From emilys at fgcquaker.org Fri Dec 1 14:39:47 2006 From: emilys at fgcquaker.org (Emily Stewart) Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 13:39:47 -0500 Subject: [saymaListserv] Community Building for Young Adult Friends Message-ID: <013c01c71578$142004d0$a401a8c0@fgcquaker.prv> Dear Friends, We would love for all SAYMA Young Adult Friends to attend this gathering! If you could let Friends in your meetings know about it and encourage them to get more information from the website (www.quakeryouth.org), we would really appreciate it. I also attached a flier if you want to hang it up in your meeting. Thanks again! In peace, Emily Stewart (FGC Youth Ministries Coordinator) Young Adult Friends: Let's Build Community! A BIG gathering of Young Adult Friends from across the country Young Adult Friends (ages 18 to 35) are invited to Burlington, New Jersey for a weekend gathering February 16 to 18. We will build connections, share information about supportive communities that already exist, and create programs for on-going nurture and support for Young Adult Friends' communities within the Society of Friends. This gathering is organized by youth workers from Friends General Conference, Pendle Hill and Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. For more information, visit www.quakeryouth.org or check-in with one of us (contact information below). Spread the word! In Peace, Emily Stewart, Youth Ministries Coordinator, Friends General Conference emilys at fgcquaker.org; 215-561-1700 Lauren Baumann, Young Adult Friends Coordinator, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting laurenb at pym.org; 215-241-7075 Blake Lipsett, Program Director: Young Adult Leadership Development & SASW, Pendle Hill blipsett at pendlehill.org; (800) 742-3150 ext. 160 and (610) 566-4507 Emily Stewart Youth Ministries Coordinator Interim Conference Associate www.Quakeryouth.org FRIENDS GENERAL CONFERENCE 1216 Arch St., Suite 2B, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA Phone: (215) 561-1700, Fax: (215) 561-0759 Web: www.fgcquaker.org / mailto:emilys at fgcquaker.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Thanks, Mike From bright_crow at mindspring.com Wed Dec 6 10:34:27 2006 From: bright_crow at mindspring.com (Mike Shell) Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2006 09:34:27 -0500 (GMT-05:00) Subject: [saymaListserv] New links: SEYMpeace.org Message-ID: <7076415.1165415667772.JavaMail.root@mswamui-thinleaf.atl.sa.earthlink.net> Friends, I've just added some important new links to Southeastern Yearly Meeting's Peace & Social Concerns home page: http://seympeace.org/#newlinks Please take a look. In addition, last night I heard an interview on "All Things Considered" and wanted to recommend that Friends visit the NPR site to learn more: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6582381 "In the Moment of Greatest Calamity" - NPR's Melissa Block interviews author Susan Hirsh -- Her book details her struggles to come to terms with the prosecution of the 1998 Dar es Salaam embassy bombers, the trial's shortcomings, and her own search for justice as a victim -- She believes strongly in confronting terrorism through the legal system, but also worries about the fairness of the trials. Blessed Be, Michael From bright_crow at mindspring.com Thu Dec 7 13:02:54 2006 From: bright_crow at mindspring.com (Mike Shell) Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2006 12:02:54 -0500 (GMT-05:00) Subject: [saymaListserv] International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) Message-ID: <27552117.1165510975273.JavaMail.root@mswamui-swiss.atl.sa.earthlink.net> Friends, You might want to take a look at this website: http://www.ictj.org/en/index.html I just learned about this organization today through Librarians' Internet Index http://www.ictj.org/en/index.html Their About text says, in part: "The International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) assists countries pursuing accountability for past mass atrocity or human rights abuse. The Center works in societies emerging from repressive rule or armed conflict, as well as in established democracies where historical injustices or systemic abuse remain unresolved." Thanks, Mike From Quakerkristi at aol.com Sun Dec 10 21:39:27 2006 From: Quakerkristi at aol.com (Quakerkristi at aol.com) Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2006 20:39:27 EST Subject: [saymaListserv] forgiveness Message-ID: Forwarded from Baltimore YM from an interview with CPT members Friends, James and Harmeet were interviewed this morning by Amy Goodman on the show Democracy Now. The interview can be heard/watched here: http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/12/08/158225 > CPTnet > 8 December 2006 > > UNITED KINGDOM: Statement by Norman Kember, James > Loney, and > Harmeet Singh Sooden regarding the prosecution of > their kidnappers > > [Note: Norman Kember, Harmeet Singh Sooden and CPTer > James Loney delivered the following statement at a > press conference today in London at 10:30 a.m. GMT] > > > We three, members of a Christian Peacemaker Teams > (CPT) delegation to Iraq, were kidnapped on November > 26, 2005 and held for 118 days before being freed by > British and American forces on March 23, 2006. Our > friend and colleague, Tom Fox, an American citizen > and full-time member of the CPT team working in > Baghdad at the time, was kidnapped with us and > murdered on March 9, 2006. We are immensely sad that > he is not sitting with us here today. > > On behalf of our families and CPT, we thank you for > attending this press > conference today. > > It was on this day a year ago that our captors > threatened to execute us > unless their demands were met. This ultimatum, > unknown to us at the time, was a source of extreme > distress for our families, friends and colleagues. > > The deadline was extended by two days to December > 10, which is International Human Rights Day. On > this day, people all over the world will commemorate > the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human > Rights by the UN General Assembly in 1948 by > speaking out for all those whose human dignity is > being violated by torture, arbitrary imprisonment, > poverty, racism, oppression or war. > > We understand a number of men alleged to be our > captors have been > apprehended, charged with kidnapping, and are facing > trial in the Central Criminal Court of Iraq. We > have been asked by the police in our respective > countries to testify in the trial. After much > reflection upon our > traditions, both Sikh and Christian, we are issuing > this statement today. > > We unconditionally forgive our captors for abducting > and holding us. We > have no desire to punish them. Punishment can never > restore what was taken from us. > > What our captors did was wrong. They caused us, our > families and our > friends great suffering. Yet, we bear no malice > towards them and have no wish for retribution. > Should those who have been charged with holding us > hostage be brought to trial and convicted, we ask > that they be granted all possible leniency. We > categorically lay aside any rights we may have over > them. > > In our view, the catastrophic levels of violence and > the lack of effective > protection of human rights in Iraq is inextricably > linked to the US-led > invasion and occupation. As for many others, the > actions of our kidnappers were part of a cycle of > violence they themselves experienced. While this is > no way justifies what the men charged with our > kidnapping are alleged to have done, we feel this > must be considered in any potential judgment. > > Forgiveness is an essential part of Sikh, Christian > and Muslim teaching. > Guru Nanak Dev Ji, the first of the Sikh Gurus said, > "'Forgiveness' is my > mother..." and, "Where there is forgiveness, there > is God." Jesus said, > "For if you forgive those who sin against you, your > heavenly Father will > also forgive you." And of Prophet Mohammed (Peace > Be Upon Him) it is told that once, while preaching > in the city of Ta'if, he was abused, stoned and > driven out of the city. An angel appeared to him > and offered to crush the city between the two > surrounding mountains if he ordered him to do so, > whereupon the prophet (or Mohammed PBUH) said, "No. > Maybe from them or their offspring will come good > deeds." > > Through the power of forgiveness, it is our hope > that good deeds will come from the lives of our > captors, and that we will all learn to reject the > use of violence. We believe those who use violence > against others are > themselves harmed by the use of violence. > > Kidnapping is a capital offence in Iraq and we > understand that some of our captors could be > sentenced to death. The death penalty is an > irrevocable judgment. It erases all possibility > that those who have harmed others, even seriously, > can yet turn to good. We categorically oppose the > death penalty. > > By this commitment to forgiveness, we hope to plant > a seed that one day will bear the fruits of healing > and reconciliation for us, our captors, the > peoples of Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, > the United States, and most of all, Iraq. We look > forward to the day when the Universal Declaration of > Human Rights is respected by all the world's people. > > > Harmeet Singh Sooden, Norman Kember, James Loney > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bright_crow at mindspring.com Sun Dec 17 22:56:14 2006 From: bright_crow at mindspring.com (Mike Shell) Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2006 21:56:14 -0500 (GMT-05:00) Subject: [saymaListserv] Bah, Ho Ho Ho: or, Christmas by any other name???. Message-ID: <1699527.1166410575147.JavaMail.root@mswamui-andean.atl.sa.earthlink.net> Friends, Despite the grumpy Walhydra-ish title, this is my heartfelt Christmas greeting to you: http://walhydra.blogspot.com/ Blessed Be, Michael From earthsteward at urisp.net Mon Dec 11 20:50:31 2006 From: earthsteward at urisp.net (Daryl Bergquist) Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 18:50:31 -0600 Subject: [saymaListserv] energy article from Discover magazine Message-ID: <457DFCD7.9080205@urisp.net> Dear friends, A month or so ago, I received a call from a reporter for from Discover magazine which resulted in my inclusion in the article excerpted below. It is not 100% accurate, but media coverage never is. The basic message of this article is that the world's energy production and use is undergoing significant change, and that renewable energy is becoming mainstream. The entire article can be found at http://members.aol.com/leanan7/alt-en.htm Daryl Bergquist Earth Steward Solar Consulting 442 Red Maple Road, Blountsville, AL 35031 earthsteward at urisp.net (205) 429-3088 NABCEP Certified Solar PV Installer AET Certified Solar Hot Water Installer p.s. I am sending this out to my entire email list, so I apologize if it is not appropriate. Doing this will also allow me to clean up expired email addresses. p.p.s. I am working with a group to promote energy efficiency and renewable energy legislation in Alabama. Please let me know if you would like to be included in this process. /------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Discover/ picked this as #1 on their list of the top 100 science stories of 2006: How To Live the Good Life Without Oil * The unnervingly high price of oil - along with the increasingly intensive drilling to get it - has suddenly pushed renewable power squarely into the mainstream. * By Eli Kintisch DISCOVER Vol. 28 No. 01 | January 2007 | Technology (paragraph below excerpted from middle of article) Another stalwart renewable source-solar power-is finally gaining traction as prices of solar panels and water heaters have decreased and environmental concerns have grown. In 2006 California installed enough new photovoltaic capacity to power roughly 20,000 homes. The sun craze has spread nationwide too. For decades, 56-year-old builder Daryl Bergquist of Royal, Alabama, installed the occasional solar panel as a side job. Now he is consulting with green-minded homeowners and supervising solar installation crews full time. "The past year and a half has been the first where this is my main source of income," he says. Driving demand, he says, are high energy costs and individuals "realizing that global warming is real." -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From adminasst at sayma.org Fri Dec 22 12:23:22 2006 From: adminasst at sayma.org (Liz Perch, SAYMA Admin Assistant) Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 11:23:22 -0500 Subject: [saymaListserv] Changes to the listseve coming soon! Message-ID: <005001c725e5$8079e880$6401a8c0@user593e769826> As of January 3, 2007, SAYMA will be maintaining three listservs. Everyone subscribed to the current Southern Appalachian Yearly Meeting and Association's e-mail list-server will be automatically subscribed to the new listservs. All subscribers will receive an email explaining how to unsubscribe if they so desire, and how manage their subscriptions. As of January 4, 2007, the original SAYMA listserv will be disabled. Archives will be available at http://kitenet.net/pipermail/sayma/ The new listservs: A. SAYMA Important Bulletin Service - This listserv will post the YM's Administrative Office bulletins specifically and exclusively about the business and work of SAYMA. Only the office administrator will post to this listserv. Friends may submit items of YM business and work to the Administrative Assistant for posting. You may subscribe to this listserv at http://kitenet.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sayma-bulletin. Meeting representatives, persons of responsibility, and meeting clerks are strongly urged to subscribe, so as to be kept in the loop of important SAYMA business. B. SAYMA: General Interests Announcements - This listserv is for all subscribers to post announcements about events, information, opinion and information about action opportunities related to Friends' concerns. Appropriate responses to announcements on this listserv are supposed to limited to questions of clarification about details, planning information such as time, place, topic and contact information. For information on how to subscribe, unsubscribe, or post messages, go to http://kitenet.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sayma-announce C. SAYMA Discussion "This list is for the SAYMA community to discuss general issues of concern to Quakers." For information on how to subscribe, unsubscribe, or post messages, go to http://kitenet.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sayma-discuss Wishing you all the best in this season of peace, LIZ Liz Perch SAYMA Administrative Assistant 330 Goebel Avenue Savannah, GA 31404 215 808 6537 (cell and voicemail) adminasst at sayma.org From adminasst at sayma.org Tue Dec 26 20:32:12 2006 From: adminasst at sayma.org (Liz Perch, SAYMA Admin Assistant) Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2006 19:32:12 -0500 Subject: [saymaListserv] Internship Opportunity Announced Message-ID: <004c01c7294e$751ef720$6401a8c0@user593e769826> Dear Friends; Ben Lomond Quaker Center is pleased to offer an internship opportunity for an individual who is led to service with Friends and who aspires to learn about nonprofit management and conference center operations. The intern works and lives in a beautiful rural setting dedicated to social justice and spiritual growth. The attached announcement provides details about the internship. Interested individuals should visit Quaker Center's website, www.quakercenter.org for details and application materials. We will also be happy to respond to telephone inquiries at (831) 336 8333, and we welcome visits from potential intern candidates. We request that you forward this announcement to the monthly and quarterly meetings in your yearly meeting. Also, if you know of any individuals who you feel would benefit from this internship we ask that you inform them about this opportunity. One of Quaker Center's goals is to develop future Quaker leaders, and our internship program is a component of this goal. We believe that this is a very special opportunity for the right individual, and we hope that you will be able to help Quaker Center and that individual find each other. In peace Gretta and Jacob Stone, Co-Directors -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bright_crow at mindspring.com Thu Dec 28 10:12:55 2006 From: bright_crow at mindspring.com (Mike Shell) Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 09:12:55 -0500 (GMT-05:00) Subject: [saymaListserv] US involvement in Ethiopia's attacks in Somalia Message-ID: <20377627.1167315175585.JavaMail.root@mswamui-backed.atl.sa.earthlink.net> Friends, As part of Southeastern Yearly Meeting's website for Peace and Social Concerns, we post the weekly "St. Pete for Peace Update." Occasionally they include a commentary on key global issues. In encourage you to read and share the December 27th commentary on the war in Somalia at http://seympeace.org/StPete-Commentaries.htm Blessed Be, Michael From freepolazzo at comcast.net Sat Dec 30 10:17:26 2006 From: freepolazzo at comcast.net (Free Polazzo) Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2006 09:17:26 -0500 Subject: [saymaListserv] Action to end torture by USA on Jan 11th : Can your Meeting Endorse it? Message-ID: <7.0.1.0.2.20061230090054.0263f158@comcast.net> Dear SAYMA Friends, I just found out that there is a national effort being organized to publicize the fact that the USA is still torturing people in this "war on terror" happening on Jan 11, 2007 and to call for a stop to it. Only organizations are being listed as sponsor and endorsers and I read the list looking for Friends' involvement and couldn't find even one! . :-[ My MM doesn't have a business meeting until after the scheduled event happens. Perhaps your MM will be meeting before then and can find unity to support this action. If so, could you also consider being listed as part of this peace work. I pray way opens for some Quaker group to be identified as supporting the work to end torture. http://www.witnesstorture.org/node/420#endorsers_list Holding us all in the light as we work to remove violence as an option to solving disputes. Blessings, Free Polazzo Atlanta Friends Meeting Anneewakee Creek Friends Worship Group