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The Golden Rule peace boat is a National Project of Veterans For Peace, aiming to advance opposition to nuclear weapons and war.
This speaker event is sponsored by the Peace and Social Concerns committee of the Port Townsend Friends Meeting.
(submitted by Caroline Wildflower)
Aktion Club: Fall Social and Project Jump Start
An inclusive activity for fun, fellowship, and service! For more information, contact Curtis Wheeler: curtis@casconnections.org
The Port Townsend Aktion Club is a service club for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Hosted by: Port Townsend Friends Meeting Outreach Committee
[setup at 12:30 pm]
Kathy Railsback, Co-Clerk of Friends Peace Teams'(FTP) African Great Lakes Initiative, will speak on her work co-facilitating trauma education workshops for South Sudanese refugees with FPT partners in East Africa. A Q&A session will follow the presentation.
Kathy has traveled to the region roughly a dozen times over the past 11 years. In 2023, she won a service award to work with FPT partners in Kenya and Uganda to offer trauma education workshops for approximately 600 refugees and to train dozens of South Sudanese facilitators.
Article on Kathy’s work from the Friends Peace Teams website: Trauma Education with South Sudanese Refugees in Uganda & Kenya
For more info contact Kathy Railsback: railsback.kathryn@gmail.com or 208-949-3004
[setup time 12:00 noon]
An inclusive activity for fun, fellowship, and service!
The Port Townsend Aktion Club is a service club for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
For more information, contact Curtis Wheeler: curtis@casconnections.org
Hosted by: Port Townsend Friends Meeting Outreach Committee
Sponsored by: Port Townsend Kiwanis Club and Cascade Community Connections
Fun Day at the Meetinghouse
Sat, October 26, 2:00 to 4:00 pm (after the Food Drive)
Show and Tell, bring a game to share, enjoy some snacks!
Call Dorn, Katy, or Norma for more info.
[setup at 1:30 pm; cleanup at 4:00]
[setup time 12:00 noon]
An inclusive activity for fun, fellowship, and service!
The Port Townsend Aktion Club is a service club for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
For more information, contact Curtis Wheeler: curtis@casconnections.org
Hosted by: Port Townsend Friends Meeting Outreach Committee
Sponsored by: Port Townsend Kiwanis Club and Cascade Community Connections
A series of readings presenting writing in all genres, Readings at the Meetinghouse will take place on the following dates, at 7:00 pm:
Thurs, November 21, 2024
Thurs, January 16, 2025
Thurs, March 20, 2025
Thurs, May 15, 2025
Admission is free and open to the public.
For more information about the authors and about this series of readings, you may sign up for the email newsletter at this link: Subscribe-RFM
(setup 6:30 pm)
[setup time 12:00 noon]
An inclusive activity for fun, fellowship, and service!
The Port Townsend Aktion Club is a service club for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
For more information, contact Curtis Wheeler: curtis@casconnections.org
Hosted by: Port Townsend Friends Meeting Outreach Committee
Sponsored by: Port Townsend Kiwanis Club and Cascade Community Connections
The Aktion Club is a service club for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities — an inclusive activity for fun, fellowship, and service!
Volunteers are welcome to join in club activities.
Event contact: Curtis Wheeler, curtis@casconnections.org
Sponsored by:
Port Townsend Kiwanis Club and Cascade Community Connections
Hosted at the Friends Meetinghouse, by the Outreach Committee of Port Townsend Friends Meeting
(Business at 12:00 noon; projects 1:00 – 4:00 pm)
A series of readings presenting writing in all genres, Readings at the Meetinghouse will take place on the following dates, at 7:00 pm:
Thurs, November 21, 2024
Thurs, January 16, 2025
Thurs, March 20, 2025
Thurs, May 15, 2025
Admission is free and open to the public.
For more information about the authors and about this series of readings, you may sign up for the email newsletter at this link: Subscribe-RFM
(setup 6:30 pm)
(setup 1:30)
Event info from Anna Quinn:
“This open mic will be a mixture of every genre, style, form, perspective and content from fiction to memoir to poetry, unpolished to polished, unpublished to published. Writers of all steps along the writing path are welcome! Please don’t be shy — we have the most wonderful, supportive audiences!
“There will be 10-12 readers, each reading for five minutes, plus two featured readers each reading for fifteen minutes. Names will be drawn out of a hat. Your name must be dropped into the hat by 2:50pm.”
Jan 25 link to Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1614960389455163
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2025 Kaleidoscope Open Mic Events
January 25
February 22
April 26
June 28
DOORS 2:30 pm
EVENT 3:00 PM
[PTFM host: Paula J; setup 2 pm]
The Aktion Club is a service club for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities — an inclusive activity for fun, fellowship, and service!
Volunteers are welcome to join in club activities.
Event contact: Curtis Wheeler, curtis@casconnections.org
Sponsored by:
Port Townsend Kiwanis Club and Cascade Community Connections
Hosted at the Friends Meetinghouse, by the Outreach Committee of Port Townsend Friends Meeting
(setup 12:00 – 1:00 pm; activity 1:00 – 4:00 pm)
Event info from Anna Quinn:
This open mic will be a mixture of every genre, style, form, perspective and content — from fiction to memoir to poetry, unpolished to polished, unpublished to published. Writers of all steps along the writing path are welcome! Please don’t be shy — we have the most wonderful, supportive audiences!
There will be 10 to 12 readers, each reading for five minutes, plus two featured readers each reading for fifteen minutes. Names will be drawn out of a hat. Your name must be dropped into the hat by 2:50pm.
2025 Kaleidoscope Open Mic Events
January 25
February 22
April 26
June 28
DOORS 2:30 pm
EVENT 3:00 PM
[PTFM host: Paula J; room setup 2 pm]
The Aktion Club is a service club for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities — an inclusive activity for fun, fellowship, and service!
Volunteers are welcome to join in club activities.
Event contact: Curtis Wheeler, curtis@casconnections.org
Sponsored by:
Port Townsend Kiwanis Club and Cascade Community Connections
Hosted at the Friends Meetinghouse, by the Outreach Committee of Port Townsend Friends Meeting
(Business at 12:00 noon; projects 1:00 – 4:00 pm)
A series of readings presenting writing in all genres, Readings at the Meetinghouse will take place on the following dates, at 7:00 pm:
Thurs, November 21, 2024
Thurs, January 16, 2025
Thurs, March 20, 2025
Thurs, May 15, 2025
Admission is free and open to the public.
For more information about the authors and about this series of readings, you may sign up for the email newsletter at this link: Subscribe-RFM
(setup 6:30 pm)
[setup 1:30 pm]