FOR Seabeck Conference Brochure and Registration Form Now Available
Go to https://wwfor.org/3499-2/ for links to view or download the conference brochure and registration form and some basic information about the July 1-4, 2017, FOR Regional Conference at Seabeck! As of this writing, brochures are at the printer and should arrive in the mail soon. If you are not on the WWFOR mailing list, you can request a paper brochure by calling 206-789-5565 or emailing wwfor@wwfor.org
Mark your calendar: Seabeck Conference 2017 is July 1-4
SAVE THE DATES! Sat – Tues July 1-4, 2017, at Seabeck Conference Center, Kitsap County, WA; FOR’s 59th Annual Northwest Regional Conference “Building Powerful Communities: Shattering Oppressive Systems with Love”, info will be posted at http://www.forseabeck.org
Seabeck 2016: Whidbey Island FOR Part of a Greater “Beloved Community”
July 2, 2016 Friends, I am writing this evening from Seabeck, WA, where I am attending a conference of the Fellowship of Reconciliation where we are also celebrating the venerable international organization’s 100th anniversary. FOR was initially founded in the fall of 1915 by a German and an Englishman at the outset of WWI as they vowed on a handshake that “no matter what happens, nothing is changed between us” and refused to be enemies. The FOR is best known for its persevering commitment to nonviolence, efforts at reconciliation, and opposition to racism, militarism and war. The Whidbey Island Fellowship of Reconciliation, which we founded on Whidbey in 2010, is a subchapter of the Western Washington FOR, which is a…
Seabeck Conference 2015 – Activist Fair
Sunday Morning Activist Fair: A Quasi Open Space Session This is a session for us to share information, express opinions, accomplish quick actions, and plan actions that will occur after the conference. Attendees of all ages are invited to participate. Let’s use this opportunity to strengthen the links between us and between the issues we care about. o Some issue you’d like to tell others about? Perhaps it hasn’t been included in any workshops. Set up a table with informative literature and invite all to hear about it. Why is it important and how does it relate to other issues? o Want to share opinions about some activist issue? Set up with some chairs and invite others to sit and…
