Meeting at the Center Living Love and Reconciling One to Another Bruce Birchard’s plenary address at the 2011 FGC Gathering
Recent experiences of traveling among Friends in Kenya and meeting with leaders of different branches of North American Friends have provided Bruce with rich opportunities to live love and seek reconciliation.
On Food Justice Ladonna Redmond’s plenary address at the 2011 FGC Gathering
LaDonna is a community activist who has successfully worked to get Chicago public schools to evaluate junk food, launched urban agricultural projects, started community grocery stores, and worked on federal farm policy to expand access to healthy food in low- income communities.
Conflict as a Gift of the Spirit George Lakey’s Gathering Store presentation at the 2010 FGC Gathering
There is power in conflict to transform and bring about positive change in our society. George draws from stories of the civil rights movement and the witness of early Friends in Puritan Massachusetts, among other examples, to illustrate the gifts that conflict has to offer.
Universalism A Hope for Humanity Philip Gulley’s plenary address at the 2010 FGC Gathering
Peppered with humorous anecdotes, Phil’s presentation brings a message of love and acceptance from the Christian universalist perspective expressed in his books If Grace Is True and If God Is Love. Question and answers following the talk are included.
Untitled talk (“right relationship”) Hollister Knowlton’s plenary address at the 2009 FGC Gathering
Hollister spoke from her perspective as one whose ministry is seeking right relationship of humans with other humans, with all species, and with Earth.
Untitled talk (“hope and spirit”) Nikki Giovanni’s plenary address at the 2009 FGC Gathering
Poet, activist, and educator Nikki Giovanni reflects on her lifetime of joy and struggle, love and grieving, hope and spirit. She believes in the power we each have to make a difference in ourselves, and thus in others’ lives.
Re-education of George W. Bush No President Left Behind Peterson Toscano’s plenary address at the 2008 FGC Gathering
Speaking to the role of comedy in social justice work, Peterson exposes the “Inner Bush” in all of us, and aims to reeducate it with the aid of his crazy cast of characters.
Untitled talk (“confident Quakerism”) Ben Pink Dandelion’s plenary address at the 2009 FGC Gathering
Ben, a British Quaker historian, explores his own journey of the spirit, as well as the sources of joy, love, and fire in the Quaker tradition. (An edited version of this talk is available as the Pendle Hill pamphlet, Confident Quakerism.)
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