MIDWEEK Oct. 11: Pamela Williams | Removal, Re-Settlement, Conservation
About this MIDWEEK practice
Where does our experience of connecting with sacred lands arise from? What is our known and felt experience about the nature of sacred lands? How do we hear the history of rights and land, including from descendent points of view.
In this MIDWEEK, Pamela Williams will walk participants through some internal reflection process for how we might consider these questions, especially in the context of considering history of land. Pamela will then share with us a brief overview of the dynamic history of the Lett settlement: A mixed-race community adjacent to Quaker communities, that thrived before the civil war in Meigs county, Ohio, engaging participants to think critically about the history of lands from descendent points of view.
Pamela Williams is member of Germantown Monthly meeting, PYM and educator who has worked in Friends, public and independent schools, and higher education, with a focus on Humanities, voices of race and gender and application of contemplative pedagogy. She is a meditation instructor, dancer and visual artist. She has presented at national conferences, most recently Quakers Colonizing and Decolonizing at Haverford College, June 2023.
What is MIDWEEK?
In the Quaker tradition of Midweek (Wednesday) worship, Beacon Hill Friends House brings you MIDWEEK: Experiments in Faithfulness. This is a weekly, one-hour, facilitated spiritual practice with Quaker flavor and an experimental ethos. Each week, a guest facilitator engages us in a unique spiritual practice that is meaningful to them, and that we can bring into our own lives.
MIDWEEK is always free and open to the public. If you'd like to support this program, you can make a donation here.
Attending events in-person at BHFH
All MIDWEEK practices going forward are offered on Zoom and in-person at Beacon Hill Friends House. If you choose to attend in our space, YOU MUST REGISTER BEFOREHAND and please read this information:
Covid policies: All in-person attendees are required to be up-to-date on vaccination against COVID-19 and to wear a mask while inside. We no longer ask for proof of vaccination upon entering the building. Masks will be available for those who forget them.
Getting to BHFH: Use the address "8 Chestnut St., Boston, MA, 02108" for navigation. We recommend taking public transit to get here: We are a short walk from every transit line in Boston. If you choose to drive in, paid street parking is available on Charles Street (and on Beacon Street before 6 pm). We also have parking passes available for $9 to the Boston Common Garage.
Event accessibility (covid policies are below): Beacon Hill Friends House is working on making our historic space accessible to everyone.
Automated Closed Captions will be available for all participants (on Zoom and in-person).
Physical space: This event will take place in our Parlor, which does not have a ground-level entrance. Our primary entrance is up a flight of stairs. If you would like to attend this event but need it to be held in a different space, please indicate so on your registration. On the basement level, we have a single-user, all-gender bathroom with wall-mounted handrails and ample space for chairs and/or aides. We are not a scent-free space but tend to be low-scent.
