From moriah at preferred.com Tue Oct 1 23:59:32 2002 From: moriah at preferred.com (Mary Calhoun) Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2002 23:59:32 -0400 Subject: [saymaListserv] IMP^o^ 148 Iraq - WQO's statement Message-ID: <05d501c269c8$ad738540$0500a8c0@oem> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IMP ^o^ Bulletin 148 Quakers on Iraq War -- Joint Statement ---------------------------------------------------------------------- from FGC, AFSC, FCNL, Philadelphia YM, & Pendle Hill ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (forwarded 9-26-02 by Penelope Wright, a SAYMA representative to FGC) <|> Dear Friends, The statement attached (and below) has just been issued by the named Wider Quaker Organizations. The statement has been sent out to multiple addresses. A similar statement issued after 9/11/01 appeared in the New York Times. It isn't only our individual voices that are speaking out on this matter; so too are many of our Quaker "institutions." Praying for peace, Penelope Wright <|> Friends, Attached and copied below you will find a joint statement from the General and Executive Secretaries of FGC, AFSC, FCNL, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, and Pendle Hill on the threat of war with Iraq and the new doctrine on preemptive military strikes being promulgated by the Bush administration. You may use this statement in any way that might advance the cause of peace. You may forward it to other individuals and organizations. We would be interested in any response you might wish to make to the Friends General Conference office: fgc at fgcquaker.org, 215-561-1700, 1216 Arch Street 2-B, Philadelphia PA 19107. Bruce Birchard, FGC General Secretary <|> Joint Statement in Response to Threat of War with Iraq From the General and Executive Secretaries of Five Quaker Organizations Ninth Month 24, 2002 "I told them that I lived in the virtue of that life and power that took away the occasion of all wars. I told them I was come into the covenant of peace which was before wars and strife were..." George Fox, Founder of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), 1651. The United States government stands on the verge of launching a major war against Iraq. At the same time, U.S. political leaders are promulgating a doctrine that asserts the United States' right to launch unilateral, preemptive military strikes on any nation or group to counter a perceived threat. The peace and security of all peoples are threatened by these developments. If ever there were a time for Friends to take action based upon our historic peace testimony, that time is now. We call upon Friends to witness and work to prevent this war, to reverse this new military doctrine, to call upon our governments to implement multilateral, diplomatic responses to the threats posed by the government of Iraq, and to continue developing positive, nonviolent approaches to resolving international conflicts. We know that there are millions of people of good will with whom we can join in this work. We find many compelling reasons for all people of faith and reason to oppose this war and this dangerous new military policy. Among them are: --A war with Iraq is likely to cause tremendous loss of human lives, vast destruction, and terrible human suffering. --The aftermath of a war with Iraq is likely to include years of chaos and suffering in Iraq, instability and violence in the Middle East and South Asia, hatred of the United States for generations to come, and an increase in acts of terrorism against countries deemed responsible for the war. -- Such a war, and the policy that underlies it, would legitimize preemptive military strikes by nations that feel threatened by others. Such a terrible precedent would undermine international law and the U.N. Charter and could lead to a tremendous increase in wars and violence in the future. We know from history that acts of violence only breed further violence. We also know that the terrifying spiral of violence and hatred can be interrupted by acts of creative nonviolence, conflict resolution and courageous love. The real path to global security lies in a stronger global civil society based on increasing trust and respect, the rule of international law, and the removal of the roots of violence and war. There is no way to peace. Peace is the way. Mary Ellen McNish, General Secretary, American Friends Service Committee Bruce Birchard, General Secretary, Friends General Conference (organization listed for identification purposes only) Steven Baumgartner, Executive Director, Pendle Hill Thomas Jeavons, General Secretary, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Joe Volk, Executive Secretary, Friends Committee on National Legislation ~~~~~~ end ^o^ ~~~~~~ 1stpost 100102 ~~~~~~ _______________________________________ IMP ^o^ ... 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Name: iraq.doc Type: application/msword Size: 22528 bytes Desc: not available URL: From moriah at preferred.com Wed Oct 2 02:20:10 2002 From: moriah at preferred.com (Mary Calhoun) Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 02:20:10 -0400 Subject: [saymaListserv] Iraq -- views armong the US citizenry Message-ID: <06e501c269db$c9069000$0500a8c0@oem> Dear ATC and Morning Edition, I was pleased to hear NPR give some time Tuesday to the fact that not all US citizens think war on Iraq is a necessary or good idea. I do hope, however, that as you look around for what's news in the Iraq views your vision will move beyond Left, Right, parties, and Washington DC -- that you'll do some more legwork in the grassroots and talk to peace-workers, faith communities, and other dissenters. Commentary about Iraq issues on Monday's Morning Edition spoke of churches' voices as hard to find. In case you've not already received it, there follows below a joint statement from five Quaker organizations. ^o^ \_/ Mary Calhoun Listener, WETS-FM, Johnson City TN Member, Foxfire Friends Meeting, Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) ------------------------------ Joint Statement in Response to Threat of War with Iraq From the General and Executive Secretaries of Five Quaker Organizations Ninth Month 24, 2002 "I told them that I lived in the virtue of that life and power that took away the occasion of all wars. I told them I was come into the covenant of peace which was before wars and strife were..." George Fox, Founder of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), 1651. The United States government stands on the verge of launching a major war against Iraq. At the same time, U.S. political leaders are promulgating a doctrine that asserts the United States' right to launch unilateral, preemptive military strikes on any nation or group to counter a perceived threat. The peace and security of all peoples are threatened by these developments. If ever there were a time for Friends to take action based upon our historic peace testimony, that time is now. We call upon Friends to witness and work to prevent this war, to reverse this new military doctrine, to call upon our governments to implement multilateral, diplomatic responses to the threats posed by the government of Iraq, and to continue developing positive, nonviolent approaches to resolving international conflicts. We know that there are millions of people of good will with whom we can join in this work. We find many compelling reasons for all people of faith and reason to oppose this war and this dangerous new military policy. Among them are: --A war with Iraq is likely to cause tremendous loss of human lives, vast destruction, and terrible human suffering. --The aftermath of a war with Iraq is likely to include years of chaos and suffering in Iraq, instability and violence in the Middle East and South Asia, hatred of the United States for generations to come, and an increase in acts of terrorism against countries deemed responsible for the war. -- Such a war, and the policy that underlies it, would legitimize preemptive military strikes by nations that feel threatened by others. Such a terrible precedent would undermine international law and the U.N. Charter and could lead to a tremendous increase in wars and violence in the future. We know from history that acts of violence only breed further violence. We also know that the terrifying spiral of violence and hatred can be interrupted by acts of creative nonviolence, conflict resolution and courageous love. The real path to global security lies in a stronger global civil society based on increasing trust and respect, the rule of international law, and the removal of the roots of violence and war. There is no way to peace. Peace is the way. Mary Ellen McNish, General Secretary, American Friends Service Committee Bruce Birchard, General Secretary, Friends General Conference (organization listed for identification purposes only) Steven Baumgartner, Executive Director, Pendle Hill Thomas Jeavons, General Secretary, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Joe Volk, Executive Secretary, Friends Committee on National Legislation ----------------------------------------------- From moriah at preferred.com Sun Oct 6 02:37:53 2002 From: moriah at preferred.com (Mary Calhoun) Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2002 02:37:53 -0400 Subject: [saymaListserv] Fwd: No Attack on Iraq Message-ID: <0d1501c26d02$fc3b44a0$0500a8c0@oem> Received -- by various intervening forwards -- at the SAYMA office. ^o^ \_/ Mary Calhoun AdminAsst at sayma.org ----- Original Message ----- From: Bruce Birchard To: All Staff Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 12:41 PM Subject: [Fwd: No Attack on Iraq] -------- Original Message -------- Subject: No Attack on Iraq Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 11:14:09 EDT From: TLJUNKER at aol.com Friends: Attached is an appeal to wear a light blue ribbon ( UN color ) to show refusal of any attack on Iraq. The image can be blown up to mailer or even poster size for carrying in demonstrations. Please help to circulate it wherever you can. --Tony Junker -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: RIBBONimage.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 67510 bytes Desc: not available URL: From moriah at preferred.com Sun Oct 6 06:22:45 2002 From: moriah at preferred.com (Mary Calhoun) Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2002 06:22:45 -0400 Subject: [saymaListserv] Invitation - Foxfire meetinghouse dedication References: <000f01c25418$66f6e500$0100a8c0@mshome.net> Message-ID: <010e01c26d25$2f659840$0500a8c0@oem> Foxfire Friends Meeting of the Holston Valley 731 East Maple Street Johnson City, TN 37610 Dear Friend, Please join us October 27, 2002, for the dedication of our meetinghouse. We will also be celebrating the fifth anniversary of our becoming a monthly meeting and honoring those who have become members of our meeting. We will begin our meeting for worship at 11:00 am (instead of our usual 10:00 am) on October 27th to allow for travel time for those coming from a distance. (Note that this is the first day of Standard Time.) The meeting will be followed by a light meal; childcare will be provided. The meetinghouse is handicapped accessible. Please let us know as soon as you can if you plan to come, for we will need to make arrangements for food, childcare and seating. We hope that you will be able to participate either by joining us here or in your thoughts. Peace, Foxfire Friends Meeting of the Holston Valley Please send RSVPs by October 15 to: Mary Calhoun, Co-Clerk, 165 Jackson Street, Abingdon VA 24210 276-628-5852 moriah at preferred.com Directions: If you come via I-81, take exit I-181 going South. Take Exit 31 (Milligan College), keeping to the right as the ramp forks. Turn right. At the light will be the exit ramp for those coming North on I-181**. Almost as soon as you enter the Elizabethton Highway, you exit on the right. This time, keep to the left of the exit ramp and turn left onto a divided highway, being careful to avoid the concrete median. (This is Milligan Highway, but you're not told this until you leave it.) Keep in the left lane, and get into the left turn lane at the four-way stop sign. Turn left onto King Springs Road. Pass a little church on the right, go over the railroad, and at the four-way stop sign look to the left for the Foxfire sign. Turn left onto East Maple. The next left is the dead-end street where most of us park. The driveway is reserved for handicapped parking. If coming from the direction of North Carolina, the directions are almost identical. Take Exit 31 and almost immediately exit again (see the **asterisks above). The meetinghouse has no phone, so if you need to get in touch with us at the last minute, call one of these cell phones: Edie Patrick 423-726-1728, Laurie Waber 276-608-3902 (FYI -- Milligan Highway, at the corner where you turn off it, becomes Legion Street; at the corner where our meetinghouse is, King Spring Road becomes East Highland. Both possible sources of confusion.) From pennywright at earthlink.net Tue Oct 8 18:34:56 2002 From: pennywright at earthlink.net (Penelope Wright) Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 17:34:56 -0500 Subject: [saymaListserv] Fw: Pew Forum releases guide to IRS restrictions on electioneering] Message-ID: <003801c26f1a$f2b24f40$6358d843@oemcomputer> Dear Friends, The information below was provided by Bruce Birchard, General Secretary of FGC. It is important for us to be aware of such guidelines as we exercise our voting rights and make statements on behalf of candidates. Peace, Penelope Wright SAYMA Rep to FGC ----- Original Message ----- From: Bruce Birchard Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 10:18 AM Subject: [Fwd: Pew Forum releases guide to IRS restrictions on electioneering] Dear Colleague, In an effort to educate congregations about the current rules governing their participation in the political process, the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life has published a guide that clarifies the relevant IRS restrictions on electioneering and lobbying by 501(c)(3) organizations, including houses of worship and other religious organizations. Politics and the Pulpit: A Guide to the Internal Revenue Code Restrictions on the Political Activity of Religious Organizations was written by Deirdre Dessingue, Associate General Counsel of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. A PDF version of the document is available on our Web site at http://pewforum.org/publications/reports/IRCbrochureBIG.pdf. The document is also available as a bound pamphlet. 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URL: From listener at bellsouth.net Wed Oct 9 21:30:23 2002 From: listener at bellsouth.net (Kit Potter) Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 20:30:23 -0500 Subject: [saymaListserv] From England: The Guardian Opinion Column Message-ID: <001d01c26ffc$9ad3aac0$6501a8c0@potters> Subject: From England The Guardian, U.K. America's Great Misleader Bush's arguments strain the limits of plausibility to justify war on Iraq, and this, says Simon Tisdall, means regime change is imperative - in Washington Tuesday October 8, 2002 The refusal of the three main US television networks to give live coverage to President George Bush's address to the nation on Iraq affords an intriguing insight into the way the American "war" debate is developing. Hardly a day now passes without Mr Bush or his officials stressing the urgency of the supposed Iraqi threat and the vital importance of confronting it now. To listen to the president, one might think that it is the only issue that matters - and that the affairs of the nation are otherwise in perfect order. In his speech in Cincinnati, Ohio, Mr Bush employed what might in British parlance be termed the kitchen sink approach. In other words, he threw just about everything he had at the target, including domestic appliances. In his opening paragraph alone, for example, he linked the words "Iraq" and "terror" or "terrorism" on no fewer than four occasions. This despite the fact that the administration's evidence of links between Saddam Hussein's regime and the September 11 al-Qaida murderers is paper-thin. In spelling out the dangers posed by terrorism, which may be defined as the use of fear and violence to attain political ends, Mr Bush used fear and the threat of violence to promote his policy. Since when has it been the proper function of an American president to scare the children? But with his claim that Iraq might use unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for biological and chemical weapons attacks "targeting the United States", he strayed into the realms of horror-movie fantasy. It would be useful to know what plausible evidence the administration has for suggesting that "Iraq could decide on any given day to provide a biological or chemical weapon to a terrorist group or individual terrorists ... This could allow the Iraqi regime to attack America without leaving fingerprints". As a matter of fact, rather than propaganda, the administration has no such evidence, only suppositions - for although Saddam is bad, he is not mad. It would be helpful to understand what purpose is served by over-stating Iraq's missile capability, and postulating the theoretical possibility of Iraqi attacks on countries such as Turkey. Mr Bush's advisers surely know that Iraq has no motive for such attacks, that its deputy prime minister was visiting Ankara only the other day, and that Israel's chief of military intelligence, Major General Aharon Ze'evi, (who should know), says he doubts Iraq has the capability for such actions. Even as he threatened to wage open-ended war, Mr Bush insisted that his administration's purpose is "to secure the peace" - apparently oblivious to the intrinsic contradiction contained in the two statements. He said the White House "did not ask for this present challenge". But as all the world, and the American public, increasingly suspects, it is a challenge Mr Bush has deliberately chosen to dramatise and prioritise. That Saddam is a serious problem is hardly a new idea. That, suddenly, the US must without delay start a full-scale war in the Middle East to topple him most certainly is. Mr Bush said that if Saddam did not comply with the almost impossible preconditions that the US is insisting upon in the UN security council, America would act "with allies at our side". This is disingenuous, to say the very least. The US does not have the support of traditional allies in Europe or the former Gulf war allies in the Arab world for anything that smacks of precipitate or unilateral action, let alone "regime change". Nor is it likely to obtain it. Only Tony Blair's British government is on board the Bush bandwagon - and even in Britain, polls show a majority of people are opposed to military action. Americans who worry that the US is going out on a limb in terms of democratic opinion, international law and pra> ctical military concerns are right to do so. Mr Bush even went so far as to purloin the words of John F Kennedy and suggest that what the US is now facing is akin to the Cuban missile crisis. That is a gross exaggeration of the position. It is at odds with the known facts. As such, it is misleading and unnecessarily, irresponsibly alarming to the American people. This is not leadership in the Churchillian style that Mr Bush professes to admire. It is mere demagoguery. The television networks were plainly unimpressed. And so, too, are a growing number of Americans. The more Mr Bush presses his case, and the more the people listen to him and analyse his case, the more unconvinced they become. The latest in a raft of opinion polls, taken by the New York Times and CBS News, shows clearly that American common sense is beginning to eclipse the president's over-excited rhetoric Majorities of those interviewed believe that Mr Bush is spending too much time on Iraq; that the same goes for a sheepish, supine Congress; that other problems are being ignored; that the economy is heading south even as the troops head east; that a broad coalition of countries is an essential prerequisite for military action; and that a war could have unpredictable,dangerous consequences for the region and the wider world. Most sensibly of all, Americans who rightly believe that the main, present and urgent threat to US security emanates from the al-Qaida network and its sympathisers wonder why Mr Bush is trying to shift the focus to Iraq. Al-Qaida is still out there. It is undefeated. It is probably planning more outrages. It may be found in Pakistan, in Afghanistan, in Yemen, perhaps in the Gulf states and Saudi Arabia. But not in Iraq. The bottom-line question that will not go away, and which was left unanswered in Cincinnati, is what is driving Mr Bush down this path? Is it a desire to draw attention away from his poor to chronic domestic policy record? Is it an attempted diversion from the stock market collapse, America's rising unemployment and its corporate malfeasance scandals? Is it all about oil? Or the mid-term elections? Or his own re-election bid in 2004? Or is it a personal, Bush family vendetta against Saddam? Any one of these explanations makes more sense than far-fetched claims that Saddam is planning attacks on the most powerful nation in the history of the world, attacks that would certainly be traced back to him and would result in his utter annihilation. As this American debate develops, Mr Bush is starting to lose the argument. Perhaps he will listen. But perhaps he will go ahead anyway. In which case, the necessity for regime change does indeed become overwhelming. Regime change in Washington, that is. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From earthsteward at urisp.net Wed Oct 9 22:52:58 2002 From: earthsteward at urisp.net (Daryl Bergquist) Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2002 21:52:58 -0500 Subject: [saymaListserv] Steps toward Peace Message-ID: <3DA4EB83.9839C549@urisp.net> Dear Friends in SAYMA, Copied below is a message I recently sent. The candlelight peace vigil mentioned occurred on Monday night with 27 adults of three generations and at least four faith communities participating. The majority of the people present were Blount County natives, though the four of us who organized it are transplants. Seven people who have participated in Royal Worship Group activities were present. There was a deep spiritual tone to the gathering. We will evaluate next Tuesday and likely do something again. Daryl ************************** Dear Members of the Executive Committee and staff of the Southeastern Regional Office, At the meeting in September, the Board of Directors of the American Friends Service Committee requested of the AFSC General Secretary, Mary Ellen McNish, that she work with other organizations and employ the appropriate resources of the AFSC toward a peaceful resolution of the conflict between the United States and Iraq. The clerk of the AFSC Board, Paul Lacey, was charged with writing a letter to the President of the United States, George Bush, in our behalf, explaining our understandings and requesting an opportunity to talk with him in person. This letter and one to United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan are available on the AFSC web site www.afsc.org The members of the AFSC Board agreed to act on this concern individually. This is a report of my efforts toward a peaceful resolution of the conflict between the United States and Iraq, and the resources I have found helpful in this work. I am sending this to you that you may also find inspiration and hope in the action of speaking out in these troubling times. 1) I registered my strong opposition to an increase in the war with Iraq with the office of the President of the United States by calling the White House comment desk at 202 456-1111. This was easy. 2) I sent email letters to my United States Senators using the FCNL website www.fcnl.org Recently, I also used this website to find the phone numbers for my senators since the capitol switchboard was busy when I tried that. Senator Shelby's aid told me she shared my perspectives and that the majority of the calls she received were against the war. (When Sara called shortly afterward the aid she talked with said the calls were split about 50/50 and that Shelby supported the President's position.) My conversation with Senator Session's aid was not as positive, but they did agree to register my opinion. 3) I forwarded the "Joint Statement in Response to Threat of War with Iraq from the General and Executive Secretaries of Five Quaker Organizations" to the Birmingham Friends Meeting. This can be found on the AFSC website www.afsc.org 4) I signed the Iraq Peace Pledge on website www.peacepledge.org The Iraq Peace Pledge, a collaborative effort begun by AFSC, Fellowship of Reconciliation and Pax Christi is accessible by link from the AFSC website. The verification process and the information requested gives me the impression that this could be a useful step, unlike signing an email petition. The Iraq Peace Pledge I support peace for Iraq. I grant permission to use my name and city publicly as an opponent of the ongoing economic and bombing war on Iraq, and of any escalation of that war. 5) I have joined my partner, the deacon of the Catholic Church, the minister of the United Methodist Church and others in our county in organizing a Candlelight Peace Vigil scheduled for Monday evening on the steps of the Blount County Courthouse. This will be the first public peace activity we have been involved in or know of our rural county. Beth Lavoie, Iraq Program Assistant, Beth Lavoie , and Sarah Gill, Peace Generalist, Sarah Gill in the SERO have been very helpful in taking this step. Beth provided me with "US Conference of Catholic Bishops Letter to Bush Opposing Iraq War" and "United Methodist Statement against Bombing Iraq" which have been of great help in talking with my colleagues in this effort and Sarah modified a flier for our use. Both have been personally supportive. These small steps have been empowering to me. They may not make a difference, but they may. Regardless of the outcome, I feel compelled and uplifted by right action, and I commend the same to you. In love toward a just and peaceful world, Daryl Bergquist, Co-clerk of the SERO Executive Committee and member of the AFSC Board -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Evdavwes at aol.com Tue Oct 15 14:58:29 2002 From: Evdavwes at aol.com (Evdavwes at aol.com) Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 14:58:29 EDT Subject: [saymaListserv] Statement approved by Asheville Friends Meeting on October 2 Message-ID: <40.25bf6d89.2addbf55@aol.com> I have been asked to share with Friends in SAYMA a statement that we approved and have sent for publication as a letter to the editor in two local Asheville papers. We have also sent the statement to FCNL. Statement begins: >"We do not want war!" (Children of Asheville Friends Meeting) The Asheville Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) joins with people of faith around the world in seeking a peaceful solution to the current confrontation with Iraq. As do many in the world, we look to the United States government to set an example for the international community. We find no justification for the human suffering, environmental destruction, and loss of life that would result from a preemptive strike. Rather than attacking Iraq, we urge the President to pursue peaceful alternatives in the Middle East. We support the resumption of weapons-inspections in Iraq. We look to our government to join with the International community to take away the occasion for all wars-military and economic. We ask our government and the people of the United States to take corrective actions regarding our countries' development of nuclear weapons of mass destruction, our countries' sale of armaments, and our energy policy, which makes us dependent on oil. We join other people of faith in holding the leaders of the world and the people of the world in the Light of the Divine. Evan Richardson Clerk, Asheville Friends Meeting %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% David Clements, Evan Richardson, Wesley Clements, Lila Richardson 79 Cumberland Avenue Asheville, NC 28801 828-285-0601 From moriah at preferred.com Wed Oct 16 16:29:44 2002 From: moriah at preferred.com (Mary Calhoun) Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2002 16:29:44 -0400 Subject: [saymaListserv] aa>> Q Mtghse Exhibit Message-ID: <00ba01c27552$e239c4c0$0500a8c0@oem> The SAYMA office has received -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Exhibit Announcement ----------------------------------------------------------------------- "Silent Witness: Quaker Meeting Houses ----------------------------------------------------------------------- in the Delaware Valley, 1695 to the Present" ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Sept 23 - Dec 31 at Athenaeum of Philadelphia ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (from a 9-17-02 letter from Peggy Morscheck, for the PYM-HABS Exhibit Working Group) <|> "Dear Friends, "We are pleased to share with you information about our exhibit entitled, "Silent Witness: Quaker Meeting Houses in the Delaware Valley, 1695 to the Present," to be on view from September 23 through December 31, 2002, at the Athenaeum of Philadelphia, 219 S. Sixth St, Monday through Friday, 9 am - 5 pm. "The exhibit will display the results of the Historic American Building Survey (HABS) program of the National Parks Service efforts since 1996 to trace the evolution of regional Quaker meetinghouse design through documentation of 27 select meetinghouses associated with Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. The resulting large-format photographs, measured architectural drawings, and historical text create a comprehensive, publicly accessible record that can serve as the basis for interpretation and preservation. They also shed light on a Quaker aesthetic. " . . . We'd like Friends to know that they can see the exhibit when visiting Philadelphia, at the Athenaeum through December, and from February through June at the Arch Street Meeting House. After that time, the exhibit will be available for traveling to other Quaker and non-Quaker venues. ". . . A catalog of the same title as the exhibit has been produced and is enclosed as our gift to your yearly meeting. Additional copies can be obtained from the Friends General Conference Bookstore: 215-561-1700. Should you desire more information about this project, feel free to call 215-241-7241 or visit the web-site: www.quakerinfo.org "Sincerely, Peggy Morscheck, Quaker Information Center for the PYM-HABS Exhibit Working Group "The Exhibit and Catalog are sponsored by the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, the Historic American Buildings Survey of the National Park Service, and the Quaker Information Center." <|> SAYMA AA's note: The catalog is beautiful, and can be viewed at the 12-7-02 Rep Meeting. ~~~end~~~ ______________________________________________________ To receive aa>> messages forwarding announcements from wider Quaker organizations (WQOs) and other Yearly Meetings, subscribe to the free list server, sayma at kitenet.net. You can e-mail to sayma-request at kitenet.net, writing only the word subscribe in the body of your e-mail message. You can also subscribe on the web at http://kitenet.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sayma. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- mc\aa From listener at bellsouth.net Wed Oct 23 22:42:46 2002 From: listener at bellsouth.net (Kit Potter) Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 21:42:46 -0500 Subject: [saymaListserv] Recognize the speaker here? Message-ID: <000e01c27b07$093ee6e0$6401a8c0@potters> > *---- Quote of the Day ----* > > > > The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State > can shield the people from the political, economic and/or > military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally > important for the State to use all of its powers to repress > dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and > thus by extension, the truth becomes the greatest enemy of > the State. > -- Joseph M. Goebbels -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From listener at bellsouth.net Thu Oct 24 21:27:36 2002 From: listener at bellsouth.net (Kit Potter) Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 20:27:36 -0500 Subject: [saymaListserv] Peace choices Message-ID: <001701c27bc5$b398bb20$6401a8c0@potters> I just read a quote from Andre Malraux: "Things often happen like that. Many people who accepted Stalin -- that is, who accepted the unacceptable -- didn't do so out of self-interest, but simply because at that moment they had other things to do which seemed essential and which distracted them from the atrocity." It is such a time in the U.S., I believe -- not so extreme, thank God, but still a concern. We've learned from experience how long and difficult the work is to stop a war that has already started. I can feel the tendency to be "too busy to take actions against the proposed war" in myself every day; there is always the decision. There are demonstrations for peace all over the country on Saturday. I hope that everyone can find one and participate, at least long enough to be counted! (see MoveOn.org for info) Sincerely, Kit Potter -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From listener at bellsouth.net Mon Oct 28 12:58:03 2002 From: listener at bellsouth.net (Kit Potter) Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2002 10:58:03 -0600 Subject: [saymaListserv] Oil source information Message-ID: <002b01c27ea3$2e076200$6401a8c0@potters> Dear Friends, This information was passed on to me the other day. Since the proposed war is apparently partly about "protecting American interests," meaning oil sources, it would be interesting to act on this information and observe what occurs. If enough people change their purchasing decisions, it would be a significant act that we DO have the POWER to do. Please consider what you want to do personally with this information. The testimony says that "we strive to remove all outward causes of war." Sincerely, Kit Potter Major companies that imported Middle Eastern oil for the period 9/1/00 - 8/31/01. Shell... 205,742,000 barrels Chevron/Texaco....... 144,332,000 barrels Exxon/Mobil......... 130,082,000 barrels Marathon............. 117,740,000 barrels Amoco... 62,231,000 barrels If you do the math at $30/barrel, these imports amount to over $18 BILLION! Here are some large companies that do not import Middle Eastern oil: Citgo 0 barrels Sunoco 0 barrels Conoco 0 barrels Sinclair 0 barrels BP/Phillips 0 barrels Hess 0 barrels All of this information is available from the Department of Energy and can be easily documented. Refineries located in the U.S. are required to state where they get their oil and how much they are importing. They report on a monthly basis. We can track this. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: