FCNL at Friends Meetings and Churches

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Alaska Friends gather in August 2019.

2024 Visit Calendar

Visits are in reverse chronological order. Additional information about the visit is linked when available.

FCNL’s ministry of Quaker engagement is a crucial part of grounding the organization in the Religious Society of Friends and supporting Friends’ participation in Quaker advocacy.

Visits in August 2024 

July 30-August 4 – Megan Thomas at Baltimore Yearly Meeting (onsite)

August 2-7 – Nicole Gandhi at New England Yearly Meeting (onsite)

August 5-12 – Bridget Moix at FWCC World Plenary Meeting (onsite)

Visits in July 2024 

June 30-July 6 – Riley Robinson, Lauren Brownlee, and Micah MacColl Nicholson at Friends General Conference Gathering (onsite)

July 6-7 – Micah MacColl Nicholson at Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (onsite)

July 10-14 – Friends Place staff at North Carolina Yearly Meeting Conservative (onsite)

July 10-14 – Bridget Moix at North Pacific Yearly Meeting – Worship and FCNL Update (onsite)

July 11-14 – Alicia McBride at Western Yearly Meeting (onsite) 

July 19-24 – Stephen Donahoe at Pacific Yearly Meeting – Worship and FCNL Update (onsite) 

July 20-27 – Alicia McBride is Friend of the Week at the Chautauqua Institute’s Quaker House, Chautauqua, NY (onsite)  

July 25-28 - Garrett Simmons at Wilmington Yearly Meeting (onsite)

July 26-31 – Susan Nahvi at New York Yearly Meeting (onsite)

July 28 – Riley Robinson at Kalamazoo Friends Meeting (onsite)

Visits in June 2024 

June 1 – Amelia Kegan at Piedmont Friends Yearly Meeting and Fellowship – keynote address (onsite)

June 7-9 – Alicia McBride and Lauren Brownlee at Sierra Cascades Yearly Meeting of Friends (online)

June 20-23 – Mwanyedi Kamwendo at Southern Appalachian Yearly Meeting and Association (onsite)

Visits in May 2024 

May 2-5 – Lauren Brownlee at Pendle Hill Quaker Institute (onsite)

May 17-19 – Alicia McBride at Friends United Meeting Stoking the Fire Retreat (IN) (onsite)

Visits in March 2024

March 2 – Mwan Kamwendo at Valley Friends Meeting (VA) – staff-led workshop (onsite) 

March 27-31 – Riley Robinson at Southeastern Yearly Meeting – Worship and FCNL Update (onsite) 

March 28-30 – Kendall Cockrell at South Central Yearly Meeting – Worship and FCNL Update (onsite) 

Visits in February 2024 

February 4 - Riley Robinson at Santa Fe Friends Meeting (onsite)

February 11 – Riley Robinson at Albuquerque Friends Meeting (onsite)

February 4 - Riley Robinson at Santa Fe Friends Meeting (onsite)

 

February 11 – Riley Robinson at Albuquerque Friends Meeting (onsite)

February 25 – Susan Nahvi at Des Moines Valley Friends Meeting (IA) (onsite) 

February 29 – Mwan Kamwendo at Friends House Retirement Community (MD) – staff-led workshop (onsite) 

What Friends are Saying

“Thank you for reminding us that FCNL isn’t just a Quaker organization or an organization that represents us on Capitol Hill—each and every one of us is FCNL, a part of the Quaker community striving for a better world.”

Clerk of Orlando Meeting, December 2020

“Moorestown Friends are very big supporters of FCNL, we have been for years. We think the work you do is extraordinarily important. We support you.”

Moorestown Friends, January 2021

Visits in December 2023

Visits in November 2023

  • November 12 – Mwan Kamwendo at Vashon Friends Worship Group (WA) – Worship and Fellowship (onsite)
  • November 5 – Susan Nahvi at Fort Collins Friends (CO) – FCNL Presentation (onsite)
  • November 5 – Bobby Trice, Mwan Kamwendo, and Sarah Freeman-Woolpert at Chester Friends Meeting (OH) – Worship and Fellowship (onsite)
  • November 2 – Bobby Trice and Mwan Kamwendo at Illinois Yearly Meeting –Illinois & Missouri Advocates: Advocacy Teams Info & Action Session (online)

Visits in October 2023

  • October 30 – Alicia McBride at Philadelphia Yearly Meeting – How to Lobby (online)
  • October 22 – Riley Robinson at Rochester Friends (NY) – FCNL Presentation (onsite)
  • October 22 – Carla Montilla at Wilton Friends (CT) – FCNL Presentation (onsite)
  • October 22 – Odeliya Matter at Blacksburg Friends (VA) – FCNL Presentation (onsite)
  • October 22 – Micah MacColl Nicholson at Providence Friends (PA) – FCNL Presentation (onsite)
  • October 22 –  Sofia Guerra at Alexandria Friends (VA) – FCNL Presentation (onsite)
  • October 15 – Mwan Kamwendo at Hockessin Friends (DE) – Delaware Peace Week Information Session (onsite)
  • October 15 – Stephen Donahoe at 57th Street Friends (IL) – FCNL Presentation (onsite)
  • October 15 – Allen Hester at San Francisco Friends (CA) – Presentation on Nuclear Disarmament Advocacy (online)
  • October 12 – Bobby Trice at Friends Academy (NY) – We Seek an Earth Restored: FCNL’s Environmental Advocacy (online)
  • October 8 – Bobby Trice and Sarah Freeman-Woolpert at Hanover Friends (NH) – Listening in Tongues: Skills for Engaging Disagreement from a Quaker Perspective (onsite)
  • October 7 – Amelia Kegan at Friends Committee on North Carolina Legislation (FCNCL) Annual Meeting – Keynote Address

Visits in September 2023

  • September 30 – Alicia McBride at Richmond Friends (VA) – Fall Retreat on the Quaker Peace Testimony (onsite)
  • September 24 – Bobby Trice at Chico Friends (CA) – Listening in Tongues: Skills for Engaging Disagreement from a Quaker Perspective (online)
  • September 19 – Daren Caughron at Wilmington College – Environmental Law & Policy Class Presentation (online)
  • September 17 – Bobby Trice at San Francisco Friends (CA) – AFSC & FCNL Presentation (online)

Visits in August 2023

  • August 19 – Mwan Kamwendo at Palmetto Friends Gathering
  • August 5-9 – Lauren Brownlee and Nicole Santos at New England Yearly Meeting – FCNL: Lobbying for Just Peace in Israel-Palestine
  • August 3-6 – Ursala Knudsen-Latta at Alaska Friends Conference – FCNL Presentation
  • August 3-4 – Alicia McBride and Peter Murchison at Baltimore Yearly Meeting – Building Our Communities and Ending Gun Violence

Visits in July 2023

  • July 26-30 – Anika Forrest at Iowa Yearly Meeting Conservative – FCNL Interest Group on Migration Justice
  • July 23-29 – Bridget Moix at New York Yearly Meeting – Plenary on Building a Just and Peaceful Democracy: A Ministry of Friends
  • July 21-26 – Bobby Trice and Jessica Bahena at Pacific Yearly Meeting – Listening in Tongues: Skills for Engaging Disagreement from a Quaker Perspective
  • July 8-11 – Riley Robinson at North Pacific Yearly Meeting – FCNL Interest Group and Quaker Fair
  • July 2-8 – Lauren Brownlee, Bobby Trice, and Riley Robinson at Friends General Conference Gathering – FCNL Presentation, Listening in Tongues: Skills for Engaging Disagreement from a Quaker Perspective, and Quaker Coalition for Uprooting Racism Information Session

Visits in June 2023

  • June 23-25 – Mwan Kamwendo at Southern Appalachian Yearly Meeting & Association – Dismantling Racism & Militarism
  • June 23-25 – Alicia McBride at Sierra-Cascades Yearly Meeting of Friends – Listening in Tongues: Skills for Engaging Disagreement from a Quaker Perspective
  • June 21-25 – Bobby Trice at Illinois Yearly Meeting – Listening in Tongues: Skills for Engaging Disagreement from a Quaker Perspective
  • June 15-18 – Hassan El-Tayyab at Lake Erie Yearly Meeting – Finding New Ways to Support Peace in the Middle East
  • June 12-15 – Alicia McBride at Friends Association for Higher Education – Annual Conference
  • June 2-6 – Clare Carter at Pendle Hill (PA) – Continuing Revolution Conference
  • June 1-3 – Bobby Trice at Great Plains Yearly Meeting – Becoming the Quakers Our Democracy Needs

Visits in May 2023

  • May 23 – Bobby Trice at DeLand Worship Group (FL) – F/friends in Unlikely Places
  • May 23 – Anika Forrest at Kendal Community (PA) – Migration Policy Update
  • May 15 – Clare Carter and Jus Tavcar at Greenbrier Valley Worship Group (WV) – Environment and Energy Update
  • May 14 – Clare Carter and Jus Tavcar at Charleston Monthly Meeting (WV) – Environment and Energy Update
  • May 9 – Clare Carter at Cambridge Friends School (MA) – Lobby Training
  • May 5-7 – Clare Carter at Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Young Adult Friends Retreat (PA) 

Visits in April 2023

  • April 28-May 1 – Bobby Trice and Lauren Brownlee at Pendle Hill (PA) – Workshops for the Quaker Institute: Beloved Community as Prophetic Witness
  • April 30 – Jus Tavcar at Mountain View Friends Meeting (CO) – Environment and Energy Policy Update
  • April 30 – Bridget Moix at Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting (PA) – Visit and Presentation
  • April 27-29 – Alicia McBride and Bridget Moix at Earlham School of Religion Quaker Leadership Center 
  • April 23 – Bobby Trice at Chapel Hill Friends (NC) – F/friends in Unlikely Places
  • April 15 – Lauren Brownlee at Friends Meeting of Washington (DC) – Baltimore Yearly Meeting Peace & Social Concerns Committee Networking Event
  • April 6 – Riley Robinson at Port Townsend Friends Meeting (WA)
  • April 5-9 – Bobby Trice at Southeastern Yearly Meeting (SEYM) – F/friends in Unlikely Places
  • April 2 – Bobby Trice at Friends Meeting at Cambridge (MA) – Workshop: Addressing Indigenous Justice with FCNL
  • April 2 – Mwan Kamwendo at Concord Friends (NH) – Workshop: Advocacy Storytelling
  • April 1 – Bobby Trice at NEYM Living Faith Gathering (ME) – Workshop - Listening in Tongues: Connecting Across Divides

Visits in March 2023

  • March 26 – Visiting Friend Steve Olshevski at Unami Friends (PA)
  • March 12 – Bobby Trice and Clare Carter at Woodstown Friends (NJ) – Workshop: F/friends in Unlikely Places for Salem Quarterly Meeting

Visits in February 2023

  • February 26 – Lauren Brownlee at Pittsburgh Friends (PA) – FCNL Presentation on Renaming Friends Place
  • February 26 – Riley Robinson at Eno Friends (NC) – Worship and FCNL Update
  • February 19 – Bobby Trice at First Friends Church-Whittier (CA) – Prepared Message
  • February 19 – Amelia Kegan at Student Peace Awards of Fairfax County – Keynote Speaker
  • February 17-20 – Clare Carter at New England Yearly Meeting Midwinter Young Adult Friends Retreat (MA) – FCNL Interest Group
  • February 15 – Alicia McBride at Community of Christ – Online Panel on Religious Pacifism
  • February 4 – Visiting Friend Tom Bertrand at Vassalboro Quarterly Meeting (ME)
  • February 3 – Amelia Kegan at Sandy Spring Friends School (MD) – Quaker Youth Leadership Conference Keynote

Visits in January 2023

  • January 29 – Bobby Trice at Beacon Hill Friends (MA) – Worship and Fellowship
  • January 22-26 – Bobby Trice at Pendle Hill (PA) – Participant in Beyond Diversity 101 Workshop
  • January 22 – Riley Robinson at St. Petersburg Friends (FL) – Worship and FCNL Update
  • January 8 – Visiting Friend Tom Roberts at Bluff Point Friends (IN)

Visits in December 2022

  • December 11 – Nicole Santos at Framingham Friends Meeting (MA)
  • December 11 – Riley Robinson at Albuquerque Friends Meeting (NM)
  • December 8 – Bobby Trice and Clare Carter with New York Yearly Meeting Young Adult Friends – Workshop: The Roots and Branches of Quaker Advocacy
  • December 4 – Susan Nahvi at Hartford Monthly Meeting (CT) – Program on Native American Advocacy

Visits in November 2022

  • November 20 – Abi Rahman-Davies at Fayetteville Friends (AR) – Workshop on the Child Tax Credit
  • November 6 – Bobby Trice at Southern California Quarterly Meeting (CA) – Workshop: F/friends in Unlikely Places
  • November 2 – Clare Carter with New York Yearly Meeting Young Adult Friends – FCNL Young Adult Programs Information Session

Visits in October 2022

  • October 30 – Visiting Friend Tom Rawson at Eugene Friends Church (OR)
  • October 23 – Zoe Jannuzi at Gwynedd Friends Meeting (PA)
  • October 23 – Visiting Friend Tom Rawson at Klamath Falls Friends Church (OR)
  • October 23 – Bobby Trice at La Jolla Friends (CA) – My Work in the World
  • October 20 – Bobby Trice at Three Rivers Meeting (MA and online) – Prepared Message
  • October 17 – Bobby Trice at Church of the Holy City (DE) – Workshop: F/friends in Unlikely Places
  • October 16 – Bridget Moix at Tempe Monthly Meeting (AZ)
  • October 16 – Marcia Orellana at Durham Friends Meeting (NC)
  • October 16 – Nuria Raul at Beacon Hill Friends Meeting (MA)
  • October 16 – Vlad Salas Moreno at Columbia Friends Meeting (SC)
  • October 16 – Kevin Snow at Westerly Monthly Meeting (RI)
  • October 16 – Clare Carter at West Knoxville Friends Meeting (TN)
  • October 16 – Jus Tavcar at West Richmond Friends Meeting (IN)
  • October 16 – Michya Cooper at Central Philadelphia Monthly Meeting (PA)

Visits in September 2022

  • September 27 – Clarence Edwards at Westfield Friends School (NJ)
  • September 25 – Nicole Santos at La Jolla Friends Meeting (CA)
  • September 11 – Visiting Friend Steve Olshevski at Quakertown Friends Meeting (NJ)
  • September 10 – Visiting Friend Tom Bertrand at Vassalboro Quarterly Meeting (ME)

Visits in August 2022

  • August 28 – Visiting Friend Jasmine Krotkov at Logan Friends Meeting (UT)
  • August 28 – Visiting Friend Connie Crawford at Live Oak Friends Meeting (TX)
  • August 20 – Bobby Trice at North Carolina Fellowship of Friends (NCFF)
  • August 14 – Bridget Moix at Indianapolis First Friends Meeting – Worship and Message
  • August 6–11 – Jessica Bahena, Nicole Santos, and Sarah Freeman-Woolpert at New England Yearly Meeting (NEYM) – Worship and Fellowship
  • August 4–7 – Ursala Knudsen-Latta at Alaska Friends Conference (AFC)
  • August 2–6 – Visiting Friend Tom Roberts at Ohio Yearly Meeting (OYM)
  • August 1–7 – Allen Hester, Clarence Edwards, Sarah Johnson, and Susan Nahvi at Baltimore Yearly Meeting (BYM) – FCNL Workshops
    • August 6 – Allen Hester at BYM – The Nuclear Threat: Pushing back against the world’s most immoral weapons
    • August 4 – Sarah Johnson at BYM – Welcome to Friends Place! 
    • July 26 – Clarence Edwards at BYM – FCNL Creation Care: Pursuing Transformational Climate Policies in an Era of Disruption (virtual only)

Visits in July 2022

  • July 27–31 – Allen Hester at Lake Erie Yearly Meeting (LEYM) – FCNL Workshop and Organizational Panel
  • July 27–31 – Bobby Trice at Iowa Yearly Meeting Conservative (IYMC) – Plenary and FCNL Workshop
  • July 26–31 – Nicole Santos at Philadelphia Yearly Meeting – Business and Plenaries
  • July 24–30 – Portia Skenandore-Wheelock at New York Yearly Meeting (NYYM) – FCNL Workshop
  • July 22–27 – Bridget Moix, Jameelah Lewis, and Jessica Bahena at Pacific Yearly Meeting (PacYM) – FCNL Workshop – Beloved Community & the World We Seek: Living Quaker Faith at FCNL
  • July 21–24 – Alicia McBride at Western Yearly Meeting (WYM) – FCNL Workshop
  • July 13–17 – Hassan El-Tayyab and Mary Comfort Ferrell at North Pacific Yearly Meeting (NPYM) – FCNL Interest Groups
  • July 13–17 – Emma Hulbert at North Carolina Yearly Meeting Conservative (NCYMC)
  • July 3–9 – FCNL Staff at Friends General Conference (FGC) Virtual Gathering – Alicia, Bobby, and Riley

Visits in June 2022

  • June 17–19 – Alicia McBride at Sierra-Cascades Yearly Meeting of Friends (SCYMF) – FCNL Workshop: Friends Reckoning with Racism – Sharing Our Experiences
  • June 15–19 – Anika Forrest and Stephen Donahoe at Intermountain Yearly Meeting (IMYM) – FCNL Workshop: Faith Voices for Migration Justice
  • June 15–19 – Bobby Trice and Justin Hurdle at Illinois Yearly Meeting (ILYM) – Plenary and FCNL Workshop: Communicating with Congress
  • June 15–19 – Jim Cason at Southern Appalachian Yearly Meeting and Association (SAYMA) – FCNL Workshop: Advocacy from a Place of Faith
  • June 8–12 – Abi Rahman-Davies and Alex Frandsen at Ohio Valley Yearly Meeting (OVYM) – FCNL Workshop: Amplifying Calls for Economic Justice
  • June 3–7 – Destinee Bates, Emma Hulbert, Imani Bryant, and Jameelah Lewis at Pendle Hill (PA) –Continuing Revolution Conference
  • June 3–5 – Alicia McBride at FUM Stoking the Fire Retreat
  • June 4–5 – Bobby Trice at Arkansas-Oklahoma Quarterly Meeting (South Central YM) – FCNL Workshop: F/friends in Unlikely Places
  • June 2–4 – Bobby Trice at Great Plains Yearly Meeting (GPYM) – FCNL Workshop: Native American Advocacy Program

Visits in May 2022

  • May 27–30 – Jessie Palatucci at Northern Yearly Meeting (NYM) – FCNL Workshop: Communicating with Congress
  • May 22 – Visiting Friend Tom Bertrand at Eggemoggin Reach Friends Meeting (ME)
  • May 14 – Visiting Friend Jasmine Krotkov at Wyoming Friends Meeting (WY)
  • May 1 – Bobby Trice at Friends Meeting at Cambridge (MA) – Worship and Fellowship

Visits in April 2022

  • April 29–May 1 – Bobby Trice at Beacon Hill Friends House
  • April 29–May 1 – Emma Hulbert at New England Yearly Meeting (NEYM) Young Adult Friend Retreat
  • April 15–18 – Bobby Trice at Pendle Hill (PA) –Quakers Uprooting Racism Retreat
  • April 13–17 – Riley Robinson at Southeastern Yearly Meeting (SEYM) – FCNL Interest Group
  • April 10–17 – Istra Fuhrmann and Portia Skenandore-Wheelock at South Central Yearly Meeting (SCYM)
  • April 7 – Clarence Edwards at Quaker Action for a Just World: 2022 AFSC Corporation Program – Panelist for Quaker climate activists: Intersections of climate justice and Quakerism 
  • April 5 – Portia Skenandore-Wheelock at Friends House (CA) – Virtual Presentation on Native American Advocacy
  • April 2 – Emma Hulbert at Baltimore Yearly Meeting Youth Conference – Workshop: F/friends in Unlikely Places

Visits in March 2022

  • March 31 – Bobby Trice at Wilmington College – Workshop: F/friends in Unlikely Places
  • March 27 – Emma Hulbert at Middletown Meeting (PA) – Worship and Fellowship 
  • March 27 – Visiting Friend Tom Bertrand at Acadia Friends Meeting (VA)–  Priorities Process Facilitation
  • March 27 – Visiting Friend Tom Bertrand at Charlottesville Friends meeting (VA) – Priorities Process Facilitation
  • March 20 – Visiting Friend Michele Shields at Orange Grove Friends Meeting (CA) – Priorities Process Facilitation
  • March 13 – Visiting Friend Steve Olshevski at Plainfield Friends Meeting (VT) – Priorities Process Facilitation
  • March 6 – Visiting Friend Steve Whinfield at Northampton Friends Meeting (MA) – Priorities Process Facilitation
  • March 6 – Jameelah Lewis at Ujima Friends Meeting – Worship and Fellowship
  • March 6 – Alicia McBride at Friends Meeting of Cambridge – Priorities Process Facilitation
  • March 6 – Bobby Trice at West Hills Friends Church (OR) – Worship and Priorities Process Facilitation
  • March 6 – Bobby Trice at Reno Friends (NV) – Worship and Priorities Process Facilitation
  • March 6 – Emma Hulbert at Fairfield Meeting (IN) – Worship and Fellowship

Visits in February 2022

  • February 28 – Bobby Trice at West Branch Friends Church (IA) – Workshop: F/friends in Unlikely Places
  • February 28 – Alicia McBride at Church of the Holy City – Workshop on Interfaith Advocacy 
  • February 27– Visiting Friend Deni Elliot at Columbia Friends Meeting (SC)– Priorities Process Facilitation
  • February 27 – Anika Forrest at New Haven Friends (CT) – Migration Policy Presentation
  • February 27 – Bobby Trice at Bismarck-Mandan Friends (ND) – Worship and Fellowship
  • February 26– Visiting Friend Jasmine Krotkov at Montana Gathering of Friends (MT)– Priorities Process Facilitation
  • February 20 – Emma Hulbert at Virginia Beach Friends Meeting – Worship and Fellowship
  • February 13 – Alicia McBride and Bobby Trice at Eastern Hills Monthly Meeting – Workshop: Friends Reckoning with Racism: Self, Community, Society
  • February 6 – Alicia McBride at North Seattle Friends Church – Worship and Fellowship

Visits in January 2022

  • January 30 – Alicia McBride at West Newton Friends Meeting (IN) – Worship and Fellowship
  • January 30 – Emma Hulbert at Wilmington Friends Meeting – Worship and Fellowship
  • January 23 – Bobby Trice at Fayetteville Friends Meeting (AR) – Worship and Fellowship
  • January 23 – Alicia McBride at Indianapolis First Friends – Worship and Fellowship
  • January 23 – Emma Hulbert at Stillwater Friends Meeting – Worship and Fellowship
  • January 16 – Alicia McBride at Open Table Friends Church (OH) – Worship and Fellowship
  • January 16 – Emma Hulbert at Rich Square Friends Meeting – Worship and Fellowship

Visits in November 2021

  • November 14 – Bobby Trice and Emma Hulbert at Poughkeepsie Friends (NY) – Voting Rights Briefing and Lobby Training
  • November 6 – Clarence Edwards at Southern California Quarterly Meeting  – Workshop: Climate Justice and Military Pollution
  • November 6 – Bobby Trice at Wilmington Friends Meeting (OH) – Workshop: F/friends in Unlikely Places

Visits in October 2021

  • October 5 – Bobby Trice at Westfield Friends School – Introduction to FCNL 

Visits in September 2021

  • September 18 – Riley Robinson at New Association of Friends – Fellowship 

Visits in August 2021

  • August 21 – Jim Cason at North Carolina Fellowship of Friends (NCFF) – Worship, Business, and Fellowship
  • August 7-12 – Alex Wilson and Nicole Santos at New England Yearly Meeting (NEYM) – Worship and Business
  • August 5-8 – Ashley Wilson at Alaska Friends Conference (AFC) – Worship and Business
  • August 3-6 – Bobby Trice at Ohio Yearly Meeting (OYM) – Worship and Business
  • August 2-8 – Mary Comfort Ferrell and Bobby Trice at Baltimore Yearly Meeting (BYM) – Worship, Business, and Fellowship
    • August 6 – Jim Cason – Workshop: Advocate for Migration Justice with FCNL

Visits in July 2021

  • July 29–August 1 – Bobby Trice at Wilmington Yearly Meeting – Worship, Business, and Fellowship
    • July 29 – Alicia McBride and Bobby Trice – Workshop: F/friends in Unlikely Places
    • July 31 – Diane Randall – Peace Lecture
  • July 28–August 1 – Riley Robinson and Bobby Trice at Lake Erie Yearly Meeting (LEYM) – Worship, Business, and Fellowship
    • July 29 – Bobby Trice – Workshop: Roots and Branches of Quaker Advocacy
  • July 27–August 1 – Alex Wilson and Nicole Santos at Philadelphia Yearly Meeting – Worship, Business, and Fellowship
  • July 25–31 – Stephen Donahoe at New York Yearly Meeting (NYYM) – Worship, Business, and Fellowship
    • July 28 – Diane Randall and Diane Keefe – Quaker advocacy: Where do we go from here?
  • July 23–28 – Stephen Donahoe at Pacific Yearly Meeting (PacYM) – Worship, Business, and Fellowship
    • July 24 – Diane Randall and Stephen Donahoe – Quaker advocacy: Where do we go from here?
  • July 22–25 – Alicia McBride at Iowa Yearly Meeting Conservative (IYMC) – Worship, Business, and Fellowship
  • July 23–25 – Jim Cason at Western Yearly Meeting (WYM) – Worship, Workshop, and Fellowship
  • July 14–18 – Bobby Trice at North Pacific Yearly Meeting (NPYM) – Worship, Business, and Fellowship
    • July 15 – Jose Woss and Kameryn Point – Workshop: Demilitarize the Police
    • July 16 – Clarence Edwards and Mariah Shriner – Workshop: Earthcare for All
  • July 14–18 – Mary Comfort Ferrell at North Carolina Yearly Meeting Conservative (NCYMC) – Worship, Business, and Fellowship
    • July 16 – Alicia McBride and Bobby Trice – Workshop: F/friends in Unlikely Places

Visits in June 2021

  • June 27–July 3 – FCNL Staff at Friends General Conference (FGC) Gathering – Alicia McBride, Bobby Trice, Stephen Donahoe, and Riley Robinson
    • June 28 – Clarence Edwards and Mariah Shriner – Earthcare for All: Advocating for National Environmental Legislation
    • June 29 – Alicia McBride and Bobby Trice – The Roots and Branches of Quaker Advocacy
    • July 1 – Sarah Freeman-Woolpert – Speaking Truth and Building Power: The role of advocacy in grassroots movements 
    • July 2 – Diana Ohlbaum – Why is it so hard to cut the pentagon budget?
  • June 27 – Sarah Freeman-Woolpert at Berea Friends (KY) – Advocacy Skills Workshop 
  • June 27 – José Woss and Kameryn Point at Hockessin Friends (DE) – FCNL: Reforming the Justice System
  • June 18–20 – Alicia McBride, Bobby Trice, and Jim Cason at Sierra-Cascades Yearly Meeting of Friends (SCYMF) – Worship, Business, and Fellowship
  • June 16–20 – José Woss: Intermountain Yearly Meeting (IMYM) Friend in Residence – “Race and Faith: A First Gen Journey to Justice” 
  • June 16–20 – Susan Nahvi at Illinois Yearly Meeting (ILYM) – Worship, Business, and Fellowship
    • June 19 – Bobby Trice at ILYM – Workshop: Speaking Truth to Power: Storytelling in Quaker Advocacy
  • June 16–20 – Alicia McBride at Ohio Valley Yearly Meeting (OVYM) – Worship, Business, and Fellowship
    • June 16 – Alicia McBride and Bobby Trice at OVYM – Workshop: F/friends in Unlikely Places
  • June 6 – Bobby Trice at Pullman-Moscow and Sandpoint Friends (ID/WA) – Workshop: Speaking Truth to Power: Storytelling in Quaker Advocacy
  • June 5–13 – Alicia McBride and Bobby Trice at Southern Appalachian Yearly Meeting and Association (SAYMA) – Worship, Business, and Fellowship
  • June 3–5 – Bobby Trice at Great Plains Yearly Meeting (GPYM) – Worship, Business, and Fellowship
  • June 1 – Clarence at Philadelphia Yearly Meeting – Building a Sustainable Future: How Friends Take Action

Visits in May 2021

  • May 29 – Diana Ohlbaum at Northern Yearly Meeting (NYM) – Workshop: Why is it so hard to cut the Pentagon budget?
  • May 28–31 – Bobby Trice at Northern Yearly Meeting (NYM) – Worship, Business, and Fellowship  
  • May 27 – Alicia McBride and Bobby Trice at Philadelphia Yearly Meeting – Workshop: F/friends in Unlikely Places
  • May 23 – Bobby Trice at Durham Friends (NC) – Workshop: Speaking Truth to Power: Storytelling in Quaker Advocacy
  • May 21–23 – Alicia McBride at FUM Stoking the Fire Retreat – Worship and Fellowship  
  • May 6 – Bobby Trice at Philadelphia Yearly Meeting – Workshop: The Roots and Branches of Quaker Advocacy  
  • May 2 – Diane Randall at Connecticut Valley Quarterly Meeting – “Love and Truth in Politics” 

Visits in April 2021 

  • April 25 – Bobby Trice at Northampton Friends (MA) – Workshop: The Roots and Branches of Quaker Advocacy
  • April 18 – Bobby Trice at Ft. Myers Friends (FL) – Workshop: The Roots and Branches of Quaker Advocacy
  • April 18 – Alicia McBride at Solebury Friends (PA) – Workshop: The Roots and Branches of Quaker Advocacy
  • April 17 – Annie Chiorazzi and Bobby Trice at FGC Consultation: Spirit and Community Online – FCNL Roundtable: The Nuts, Bolts, and Pitfalls of Online Quaker Gatherings 
  • April 9–11 – Alicia McBride at Piedmont Friends Yearly Meeting (PFYM) – Worship, Business, and Fellowship
  • April 6 – Alicia McBride at Friends House (MD) – Workshop: The Roots and Branches of Quaker Advocacy
  • April 4 – Hannah Sievers at Southeastern Yearly Meeting (SEYM) – Quaker Youth Action Panel
  • April 2 – Doug Shaw and Lon Burnam at South Central Yearly Meeting (SCYM) – Workshop: FCNL and the Ban on Nuclear Weapons
  • April 2 – Hannah Sievers and Bobby Trice at South Central Yearly Meeting (SCYM) – Workshop: Centering and Supporting Young Adult Advocacy
  • April 1 – Kameryn Point and Bobby Trice at Southeastern Yearly Meeting (SEYM) – Workshop: F/friends Reckoning with Racism, Justice Reform, and Election Integrity 
  • March 31–April 11 – Riley Robinson at Southeastern Yearly Meeting (SEYM) – Worship, Business, and Fellowship
  • March 28–April 4 – Bobby Trice at South Central Yearly Meeting (SCYM) – Worship, Business, and Fellowship

Visits in March 2021

  • March 28 – Kameryn Point at Redwood Forest Friends (CA) – Forum on Justice in Policing
  • March 28 – Bobby Trice and Alicia McBride at Mickleton Friends (NJ/DE) – Workshop: Sharing Quaker Ministry with Congress – Virtual Lobby Training on Police Reform
  • March 13 – Alicia McBride at Wyoming Friends (WY) – Workshop: The Roots and Branches of Quaker Advocacy
  • March 7 – Bobby Trice at Valley Friends (VA) – Workshop: Speaking Truth to Power – Storytelling as Quaker Advocacy

Visits in February 2021


Visits in January 2021

  • January 31 – Bobby Trice and Alicia McBride at Whittier First Friends (CA) – Message, Worship, and Workshop
  • January 31 – José Woss at Honolulu Friends (HI) – Police Reform Presentation
  • January 28 – Mariah Shriner at New York Yearly Meeting – Climate Legislation Presentation
  • January 24 – Bobby Trice at First Friends Greensboro (NC) – Worship and Workshop
  • January 24 – Amelia Kegan at Goshen Friends (PA) – FCNL Legislative Priorities Presentation
  • January 24 – Alicia McBride at Durham Friends (ME) – Message, Worship, and Workshop
  • January 21 – Bobby Trice at Stillwater Friends (OK) – Religious Education Workshop
  • January 17 – Bobby Trice at Moorestown Friends (NJ) – Worship and Workshop
  • January 14 – Kameryn Point at Kendal at Longwood (PA) – Racial Justice Presentation
  • January 10 – Ashley Wilson at Poplar Ridge Friends (NY) – Worship and Briefing
  • January 10 – Alicia McBride at Penn Valley Friends (MO) – Worship and Workshop
  • January 4 – Kameryn Point at Friends Seminary (NY) – Voting Rights Presentation

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