Where have all the homeless people gone?

 RantWoman reports the following data from a Sunday walk in the Light.

Weird 48 bus reroute while the Montlake bridge is being repaired.: check. Totally makes sense that the bus would realize it's a good idea to make the hospital stops as well as possible but a little confusing in the moment.

Condo church had no future and what worshipping space will emerge?

U Temple United Methodist Church
Slowly Disappearing

Scooters flung casually in the sidewalk: thankfully ZERO.

Homeless people panhandling on travel route: maybe ONE, may fewer than average.

Homeless people encamped in the curb ramps: also thankfully ZERO. It's almost like someone is trying to clean up the streets in preparation for a major transit opening or something. RantWoman would very much like to hope that this cleansing means direct path to better housing and support, but if the last census shows Seattle has grown by 100,000 people and the housing supply not only has not grown to keep up but also is down a few thousand very low income units... Okay. Gather better data on that before making up stories....

Worship time. Many fewer visible bicycles. What's up with that?

Come. Enter In

Cars in the Disabled parking space? if one is good, two is definitely better.

TWO cars in the handicap spot?
So much better than one!

Handicap plate or placard? 

Why does the practice of closing the gate during worship depress me so?

Don't come late
if you want to worship here.

so much?

Coming Soon to a Meetinghouse near you: THREE new Light Rail Stations

RantWoman supposes she should not just open this reflection on the arrival, on October 2 of the three North Link stations with some bus maps. RantWoman supposes this but this is RantWoman.

Bus Routing changes in connection with Link Openings 

How will YOUR travel to Meeting change?

Will new travel options bring new seekers? New aggravations? 

How might we celebrate that ideas of 2004 about a light rail offramp plunging through the Meetinghouse property did not prevail?

RantWoman will cue a marching band and some dancing girls for the celebration--but not yet. 

Yesterday's snapshots after the bombing: The present and future of Afghanistan in two versions and some REALLY biting satire.

RantWoman has been known to dabble in amateur foreign policy analysis or at least to collect slices of YouTube to feed her habit.

General McMaster going on about surrendering to a terrorist organization

Beau on Hindsight and What ifs

Stephen Colbert tells way too much of the truth

Afghanistan Oh Afghanistan

 As the US nears the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, as the world cringes over the evolving human rights disaster in Afghanistan, RantWoman finds this chart both tragic and illuminating.

Afghan casualties over time from The Economist

Bar Chart: comments in text

Commenting unencumbered by full explanation, bar chart showing deaths in thousands of Afghan civilians, Afghan military, us troops, and allied troops from2001 to 2021.

Civilian deaths steadily about 3000 / year since about 2010.

Deaths of Afghan forces increase from about 1000 / year in 2007 to about 12,000 in 2020.

Deaths of US forces declined from a few hundred in 2009 to almost none in recent years. 

RantWoman has NO information about military strategy or campaigns, RantWoman only speculates: if Afghan forces were taking that many casualties several years running WITH US air support (drone strikes?) RantWoman finds it completely unsurprising that they had no interest in fighting after a US withdrawal. 

Only SOME of the Light to be found at Waging Nonviolence

What a truly humanitarian response in Afghanistan would look like.

PRogressive openings as US empire declines?

RantWoman will stop there for now.

Fruits of ....

 RantWoman continues Twitter faithfulness in the form of the #CivicsForLauren hashtag.

RantWoman learned recently in a breakout room that an FCNL Advocacy Team member is having an impact.

And RantWoman connected with The Colorado Sun and this item about homelessness in National Forests, topical possible for family reasons.

Colorado Sun article about homeless people in National Forests

RantWoman will continue a ministry of Holding in the Light.

Library Fellowship: Funeral Liturgy Saturday August 28, 2 pm

Friends who remember Sandra Smith are invited to a Funeral Liturgy at St. Marks (Episcopal) Cathedral on 10th Ave. in Seattle or on the St. Mark's Livestream  RantWoman has it on reliable authority that the event will be livestreamed but cannot at this moment find a link.

Sandy died of a breast cancer recurrence, not of COVID in July. RantWoman hopes she is as well loved at St. Mark's as she was at UFM.

Sandy always had a smile and was ready to relate to people, one of those cheerful extroverts who always astound RantWoman in terms of cheerfulness and relateability. 

One of Sandy's biggest gifts to UFM was to be kind of one of the anchors of fellowship in the library. She was one of three or four people there most Sundays sharing lively conversation and care. That was a gift of its time. 

One of the other library regulars Henry Bernstein passed away a few months ago, not of COVID and the library fellowship has already been on RantWoman's mind mind because of that.

The world has one less smile  RantWoman sends condolences to Sandy's wife Mary and everyone close to her. May Sandy's memory never fade and may we all find solace  as life goes on without her physical presence.

Fourth Saturday Worship New Time 4 pm while we stay virtual

Artichoke: a
 vegetable with a heart

Why is this artichoke here? 

Can you find praying hands? 

Can you think layers of sustenance?

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Seeds for Meditation this month.

The beginning of the school year. Return to in-person learning at most schools, colleges, universities. What are Friends hopes and trepidations? 

What are we called to do--including wear masks--to protect others as well as ourselves?

Current events / Anniversaries

August19 was the 30th anniversary of events in Moscow that were a catalyst for the collapse of the Soviet Union.

September 11, 2021 will be the 20th Anniversary of the attack on the World Trade Center

When Someone sticks a microphone in your face

Please particularly note the link to a contemporary article in the Seattle Weekly.

More or less the same thoughts as above

Should Friends hold some kind of worship for lamentation?

Finally, Johan Maurer on Afghanistan

How can Friends build awareness of history, history of the region, history of the US as well as contemporary concerns such as women's / human rights and competition for control of mineral resources into our daily walk seeking peace and flourishing for all of humanity?

Today in Worships...

 

This is the day the Lord hath made. Let us rejoice ... in it.

RantWoman is not quite sure about glad except for one moment below.

Wash the brain out and  eventually get to sleep.

RantWoman needed to wash her brain out with sacred music of some kind. Sometimes the Compline service at St. Marks speaks to RantWoman more than others. Tonight was on the more end: no shortage of reminders why RantWoman is a Quaker, but also moments that speak to RantWoman. Because RantWoman cannot maintain entirely serious thouht for more than a few second at time, RantWoman's mind also wandered as the livestream camera panned both worshippers in pews and the choir. RantWoman think two choir members may have been performing barefoot and tonight can offer no opinion about how many choristers wear glasses.

Compline on the 13th Sunday after Pentecost | August 22, 2021 | Saint Mark's, Seattle from Saint Mark's Cathedral Seattle on Vimeo.

Can't you just assign .. priority service from RantWoman's always oversubscribed and underfulfilling flogging bureau?

A friend called to confess to RantWoman about Schaudenfreude when virulently anti-vax politicians wind up gasping for air in health care systems that were already overburdened before COVID. Schaudenfreude was the least of it. This friend was suggesting all sorts of gruesome fates for both public figures and their children. Does one say "Get thee to a Quaker meeting because you probably are not alone in your struggle over such thoughts? Does one just bark "Leave the kids out of it, okay?" Priority placement on the flogging bureau waitlist is not the same as patiently laboring with .. to win over hearts and minds but around the RantWoman inner blowtorch, the flogging bureau waitlist is at least trying to hold in the Light.

Wisdom from Twitter and riffs arising therefrom.

Disinfectant Don (@DonDisinfectant) tweeted at 9:33 PM on Sun, Aug 22, 2021:
You are not alone. My pops always taught me anything worth doing is worth doing correctly. That includes screwing up because that's when you learn.

RantWoman has been meditating about important opportunities for pastoral care and spiritual accompaniment. Life changing medical event in mid-life? Vocational Rehabilitation? Needing the same dang technological reasonable accommodations in lots of environments because disabilities don't just go away when laws don't apply. RantWoman has also been sitting with the reality that if RantWoman has to trial and error to figure out what to ask for, she also gets to grit her teeth when people befuddled in the same domain are also living up to the quote above. Now what?

Nasturtiums in Salad Friend still gets to garden.

    Cart full of flowers
with one purple dahlia

RantWoman had not been to visit RantMom in person for some weeks. Today it was time. The visit was wonderful and comes with meditations elsewhere. 

RantMom and Nasturtiums in Salad Friend and another Friend Will Have to Move at some point and the garden willb be deeply missed. After the RantWomen made a pickup lunch we had a walk in the garden. RantMom made a point especially of pointing out a cart tended by Nasturtiums in Salad Friend.

The facility tends a lot of other landscaping and another resident has a whole balcony garde n full of pots too.

RantMom says Nasturtiums in Salad Friend also grow this tomato plant!

Also a tomato plant
in a big pot with
many green tomatoes

Parking: bicycle and otherwise.

Full bike racks 
fill RantWoman with joy

Curses be upon people who park
in the disabled parking place without a plate or placard?

Another day, another scooter just tossed on the sidewalk.

The latest fashion in micro mobility. Every time Ambassador thwack misses such things or RantWoman has to rely on wonky eyeballs, part of RantWoman's brain goes straight to "They're trying to Kill Me." No, RantWoman ,"They," whoever they are probably are not TRYING to kill you and you just need to keep being faithful to Light about safe continuous efficient travel routes including all modes, ped, bike, vehicle...

Irony or HOOOLY Shit Has Gun violence reached the navy?

Standard No Guns Allowed sign--
on the door of the Navy recruiting office.

St

And an internet dictionary assignment

The Twitter oracle informs RantWoman that ruthFUL and FeckFUL are both words. Go look it up.

Messages from Worship.

Enroute RantWoman was, oh horror, doing Zoom worship on the bus--and there were messages about using imagery to present people whose culture the images come from in the terms they specify. The message that did not make it out of RantWoman's mouth. RantWoman recently got the convention T shirt for the American Council fo the Blind. The back of the shirt has WAY more corporate logos than RantWoman would prefer to have all over her body--and RantWoman gets both to celebrate progress about accessibility and inclusion and then still for instance have many qubbles with Amazon or speak to a certain large bank about Community Reinvestment Act issues. In other words, yes RantWoman is a chronic malcontent and No, nothing is ever good enough for RantWoman.

Now RantWoman will be trying to herd words together AGAIN about people chronically complaining of overwork. AND turning down repeated offers from RantWoman to help. But that's how we rool in these times of #pandemic, wildfires, hurricanse, earthquakes, wars and upheavals. Blessings and Good Night!

Black Parents’ Tax Dollars Pay for White Kids' “Segregation Academies” |...

Any Questions?

Women's Suffrage Centennial extended: National Women's History Alliance 2020-2021 Honorees and other notes

 Contrary to some Quaker mythmaking, Quakers assuredly DO NOT have a monopoly on the struggle for Women's suffrage. RantWoman greatly appreciates news from the National Women's History Alliance that the centennial celebration of the enactment of the 19th Amendment has been extended into 2021 because of the pandemic.

Fascinating list of Honorees

Previously regarding women's suffrage in CO

Women's suffrage in CO

And buried in ramble  about Rep. Liz Cheney, WY Women's suffrage dating all the way back to the WY territory

Purple Chicken Presente with FGC Gathering evening video postcards

 They're HERE. A link to a single page with links for all the event plenary events and to the morning bible study days.

FGC 2021 Gathering Evening Plenaries and Daily Bible study

The Fluffy purple chicken
still with the same Mocha mug

The Fluffy Purple Chicken, RantWoman's visual standin for Divine presence and elder for her month of almost nonstop Zoom events has  not exactly invited RantWoman to opine. RantWoman decided to trust her Light anyway. For full Light to arrive RantWoman will have to revisit the videos again but a few postcard-sized notes.

June 28th, Lisa Graustein. 

Sometimes Artists talking about their craft are deeply inspiring. Sometimes. RantWoman needs to hold the point in the lisghtand listen again.

June 30thL Niyonu Spann and the Niyoni singers.

RantWoman likes the singing a lot. RantWoman remembers really wanting to capture some pithy things in the chat but that did not happen. This clip is only 5 minutes of a presentation of more than an hour. There was an interruption in the middle that sounded to RantWoman more like an attender's technological glitch. RantWoman's screen reader offered RantWoman's never sleeping inner tech support nerd a window into first a locked meeting, a concept which sounds sort of police state, the sounds of tech troubleshooting tests and then the relief of hearing names read as people were again able to enter the Meeting. RantWoman's instinct in such high visibility stress moments is to life up the techies, to offer prayers for a swift pathway to solution.

July 1, Clinton Pettus and Friends

Clinton Pettus is an African American Friend, now a member of Baltimore Yearly Meeting. He spoke of many moments of lived experience. He also spoke of the Trust Circles Baltimore Yearly Meeting has been working with as a path to talk about racism. RantWoman means to look up more information about trust circles. The other interesting moment was Friends speaking of their own encounters with how race matters are spoken of the the US. RantWoman was struck by a woman from India who said she never thought about race ir "BIPLC" until she came to the US.

July 2 Tara Houska

Line 3 protests. Water. Powerful statistcs RantWoman needs to listen to again, Passion.

Faith without works is dead: Online Conversation on themes from Jose Santos Woss of FCNL 8/17 at 7pm Pacific

RantWoman's summer visitations to many Quaker gatherings leave her both well-fed and stimulated. They also leave her with housekeeping challenges and a jumble of seasoning about What Next.

One clear What Next? How to continue the badly needed discussion about racism in the US. RantWoman recommends: 

Jose Santos Woss Keynote at Intermountain Yearly Meeting

The ministry speaks of family background, lived experience, and evolution in faith.

Continue the Discussion online August 17 at 7 pm Pacific

Compline Masked

 RantWoman penned the following comment as email in connection with a discussion in Meeting for Worship for Business:

"Apropos the discussion today in Meeting for Business of Singing, sometimes I pay attention to the 9:30 Compline service on Sunday evenings at St Marks Cathedral. Sometimes the words remind me why I am a Quaker. Sometimes I just sink into the music and don't worry too much about the words.

Anyway tonight I am watching the livestream. Everyone is masked. They are not 6 ft apart. They are indoors. I assume everyone must be vaccinated.

Something to consider.

Compline on the Feast of St Mary the Virgin | August 15, 2021 | Saint Mark's, Seattle from Saint Mark's Cathedral Seattle on Vimeo.

In Light and Faithfulness

RantWoman

Let's talk about 3000 headed back over there....

RantWoman does not know where to start about everything to do with US troop withdrawal--after TWENTY years there--from Afghanistan so RantWoman is going to start with this BBC item that came to RantWoman via Twitter.

BBC segment on Anisa Shaheed, female journalist who won't give up

No, the video is not entirely accessible. The interview audio is in one of the languages of Afghanistan and there are subtitles in English so some readers many need sighted help.

On a more military-oriented note

Beau of the Fifth Column on what are 3000 troops doing back in Afghanistan

Think of the women. And read Khaled Hosseini's A Thousand Splendid Suns. And then what?

RantWoman is fascinated by Beau of the Fifth Column. Okay RantWoman is so relieved to hear someone with a Southern Accent who is not spouting utter nonsense that she is going to listen to what is here and see who else has anything to say about Afghan internal politics. RantWoman also notes that Beau of the Fifth Column says he started his Youtube / social media presence at the request of public school teachers wanting to living up the teaching of history.

Neither of these pieces in any substitute for a full-scale rant and the best RantWoman can do tonight:

Afghanistan, for all its tribalism has been defeating would-be foreign occupiers for centuries.

The US  got all upset when the then Soviet Union  now Russia invaded Afghanistan. RantWoman means to go look up why the USSR invaded but thinks the why had something to do with propping up a Communist leader.

For the Russians' trouble they got the same thing the US got from Vietnam: a lot of returning troops with PTSD and serious opium addictions. They also inspired the US to team up with Middle eastern partners to create the Taliban, rabidly Islamist opponents to the Russian-back regime.

RantWoman should go look up what made the Soviets/ now Russians pull out, other than collapse of the Soviet Union under the weight of its military engagements. When the Russians pulled out the US secured an invitation from the new government elected with a new Constitution. There was also the matter of Afghanistan serving as safe haven for Osama bin Laden of 9/11 fame.Oh, and there is a geopolitics of Conoco Oil pipelines angle too. Again, RantWoman should look up the details. 

RantWoman went so far as to summon this Soviet Afghan War Wikipedia page--which she would still fact check with other sources, but says more than enough.

Maybe the details are unnecessary though:

--Think of the women, to say the least RantWoman is not overflowing with confidence that the possibility of more US airstrikes will keep girls in school and save woman from attacks on the street.

--There are plenty of Afghans who have risked their own lives and put their families at risk by serving as interpreters, translators and culture brokers for the US military and other arms of the US presence. Media reports are that their evacuation and processing as refugees is at about the same level of care and responsibility as were Iraqis who served in similar roles. In other words, lousy. 

So now what?

 

I've No More F***s To Give!

no, OF COURSE this ns not Quakerly language. 

Yes, OF COURSE readers who laugh heartily probably need to wash their brains out in the purifying power of worship, either that or respond favorably to pleas from Nominating Committee.

Enjoy.

Amazing Grace with more than 200 bagpipes; live in Berlin

Apparently RantWoman has YouTube well-trained.

"Show my something quirky!"

How about a bagpipe flash mob performing "Amazing Grace?"

"Flash mob? these people are more precisely costumed than the Mormon Tabernacle Choir!"

Point taken. Now schedule this post so people offended by the post immediately following will have something to wash their brains out with!

Done!

The Draft for Women: Beyonce, Cher, and Madonna Could Be at Risk | The A...

Women's Equality day is approaching.

Something to think about.

 

Remembering Hiroshima: Shameless reprint of Fellowship of Reconciliation newsletter

 Honoring everyone doing all the important work mentioned in this newsletter; the newsletter just fills RantWoman with such hope and sense of steadiness. Enjoy.

‌  ‌  ‌ We are delighted to announce the publication of the Summer 2021 issue of Fellowship magazine! "Rethinking Democracy" takes on the fraught question: How do we reconcile our current contempt for democracy with our simultaneous longing for it? The 56-page issue includes a wide range of stories from diverse U.S. and global voices, including Kazu Haga, Jason Carson Wilson, Ilana Maria Sala, Eileen Flanagan, Solomon Salve, and more. It also features poetry, FOR program updates, profiles of two dozen great new books, and tributes to peace movement allies who have transitioned. Subscribers and recent donors to FOR will receive your copy in the next few days. If you're not a current subscriber, you can easily renew here. Hiroshima & Nagasaki This week marks the 76th anniversary of the tragic U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima & Nagasaki. Today, August 5th, May Peace Prevail On Earth International is hosting an international program with speakers from around the world. It will include a Synchronized Global Meditation at the exact moment that the bombing occurred in Hiroshima (at 7:15 p.m. US Eastern time, which is 8:15 a.m. Japan time on Aug. 6th). You may participate in any part of the program via Zoom or Facebook Live. FOR-USA has received words of appreciation from our sister Japan FOR branch for our continuing support of their courageous peace witness in the face of growing nationalistic efforts to remilitarize Japan. Grassroots FOR groups are also organizing commemorative events across our nation, and we honor each local program -- from Seattle to Chicago (where FOR National Council Ellen Lindeen will speak in front of the Federal Building) to New York and beyond. ‌ Aug. 25 webinar: Religion, Peace, and Sanctuary Register now to join FOR on Wed., August 25th at 12:00 p.m. Eastern time for "Religion, Peace, and Sanctuary" -- an international webinar organized as a pre-event for this October's IPB World Peace Congress in Barcelona, Spain. In this special Zoom-based online event, featuring speakers from Africa, the Middle East, and the Americas, you will hear from and engage with 7 radical visionaries who have been inspired by their faith traditions to use their power, privilege and trust in God in the struggle to end war, open borders, and provide sanctuary honoring the dignity and human rights of all people. Mexico sues U.S. gun companies On Aug. 4th, international media outlets reported the headline news that the Mexican government was suing U.S. gun manufacturers due to the massive proliferation of armaments that feeding ongoing violence in their country. The Stop U.S. Arms to Mexico Campaign, directed by former longtime FOR staffer John Lindsay-Poland, immediately issued this response: "Lawsuit is a step in the right direction, but more needed, say experts." Sept. 16: RUN book launch event with Andrew Aydin Save the date of Thursday, Sept. 16th at 6:00 p.m. Eastern for a special book event with Andrew Aydin, co-author of RUN: Book One. This new graphic memoir published this week posthumously by Rep. John Lewis with his longtime aide Aydin follows on the global success of their best-selling three-part series MARCH. RUN describes Lewis's decision to enter politics after his many decades of grassroots front-line activism. Stay tuned for registration details for this special event hosted by Malaprop's independent bookstore in Asheville NC in partnership with FOR-USA. (Read this feature in the Washington Post.) Aug. 22: Reparations Sunday The Grassroots Reparation Campaign is coordinating another "Reparations Sunday" education & mobilizing event on Sunday, August 22nd at 4:30 p.m. Eastern (register here). The following week, starting on Aug. 29th, the coalition -- an outgrowth of previous work facilitated through FOR -- will launch a 5-week online Reparations study course on "Building a Culture of Reparations" (register here). Aug. 21: "For Goodness Sake: Music for the Nonviolent Future" Hosted by Pace e Bene, on Sat., August 21st you are invited to enjoy music from around the world to support the movement for a culture of active nonviolence free from racism, poverty, environmental destruction, and war. This online music festival features scores of artists and brief presentations on the power of nonviolent change. As part of For Goodness Sake, a live online nonviolence training and webinar exploring the power of music in nonviolent movements will be hosted by Pace e Bene on Friday, August 20. Sign on to our statement on releasing Mumia Abu-Jamal To Governor Tom Wolf, D.A. Lawrence Krasner, and Secretary John Wetzel,   As religious and faith leaders from diverse spiritual positions and political affiliations, we join together in this Call for the immediate and unconditional freedom of Pennsylvania inmate and internationally-recognized political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal. Signed by Dr. Cornel West, Rev. Dr. Emma Jordan-Simpson, Bp. John Eric Stowe, Rabbi Alissa Wise, Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb, Dr. Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons & more than 35 other faith community leaders. [more] Image by hafteh7 from Pixabay. Religious Peace Fellowship highlights: BPFNA/Bautistas por la Paz “40 Days with BPFNA” virtual summer conference through August 28th Disciples Peace Fellowship “Facing Brokenness: Being Brave Together” interactive watch parties on August 15th and 29th Episcopal Peace Fellowship "Healing Trauma as a Way to Peace" online workshop on Sept. 5th On Earth Peace "Faithful Witness in a Fractured World" community meetup on August 27th Photo courtesy of the University of Washington. Thaddeus Spratlin, ¡Presente! Thaddeus Sprattln, a professor emeritus of marketing at the University of Washington Foster School of Business, died May 18 at the age of 90. A trailblazing teacher, scholar, and community leader, Spratlin was also a dedicated FOR member and active in the Western Washington FOR network. Read this poignant tribute. David Mitchell, ¡Presente! David H. Mitchell, III, died on July 1st at age 78 after a long and courageous battle with Parkinson’s disease. As a young man facing military service during the Vietnam war, Mitchell refused conscription into the U.S. armed forces; his court case (profiled in this book) was ultimately appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court. Mitchell became a lawyer working with the Legal Aid Society in New York State, and was active in peace groups in NY's Rockland County, including FOR. Brand new swag from FOR! Our just-released apparel features zippered sweatshirts, hoodies without zippers, t-shirts, and baseball caps! Visit our online store to check out all the merchandise -- represent your own commitment to the Fellowship or make a gift to your favorite peacemaker. FOR hoodie sweatshirt Back of sweatshirt and t-shirt FOR t-shirt Every Thursday at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time, FOR members across the nation gather for a Building Community & Sharing Hope conversation. To learn more and get Zoom access details, reply to this message. August 6: Transfiguration Day (Western Christian) Aug. 6: Commemoration of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan (1945) Aug. 8: International Interfaith Awareness Week Aug. 9: International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples Aug. 9: Remembering the death of Michael Brown, Jr. in Ferguson MO (2014) Aug. 9: Commemoration of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan (1945) Aug. 10: First of Muharram (Islam) Aug. 12: U.N. International Youth Day Aug. 12: Remembering the death of Heather Heyer in Charlottesville VA (2017) Aug. 15: Remembering the death of Anthony McClain in Pasadena CA (2013)  Aug. 19: Birth date of Dr. Margaret Morgan Lawrence (1914) Aug. 19: Remembering the death of Gavin Cato, age 7, in Brooklyn NY (1991), which precipitated three days of rioting in Crown Heights Aug. 21: Global Day of Listening with the Afghan Peace Volunteers Aug. 25: "Religion, Peace, and Sanctuary" international webinar co-hosted by FOR-USA <

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