A young Howard County student and attender of our meeting will give a presentation after simple meal at noon on the United World College, which delivers “a challenging and transformative educational experience to a diverse cross section of students, inspiring them to create a more peaceful and sustainable future” (reflecting values very consistent with Quaker values).  Click here for a brief introduction.  This is part of UWC Day – an annual celebration of UWC’s values worldwide.  Also, check out this article from the New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/15/magazine/the-boy-genius-of-ulan-bator.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

Organizational meeting: Sunday, September 22, 7 p.m.
at a private home in Columbia

Please join us as we read the book, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander. Last year our meeting participated in the “One Book” program sponsored by the Baltimore Yearly Meeting Working Group on Racism, by reading Fit for Freedom, Not for Friendship which covered the history of African-Americans in the Society of Friends. This year the Working Group on Racism is urging us to read the book The New Jim Crow. The topic of this book is particularly applicable to those who are interested in our prison ministry.

“We need to pay attention to Michelle Alexander’s contention that mass imprisonment in the U.S. constitutes a racial caste system. Her analysis reflects the passion of an advocate and the intellect of a scholar.”
—Marc Mauer, Executive Director, The Sentencing Project

We will read and discuss this thought-provoking book over several months. Meeting times & places will be discussed at the organizational meeting.

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Bette Rainbow Hoover (Sandy Spring Meeting) will share with us about her recent experiences in Indonesia as part of Friends Peace Team, Asia West Pacific. Friends Peace Team works with people and organizations who desire to live peacefully with their neighbors. Bette spent the month of February with a peace team in Indonesia. She will share photos of Friends in action and stories of peacemaking in the manner of F(f)friends that inspire.

  See FPT-Asia West Pacific for more information.