[YAF-announce] October 19 Katherine Fisher speaks at Beacon Hill Friends House
Sarah Spencer
spencertaber at verizon.net
Fri Oct 10 10:13:36 EDT 2008
Join us at Beacon Hill Friends House for our Fall Speaker Series
Friends share their experience
and understanding of
Radical Witness
Katherine Fisher
*Witnessing from the Roots*
Sunday, October 19, 1:00 PM
The word radical means "from the root". Katherine Fisher will share
about her experience of faith-rooted witness for peace and justice in
her talk, Witnessing from the Roots, on Sunday, October 19. Her
experience includes war tax resistance, volunteering at a CatholicWorker
house, and participating in the movement to close the School ofthe Americas.
Katherine Fisher became a Quaker after attending Cambridge Friends
School from kindergarten through 8th grade. She started attending
Providence Friends Meeting while she was in college, and also joined New
England Yearly Meeting's Earthcare Ministry committee and Young Adult
Friends. After graduating, she became the Assistant Director of Beacon
Hill Friends House. She is currently a member of Beacon Hill Friends
Meeting and the clerk of its Peace & Social Concerns committee. She is
a friend of the Catholic Worker movement, a frequent participant in
nonviolent action to close the School of the Americas, and an active
war tax resister.
10:30 worship
Noon lunch
1:00 Talk
Lunch - bread and soup - will be provided.
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