From bertskellie at mindspring.com Fri Aug 1 15:54:09 2003 From: bertskellie at mindspring.com (Bert Skellie) Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2003 15:54:09 -0400 Subject: [saymaListserv] Summary of Anti-Racism Workshop at SAYMA 6/7/03 Message-ID: <001501c35866$ac5584a0$0b02a8c0@bert> Summary of 6/7/03 Workshop at Southern Appalachian Yearly Meeting & Assn. (SAYMA) "What Would A Non-Racist SAYMA Be Like, and How Do We Get There?" Developed by Bert Skellie & Adelaide Solomon-Jordan, with assistance from Atlanta Meeting's Our Roles as Individuals in America's Racial History (ORAIIARH) Abstract: "We will document that the Religious Society of Friends has been racist from inception through now, then we will consider what a non-racist SAYMA would be like. Next we will consider effective ways to end racism within SAYMA. Our focus will be on how white people need to work with other whites." Adelaide Solomon-Jordan and Bert Skellie represented SAYMA at the FGC-sponsored training, "Beyond Diversity 101" in Pittsburgh in January of 2003. As part of our report on that training, we developed materials showing examples of racism within the Religious Society of Friends and role-play exercises related to racism among Friends. Because Adelaide was unable to attend the June 7 workshops, Bert led the workshops during the Yearly Meeting at Warren Wilson College. We had planned two 70-minute workshops, one for youth and one for adults. Three teens and one adult attended the first workshop; 13 adults and four teens attended the second one. Total attendance was thus 21 out of about 200 adults and teens attending Yearly Meeting. Visually, all participants were white, as was the leader. The intent of these brief workshops was to encourage participants to work to end racism in themselves and in their Meetings. More material was provided than we were able to review or discuss in depth. Here is the approximate schedule we followed in each workshop: 5 min Opening Worship 5 min Introductions of participants 5 min Introduction of Workshop 5 min Individually, on paper, define "Diversity," "Multi-cultural," and "Racism" (In discussion explain that racism relates to actions people take, and can exist despite the existence of the first two. Need to acknowledge personal racism and work to eradicate it personally.) 10 min Definition & History of Racism (See "What is Racism & What Can Whites Do to End It?" & "Some Examples of Racism in the Religious Society of Friends, 1650 - Present") 10 min View excerpt from Deborah Saunders' Pendle Hill Lecture of 11/18/02, "My Journey as an African American Quaker," (10th - 20th minute of tape) 30 min Review & Discuss "What Would a Non-Racist SAYMA be Like?" & / or do a role play & discuss (see "Role Play Exercises") Participants reported that the workshop was helpful. We had set up separate workshops for teens and for adults to encourage teen participation, but teens participated well in the second workshop, where adults outnumbered them. There were several suggestions for improving the draft "What Would a Non-Racist SAYMA be like?" One was to add details relating to First-Day School - books, curriculum and pictures would include Friends of Color, history studies would explain minimal role of Friends in Underground Railroad, for example. I hope you will find these materials helpful in your work against racism. I have pasted in text versions below. I will be glad to answer questions or hear suggestions, and I will send you formatted versions of the handouts if you'd like. 8/1/03 Summary by Bert Skellie, bertskellie at mindspring.com, 404-378-5883 What is Racism & What Can Whites Do to End It? RACISM "Racism is a combination of prejudice and power, a set of attitudes and institutional arrangements that maintain the status quo of inequality. In the United States, racism has its roots in slavery and a history in all institutions and social patterns. Racism persists because it maintains advantage and privilege for whites, who benefit daily from their inaction and avoidance of the topic. Racism causes physical and emotional death for people of color when white people undermine self-esteem, ignore ability and achievement, stereotype, and participate in economic oppression. All of these actions reduce quality of life for people of color and lead to bad health from emotional and environmental stress. Racism attacks people of color at many levels, from the interactions of everyday life to institutional patterns of power and privilege. The elimination of racism is key to the spiritual growth and development of everyone. Racism is a deeply destructive, immoral system." (from statement of the Atlanta Friends Meeting group, Our Roles as Individuals in America's Racial History (ORAIIARH), 5/11/02). Psychologist James Waller describes three kinds of personal racism (p. 124-127, Face to Face, see Resources). The first, "old fashioned racism," represents "the open flame of racial hatred" and includes "beliefs in white superiority, sanctioned racial segregation, and justifiable racial discrimination." Much more common today are "symbolic racism" and "aversive racism." "Symbolic" racists oppose "special treatment by the government" for "minorities." Modern "aversive" racism is "characteristic of many white Americans," according to psychologists John Dovidio and Samuel Gaertner (cited by Waller). ".(T)he historically racist culture of America has led most white Americans to develop negative beliefs and feelings regarding racial minorities. These culturally socialized negative beliefs and feelings are held in uneasy contrast to positive beliefs and feelings associated with a sincerely egalitarian value system. . Aversive racists typically cut off their negative beliefs and feelings from conscious awareness. The internal conflict experienced by aversive racists influences their social judgments and impacts their interactions with minorities, betraying itself in avoidance and coolness rather than hostility and hatred. . In situations where interactions are unavoidable, and there are no strong normative guidelines, the interactions are often characterized by emotional detachment, lack of appropriate feedback, and the absence of pertinent reinforcement." Three types of research studies provide evidence of this "aversive racism." In the early 1970s, Gaertner and Dovidio ".had confederates make a bogus 'wrong number' telephone call and say that their car had broken down, they had used their last dime, and they needed the recipient of the call to contact a local garage for a tow truck. Whenever a person with an identifiably black voice made the call, the (white) respondents were six times more likely to hang up prematurely than when the call came from someone who sounded white." "A 1995 experiment by Dovidio asked white students to select dormitory advisors for the coming semester - prestigious and competitive student positions. When the information provided about candidates was unambiguous (i.e., uniformly positive or negative), black and white applicants were treated equivalently. When the candidate's record was more ambiguous, however, white applicants were treated more favorably than black applicants." ".Psychologist Thomas Pettigrew describes additional experimental research revealing that, in interactions with blacks, whites tend to sit farther away than they do with other whites, use less friendly voice tones, make less eye contact, and terminate relationships more quickly." WHAT CAN WHITES DO? (SEE OVER) WHAT CAN WHITES DO TO END RACISM? Accept Responsibility for Changing Oneself and Society, and Join Others in the Work Atlanta Friends Meeting ORAIIARH members ".believe that it is the responsibility of white people to end racism. White members of the group strive never to leave that work to people of color. We believe that the work must begin in the hearts and lives of white people. White members of the group hold themselves accountable for their own racist thoughts and actions, and for the times when they remain silent when they witness racism. They work to become reliable allies of people of color. The group supports that process of truth and growth. ORAIIARH members commit to uprooting racism actively, wherever we find it, at home, at work, in our neighborhoods, or at Meeting. In order to uproot racism, we continually have to push ourselves and those we interact with, beyond our comfort zones, by interrupting the patterns of racism. We put the lives of people of color at the center of our work. No member of ORAIIARH will be free until all our members can live in full respect - that is, until racism has been eliminated. Our meetings are an evolving way to help each other live out these values. For us, the work requires continual attention, a lifelong commitment, and the discipline of meeting regularly as a group. In this way, we live out our faith in the ongoing transformation that is possible in the Spirit" (from 5/11/02 statement). Brief List of Resources *"The Color of Fear," an hour and a half video "on the state of race relations in America as seen through the eyes of eight men of various ethnicities" (Stir Fry Seminars & Consulting, 470 Third St., Oakland, CA 94607, 510-419-3930, fax 419-3934). *Colored People, a memoir by Henry Louis Gates, a Harvard University professor & editor of Encyclopedia Encarta Africana *Face to Face: The Changing State of Racism Across America, by James Waller, 1996 *40 Ways to Raise a Nonracist Child, by Barbara Mathias, 1996 *"Implicit Association Test" at http://buster.cs.yale.edu/implicit/measure1.html *It's the Little Things: The Everyday Interactions that Get Under the Skin of Blacks and Whites, by Lena Williams, 2002 *Maggie's American Dream, by James Comer, an educator and psychologist *Once Upon a Time When We Were Colored, by Clifton Taubert *Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for Racial Justice, by Paul Kivel,1996 *While We Run This Race: Confronting the Power of Racism in a Southern Church, 1995, by Nibs Stroupe and Inez Fleming *Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria: A Psychologist Explains the Development of Racial Identity, 1997, by Beverly Daniel Tatum For More Information on ORAIIARH or how to set up a group: Contact Bert Skellie, bertskellie at mindspring.com, 404-378-5883 Some Examples of Racism in the Religious Society of Friends, 1650 - Present 1650 - 1760 (est.) Friends enslaved people 1671 Fox visits Barbados slave-holding Friends (Taylor, p. 7) Late 1600s Sarah Lay finds Friend whipping a runaway slave (Taylor, p. 7) 1650 - 1970 Some Friends & Friends' institutions participate in segregation 1756 "Great Meetinghouse" at 2nd & Market includes separate seating for African Americans (Taylor, p. 11) <1776 Some Friends Meetings prohibit burial of those of African descent (Cadbury, p. 4) 1765-1814 William Bowen (African American) first applies and finally admitted as member to Mount Holly (Cadbury, p. 18) 1781-84 Abigail Franks' (of color) application sent to Yearly Meeting, finally approved 1838 Sarah Mapps Douglass shares her mother's experience of hearing from a Friend that her mother (an African American) should not apply for membership; also writes of her own experience having to sit in a "bench for black people" at Arch Street Meeting (Friends Work, p. 1) ~1840 - 1865 Many Friends read out of meetings for Underground Railroad work (Friends Work, p. 1) 1945 Only 4 of 20 Philadelphia Friends Schools are integrated (Taylor, p. 16) <1950 Friends purchased houses with "restrictive covenants," not allowing houses to be sold to black people (Taylor, p. 19) 1962 Sidwell Friends School still not integrated (Taylor, p. 17) 1963 None of 12 Friends' boarding homes had ever had a black guest (Taylor, p. 21) 1967 (to present?) Some Friends are members of white-only private clubs (Taylor, p. 18) 1970 (to present?) Most Friends live in all-white communities (Taylor, p. 20) 1997-2003 Examples of racist acts in Atlanta: A white man gives a message in Meeting for Worship praising his father's "taking care" of his African American tenants, indicating approval of a patronizing approach. More than once, an African American speaks of racism in a message, and is unofficially "eldered" (more like "attacked") by a white person either through a counter message or directly at close of meeting. A woman of color resigns as youth director because of racism. Whites confuse another woman of color with the woman who resigned. (ORAIIARH) ~2002 Friends school parent gives message during school worship that demeans Rosa Parks (Julye, p. 2) ~2002 Friends of European descent calls Friend of Color by another Friend of Color's name; say "don't see color of .skin" (Friends Work, p. 1) ~2002 Friends still use term "overseer" (Friends Work, p. 3) ~2002 Friends seem to require a person of color to carry a resume', and ask "why are you here?" "I have been here for years, and you act like I am a visitor." Covert racism now; " a person may not want to sit beside me because I might talk of racial things. I can't not talk about racial matters." (Saunders) Sources: Henry Cadbury, "Negro Membership in the Religious Society of Friends," Journal of Negro History, 1936 "Friends Work on Racism," FGC Connections, Spring 2002 Vanessa Julye, "Faithful to God's Leading," Quaker Life, May 2002. ORAIIARH (Our Roles as Individuals in America's Racial History), summary of acts noted in various meetings Deborah Saunders, "My Journey as an African American Quaker," Pendle Hill Lecture, November 18, 2002, video Richard K. Taylor, "Friends and the Racial Crisis," Pendle Hill Pamphlet 172, 1970 Prepared by Bert Skellie for SAYMA workshop 6/7/03 What Would A Non-Racist SAYMA be Like? & How Do We Get There? (work in progress, Bert Skellie 6/4/03) 1. White members and attenders will be working regularly on recognizing and eliminating their own personal racism, working to become reliable allies to people of color. 2. Whites will regularly read books, see videos and listen to tapes which give the experiences of people of color in their own voices. 3. Whites will regularly use queries and other ways of reflecting on racism within their Meetings and within themselves. This will include all committees or groups within each Meeting. 4. People of Color will be truly welcomed, as themselves, to become part of the Quaker community. 5. There will be very few instances of racist actions in Meeting communities. But when such behavior occurs, whites will take the lead in calling attention to the behavior and ensuring that apologies are made. 6. People of Color will feel supported in letting whites know of any racist behavior. 7. Whites will not be defensive when anyone suggests or asserts that behavior is or may be racist; they will, at minimum, reflect on the possibility. They will recognize that someone's pointing out racism can be seen as a gift. In general, they will assume that a behavior is, in fact, racist, regardless of their intent. As appropriate, they will apologize for their behavior, and will work to change. They will use active listening in hearing such criticisms. 8. Whites will use role play, discussions, and any other method in order to be prepared to act during their next encounter with their own, or someone else's racist behavior. 9. Meetinghouses will be located conveniently for people of color. Friends General Conference, New England Yearly Meeting, Pendle Hill and QuakerPages offer resources related to racism among Friends on their web sites. Here are some references: http://www.fgcquaker.org/connect/spring02/1.html http://www.fgcquaker.org/cmr/ http://www.fgcquaker.org/cmr/bibliography.html http://www.fgcquaker.org/library/racism/index.html http://www.neym.org/ministryandcounsel/racism/index.html http://www.quaker.org/ffad/PendleHill.htm http://www.qhpress.org/quakerpages/qwhp/q2ndary.htm Plus a good book: Taking it Personally by Ann Berlak & Sekani Moyenda, 2001. Role Play Exercises for SAYMA Anti-Racism Workshop 6/7/03 Draft (6/4) by Bert Skellie Generally, in small groups, review the sketch of the scene, edit it to come closer to your experience, then act it out once or more. The first run-through will be as written. Next will include intervention against the racist action. Finally, act it with an alternative to the racist action. Follow with discussion of how to improve. I have provided a possible intervention for the first scene. For others, come up with one or more approaches. 1. Greeting at First-Day A person of color who is not known to the white greeter approaches. Greeter says, "can I help you?" (Possible intervention: Second white greeter (or bystander) steps up and says, "welcome," and shakes hands with the person of color. As soon as possible, after person of color properly greeted, second greeter explains racist behavior to first, and asks first greeter to apologize as soon as possible.) 2. White Friend Calls Friend of Color by Name of Another Friend of color enters room, is greeted by wrong name by white Friend. Friend of color tells correct name. White Friend, perplexed, moves away quickly. 3. Racist "Eldering" Just after Meeting for worship, white Friend "elders" Friend of Color for mentioning racism and being "angry" while delivering a message. 4. White Friend Calls White Behavior "Racist" (Continuation of scene #1 above.) First greeter is offended at "being called a racist" (note, only behavior has been called racist), and denies racist behavior. Second greeter backs off. 5. Friend of Color Confides in White Friend A Friend of color lets a white Friends know that he has been treated in a racist way by whites at Meeting. He mentions hearing messages that deny his experience, being mistaken for another man of color, and being asked to be on every committee. White Friend "helps" Friend of Color to see that there are other explanations for each of these actions. (continued) Role Plays (Continued) 6. White Friend Claims not to be Racist A white Friend explains proudly to a group that she has worked in the Civil Rights Movement and continues to support the cause and has always tried to be "color-blind" and fair and equitable to everyone and doesn't have a racist bone in her body. (Drafted by Karen Morris.) Other Exercises for SAYMA Anti-Racism Workshop 6/7/03 Draft (6/4) by Adelaide Solomon-Jordan & Bert Skellie 1. Individually, on paper, define Diversity, Multicultural, Racism 2. If you are not Black, privately write down your first memory of a Black person. How did you feel? Why did you have that feeling? (If African American, answer how you felt the first time you were in an all-white situation.) Next get in triads to discuss these experiences. After each has described his or her experience, share with each other why you felt what you felt. (Should be done in two parts. 1. tell story, 2. feelings.) 3. Read, discuss and raise questions about Bert's draft, "What Would A Non-Racist SAYMA be Like .?" (6/7/03). From reddeanna at charter.net Sun Aug 3 19:49:46 2003 From: reddeanna at charter.net (Red & Deanna) Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2003 18:49:46 -0500 Subject: [saymaListserv] submit letters Message-ID: <001701c35a19$eb7bfec0$98109f18@D714S421> Friends, There is an announcement in the July/August 2003 issue of Fellowship (a magazine of peacemaking published by the Fellowship of Reconciliation) that "Estelle Spike, of the Broward Anti-War Coalition in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, is putting together a book of letters of dissent directed at the current Bush Administration. She is requesting letters written to newspapers, government officials etc., against the war on Iraq, the Patriot Acts, and all other matters of concern. Speeches and essays are also welcome, but please no poetry. If your letter is selected, you will be asked to give your written permission for publication (after any possible editing). Send your letter, together with full name, contact information, hometown, age, and occupation, to Estelle Spike, Box 268164, Weston, FL 33326. E-mail SpikeLMHC at AOL.com Fax: (954) 349-3495." I'm sure a number of you have written such items and thought many of you might be interested in submitting them to this project. Deanna Nipp Cookeville Preparative Meeting -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Hector and Susie Black (Not sure anyone would drive all the way from Memphis --although the berries are durn good!) From pennywright at earthlink.net Thu Aug 14 17:07:26 2003 From: pennywright at earthlink.net (Penelope Wright) Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 16:07:26 -0500 Subject: [saymaListserv] How to get copies of Lloyd Lee Wilson's Plenary Talks Message-ID: <003801c362a8$15932b20$389e50d8@oemcomputer> Dear Friends, please pass the word to those who attended yearly meeting sessions and would like to have copies of Lloyd Lee Wilson's talks there. He sent to following message. Blessings, Penelope Wright Wanted to let you know that the SAYMA lecture text is now issue #3 of the Journal of NCYM-C, available on-line at http://ncymc.org/journal/index.html or in hard copy by sending a request to David Beckett DBECKETT at nc.rr.com . Interested persons may also snail-mail a request for hard copy to NCYM(C) Journal, PO Box 647, Woodland, NC 27897. Although there is not a set price, we are suggesting a donation of $4 per copy to cover our out-of-pocket costs for materials to print the Journal and the cost of mailing. Donations may be made payable to NCYM(C) at the above address. Thanks.Lloyd Lee Wilson, Registrar Chowan College 200 Jones Drive, Murfreesboro, NC 27855 252-398-6280 Fax 252-398-1190 . -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sharonannis at comcast.net Fri Aug 15 09:50:09 2003 From: sharonannis at comcast.net (Sharon Annis) Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 09:50:09 -0400 Subject: [saymaListserv] SAYMA Office off line temp Message-ID: <001601c36334$26b5be40$6b46fea9@oakrdg01.tn.comcast.net> Dear Friends The SAYMA office computer is under the weather and not responding to emails or producing information. We have it under the care of a techy and hope for the best. In the mean time please contact the Clerk (me) and I will attempt to help with you questions. Reminder: the Fall representative meeting is 9/6/03 in Columbia SC. Information will arrive via US Post WE WILL NOT have regular committee meetings on Fri Night. If there is a major need to have a meeting please let me know ASAP as we will have to find space in someone's home. There will be regular time during the morning session. ALSO, If you Meeting does not have a contact currently on this site please see if you can find a volunteer to share information and monitor the site for your Meeting. Thank you Blessings Sharon Annis sharonannis at comcast.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From CIsland at aol.com Tue Aug 19 10:59:30 2003 From: CIsland at aol.com (CIsland at aol.com) Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 10:59:30 EDT Subject: [saymaListserv] Campaign of deception Message-ID: <19e.18fc037d.2c739552@aol.com> Friends, What follows is neither cynicism, extremism, urban legend nor a fantasy. It is rather cold, hard, fully documented fact that power and money grubbing Republicans are running a coldly calculated plan intended to deceive voters into believing they sincerely care about protecting our natural environment, while all the while they are destructively, intentionally exploiting it for their own gain. Remember their reason for bothering to try to convince the electorate they are pro-environmnet is the polls show the great majority of Americans themselves care strongly for preservation of the natural world, our home. Very many Republicans want to be elected to positions of political power and do not mind deception as a means to garnering votes. Bill Reynolds, Chattanooga Meeting "COACHING REPUBLlCANS TO SOUND GOOD ON THE ENVIRONMENT" The chief architect of Newt Gingrich's Contract with America is at it again. This time pollster Frank Luntz is advising Republicans how to sound good, but not how to be good, on the environment. Luntz has dedicated 16 pages in his message book "Straight Talk," to the environment, which Luntz calls "the single issue on which Republicans" in general -- and President Bush in particular -- are most vulnerable." The New York Times explained, "Luntz's remedy is not to change the policy, but to dress it up in warm and fuzzy words." Republicans began this strategy last fall, when candidates who wouldn't normally campaign on their environmental records, like New Hampshire Senate hopeful John Sununu and Colorado Senator Wayne Allard, did. Their campaigns publicized their one or two good environmental votes and ignored their true record of anti-environmental votes in Congress. Luntz's goal is to shatter the "caricature" that the Republicans are in the pockets of corporate fat cats and sinister companies that "pollute America for fun and profit." In order to cloud the "prism of suspicion" with which voters view Republican lawmakers, Luntz advises them to: Assure a skeptical public that you care, "tell personal stories" that illustrate your connectedness to the environment. Use language that reassures the public, like "preserve," "protect,'" "safer," "Cleaner," and "healthier." Say you are seeking a fair "balance" between the environment and economy. Talk about ways to improve the environment in the future. (Bush's hydrogen car initiative is an example: Here's a solution to oil dependency that won't kick in for 16 years so we don't have to tackle it now. ) Champion national parks and forests. Claim that there is scientific uncertainty even when the evidence shows otherwise, as is the case with global warming. (Excerpts from 'Scripting to Deceive, Coaching Republicans to Sound Good on the Environment,' by John Byrne Barry 04/11/2003 ADAPTED FROM A SIERRA CLUB PRESENTATION BY MARGARET CONWAY AND KIM HADDOW. Published in the Tennes-Sierran, the monthly newsletter of the Tennessee Chapter of the Sierra Club, v. 34, no. 8, August, 2003) FOR A FULL ANALYSIS, GO TO WWW.SIERRACLUB.ORG/LUNTZ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bright_crow at mindspring.com Mon Aug 25 11:11:16 2003 From: bright_crow at mindspring.com (bright_crow at mindspring.com) Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 11:11:16 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saymaListserv] FWD: Unmediated voices from Iraq Message-ID: <3198991.1061824278411.JavaMail.nobody@wamui03.slb.atl.earthlink.net> Friends, This is from the Clerk of Miami (FL) Friends Meeting, and well worth sharing. I urge you to visit the weblogs of these young Iraqis. Be sure to check out their links to other Iraqi sites. Blessed Be, Michael. From: "Warren Hoskins" Reply-To: wisewarren at highstream.net Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 7:30PM Subject: Unmediated voices from Iraq In Iraq, there are a couple of young people who post on the internet almost daily, via "blogs," or internet logs. This is unmediated word from inside Baghdad, and I found the insights and sharing so important, I wanted you all to have the chance to read them too. First is http://riverbendblog.blogspot.com, which is described as "Girl Blog from Iraq... let's talk war, politics and occupation." And linked to her blog is http://dearraed.blogspot.com, "*with new BILINGUAL flavour* ie. sorry about those wierd characters, but you really should have installed that Arabic OS" -- both are wistfully humorous in a very, very dark way. Those of us who lived through Hurricane Andrew and a few weeks of no phones or electricity or fresh running water, and with the occasional looter break-in in the area, have a tiny idea what living in Baghdad must be like for these young folks. Peace, Warren Warren Hoskins, Clerk, Miami Friends Meeting Home: 12040 S.W. 187 St., Miami, FL 33177-3233 Home Telephone: (305) 253-2635 [forwards to cell phone so is usually answered] Reply to wisewarren at highstream.net [This is an attempt to control the flow into this Hotmail e-mail account--the wisewarren address is my new home e-mail account] http://miamifriends.org http://www.seym.org NEW State peace and social concerns page: http://www.seympeace.org http://www.QuakerFinder.org A great way to find a Friendly face wherever you go, and http://miamiforpeace.org Newly beautified, links to statewide peace efforts. From moriah at preferred.com Mon Aug 25 23:33:26 2003 From: moriah at preferred.com (Mary Calhoun) Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 22:33:26 -0500 Subject: [saymaListserv] IMP^o^ 159 "green" travel to Rep Mtg Message-ID: <01a901c36b88$33a6ce80$b872fea9@Mary> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IMP ^o^ Bulletin 159 Earth-Friendly Travel to... ...Fall Rep Meeting in Columbia SC ----------------------------------------------- contact Bill Reynolds ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (a standing offer from Bill Reynolds, Chattanooga FM, member of SAYMA Ecological Concerns Network ) <|> Please :o) share with your meeting or worship group. <|> "I have volunteered to coordinate car-pooling for our trips to the September 6 Representative Meeting at Columbia SC in order to minimize the aggregate environmental damage from our vehicle emissions as we travel. <|> "If you are planning to go to the meeting and do not already have arrangements for traveling in a vehicle that will be filled to capacity, please let me know. <|> "And, if you have a vehicle making the trip, let me know a) how many spaces are available b) where you will be leaving from c) when you expect to depart <|> "If you seek to 'hitch a ride,' please let me know a) where you will be leaving from b) when you expect to depart c) how many you are <|> "Thanks, Bill Reynolds" (Chattanooga FM) cisland at aol.com 423/ 624-6821 ~~~~~~ end ^o^ ~~~~~~ 1stpost 082503 ~~~~~~ _______________________________________ IMP ^o^ ... 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You can also subscribe on the web at http://kitenet.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sayma. ------------------------------------------------------ From moriah at preferred.com Mon Aug 25 23:34:25 2003 From: moriah at preferred.com (Mary Calhoun) Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 22:34:25 -0500 Subject: [saymaListserv] IMP^o^ 157 Rep Mtg ...mailbox near you! Message-ID: <01aa01c36b88$34bafda0$b872fea9@Mary> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IMP ^o^ Bulletin 157 Coming to a mailbox near you! Rep Meeting registration packets for -- ............................................................................ -- Sept 6th, 2003, hosted by Columbia (SC) FM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ <|> Registration packets for have been mailed to the f/Friends listed below for the September 6th Fall Rep Meeting in Columbia SC. (Main session: 9:00 am Eastern) <|> Please register by August 28; you may register by mail, phone or e-mail. Anyone can participate in Representative Meetings; those attending represent the Yearly Meeting. Each meeting is encouraged to send someone. The persons to register with are: <|> Sallie Prugh (mail or phone) 3122 Monroe St, Columbia SC 29205 803-254-0626 <|> Gerald Rudolph (e-mail) geraldrudolph at clarity-dev.com <|> Please see IMP^o^ 158 to find out what information to supply by e-mail or phone in order to register. <|> You'll need to see a packet even if you register electronically (it contains directions, map, agendas, and other important information). If you aren't on the list below, please contact -- -- one of the other people listed (4 people can register on one form), or ... -- the SAYMA office AdminAsst at sayma.org 276-628-5852 <|> *** If you're interested in "green" travel (car-pooling) to Rep Mtg, please contact Bill Reynolds, cisland at aol.com. *** <|> If you should have been among the names below, and aren't, please let the SAYMA office know. Packets have been sent to f/Friends listed in the office as -- -- clerks/contacts for their meetings/worship groups -- SAYMA representatives from meetings/worship groups -- members of SAYMA Ministry & Nurture and Yearly Meeting Planning Committees -- clerks of SAYMA committees -- SAYMA Clerks and Treasurer -- SAYMA's representatives to wider Quaker organizations -- SAF editors -- SAYF Admin Asst <|> If you're named below and don't need to be, please let the office know that too! <|> Mailed to, in meeting order... Michael Allison . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anneewakee Creek Free Polazzo . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anneewakee Creek Barbara Esther . . . . . . . . . . . . . Asheville Margaret Farmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . Asheville Lauren Mitchell . . . . . . . . . . . . . Asheville George Oldham . . . . . . . . . . . . . Asheville Evan Richardson . . . . . . . . . . . . . Asheville Betsey Collins . . . . . . . . . . . . . Athens Ellen Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . Athens Janice Pulliam . . . . . . . . . . . . . Athens Deb Weiler . . . . . . . . . . . . . Athens Kathy Burke . . . . . . . . . . . . . Atlanta Susan Cozzens . . . . . . . . . . . . . Atlanta Priscilla Ewen . . . . . . . . . . . . . Atlanta Kathy Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . Atlanta Joe Taylor . . . . . . . . . . . . . Atlanta Perry Treadwell . . . . . . . . . . . . . Atlanta Tom Brawner . . . . . . . . . . . . . Auburn Louise Harmon . . . . . . . . . . . . . Berea Therese Hildebrand . . . . . . . . . . . . . Berea Carol Lamm . . . . . . . . . . . . . Berea Tim Lamm . . . . . . . . . . . . . Berea Beth Myers . . . . . . . . . . . . . Berea Jim Flege . . . . . . . . . . . . . Birmingham Mark Gooch . . . . . . . . . . . . . Birmingham Connie LaMonte . . . . . . . . . . . . . Birmingham John Geary . . . . . . . . . . . . . Boone Kathy Staley . . . . . . . . . . . . . Boone Bob French . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brevard Lee Scott . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brevard Joyce Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . Celo Frederick Martin . . . . . . . . . . . . . Celo Bob McGahey . . . . . . . . . . . . . Celo Geeta McGahey . . . . . . . . . . . . . Celo Colin Sugioka . . . . . . . . . . . . . Celo Rachel Weir . . . . . . . . . . . . . Celo Ray Lewis . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charleston Steve Mininger . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charleston Charles Schade . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charleston Nancy Beecher . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chattanooga Becky Ingle . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chattanooga Larry Ingle . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chattanooga Bill Reynolds . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chattanooga Peggy Bonnington . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clarksville Nancy Winfrey . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clemson John Spraker . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cleveland Stan Spraker . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cleveland Sallie Prugh . . . . . . . . . . . . . Columbia Julia Sibley-Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . Columbia Alice Wald . . . . . . . . . . . . . Columbia Annie Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cookeville Hector Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cookeville Hazel Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cookeville Deanna Nipp . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cookeville Gladys Draudt . . . . . . . . . . . . . Crossville Dennis Gregg . . . . . . . . . . . . . Crossville Mary Calhoun . . . . . . . . . . . . . Foxfire Beth Keiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . Foxfire Bob Keiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . Foxfire Edith Patrick . . . . . . . . . . . . . Foxfire Christopher Berg . . . . . . . . . . . . . Greenville Norman Goerlich . . . . . . . . . . . . . Greenville Judy Guerry . . . . . . . . . . . . . Huntsville David Ciscel . . . . . . . . . . . . . Memphis Kristi Estes . . . . . . . . . . . . . Memphis Debra Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . Memphis Ron McDonald . . . . . . . . . . . . . Memphis Wib Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . Murfreesboro Dick Houghton . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nashville Kit Potter . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nashville Geoffrey Pratt . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nashville Joyce Rouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nashville Penelope Wright . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nashville Kim Carlyle . . . . . . . . . . . . . New Moon Susan Carlyle . . . . . . . . . . . . . New Moon Nan Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oxford Daryl Bergquist . . . . . . . . . . . . . Royal Jane Price . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sevier County Lyn Hutchinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sewanee Suzanne Gernandt . . . . . . . . . . . . . Swannanoa Valley Kathryn Parke . . . . . . . . . . . . . Swannanoa Valley Bob Welsh . . . . . . . . . . . . . Swannanoa Valley Sharon Annis . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Knoxville Barbara Conant . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Knoxville Lee Hoefer . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Knoxville Missy Ivie . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Knoxville Turtle MacDermott . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Knoxville Carol Nickle . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Knoxville Lee Ann Swarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Knoxville ~~~~~~ end ^o^ ~~~~~~ postdate 082503 ~~~~~~ _____________________________ IMP ^o^ ... "Information Made Present" is a bulletin service of the SAYMA office to provide practical details to our geographically-challenged Yearly Meeting via our free list-server: semi-official information, bulletins that you can print, post, announce, publish, or pass around. Please address questions, corrections, and additions to AdminAsst at sayma.org, or 276-628-5852 (machine; in-person Tu/Th 5-7:30p). Thank you! ^o^ ----------------------------------------------------- To receive IMP^o^ bulletins, 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. ------------------------------------------------------ From moriah at preferred.com Tue Aug 26 00:05:06 2003 From: moriah at preferred.com (Mary Calhoun) Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 23:05:06 -0500 Subject: [saymaListserv] IMP^o^ 158 Rep Meeting "e-registration" Message-ID: <01ab01c36b88$36463180$b872fea9@Mary> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IMP ^o^ Bulletin 158 Information needed to register electronically for Fall Rep Meeting ... .......................................................... but you still need to see a registration packet! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ <|> You can register by phone or e-mail for the Fall Rep Meeting scheduled for Sept 6th in Columbia SC. (Main session: 10:00 am Eastern time) <|> Please register by August 28. Everyone coming must be registered. The people to register with are: <|> Sallie Prugh -- 803-254-0626 <|> Gerald Rudolph -- geraldrudolph at clarity-dev.com <|> You will need to see a registration packet even if you register by e-mail or phone; it contains maps, directions, agenda, and other important information. <|> If you don't have a packet, please -- -- check IMP^o^ 157, to see if one was mailed to you, or ... -- contact a person who was listed in IMP 157, or ... -- contact your meeting clerk, or ... -- contact the SAYMA office at 540-628-5852, AdminAsst at sayma.org <|> Meanwhile, IMP^o^ bulletin 157 will give you partial information. <|> Info needed for Rep Meeting registration: 1. If you need childcare please notify Sallie Prugh right away (contact info below). Childcare is very limited. 2. Your name and address 3. Purpose for attending: (a) Rep Meeting, M&N, Yearly Mtg Planning, other (b) child; please give name(s), age(s) and special needs of child(ren) requiring care. 4. Year your term ends (if it's an appointment that brings you to Rep Meeting) 5. Meeting or Worship Group name 6. Your contact info: area code + phone number (& e-mail address if you have one). If giving both, please indicate the preferred means of communication 7. Hospitality needed (place to sleep & light breakfast provided by local f/Friend): (a) Please indicate people who can share a room... (b) ...& those who can share a bed. (c) Friday night for (#) ____ people. Expected time of arrival: ______ (d) Saturday night for (#) ____ people. Expected time of arrival: ____ (e) Please say who is arriving when, if the folks above are not all traveling together. (f) Any special needs? (Vegetarian, vegan, special diet, house without stairs, hills, wood smoke, pets, or a child-proof house, etc. ...?) 8. If you ask for hospitality, and your request hasn't been acknowledged by Sept 2nd, you can contact Sallie Prugh (803-254-0626) if you want reassurance. 9. Cancellation: after registering, if you are unable to attend for any reason, please notify Sallie Prugh as soon as possible at 803-254-0626. ~~~~~~ end ^o^ ~~~~~~ postdate 082503 ~~~~~~ ________________________________ IMP ^o^ ... "Information Made Present" is a bulletin service of the SAYMA office to provide practical details to our geographically-challenged Yearly Meeting via our free list-server: semi-official information, bulletins that you can print, post, announce, publish, or pass around. Please address questions, corrections and additions to AdminAsst at sayma.org, or 276-628-5852 (machine; in-person Tu/Th 5-7:30p). Thank you! ^o^ ----------------------------------------------------- To receive IMP^o^ bulletins, 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. ------------------------------------------------------ From bright_crow at mindspring.com Thu Aug 28 12:47:26 2003 From: bright_crow at mindspring.com (bright_crow at mindspring.com) Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 12:47:26 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saymaListserv] Fw: HIV/AIDS Inmates in Alabama Message-ID: <761117.1062089249381.JavaMail.nobody@wamui01.slb.atl.earthlink.net> Friends, I recently became web clerk for the Peace & Social Concerns Committee of Southeastern Yearly Meeting (SEYM)at http://seympeace.org . I have just added to that site what I consider to be an important report and news release on Alabama's poor treatment of its HIV/AIDS infected inmates. You will find the item in the "Topics of Concern" section under "HIV/AIDS and Prison." It links to Lisa Zahren's personal testimony and to the news release of the Southern Center for Human Rights in Georgia. I know from my professional experience as an HIV/AIDS counselor back in the late 1990's in the SC prison system that Alabama was reputedly one of the worst in the nation in its treatment of these people. Please share this information with others. Thanks, Mike Shell.