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July 2023
A Quest to Thrive: Economics of Enslavement and Portsmouth’s Early Black Community
Angela Matthews is a tour guide on the Black Heritage Trail in Portsmouth, NH. The poignant stories that led to the establishment of the Black Heritage Trail, and its juxtaposition to the house museums that now mark the lives of the privileged whites in that city, bring into focus an economic system dependent upon international slave trade with its constant supply of kidnapped unpaid African workers and their descendants, who, against the odds, created one of this country's oldest Black…
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 »Love Without Borders: LGBT Asylum Task Force
The LGBT Asylum Task Force is a church ministry in Worcester, MA that supports LGBTQ+ asylum seekers by providing housing, food, and connection to legal, medical and mental resources at local agencies. Asylees who have fled persecution and danger in their home countries and eventually made their way to this welcoming ministry recount their stories and their resolve to live their lives safely, freely and lovingly.
Find out more »Soccer with Stu Ball
Stu Ball continues his legendary all age, all skills, all everything soccer games. Important note: the listed DAY is only an approximate placeholder; there will be two days scheduled this week, but the actual weekday (M-F) they occur on may vary due to weather, and player availability.
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 »Love Can Conquer Suffering: Peace Advocates Working through Grassroots Activism
Kevin Martin is president of national Peace Action and Peace Action Education Fund. Peace activists take seriously Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s admonition to address the Giant Triplets of racism, militarism and economic exploitation, as they are inextricably linked. It could be argued that of the three, militarism is the most easily accepted and least challenged by broader US society. When looking at the gargantuan Pentagon budget (while social and environmental programs go begging for sufficient investment), $2 trillion upgrade…
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 »Soccer with Stu Ball
Stu Ball continues his legendary all age, all skills, all everything soccer games. Important note: the listed DAY is only an approximate placeholder; there will be two days scheduled this week, but the actual weekday (M-F) they occur on may vary due to weather, and player availability.
Find out more »Optimism, Fantasy, and Denial: The Common Ground of the Right and the Left
Arnold Farr, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Kentucky, will address how both the right and the left have supported a false narrative about American identity. This narrative has been used in different ways by the two groups, but nevertheless, has led us to our present political and social situation. Some features of this narrative include American exceptionalism, denial about our violent origins, the obsession with comfort, the lack of action driven by a real progressive agenda and the…
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