Events
This calendar includes events from NCFM and the wider Quaker community. Scroll down past the calendar for a list of upcoming events.
Upcoming Events:
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Summer Training from Kaleidoscope Youth Center – Cultivating Spaces of Affirmation & Belonging for LGBTQIA+ Youth
Aug 3 at 2pm – registration link Description: Join KYC for a free virtual training series designed for youth-serving professionals and families who want to learn more about LGBTQIA+ identities and how to create safer, more affirming spaces for young people. Join KYC to discuss statistics related to discrimination and risks that LGBTQIA+ youth and…
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online- Conversation with Mónica Guzmán
Aug 31 from 8-9pm – registration link Mónica Guzmán is a bridge builder, journalist, and author who lives for great conversations sparked by curious questions. Her best-selling book is, “I Never Thought of it That Way: How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times.” This will be a Spanish/English bilingual conversation with interpretation
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online – Learning from Northern Ireland: Paul Smyth
Aug 29 from 2-3pm – registration link Paul Smyth is the executive director of “Politics in Action,” a charity in Northern Ireland that builds learning journeys with young people and adults that empower them to act together on issues that matter to them to achieve social change.
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online Study and Discussion of the FIRE College Free Speech Survey
Aug 12, 2026 from 8-9pm – registration link The Foundation of Individual Rights and Expression recently discovered that 34% of university students in the United States believe that physical violence is at least sometimes an acceptable response to objectionable speech. What are the effects of such beliefs? Results of the survey
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online Learning from Northern Ireland: Will Haire
Aug 22, 2026 from 2-3pm – registration link Quaker Will Haire spent decades in civil service in Northern Ireland and will share perspectives on how we can best speak with and coexist with our neighbors
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online – Local Youth Ministers Supporting Each Other fall 2026
Sept 28 from 7-8pm – link for registration When life gives you lemons, try LYMSE—Local Youth Ministers Supporting Each other. Hosted by New England Yearly Meeting Are you… … or otherwise engaged in youth ministry at your monthly meeting or within your local area? Let’s come together to share ideas/resources, lift up our successes, and…
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Pendle Hill lecture – love crosses borders
sept 14 from 7:30 to 9pm – link for registration A lecture by Anton Flores-Maisonet on immigrant accompaniment, intentional community, and radical hospitality. Anton Flores-Maisonet’s lecture, Love Crosses Borders, will weave stories from a twenty-five-year journey alongside immigrant communities whose resilience, faith, and struggle have reshaped his understanding of God, neighbor, and belonging. Drawing on experiences of…
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FGC Weaving a Wider Welcome eRetreat
Every Sunday, starting Oct 4 through Nov 1, 2026 from 7:30 PM – to 9:00 PM – registration link Do our meetings truly reflect all the faces of God among our members and attenders? FGC has heard from many of you that the answer to that question is often no. We have heard that many…
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