Get to Know Thee, Friend: A 12 part series for our 90th anniversary

Apr 152021

Get To Know Thee, Friend

Quakers holding hands with the text "Get to Know Thee, Friend: A twelve part series in honour of CFSC's 90th anniversary."

Brew some tea and join Canadian Friends Service Committee on the last Thursday of every month this year for an online evening of discussion, sharing, and Friendship. Our series Get to Know Thee, Friend is a chance to meet Friends from across Canada and learn about their experience with Friends and with service work.

Register below to receive updates and information about this series of events via email:

Part one with Carol Dixon

Part two with Vince Zelazny

Part three with Rachel Singleton-Polster and Christina Tellez

Part four with Jane Orion Smith

Video coming soon…

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Part Five: Thursday May 27^th

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Part Six: Thursday, June 24^th

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Part Seven: Thursday, July 29^th

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Part Eight: Thursday, August 26^th

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Part Nine: Thursday, September 30^th

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Part Ten: Thursday, October 28^th

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Part Eleven: Thursday, November 25^th

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Part Twelve: TBD

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Did you miss 'The #TRC and #BillC15' event hosted by Faith in the Declaration, of which CFSC is a member, last night? You can view the english recording here: https://t.co/Qbsj5FoyYy

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STARTING IN 1 HOUR (7pm EDT)
'The TRC and Bill C-15', An online conversation with the Honourable Murray Sinclair, Dr. Marie Wilson, and Chief Wilton (Willie) Littlechild. Tickets are now sold out, but you can watch the livestream on facebook here: https://t.co/dU2Zvpurca https://t.co/IFwuiNZQOc

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Great news! The zoom webinar registration has reached max capacity (1000 people!). But we have created a facebook livestream where you can take in the event at 7 PM Eastern: https://t.co/aIziQuMNNF
(No registration required; English feed only).

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Join CFSC on Tuesday May 4 at 7:00 pm (EDT), for a

Join CFSC on Tuesday May 4 at 7:00 pm (EDT), for an online learning event: “The Truth and Reconciliation Commission and Bill C-15,” sponsored by Faith in the Declaration, a coalition of Canadian faith houses and faith organizations, of which CFSC is a member, working together to support the implementation of the UN Declaration on the Rights ofIndigenous Peoples.

**REGISTER HERE: tinyurl.com/TRCBillC15

Join us this Thursday for part 3 of our monthly Ge

Join us this Thursday for part 3 of our monthly Get to Know Thee, Friend series. You'll hear from two young Friends active in Quaker service work: Rachel Singleton-Polster and Christina Tellez.

Rachel was raised in Vancouver Island MM and presently lives on unceded Musqueam, Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh territories where she is studying for her Masters in human geography. She has been involved with CFSC for the past decade, first as a program assistant and currently as the Clerk of the Quaker Indigenous Rights Committee.

Christina grew up in Halifax Monthly Meeting and lives in La Paz, Bolivia, where she works with a Canadian NGO and supports rural and urban women’s groups in organizational strengthening strategies. Christina served on CYM’s Education and Outreach Committee as well as in the role of Co-clerk of Canadian Young Friends Yearly Meeting. She was one of the Canadian representatives to the FWCC World Plenary Meeting held in Peru in 2016.

More info and link to join at
https://quakerservice.ca/GetToKnowThee

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This is what we fought for: An open letter in support of implementing the UN Declaration on theRights of Indigenous Peoples

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