discussion of query for April.  As Quakers, how do we reconcile our taxes spent by the US government for military and weapons of war? Jess Thell will facilitate our conversation.

April 28: Quakerism in action. Sonja Sponheim, formerly of TCFM and now Dean of Students at Scattergood Friends School, will reflect on her journey to Scattergood and at the school, where she works with others to create brave spaces for growth.

May 5: Can we talk--about God? Howard Vogel will lead an exploration of the challenge of finding a vocabulary to speak about our experience of the divine.

May 12: Ways to engage with AFSC’s work for peace and justice. Brian Blackmore, American Friends Service Committee's new director of Quaker outreach, will speak about AFSC’s economic activism, efforts to demilitarize police forces, peacemaking in the Middle East, and AFSC’s social change leadership program for young adults.

May 19: Beyond Land Acknowledgment. In 2022, Twin Cities Friends Meeting adopted a “land acknowledgement” statement that recognizes that we reside “on the homelands of the Dakota” and that “we strive to interrupt the legacy of injustice towards Indigenous people….” David Garelick of the Indian Land Tenure Foundation will discuss its “Beyond Land Acknowledgement” initiative. TCFM’s Towards Right Relationship group has proposed payment of reparations-- read the proposal here. Come prepared for an engaged discussion.