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Reparations to Indigenous Peoples can take many forms. Through our work with Massachusetts’ Peace Abbey, we have developed one action that might work well for others, the Native Land Reparation Pledge (NLRP). The pledge states one’s intention to donate 1% of the sale price of our homes (when we sell) to the Indigenous tribe whose ancestral homeland we now own and from which we financially benefit…

The spirit behind the reparation pledge is rooted in the awareness that the land we live on, in nearly all cases, was forcibly taken from an Indigenous Tribe many years ago and we, being the beneficiary of this wrongful act, wish to make reparation. All contributions are made by the homeowner directly to the Indigenous Tribe. This is an act of conscience, and though it is not legally binding, it is a sacred promise.

                                                                                               -from A Native American Land Reparation Pledge by Gail Melix and Lewis Randa

We utterly deny all outward wars and strife and fighting with outward weapons for any end or under any pretense whatever; this is our testimony to the whole world.    — George Fox and others, to Charles II of England, 1660/61

“May we look upon our treasure, the furniture of our houses, and our garments, and try to discover whether the seeds of war have nourishment in these our possessions.”    — John Woolman (1720-1772), from “A Plea for the Poor,” Part X

It is a mistake to call Quakers ‘non-resisters’ or ‘passivists.’ They are neither. They do not face any giant evil with a passive attitude. They seek always to organize and to level against it the most effective forces there are. They know as well as anybody does that instincts and passions are not changed by miracle and that peace cannot prevail where injustice and hate are rampant. They seek to do away with war by first doing away with the causes and occasions for it; that is, by removing the fundamental grounds from which war springs, by eliminating the roots and seeds of it in the social order, and by forming an atmosphere and climate that make war unthinkable.    — Rufus M. Jones, The Faith and Practice of the Quakers (New York: Doubleday, Doran, 1928),103.

The full opportunity before us is to create a nonviolent world. We’ll do that through cultivating a life-affirming worldview and building life-affirming structures and systems – ways to be and work together that are cooperative and mutually enhancing.    — Scott Brown, Active Peace (Santa Margarita CA, Collins Foundation Press, 2016) p. 40

Please note that masks are required at the West Falmouth Meetinghouse.

Sandwich Monthly Meeting Ministry and Counsel is offering a Seekers Day at East Sandwich Preparative Meeting. We hope you will join us.

Topic:

Being a Quaker: Who Are We?

Location:

Outdoors at ESPM weather permitting

In the Meetinghouse if weather is inclement

Program:

Worship Sharing format

Guidelines will be presented at the beginning of the program

Schedule:

9:00-9:30 AM – Gather together

9:30-11:30 AM – Program

Details:

Vaccinated Friends will not need masks outdoors. There are masks available in the Meetinghouse for anyone who needs one. Hand sanitizer is also available. Indoors, physical distancing will be practiced as appropriate and determined by M&C members.
Please bring your own chair to sit outdoors. Sunscreen also is a good idea. Hats too!
Please feel free to bring your own refreshments as we are not able to have a potluck (yet!). Community House will be open for bathroom use only.

Imagine the joy of being together and sharing as we seek to know ourselves and each other as Quakers even more deeply.