This info has been around for some time, from reliable sources, and has been bottled up long enough: Friends General Conference is set to name Barry Crossno as its new General Secretary. As was true of the other two Quaker big groups which have hired CEOs in recent months (AFSC & FCNL), Crossno is a … Continue reading Breaking: FGC Set to Tap Barry Crossno as New General Secretary
Philip Gourevitch is a writer for the New Yorker, and a student of foreign affairs, including wars. In the Oct.11 issue of the magazine, he published a stunning piece, “Alms Dealers,” which demands the attention of every one who ever wanted to give money or time to help someone in distress far away, or even … Continue reading The Inhuman Side of Humanitarianism
(Dear reader, this post will not likely make much sense if you’re unfamiliar with a series of posts from last week.Part I of the series is here; then Part II is here; and Part III is here. Part IV is here, and a last-minute postscript is here . Anyway, the BYM Interim Meeting convened at … Continue reading BYM-FUM & Money Update: Dodged A Bullet
[NOTE: Part 1 of this blog series is here.] Late this morning, BYM sent out a revised version of the Proposed Minute on money to FUM. The text has been tweaked and reshuffled, and a bit of the offensive text has been edited out. But not enough. Here’s how the key paragraphs look now (as … Continue reading BYM-FUM Minute Revision: A Little Better, Not Much — Part-2
Part IV (Dear reader, this last post will not likely make much sense if you’re unfamiliar with those that came before. Part I is here; then Part II is here; and Part III is here. ) So, once more into the breach. On the Proposed Minute that’s coming before Baltimore YM this weekend on BYM … Continue reading More: Big Change for Small Change: Baltimore Yearly Meeting & FUM– Part 4 (Grand Finale)