Friends you are invited to attend today’s World Quaker Day (WQD) presentation with Hal Weaver and the BlackQuaker Project (BQP) of Wellesley Friends Meeting on Sunday, 1 October 2023, at 1-2 pm EDT.
The BlackQuaker Project writes:
Dear F/friends,
We invite you to attend a virtual World Quaker Day (WQD) presentation from Hal Weaver and the BlackQuaker Project (BQP) of Wellesley Friends Meeting on Sunday, 1 October 2023, at 1-2 pm EDT. [Click here to REGISTER.] We are thrilled to be joined by Quaker United Nations Office-Geneva director Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge, a former leader in the South African freedom movement against apartheid and a current leader in the Southern Africa Yearly Meeting, for our WQD presentation. Her numerous achievements in politics and religion allow her to give deep meaning to the WQD theme of Ubuntu, as well as her thoughts and experiences in healing historical and current injustices, and activities of collaboration with the BQP.
In September of 2022, Nozizwe and Hal presented to the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust, defining retrospective justice and providing compelling reasons as to why Quaker institutions and individuals should take action in retrospective justice to address healing for historical and current injustices in order to rebuild communities harmed by structural and direct violence, including damages remaining from Quaker violence in South Africa during 1980’s apartheid.We are excited to continue our collaboration with Nozizwe through this WQD presentation and highlight her and our ongoing work in the international Quaker community. This event is co-sponsored by the Quaker Action for Racial Equality and the Quaker and Wider World Connections Clusters of Wellesley Friends Meeting.
We invite you to use this link to register for the Zoom webinar on Sunday, 1 October 2023, 1-2 PM: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_K3L9TyiGTMSvarE6–on3g
Those who join early will be treated at 12:45 pm EDT to a 15-minute prelude of sacred Black and Latinx songs taken from the repertoire of music to be sung at the August 2024 FWCC World Plenary Conference in South Africa, of which Dr. Weaver was part of the music-selection team. To register for this event, you will need to provide your first and last names and email address. By registering for this event, you are also agreeing to sign up for the BlackQuaker Project’s mailing list, from which you can unsubscribe at any time. Please write to us at theblackquakerproject@gmail.com with any questions about the registration process.
Peace and Blessings,
The BlackQuaker Project
Wellesley Friends Meeting
30 September 2023