Category Archives: Peace and Social Concerns

The Peace and Social Concerns Committee identifies some specific service projects that promote greater peace and social justice in the community. The committee looks for service opportunities that can involve the whole Meeting and ways to support those who have individual leadings. The committee explores ways to promote peaceful means of resolving conflicts as well.

Peace Day – Sunday, Sept 21 – Meditation and Mindfulness as a Path to Peace!

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September 21st was set aside as the International Day of Peace by the United Nations in 2002. The assembly declared that the day should be observed as a day of global ceasefire and non-violence.

What: Patapsco Friends Meeting will offer sessions about meditation, mantras, mindfulness and how they relate to community and world peace.

When: Sept 21 2014, 1:15 PM to 4:15 PM

Where: Hebron House, 2331 Calvin Circle, Ellicott City, MD 21043

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Peace One Day is the dream of a British filmmaker, Jeremy Gilley, who proposed in 1998 that we set aside one day a year — Sept. 21 — as a ceasefire from all warfare and violence across the globe. He won the endorsement of the UN just four days before the attacks on New York on Sept. 11, 2001, and he has been working every since to make this idea of ceasefire a reality.

To see the film free online, select this link and then select ‘The Day After Peace’

July 27, 2014 – Maryland CURE and Prison Reform

On July 27, Lea Green, president of Maryland-CURE
(Citizens United for the Rehabilitation of Errants), and 3 other representatives visited Patapsco Friends.

After Meeting, Lea spoke about the mission of CURE, and how Maryland CURE is working with other organizations, including the Greater Annapolis Interfaith Network (GAIN), to lobby the Maryland legislature for prison reform.

Maryland CURE is a state chapter of International CURE, an organization dedicated to reducing crime through reform of the criminal justice system since 1972. CURE is the oldest and largest prison reform organization in the United States.

5/18/2014 at 12:15 pm – Cooking for Peace

Please join us for a Cooking Workshop
in support of The Holistic Life Foundation, a Baltimore based 501(c)3 non-profit organization committed to nurturing the wellness of children and adults in underserved (at risk) communities through the practice of yoga, mindfulness and self-care.”

-For more info on HLF watch the TED Talk “So what are we gonna to do about it?”

We’ll be delighting in Raw and Cooked vegan dishes and focusing on Eating for Healing with Anti-Inflammatory Foods.    We will sample:

Raw Everything Bagels with Cashew Cream Cheese; Raw Coconut Curry Soup
Raw Cultured Vegetable Salad; Raw Jicama/Pineapple Salsa
Gluten Free Raw Spaghetti with No-mato Sauce
Shepherd’s Pie with mashed No-tatoes and Smokey Lentils
Raw Mango Chia Pudding w/ fresh berries; Raw Cherry-Almond Cobbler
Raw Chocolate Surprise
Donations to The Holistic Life Foundation will be greatly appreciated.
(suggested donation $25 or more, as you are led)
* An RSVP must be received to reserve your space at this workshop *
Questions? Please email Bethanne at [email protected]
For more information, check the blog @ www.rawbitesandvegandelights.blogspot.com

4/28/2013, Noon – 3 pm A Springtime Cooking for Peace Workshop

Bethanne led another Cooking for Peace workshop, this one to benefit The Samaritan Women.  This organization, located in Baltimore, “serves women of trauma and trafficking, to help them realize the full life that God has planned for their lives.” Amanda Grant, community coordinator for the Samaritan Women, told us that rescuing victims of human trafficking is the easy part. The challenge is to help them break free from their pimp’s chains and transition to freedom and new life.The Samaritan Women

Bethanne showed the 38 participants how to prepare raw-vegan and vegan (but not raw) foods. And we enjoyed tasting each dish! Continue reading 4/28/2013, Noon – 3 pm A Springtime Cooking for Peace Workshop