April 21, 9:30am – Discussion on Poverty by America by Matthew Desmond, he suggests that a lot of us benefit from poverty by consuming cheap goods, investing in the stock market either directly or indirectly, enjoying tax breaks like mortgage interest deduction and wealth transfer savings, and illustrates how we try to protect those investments. Desmond shows readers how our country does much more to subsidize affluence than to alleviate poverty. He challenges readers to become part of the solution. We ask that you read the book (a copy is available at the Meetinghouse) and/or listen to an interview with Ezra Klein (link below.) We will discuss the contents of the book then move into brainstorming how we might individually and collectively become “poverty abolitionists.”

March 24 – 9:30am: Rep. Peter Schweyer, our scheduled guest for this coming Sunday morning discussion, has informed us that he needs to cancel. The W&M committee will attempt to find another time when he can come and speak to us on the subject of funding for public education in Pennsylvania. 

PA Rep. Peter Schweyer will visit to discuss the recently adopted recommendations from the Basic Education Funding Commission. Rep. Schweyer is the chairman of the PA House Committee on Education and a member of the BEF Commission. Important changes in how public education in PA will be funded in thefuture will be discussed. Majority and Minority Reports from the BEF Commission are available at Basic Education Funding Commission | Home

March 17, 9:30am – W&M committee will facilitate a discussion to review and respond to PYM Queries regarding the Spiritual State of Unami MM.
 

March 10, 9am - Meeting for Worship with a Concern for Business. SPECIAL NOTE: We will pause Business Meeting at 10am to join Meeting for Worship with PYM Spring Continuing Sessions and will resume our Meeting for Business after 11am. (To join the PYM MFW, Friends on Zoom will need to close out the Unami Zoom Session and sign on to the “All Together Meeting for Worship” using the link provided to them when they register for the PYM Spring Continuing Sessions. See the flyer attached to this month’s newsletter mailing.)

February 25, 9:30am – Discussion to discern Unami’s recommendations to the Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) for priorities for the next legislative session. The discussion will be led by Joyce Moore.

THIS DISCUSSION HAS BEEN CANCELLED; Look for a rescheduled date. 
We welcome John Thomas, Elder of the Delaware (Lenape) Tribe of Indians, to a discussion at Unami Meeting.
Elder Thomas will share his mission to establish relationships with current residents of our region as he works to foster acknowledgement of the Delaware Tribe's ancestral homeland and to find opportunities for building bridges of trust and cooperation. Amongst other objectives is the creation of Delaware burial grounds and community centers in our region. The discussion will be followed by Meeting for Worship and a potluck lunch.


December 17, 5:00pm Unami Seasonal Celebration. Please plan to arrive close to 4:45. Childcare will be provided. All are invited to share
a gift in whatever form they chose, song, story, poem, etc. Please bring a dish for a Potluck Dinner as we gather after rise of Meeting.


October 29, 9:30am Care and Membership will lead a discussion regarding "Right order at the end of life: a look at some aspects of old age and dying."
We will share information on getting your affairs in order, hospice Friends Memorial services, and the latest on green burial. The discussion is intended to be informative to older people and adult children of older people.

October 15, 9:30am Melinda Wenner-Bradley, PYM Director of Program and Religious Life, will lead us in discernment regarding the question of how
Intergenerational Meeting for Worship could expand in practice at Unami.

September 1, 9:30am Mo Nolan will lead a discussion on the general state of mental health care today






 
04/21/2024 9:30am
Discussion on Poverty by America by Matthew Desmond.


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