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WILLIAM PENN CHARTER SCHOOL
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(215) 844-3460
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through Quaker agencies and meetings. Mary
Ava Nease, from Earlham School of Religion,
said that we need one another, adults
and youth. She advised adults to meet and
talk with young people, listen to their ideas,
and accept them into the meeting community.
Loida Fernandez, Executive Secretary of
COAL, and Edgar Madrid, from Guatemala,
reported for the Comite de los Amigos
Latinamericanos (COAL) and proposed that
the Section's Executive Committee approve
recognizing COAL as a region instead of a
program. In response to the growth of Friends
in Latin America, there is need for Quaker
literature in Spanish and Aymara and for better
training of Friends through joint projects.
COAL hopes to increase the circulation of its
newsletter and to include articles in both Spanish
and Aymara. It is encouraging to see the
larger and more active role that Latin American
Friends are playing in the Section.
The meeting approved the creation of a
new program for young people: "Faith in Action"
work camps, the first to be held in
Hermosillo, Mexico, in 1995. Details and final
approval were delegated to the Executive
Committee.
A minute from Baltimore Yearly Meeting
on population issues was forwarded to the
1994 triennial. Friends recognized that it is
difficult to talk about population without considering
the rights of women, family planning,
and the over consumption of resources,
especially in the United States. The Section
encourages the study through yearly meetings
of the issues involved.
Other items of note included the following:
Dean Johnson, coordinator of Friends
Disaster Service, described its work and encouraged
Friends to become involved. The
Bilingual Committee announced a consultation
at Earlham College following the annual
meeting. The Right Sharing of World Resources
Committee is holding an invitational
consultation in New Mexico following the
1994 Triennial to evaluate 25 years of that
program's work and influence. Representatives
heard plans for the 18th FWCC Triennial
to be held August 15-24 in Abiquiu, New
Mexico. Meetings were encouraged to use
the Triennial study guide, "On Being Publishers
of Truth," in preparation for the Triennial.
Friends from St. Louis (Mo.) Meeting told
of their history and some of their current
projects. Project COPE provides support for
prisoners reentering the community. The meeting
is also part of an interdenominational
project that focuses on racism and conflict
resolution within families.
Next year's annual meeting is scheduled
to be held in Portland, Oregon, March 16-19,
1995.
- Robert Vogel
June 1994 fRIENDS JOURNAL