{"id":7041,"date":"2024-06-18T10:50:57","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T14:50:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.durhamfriendsmeeting.org\/?p=7041"},"modified":"2024-06-18T10:51:02","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T14:51:02","slug":"afsc-briefing-june-29-330pm-friends-school-portland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.durhamfriendsmeeting.org\/?p=7041","title":{"rendered":"AFSC Briefing, June 29, 3:30pm, Friends School Portland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Invitation:  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A conversation with\u00a0Joyce Ajlouny<\/strong>, <strong>General Secretary, American Friends Service Committee<\/strong>, and <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Keith\u00a0Harvey<\/strong>, <strong>Director,\u00a0AFSC\u00a0Northeast Region<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Saturday, June 29, 2024, 3:30 p.m<\/strong>.<strong>, Friends School of Portland,<\/strong> 11 US-1, Cumberland Foreside, ME<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn about&nbsp;AFSC&#8217;s life-saving aid in Gaza, support for immigrant rights, and ongoing commitment to confront injustice and promote healing among the&nbsp;Wabanaki communities in Maine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>(<\/em><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/linkprotect.cudasvc.com\/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.friendsschoolportland.org%2fcontact-us-directions%3frq%3ddirections&amp;c=E,1,_4_Yhhst4kLdFErgHLKUEVPcgBbKEP36roFHRrI0D8mT5OMkP5_25JCiPl2-BGuiKSlWPUiwXA4WHqnNEu3qGIHx5w8RtEqQd-GttLeisdrglu2QjpZx-I_48g,,&amp;typo=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click here<\/a><\/em><\/strong><em>&nbsp;for driving directions listed on the school&#8217;s website.)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/linkprotect.cudasvc.com\/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fsecure.afsc.org%2fa%2fconversation-afscs-joyce-ajlouny&amp;c=E,1,FAucVieDJlcScANMz3hXpjPCG2-pLQ5-_2V1DMTZegN0FPY61sAsPHihF9wJgRf5K0UPipVzOwiZqSVlNXSUTvzFpBwEI_mccYZ2WWrtbk0Xfg,,&amp;typo=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Please RSVP by June 21<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a rare opportunity to hear first hand about some crucial and desperately needed work bringing our Quaker witness to life in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keith Harvey,&nbsp;AFSC&#8217;s Regional Director, will update us on&nbsp;AFSC&#8217;s work in the Northeast, especially its advocacy on immigration and the rights of indigenous peoples in Maine. Joyce Ajlouny,&nbsp;AFSC&#8217;s General Secretary, will speak about&nbsp;AFSC&#8217;s work globally,&nbsp; including an update on the work our Meeting has been supporting in Gaza.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please help us in spreading the word, and RSVP&#8217;ing at this link:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/linkprotect.cudasvc.com\/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fsecure.afsc.org%2fa%2fconversation-afscs-joyce-ajlouny&amp;c=E,1,GUODdCiieL-okMTR5KTrACQwiCN7PDP3Mx1n-MOZfzdR9dBGesEfUgIBzvuqLNMhb0oQ5AsmiTkNzTPCAS-McRGdzgaUftzxbQEVFD4IJS-Ntiooyp8KSaUXfo5t&amp;typo=1\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/secure.afsc.org\/a\/conversation-afscs-joyce-ajlouny<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, we welcome some help! We could really use 2 set-up helpers, 2 break-down helpers, and those of you who feel led to hold this very important&nbsp;AFSC&nbsp;mission and presentation in the light, to do so in person. If you can be one of those helpers, please contact Becky (<a href=\"mailto:steelebecky@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">steelebecky@gmail.com<\/a>) or Doug (<a href=\"mailto:douglas_mccown@yahoo.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">douglas_mccown@yahoo.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Invitation: A conversation with\u00a0Joyce Ajlouny, General Secretary, American Friends Service Committee, and Keith\u00a0Harvey, Director,\u00a0AFSC\u00a0Northeast Region Saturday, June 29, 2024, 3:30 p.m., Friends School of Portland, 11 US-1, Cumberland Foreside, ME Learn about&nbsp;AFSC&#8217;s life-saving aid in Gaza, support for immigrant rights, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.durhamfriendsmeeting.org\/?p=7041\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":213,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sfsi_plus_gutenberg_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_show_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_type":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_alignemt":"","sfsi_plus_gutenburg_max_per_row":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9,4,193],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcement","category-events","category-quaker-organizations"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9rLvf-1Pz","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.durhamfriendsmeeting.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.durhamfriendsmeeting.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.durhamfriendsmeeting.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.durhamfriendsmeeting.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/213"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.durhamfriendsmeeting.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7041"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.durhamfriendsmeeting.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7041\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7042,"href":"https:\/\/www.durhamfriendsmeeting.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7041\/revisions\/7042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.durhamfriendsmeeting.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.durhamfriendsmeeting.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.durhamfriendsmeeting.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}