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August 2023
On Women’s Equality Day: Celebrating, Understanding and Protecting the Right to Vote
Olivia Zink, Director of Open Democracy NH, and Liz Tentarelli, President of League of Women Voters NH. On Women's Equality Day, join us to commemorate women’s efforts to win the vote 103 years ago. We’ll talk about some of the tactics and key figures in the long struggle for women’s voting rights. We’ll explore who else has been left out of voting, and why voting is so important but still at risk. What does this statement by an early activist…
Find out more »Lucy Stone is Coming to Town
Storyteller and actress Judith Black will bring Lucy Stone to life on stage. There was a time in our national history when a married woman did not have legal rights to the money she earned, the property she inherited, or the children she bore. During this same era citizens of the United States thought it a legal and rational pursuit to buy and trade human beings. Lucy Stone, (born Brookfield Massachusetts 1818), decided this was not the nation she wanted…
Find out more »Speaking Truth To Power
Judith Black, a storyteller and activist, will support participants in shaping compelling stories that they can use to speak truth to power. As environmental and climate advocates, we often find ourselves trying to persuade people and making presentations to legislators or large organizaitons of the dire need for climate action . . . yesterday. Facts are necessary and useful, but what people retain are stories. Stories are how we make sense of our world.
Find out more »World Fellowship Jeopardy!
Cooperative work in teams; competition between teams. Use what you know; learn what you don’t. Daily Doubles and Final Jeopardy!; will they make the difference? Categories about things you care about; snack bar prizes for winning teams. Participants from teens to seniors; will there be generational advantages and disadvantages? Where else would you get Jeopardy! with a peace and justice twist?
Find out more »Choral Singing Week
Come lift your heart and share the joy of singing together with director Gina Samardge of the Beacon Rising Choir and musician Andy Reinhardt as accompanist! All levels, all voices welcome. Sliding scale fee 0-$100 - all are welcome.
Find out more »WF Book of the Summer
A lightly facilitated weekly discussion of the 2023 Book of the Summer selection, Our Missing Hearts, by Celeste Ng. Day/time may vary based on guest preferences each week, or multiple groups may be held in one week. Check the activity board and dining hall announcements. But come prepared to engage with this WF community read.
Find out more »Puttin’ on Some Harmonies
Bring your instruments, bring your Rise Up Singing books or borrow one of ours, and have fun singing old favorites together 'neath Mt. Chocorua's gaze.
Find out more »Wednesday Morning Visits to a Farm
Wednesday Morning Visits to a Farm The Olde Ways at Mustard Seed Farm 176 Ledge Hill Road Center Tuftonboro NH Join Dina Farrell for a walking tour through her magical gardens full of edible herbs, flowers, and delicious vegetables. Taste, learn, and experience how humans and plants can thrive while working together. Also, meet her many animals including cows, chickens, and cats After the tour, check out her amazing apothecary shop loaded with herbs, teas, crafts from local artists, jewelry,…
Find out more »S’more Community Campfire
Gather around the campfire every Wednesday evening for community, stories, bits of music breaking out, stories… and s’mores!
Find out more »Beckys Anonymous: Building Towards Universal Liberation through Personal Growth and Collective Action
Alexia Layne-Lomon, Leigh Beck & Kim Wassel Hardy, founding members of Becky's Anonymous – a mutual aid organization for white women to help end white supremacy-- will present a popular education workshop about reparations and how white people can use economic tools to dismantle structural racism. This will be an interactive experience to share resources and make a plan of action so you too can pay reparations now!
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