Midlands Group February Presentation on ZoomFebruary 27, 2023 6:45 Announcements 7:00 Program We will consider the safety issues of the Oconee Nuclear Station and the risk posed by a possibleupstream earthen dam failure. We will learn about the risks of flooding at the reactor site andassociated potential for subsequent meltdown. Our presenters will be Diane…
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February 26th Second Hour
During the Second Hour, Harry Rogers will introduce the concept of a listening project for CFM, describing the details of how it would work and the benefits it would offer to our Meeting. We will be Meeting for Worship on February 26 at 10:00, in person and virtually. The zoom link is:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2934909472 First Day School…
New Director for Interfaith Partners of South Carolina
Interfaith Partners of South Carolina Announces New ChairFor Immediate ReleaseFebruary 15, 2023 Columbia, S.C.—Interfaith Partners of South Carolina announces the appointment of a new board chair, longtime member Holli S. Emore, M.Div. Holli succeeds previous Chair Cheryl G. Nail who served in the role for several years and was previously the vice-chair to Dr. Adrian Bird. Emore…
February FCNL Report
The SC Advocacy group call with FCNL this week discussed the emphasis this year tosupport the USAID budgets for a variety of efforts through the appropriation process: Peace building programs to prevent and reduce violent conflict Reconciliation programs between different ethnic, racial, religious or political groupsin areas of civil trouble and war. Preventing mass…
Black History Parade Feb. 25th
Black Quaker Lives Matter Film Festival & Forum
The BlackQuaker Project (BQP) is proud to announce the 2023 Black Quaker Lives Matter Film Festival & Forum, a groundbreaking exploration of Black Friends who made a difference throughout both USA and world history. This year’s festival-forum features themes of importance to African American Quakers and others concerned with truth and justice: abolition, retrospective justice/reparations,…
Simple Gifts Presents: Book Signing -w- Poet, Libby Bernardin & Appalachian Songsmith, Katie Godfrey
Tuesday, February 7th, 2023From 7:00 PM to 9:00pm outh Carolina poet Libby Bernardin is the author of Stones Ripe forSowing (Press 53, 2018) and two chapbooks, The Book of Myth (SCPoetry Initiative, 2009) and Layers of Song (Finishing Line Press, 2011). Journal publications include The Asheville Poetry Review, Southern Poetry Review, Kakalak. She has won…
Aiken Worship Group February 5th, 2023
Aiken Worship Group will hold a hybrid meeting this time. Zoom service will be available as usual; see the link below. For the location of the in-person meeting, contact Brenda Conway at (803) 648-6020 or bgconway2@gmail.com. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87309017695 Worship in silence begins at 10 AM, followed by fellowship at 11 AM.
Plutonium Disposition, WIPP Expansion and Plutonium Pit Production
January 23, 2023 6:45 – 8:00 pm EST Zoom link:https://sierraclub.zoom.us/j/6106135191?pwd=cHdUTlJMaW90aHd4SkNIcmdqN3lGdz09 Meeting ID: 610 613 5191Passcode: 721148Or dial by your location:+1 929 205 6099 US (New York)+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) Please join the Midlands Group of the South Carolina Sierra Club for severalpresentations about plutonium pit disposition, Waste Isolation Pilot Project(WIPP) expansion and…
MLK Jr. Events 2023
Columbia Friends Meeting has participated in King at the Dome event for a number of years if not from the beginning. Several friends participated this year with the Columbia Friends banner. We feel privileged to have been a part of this event and to have had an opportunity to celebrate the life of Martin Luther King Jr. who contributed…