Deconstructing the Master’s Tools: Taking apart the colonial-settler quaker Master’s House
Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Audre Lorde’s 1979 response to white women academics, “the master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house”, resonates deeply in the field of colonial-settlerism of Turtle Island. Lorde was explicit about the use of racism, misogyny & heterosexism to build the ivory tower, but how were these tools used to indoctrinate and assimilate the indigenous population of Turtle Island on the USA Reservation Agency?
Presenter: tom kunesh Standing Rock lakota oyate desendant Tennessee Ancient Sites Conservancy BA, MA, MDiv. University of Minnesota Starr King School for the Ministry
Moderator: Trayce N. Peterson MA student/instructor Human Rights Practice University of Arizona
Bio: tom was a russian & farsi linguist in the US navy, & has degrees in spanish, religious studies, & atheism & liberation theology, from the University of Minnesota & Starr King School for the Ministry in Berkeley. tom’s mom is enrolled Standing Rock lakota & had 13 kids. He attends sweats & Nashville Friends Meeting. He currently works with Tennessee Ancient Sites Conservancy.
Friends Association for Higher Education’s Quaker Leadings in Higher Education series presented:
Listening into Relationship: Practices that Connect in the Secular Classroom (Rescheduled from January)
In this workshop, the facilitator models how to use contemplative listening practices that help educators bring alive course content and help students get to know themselves and their peers.
Friends Association for Higher Education’s Quaker Leadings in Higher Education series presented:
Service-Learning Programs and Opportunities for Ethical Engagement
Tuesday, February 28, 2023
Practices to advance community-campus engagement that support more just, inclusive, sustainable communities and positive partnerships across disciplines and geographies.
Made possible by the members of FAHE. Your voluntary contribution in support of FAHE and this lecture series is greatly appreciated.
Seeking Experienced Fundraiser to Lead in Philanthropic Strategy
Pendle Hill is a Quaker study, retreat, and conference center located on 24 beautiful acres in unceded Lenni-Lenape territory outside of Philadelphia. Pendle Hill seeks to create peace with justice in the world by transforming lives through learning opportunities, retreat, and community created on our campus and in virtual settings.
Pendle Hill is seeking its next Director of Development to lead in philanthropic strategy across various funds and fundraising initiatives. The Director of Development reports to the Executive Director and is a member of Pendle Hill’s senior Administrative Team, contributing to the leadership of Pendle Hill as a whole. Pendle Hill’s fund development is integrally linked with its education programs and marketing efforts, and the Director of Development will consult with members of both teams to advance Pendle Hill’s interests in these areas. This director supervises a team, including an Annual Fund Officer, Advancement Associate and a consultant working on grants.
Compensation is a $79,000-$90,000 yearly salary depending on experience, and Pendle Hill offers a variety of generous benefits.
The ideal candidate has at least five years’ experience in non-profit fundraising including success in securing 5- and 6-figure gifts, excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and strong working knowledge of and experience in planned giving. The ability to design data metrics for effective analysis, excellent time management, and a strong grasp of the legal requirements of gift accounting and administration are also key to the role.
Review of applications will take place on a rolling basis with priority given to those that are received before Monday, May 15, 2023. For more information about this position, qualifications, benefits, application instructions, and more please visit the full posting.
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The American Friends Service Committee & The BlackQuaker Project Present
THE 2023 BLACK QUAKER LIVES MATTER FILM FESTIVAL & FORUM
Celebrating the 125th Birthday of Paul Robeson!
Paul Robeson: Tribute To An Artist (1978) & The Proud Valley (1940)
Saturday, 8 April, 1:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time over Zoom
The 2023 Black Quaker Lives Matter Film Festival & Forum will soon conclude with a finale dedicated to the renaissance man: scholar and star athlete; screen, stage, and recording star; linguist and orator, Paul Robeson (1898-1976). Join us one final time on Saturday, 8 April, at 1:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time for not one–but two–screenings in honor of the beleaguered leader’s 125th birthday. We will first screen the 1978 Academy Award winning short documentary, Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist, narrated by film star Sidney Poitier. Following this 30-minute program, we will screen the 1940 UK feature, The Proud Valley, the film of which Robeson is the proudest of having made. Afterwards, Dr. Harold D. Weaver will facilitate a post-screening discussion with two of the world’s leading experts on Robeson: University of Houston Professor Dr. Gerald Horne, author of the 2016 biography, Paul Robeson: The Artist As Revolutionary, and Yale University Professor Dr. Charles Musser, author of numerous publications on Robeson in cinema. All three scholars will participate in an audience Q & A following their discussion. On this occasion of his 125th birthday, we continue our commitment in 2023–after more than 50 years–to return Mr. Robeson to his rightful place in history.
Register here for our final Saturday, 8 April, screening and forum which will begin precisely at 1:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time over Zoom webinar. You will receive a confirmation email upon registration and a Zoom invitation 24 hours in advance of the event Programming begins precisely at 1:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time. Attendees will receive a confirmation email upon registration and a link to join our webinar 24 hours in advance of the event. We invite registrants to join our webinar at 12:40 PM Eastern Daylight Time for a prologue of songs by revolutionary artist himself, Paul Robeson. Please write to us at theblackquakerproject@gmail.com with your comments and questions.
44th Annual Meeting of the Friends Association for Higher Education
Quakers, Colonization, and Decolonization June 12-15, 2023 Hosted, in-person and over Zoom, by Haverford College, Haverford PA Registration is now open.
The American Friends Service Committee & The BlackQuaker Project Present
THE 2023 BLACK QUAKER LIVES MATTER FILM FESTIVAL & FORUM
Benjamin Banneker: The Man Who Loved The Stars
Saturday, 18 March, 1:00 PM EDT over Zoom
The 2023 Black Quaker Lives Matter Film Festival & Forum will soon return with its fourth event, honoring the life and legacy of Benjamin Banneker. On Saturday, 18 March, we will screen Benjamin Banneker: The Man Who Loved The Stars (1981), a television film starring the renowned artist-activist Ossie Davis as the legendary astronomer, surveyor, mathematician, and almanac publisher. Born a free man of Senegalese descent, Banneker attended Quaker Meeting for much of his life, helped survey the boundaries of Washington, DC, and even petitioned Thomas Jefferson to recognize Black liberation efforts. After the film, we will have the unique opportunity to learn more about Benjamin Banneker’s life and legacy from his Black and White descendents: retired educator Gwen Marable, Northwestern University scholar-linguist Dr. Rachel Jamison Webster, and educator Pamela Williams. All three will be participating in our post-screening dialogue, followed by an audience Q & A.
Register here for our Saturday, 18 March, screening and forum. Programming will take place over Zoom webinar and begins precisely at 1:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time. We invite our registrants to join our webinar early, at 12:40 PM EDT, for a mini-concert of selected African American freedom music. Please write to us at theblackquakerproject@gmail.com with any questions or comments about the festival-forum.
The 2023 Black Quaker Lives Matter Film Festival & Forum Saturday, 4 March, 1:00 PM EST: Sisters In Freedom Black & White Women in the Abolition Struggle: Sarah Mapps Douglass
Join us on Saturday, 4 March, as we celebrate Women’s History Month with a unique look at early collaboration between Black and White women fighting for African American emancipation. The third event of the Black Quaker Lives Matter Film Festival & Forum honors Sarah Mapps Douglass (1806-1882) an abolitionist, educator, artist, and author. She is a member of the Morrey-Bustill Quaker family, which produced two centuries of African American Friends, and is also an ancestor of Paul Robeson. For our program, we will screen Sisters in Freedom, which tells the stories of trailblazing Black and White women, our honoree among them, who organized for both gender equality and the abolition of slavery. After our screening, we will host a discussion between eminent Haverford historian Dr. Emma Lapsansky-Werner and Joyce Mosley, author and historian of the Morrey-Bustill family (of which she is a member). Following their dialogue, our guest experts will participate in a Q & A with our audience.
How To Register
Register here for our Saturday, 4 March, program which will take place over a Zoom webinar. You will be sent a confirmation email upon registration and will later receive a link to join our webinar 24 hours in advance of the event. Programming will begin precisely at 1:00 PM Eastern Standard Time though we invite you to join us early, at 12:40 PM EST, when we open the webinar for a 20-minute prologue of Paul Robeson music. All our remaining events are free and open to the public with prior registration. Please write to us at theblackquakerproject@gmail.com with your questions or comments.
Peace and blessings, Dr. Harold D. Weaver Festival-Forum Director, Curator, and Host
The Prep School Negro (2012): African Americans in Quaker Schools
Honoree: Quaker Educator Joan Countryman
This Saturday, the 2023 Black Quaker Lives Matter Film Festival & Forum continues with our second event, examining the challenges of African Americans in Quaker schools and honoring lifelong Quaker-educator Joan Countryman. On Saturday, 18 February, we will screen the 2012 documentary, The Prep School Negro, directed by trailblazing filmmaker André Robert Lee, and discuss the trials and contributions of African American students, teachers, and administrators in Quaker education. This program begins precisely at 1:00 PM Eastern Time over Zoom Webinar. You can register here for this event and receive a Zoom invitation to join the webinar 24 hours in advance.
We are honored to be joined by the following guest experts:
André Robert Lee is an award-winning filmmaker, keynote speaker, consultant, writer, and educator. André has served as a professor of writing at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and teaches filmmaking at the Germantown Friends School, where he worked to develop a film program. His most recent film, Virtually Free (2021), tells the story of incarcerated youth in Richmond, Virginia, and is still on the festival route.
Joan Cannaday Countryman grew up in the Germantown section of Philadelphia and became the first African American graduate of Germantown Friends School in 1958. Her career in education included serving as a teacher and administrator in Friends schools, as the Head of Lincoln School in Providence, RI, as the Interim Head of The Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy in South Africa, and as the Interim Head of the Atlanta Girls’ School. She has been a member of Germantown Monthly Meeting since 1958. We are thrilled to have Joan Countryman joining us as both honoree and guest expert.
Emma Bracker teaches history at Moses Brown School in Providence, RI, and has extensive experience in Quaker education as student and teacher. A graduate of Haverford College (BA – History) and the University of Pennsylvania (M.S.Ed.), she spent seven years teaching, coaching, and working in residential life at Westtown School in West Chester, PA.
We will open Satuday’s Zoom Webinar at 12:40 PM Eastern Time. Those who join early will be treated to a pre-screening mini-concert of selected music before our program begins at 1:00 PM ET. You can register here for EACH of our remaining screenings. Write to us at theblackquakerproject@gmail.com with any questions or comments about the festival-forum.
The Friends Historical Association is pleased to offer funding to support contributions to the field of Quaker history. There are three grant opportunities: project support, publication subventions, and research funds. All opportunities run on the same cycle, and applications are due April 15, 2023. Details about each opportunity and application instruction are provided at https://www.quakerhistory.org/grants.
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