Friday, June 6, 2008

Get involved: help bring peace in Kenya (archived fr sidebar)

> Click here for latest update on relief & reconciliation work by Friends in Kenya

"How Can We Help?"
> Click here for more ideas on how Friends in US can help Friends in Kenya.

> View Talking Points, the slideshow, and related resources for planning your events.

> NEW * Check out a website for peace & social justice in Africa - Fahamu - and click here for their news service Pambazuka News

> Click here to learn about a "thrifty" idea from Friends in Midlothian, Virginia!

> Click here for tips on preparing a Kenyan meal to raise funds and awareness.

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See sample text for press releases to submit to media community calendar editors.

Simple meals and other events to raise funds & awareness for Kenya's post-election crisis recently have been or soon will be happening:
+ Jan. 9 - Quaker Hill Conf. Center (Richmond, IN)
+ Feb. 10 - Northside Friends (Chicago, IL)
+ Feb. 17 - Wilmington Friends (Wilmington, OH)
> Feb. 24 -
West Richmond Friends, ESR/BTS, and Earlham College community (Richmond, IN)
> Mar. 2 -
William Penn House (Washington, D.C.)
> Mar. 3 -
Community Friends (North Avondale - Cincinnati, OH)
> Mar. 8 -
Multnomah Friends (Portland, OR)
> Mar. 10 -
St. Louis Friends (St. Louis, MO)
> Mar. 13 -
Wilmington Friends (Wilmington, DE)
> Mar. 14 -
Haddonfield Friends (Haddonfield, NJ)
> Mar. 15 -
Haverford Friends (Haverford, PA)
> Mar. 16 -
Bethesda Friends (Bethesda, MD)
+ Mar. 29 -
Mt. Toby Friends (Leverett, MA) on Quaker Salad Day
> April 6 - Eastern Hills Friends (Anderson Twp. - Cincinnati, OH) note this is new date - rescheduled due to weather
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April 11-13 Blue River Quarterly Meeting (Illinois YM) Craft Fair
+ TBA - Weare Friends (Henniker, NH)


AGLI's David and Gladys Zarembka will be traveling and speaking in US in coming weeks.
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Click here to see their entire schedule.

Let us know about your event so we can share it here!

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