Friends of the Week Schedule 2023 -

Week 1, June 24 – July1: On Friendship

Noah Merrill, Friends recorded minister, Secretary of New England Yearly Meeting

Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)

Week 2, July 2 – 8: Games: A Celebration of Our Most Human Pastime

Melinda Wenner Bradley, Director of Programs, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting;

Godly Play/Faith & Play Trainer

Week 3, July 8 – 15: Can the Center Hold? A Question for Our Moment

Niyonu Spann, Transformation Consultant; Musician; Founder/Director of: Beyond

Diversity 101, CEIO (Co-Creating Effective & Inclusive Organizations) and 4 Circles

Beyond.

Week 4, July 15 – 22: The State of Believing

David Shiner, Outgoing Clerk of FWCC Section of the Americas, retired

philosophy professor

Week 5, July 22 – 29: Infrastructure: Building and Maintaining the Physical, Social and Civic Underpinnings of Society

Diane Randall, Former General Secretary of FCNL

Week 6, July 29 – August 5: A Life of Literature

Tucker Quetone, Retired English Teacher; Member of NEA/AFT Committee on

Native American Curriculum

Week 7, August 5 – 12: The National Parks: How America’s Best Idea is Meeting 21^st Century Challenges

Tucker Quetone, Retired English Teacher; Member of NEA/AFT Committee on

Native American Curriculum

Week 8, August 12 – 19: Freedom of Expression, Imagination, and the Resilience of Democracy

Adria Gulizia, Lawyer; Mediator; Clerk of ESR Board of Advisors

Week 9, August 19 – 27: The Global South: Expanding the Scope of Geopolitical Understanding

Karla Jay, Global Ministries Coordinator, Friends United Meeting (FUM)