Ann Arbor Friends Meeting Newsletter September 2021 1420 Hill St., Ann Arbor, MI 48104 | 734-761-7435 | www.annarborfriends.org Vol. 70, no. 9 : Kevin Miller 734-926-8426 Communications: Rabindar Subbian 314-322-6184 Meeting Worker: Pat Micks 734-761-7435 Treasurer: Karla Taylor 734-668-6877 The Ann Arbor Friends Meeting Newsletter is published monthly on the first Sunday of the month by the Ann Arbor Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends.

CALENDAR [ * = See “Weekly Handout” link on AAFM website for further details] All meetings online via Zoom, unless otherwise noted. Zoom connection information available on AAFM website. SUNDAY MEETINGS FOR WORSHIP FEATURE FELLOWSHIP AT RISE OF MEETING. Sunday, September 5 [1ST SUNDAY] Sunday, September 26 [4TH SUNDAY] 9:00 Meeting for Worship. 9:00 Meeting for Worship. 10:05 Earthcare 11:00 Meeting for Worship. Property 12:45 Reading & Discussion * 11:00 Meeting for Worship. Potluck (outdoors). Thursday, September 9 7:30 (pm) Quaker House Committee ADDITIONAL EVENTS & WORSHIP Sunday, September 12 [2ND SUNDAY] Tuesdays 9:00 Meeting for Worship. 10:00 Meeting for Worship 10:00 Finance 6:00 Justice Action Group (2nd & 4th Tuesdays) 11:00 Meeting for Worship. 12:30 Committee for Children and Families 12:45 Reading & Discussion * Monday, September 13 7:00 (pm) Ministry & Counsel Saturday, September 18 9:00 Membership & Outreach Sunday, September 19 [3RD SUNDAY] 7:45 Meeting for Worship. 9:00 Meeting for Worship with a Concern for Business. (no Fellowship) 11:00 Meeting for Worship.

CONTENTS Meeting Announcements…2 Special Announcements…5 Among Friends…2 Query of the Month…5 Larger Circles of Friends…2 Library Books…6 Community News & Events…3

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MEETING ANNOUNCEMENTS Fund” in the special instructions (note Paypal will take 30 cents plus 1.9% of the gift). Sanctuary Committee requests Friends to consider assisting our guest, Mohamed Soumah, who is now able Membership and Outreach welcomes Friends to join us to go grocery shopping without fear of arrest or for our committee meetings, to let us know your ideas or deportation, by giving a ride once per month (or more if just to listen. Next meeting is on September 18, 9:00 am. you are able). Please contact Johanna Kowitz for details Qs.? Contact co-conveners, Cassie Cammann at [email protected]. ([email protected]) and Naomi Gilbert ([email protected]). Meeting Library: Recent Library acquisitions are on Friends are encouraged to participate in Membership & display on the west wall of the Meeting Library. Have a Outreach’s “smallworld” project, designed to widen look! These may now be borrowed, but please return our connections. Friends are paired for casual them within three weeks. In about mid-October, all new conversation (at time and place of their choosing). books will be shelved in their permanent places . “smallworld” facilitates high-quality conversations Membership and Outreach (M&O) Membership and between community members who are paired every Outreach (M&O) Committee invites everyone for three weeks with a ‘partner’. For more information visit: Meeting for Walking each Monday, 2:00 – 3:00 pm. https://smallworldapp.org/aafm. During the month of September, we will be walking in Communications & Website: Friends can opt out of Nichols Arboretum, park at the dead-end of Riverview Ct. having their name, or contact information, or image being (turn into Riverview Dr off Geddes near the Arb; published in the Meeting’s external communications Riverview Dr turns into Riverview Ct). The Arb has varied (handout, newsletter, website etc.). To opt out, please topography of woodlands, river, valleys, wetlands, peony send email to [email protected] with the garden and prairie. We will enter at the prairie where the communications (weekly handout, monthly newsletter, golden and red grasses are at their tallest at this time of website etc.) and the selective information (name, year interspersed with wildflowers, not to be missed! phone, email, photo etc.) you want to opt out. Qs.? Rick Plewa ([email protected]) or Naomi Gilbert ([email protected]). AMONG FRIENDS Phil Volk and Bill Riccobono will facilitate a ‘Bible Hour’, Thursdays, 9:30 am for “an open discussion on various Bible verses” to “discuss [the Bible] with other ”. (Zoom: us02web.zoom.us/j/87284937438 | Meeting ID 872 8493 7438). LARGER CIRCLE OF FRIENDS Lake Erie (LEYM) invites all to participate in this year’s Spiritual Formation Program. The program kicks off with a weekend Fall Retreat (Friday – Sunday, September 10 – 12) via Zoom “and culminates in a one-day spring retreat in May. In between the two retreats, small spiritual formation groups meet on a regular basis.” Although attending the fall retreat is not required to participate in the program, Friends are CHILDREN & FAMILIES requested to commit to meeting twice a month from Committee for Children and Families (CCF) resumes September – April to share and support spiritual depth, First Day School online. Parents/guardians of children insight, or incipient leadings. A retreat in early May then and youth interested in participating are requested to rounds out the year. contact Margot Finn ([email protected]) for details. This year’s fall retreat workshop is facilitated by Marcelle Justice Action Group (JAG) asks Friends led to Martin. “The goal of the fall online weekend workshop is support racial justice efforts to consider supporting ‘The to help us enter more deeply the truth in our hearts and Bail Project’ by donating in one of the following ways to connect more profoundly with the divine Presence in a Meeting approved temporary fund, which is forwarded ourselves and in all of life. We will explore a number of monthly: practices to help us do so, including discernment ● Send check to the Treasurer at the Meeting office exercises, supportive listening, evoking questions, (1420 Hill St, Ann Arbor, MI 48104) with “Bail Project focusing on God, collective sensing, and meeting for Fund” in the memo line. worship. We’ll be accompanied by the words and stories ● Make a direct bank transfer to the Meeting – contact of early Quakers, along with the gifts of continuing Karla Taylor (Treasurer) for routing information. revelation in our time. ● Donate via the Meeting website Exercises in pairs and small groups will provide (http://annarborfriends.org) and type “Bail Project opportunities for intimate spiritual sharing. The gathered

Ann Arbor Friends Meeting Newsletter, September 2021 Page | 2 ANN ARBOR FRIENDS MEETING, 1420 HILL ST., ANN ARBOR, MI 48104 | 734-761-7435 | WWW.ANNARBORFRIENDS.ORG community that forms among us will support each Broadmead Fall Retreat will be held participant to collectively access the healing and guiding Friday – Saturday, October 1 – 3, in St. Francis Presence of God in deeper ways and provide Spirituality Center, Tiffin, OH and feature Christopher encouragement to boldly follow our leadings as we face Sammond. Brochure at https://leym.org/wp- the challenges of today. The practices we’ll explore are content/uploads/2021/07/Broadmead_Oct_Retreat_202 especially helpful when used in spiritual formation 1.pdf. Register by Friday, September 10. Questions? groups, spiritual friendships, clearness committees, and Kathleen Helbling, [email protected]. faithfulness groups.” Time to plan spiritual formation program small groups and reading groups for the year is COMMUNITY NEWS & EVENTS included in the retreat that will begin Friday evening with New England Yearly Meeting and Beacon Hill Friends sessions throughout the day on Saturday and on Sunday House co-sponsor Exploring Spiritual Practices, an morning. More information on the program is at LEYM online course on spiritual practices that is “open to website at: https://leym.org/spiritual-formation-program- people of diverse faiths”. The course is led by description. Swarthmore Monthly Meeting member Marcelle Martin Register at: https://airtable.com/shrt3tA5PddH8eu7Z. and is offered in two sections (morning: 10:30 am – 12:30 Questions about the AAFM group might be addressed to pm and evening: 7:00 – 9:00 pm). Course sessions will Peggy Daub or Lisa Klopfer. be held on Tuesdays from September 7 – November 16. Participants will experiment with numerous approaches Detroit Friends Meeting invites Friends on Sunday, to meditation, prayer, and presence. Participants will September 12, 1:00 – 2:00 pm or Tuesday, September seek to know more fully the nature of consciousness, our 14, 7:00 – 8:00 pm, to a Zoom presentation of their true self, and our connection to the Spirit. They will discernment around a new meetinghouse and how you explore how mindfulness, awareness, and communion can help ensure our collective Light continues to shine in with the Divine affects not only our inner and outer lives, Detroit. Details and Zoom information at but radiates beyond us into the world. https://leym.org/dfm-new-meetinghouse. Zoom Meeting Learn which spiritual practices are most suited to you and ID: 874 6384 4472. Passcode: detroitfm. Join by phone: explore how to make them a more integrated part of your 301-715-8592, or 312-626-6799 and enter Meeting ID. daily life. Online class time will include brief Friends General Conference (FGC) offers two presentations, experiencing different spiritual practices, Spiritual Deepening Programs starting in September – sharing in pairs and groups, and class discussion. No a book discussion on white-supremacy trauma and an particular beliefs in God or prayer are required, only a eRetreat. willingness to earnestly try different practices, notice My Grandmother's Hands Book Discussion: This what we experience, and listen respectfully to the book group will explore the body-centered trauma of experiences and beliefs shared by others. Register at: white supremacy and a path toward healing through a https://neym.org/events-calendar/2021/09/exploring- discussion of the book My Grandmother's Hands by spiritual-practices. Resmaa Menakem. Offered September 15 - October 20, Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice (ICPJ) 2021, Six weeks, $30 pay-as-led participation fee. centers racial and economic justice in addressing the Community Building Calls: Wednesdays at 7:30 – 9:00 root causes of violence from oppression, poverty, pm (ET), starting September 15. The same Zoom link will environmental devastation, patriarchy, and war. We be used each week. Zoom link provided upon RSVP. wage love and practice nonviolence in all its forms https://www.fgcquaker.org/resources/spiritual- through education, community organizing, advocacy, deepening-offering-my-grandmothers-hands-book- and direct action. We unite across our differences and discussion empower leadership in people to create the change we Silence & Light for Quaker Newcomers eRetreat to need for a more peaceful and just world. Upcoming practice Quaker worship and silent waiting, for an inward events include: encounter with Inner Teacher who leads, guides, and ● “Trash Talk” Tour: Caucus on Consumption, transforms us every day. Offered September 18 – Waste & the Climate Crisis, as part of the October 16. Four weeks, $45 pay-as-led participation Washtenaw Zero Waste Coalition, invites you to a fee. Community Building Calls: Saturdays at 3:00 pm fun and educational event. We say we "throw it (ET), starting September 18. away", but there is no such place as “away”. Join the Week 1: Stillness and Silent Times first annual Trash Talk Tour Week 2: The Light Working in Us https://www.trashtalktour.org on Sunday, September Week 3: Deep Listening & Discernment 19, 12:00 noon – 4:00 pm for a self-guided tour Week 4: Relationships & Spiritual Community through Ann Arbor (virtual map will be provided upon To receive Zoom information register at FGC website at: registration). Registration and information at https://www.fgcquaker.org/resources/spiritual- https://www.trashtalktour.org. During this fun FREE, deepening-eretreats-silence-light-quaker-newcomers family-friendly, self-guided event you will see what happens to your trash, recyclables, and compost after you “throw it away.” You will meet people and Ann Arbor Friends Meeting Newsletter, September 2021 Page | 3 ANN ARBOR FRIENDS MEETING, 1420 HILL ST., ANN ARBOR, MI 48104 | 734-761-7435 | WWW.ANNARBORFRIENDS.ORG visit places that are innovating to reduce throwaway need lots of volunteer support to make the event culture in our community. See how U of M, successful. Please complete the volunteer form via Zingerman’s, Ann Arbor Public Schools, city and this (case sensitive) link: https://bit.ly/3Ba0Kss. county government, local retailers and nonprofits are ● 2021 ICPJ Harvest Dinner, Monday, October 4, innovating waste reduction for the love of our planet. 5:30 pm, Ann Arbor Farmers Market. Please There will be friendly people ready to answer your purchase your tickets and program booklet questions at many of the stops. Bring your friends advertisements at: https://2021-icpj-harvest- and family! Come talk trash with us! dinner.eventbrite.com. The following activists who [A fascinating look at the UM Stadium's efforts to go embody the values of ICPJ. 2021 Peace & Justice zero waste after football games will be held at 9:30 Honoree: Natalie Holbrook, Peace and Justice Sunday morning--check the website for more. (It's Network Organization: We The People Michigan, the only stop on the tour that doesn't happen Emergent Leader: Student Advocacy Center, Anti- between noon and 4:00 pm.] Racist Advocate: Trische Duckworth, Network ● ICPJ Racial Justice Book Group will begin Weaver: Gail Summerhill. The Harvest Dinner is discussing a new book, Critical Race Theory (3rd ICPJ’s largest fundraiser for this year, please Edition), by Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic, on consider joining in building our community and Tuesday, September 21, 7:00 – 9:00 pm. “For well please consider helping us to raise the resources we over a decade, critical race theory—the school of need to sustain ICPJ’s leadership and activism. thought that holds that race lies at the very nexus of Dinner will be informal, with opportunities to honor American life—has roiled the legal academy...... And our awardees, entertainment & food trucks. yet, while the critical race theory movement has 47th Annual Ann Arbor CROP Walk, Sunday, October spawned dozens of conferences and numerous 3, 2:00 pm. Many small gifts make a BIG difference! books, no concise, accessible volume outlines its Since 1975, many Ann Arbor congregations have basic parameters and tenets. Here, then, from two of supported Church World Service's CROP Walk to the founders of the movement, is the first primer on alleviate hunger and poverty locally and throughout the one of the most influential intellectual movements in world. Please make an individual contribution, or ask American law and politics." Call ICPJ at (734) 663- others for their support. Choose "Donate" and use a 1870 or email [email protected] for details. credit card, or write a check to CWS/CROP and mail it to ● Volunteer for Warrant Resolution Day, Friday, Mary Pratt, 2406 Pittsfield Blvd, Ann Arbor, Michigan October 1. The Warrant Resolution Project is a 48104. Questions? Mary at 734-975-5310 or community-based restorative justice initiative in [email protected]. Send-off at Bethlehem United partnership with ICPJ seeking to create a safer Church of Christ (423 South Fourth Ave, Ann Arbor). community by assisting residents with information, Walk a 2-mile or 4-mile loop, or join virtually and walk education, and solutions to outstanding warrants locally from home. For more details contact Donald before the courts in Washtenaw County. On Friday, MacGregor, 734-663-7343, [email protected] October 1, in cooperation with the Washtenaw or visit https://www.crophungerwalk.org/AnnArborMI or County 14B District, which covers Ypsilanti and https://www.facebook.com/annarborcrophungerwalk Ypsilanti Township, we will host a community-wide Hope Clinic Food Program seeks Volunteers as the “Warrant Resolution Day” for people to clear program is struggling to fill our volunteer slots in the food outstanding non-compliance warrants. Plans are department. Both new volunteer applicants, and existing underway to include judges from 14A and 16th as volunteers are needed to sign up for shifts. In addition, well. Bench warrants can be issued for many the program is looking to form a "Rapid Response Team" reasons (such a failure to pay parking tickets or to of individuals who are willing to be asked to fill in when appear in court), but their impacts can be we have cancellations. Sign up at the program website devastating. People with outstanding warrants can via the following link: https://thehopeclinic.us12.list- be arrested and jailed without notice, putting their manage.com/track/click?u=f894192827692f57ef3908e4 employment and their families in jeopardy. Often, 0&id=0eb481685f&e=9c5304237b people are unaware that warrants have been issued against them. Bench warrants are commonly issued Religious Action for Affordable Housing (RAAH): for failure to attend a scheduled court appearance or Federal funds are available to assist tenants facing to fulfill the conditions of probation, but can also be pandemic-related hardships avoid eviction. The COVID- issued for failure to pay child support, for 19 Emergency Rental Assistance (CERA) program offers misdemeanor offenses, failure to fill out a juror assistance to qualifying tenants and landlords to pay off questionnaire, flagging a ride from a police officer, back debt and/or utilities built up since March 2020. If you and even unpaid library fines. In 2019, an estimated or someone you know is in need of rental assistance, go 2300 open warrants in Ann Arbor for such minor to https://ceraapp.michigan.gov apply. Volunteers offenses as disorderly conduct and driving with a needed now to guide members of the community in suspended license. Though the warrant resolution completing their application. After training, volunteers will process will be conducted by court personnel, we answer questions and assist applicants in gathering the Ann Arbor Friends Meeting Newsletter, September 2021 Page | 4 ANN ARBOR FRIENDS MEETING, 1420 HILL ST., ANN ARBOR, MI 48104 | 734-761-7435 | WWW.ANNARBORFRIENDS.ORG documents and information they need to prove their SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS eligibility. You will need reliable internet access and PEACE & SOCIAL CONCERNS should be comfortable using and uploading documents to an online application portal. If interested in A reminder from Peace & Social Concerns Committee volunteering, please contact Kristina Schnepf via email to “Let them hear from YOU!” Keep your legislators at [email protected] to learn more. aware of your and the Meeting’s values and priorities. Washtenaw Community College (WCC) offers Tai Chi Sen. Debbie Stabenow Sen. Gary Peters for mobility maintenance each Tuesday, and Thursday, 202-224-4822 (DC) 202-224-6221 (DC) 12:00 – 1:00 pm. Enjoy this slow, low impact mind-body 313-961-4330 313-224-6221 exercise that strengthens muscles, improves balance stabenow.senate.gov peters.senate.gov and motor control and facilitates mindfulness and concentration. Classes offered by WCC are (essentially) Rep. Debbie Dingell Rep. Elissa Slotkin fee-free for Washtenaw County residents 65 years old or 202-225-4071 (DC) 202-225-4872 (DC) older. If you are not yet 65 years, or do not live in 734-481-1100 517-993-0510 Washtenaw County, please connect with instructor Karla debbiedingell.house.gov slotkin.house.gov ([email protected]) for more information about their Toll-free numbers: reasonable rates or residency waivers. Rep. Tim Walberg US Capitol Switchboard 202-225-6276 (DC) 866-220-0044 UM Turner Senior Wellness Program presents two 517-780-9075 White House Comment programs – Tai Chi for older adults and Walking Off The walberg.house.gov Line: 888-225-8418 Pounds each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 12:00 –

12:30 pm. Beginners welcome in the Tai Chi program. Also offered are Ongoing Meditation, Teachings, and QUERY OF THE MONTH Practices talks each Tuesday, 10:00 – 11:30 am by Query on EDUCATION Bilha Birman Rivlin of Still Mountain Meditation via Zoom. How do we welcome children and teenagers into the For URL for any of the above programs, email loving care of the Meeting? Do we listen to them, share [email protected] or call 734-998-9353. our spiritual seeking with them, and bring them under Live Music by San and Emily Slomovits every Monday such influences as tend to develop their religious life? and Thursday, 5:00 pm. Multi-instrumentalist San (better known as half of the popular family-friendly duo Gemini) Do we explore together the Bible, Christianity, and other and vocalist-violinist daughter Emily perform livestream religions? Do we offer a balanced account of the history folk music geared toward kids (Mondays) and adults and principles of Friends? Do we endeavor together to (Thursdays). Streamed online via Facebook at witness to Friends’ testimonies? https://www.facebook.com/GeminiChildrensMusic and How do we show our concern for the improvement of https://www.facebook.com/Emily.Slomovits. Free, but education in our community and in the world? Are we donations for Food Gatherers or a social or racial justice- informed and active contributors to the public education oriented org appreciated. Qs.? [email protected]. system? Do we give proper consideration to supporting Oz’s Bach Porch, each Tuesday, 12:30 – 2:30 pm, Friends schools? Are we concerned that all children outdoors, socially distanced, live music by local receive a sound education in a nurturing and respectful musicians at Oz Music Environment, 1920 Packard, Ann environment? Arbor. Bring food, if you like. Free. For information call 734-662-8283. Knit Happens: Ann Arbor Stitch’N’Bitch, every Tuesday, 6:00 – 8:00 pm. Knitters invited to work on their projects and swap tips with others. For URL pre-register at https://www.meetup.com/Ann-Arbor-StitchNBitch. $2 monthly dues. Qs.? 734-945-3035. Comfort Keepers of Ann Arbor offer assistance running errands, grocery shopping, meal preparation, cleaning, and disinfecting. Wide range of services from companionship, respite care for families, help around the house, shower assistance etc. provided. Questions to Jordan Stirling, 734-418-9186. Note: This organization is a for-profit entity offering services for payment. Inclusion in announcements does not imply endorsement by Ann Arbor Friends Meeting.

Ann Arbor Friends Meeting Newsletter, September 2021 Page | 5 ANN ARBOR FRIENDS MEETING: MEETING FOR WORSHIP WITH A CONCERN FOR BUSINESS New Library Books on Display! Recent Library acquisitions (since early 2020) are on display on the west wall of the Meeting Library. Have a look! Jeff Cooper thanks those Friends who suggested new titles, and is always happy to answer questions about the Library. Quakers and Quakerism Mirabai Starr. Wild Mercy: Living the Fierce and Margery Post Abbott. Walk Humbly, Serve Boldly: Tender Wisdom of the Women Mystics Modern Quakers as Everyday Prophets Macrina Wiederkehr. Seven Sacred Pauses: Living Yearbook of Baltimore Yearly Meeting, 2019 and Mindfully Through the Hours of the Day Manual of Procedure, Baltimore Yearly Meeting Race, Racism, and Inclusivity J. Brent Bill. Beauty, Truth, Life, and Love: Four Margaret Edds. We Face the Dawn: Oliver Hill, Essentials for the Abundant Life Spottswood Robinson, and the Legal Team that Quakers, Creation Care, and Sustainability. Quakers Dismantled Jim Crow and the Disciplines, Vol. 6. Cherice Bock and Stephen Potthoff, eds. Katharine Gerbner. Christian Slavery: Conversion and Race in the Protestant Atlantic World Geoffrey Durham. What Do Quakers Believe? Jacqueline J. Lewis & John Janka. The Pentecost David Johnson. Surrendering into Silence: Quaker Paradigm: Ten Strategies for Becoming a Multiracial Prayer Cycles Congregation James Proud. ’s ‘’: Tehama Lopez Bunyasi and Candis Watts Smith. Quaker Truth in Pennsylvania, 1682–1781 Stay Woke: A People’s Guide to Making All Black Lives Brenda Bailey. A Quaker Couple in Nazi Germany: Matter Leonard Friedrich Survives Buchenwald Steve Luxenberg. Separate: The Story of Plessy V. Richard Godbeer. World of Trouble: A Philadelphia Ferguson, and America’s Journey from Slavery to Quaker Family’s Journey through the American Segregation Revolution Ijeoma Oluo. So You Want to Talk about Race Andrew R. Murphy. William Penn: A Life Paul Ortiz. An African American and Latinx History of Bayard Rustin. I Must Resist: Bayard Rustin’s Life in the United States Letters, ed. Michael G. Long Brenda Walker Beadenkopf. A Quaker Behind the George Yancy. Backlash: What Happens When We Talk Dream: Charlie Walker and the Civil Rights Movement. Honestly about Racism in America Vol. 1, 1920–1955 Larry Yang. Awakening Together: The Spiritual Practice of Inclusivity and Community Faith, Religion, and Spirituality Lacy Finn Borgo. Spiritual Conversations with Peace, Justice, and Social Concerns Children: Listening to God Together Greg Berman & Julian Adler. Start Here: A Road Map Valerie Kaur. See No Stranger: A Memoir and to Reducing Mass Incarceration Manifesto of Revolutionary Love Mark Charles & Soong-Chan Rah. Unsettling Truths: David Kessler. Finding Meaning: The Sixth Stage of The Ongoing, Dehumanizing Legacy of the Doctrine of Grief Discovery Dana Kester-McCabe. Seeker’s Field Guide to Shane Claiborne & Michael Martin. Beating Guns: Exploring Spirituality Hope for People Who Are Weary of Violence Marcelle Martin. A Guide to Faithfulness Groups Bill Denham. What Is Justice? A Personal Exploration Alastair McIntosh & Matt Carmichael. Spiritual Angela P. Dodson. “Remember the Ladies”: Activism: Leadership as Service Celebrating Those Who Fought for Freedom at the Richard Rohr: Essential Teachings on Love Ballot Box John Shelby Spong. Unbelievable: Why Neither Ancient Marjorie Kelly and Ted Howard. The Making of a Creeds Nor the Reformation Can Produce a Living Democratic Economy: Building Prosperity for the Faith Today Many, Not Just the Few

Ann Arbor Friends Meeting Newsletter, September 2021 Page | 6 ANN ARBOR FRIENDS MEETING: MEETING FOR WORSHIP WITH A CONCERN FOR BUSINESS Matthew Legge. Are We Done Fighting? Building Naomi Klein. On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green Understanding in a World of Hate and Division New Deal Sarah Stewart Holland & Beth Silvers. I Think You’re John Lodenkamper et al. Toward a Life-Centered Wrong (But I’m Listening) Economy: From the Rule of Money to the Rule of Stewardship. QIF Focus Book 12 Environment Jennie M.Ratcliffe. Nothing Lowly in the Universe: An Robert Bruninga et al. Energy Choices: Opportunities Integral Approach to the Ecological Crisis to Make Wise Decisions for a Sustainable Future. QIF Focus Book 11 Poetry and Fiction Ronnie Cummins. Grassroots Rising: A Call to Action Elizabeth J. Coleman, ed. HERE: Poems for the Planet on Climate, Farming, Food, and a Green New Deal Leah Naomi Green. The More Extravagant Feast Kate Davies. Intrinsic Hope: Living Courageously in (poems) Troubled Times Joy Harjo. An American Sunrise: Poems Mary DeMocker. The Parents’ Guide to Climate Barbara Schell Luetke. The Kendal Sparrow: A Novel of Revolution: 100 Ways to Build a Fossil-Free Future, Elizabeth Fletcher (Quaker historical fiction) Raise Empowered Kids, and Still Get a Good Night’s Sleep Edith Maxwell. Turning the Tide (A Quaker Midwife Mystery) Elizabeth Fournier. The Green Burial Guidebook: Everything You Need to Plan an Affordable, Dwight L. Wilson. The Essence of Haiku: The Environmentally Friendly Burial Relevancy of the Japanese Haiku Masters Paul Hawken, ed. Drawdown: The Most Comprehen- Dwight L. Wilson. The Kidnapped: A Collection of sive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming Short Stories Hope Jahren. The Story of More: How We Got to Dwight L. Wilson. Modern Psalms in Search of Peace Climate Change and Where to Go from Here and Justice

To find older books, see the notebook on top of the cabinet, which contains an Author Catalog (on yellow paper) and a Title Catalog (on green paper). In both catalogs, most entries have subject descriptors in the bottom line. Otherwise, crude subject access is provided by the organization of the Library in 15 sections indicated by one or more strips of colored tape on book spines (see below). Within each section, most books are arranged alpha- betically by author, though many sections begin with some books arranged by title. To borrow books from the Library, sign them out in the notebook on top of the cabinet. Books should be returned within a month – to the large “Returns” box on the window ledge.

Key to Colors and Sections (starting on east wall and proceeding clockwise) Yellow Quaker Studies 2 Black Simple Living, Sustainability, Yellow & Blue Quaker Biographies Environment Blue General Biographies Green Comparative Religion 2 Brown Miscellaneous Topics Gray Politics 2 Green Arts, Poetry, Drama 2 Blue Social Concerns, Racism 2 Red Bibles, Concordances, and Brown Pacifism, Nonviolence, Commentaries Conscientious Objection Red Christianity Green & Blue Fiction (in living room) 3 Red Prayer, Meditation Black Philosophy, Psychology, Ethics, Human Relationships

Oversize books are shelved together on the west wall, immediately below the books on comparative religion (green tape). These books are indicated in the catalogs by an “OS” next to the subject color.

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