The Anti-Racism, Anti-Oppressive, Multicultural (ARAOMC) Audit Team has been busy! In line with the 2018-2019 WES Focus Goals, we examined WES’ processes and organizational structure over a period of time and have created a ten-page report full of our observations and recommendations. We’d greatly appreciate your questions and comments! We’ll be collecting feedback for … Continue reading ARAOMC Audit Report
The Global Connections team is proud to share some excellent news from our sister community in El Rodeo, El Salvador. Firstly, we are celebrating the successful completion of the first phase from the Water Project! Every single family in the community was involved in the five months of hard work. Completion of stage one … Continue reading Great News from El Rodeo!
Stone Soup Celebration November 18, 2018 Hosted by SEEK 9:30 & 11:30 Platforms The Stone Soup Celebration is hosted by the SEEK (Sunday Ethical Education for Kids) children and parents. It’s a great story of how we all come together as a community to help each other create something from seemingly nothing. It’s also a … Continue reading Stone Soup Celebration This Sunday!
Stone Soup Celebration November 18, 2018 Hosted by SEEK 9:30 & 11:30 Platforms The Stone Soup Celebration is hosted by the SEEK (Sunday Ethical Education for Kids) children and parents. It’s a great story of how we all come together as a community to help each other create something from seemingly nothing. It’s also a … Continue reading Stone Soup Update for SEEK
Dear WES community, We want to thank so many of you who were able to be at the Fall Membership Meeting on Sunday, as well as those of you who engaged outside the meeting with questions and conversation. Being together in this way–talking about what matters to us most, sharing food together, and yes, navigating … Continue reading WES Blog — Staying Together, Finding Our Way
I was tempted for this blog to just send you the link to this meditation and leave it there: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9Q8D6n-3qw. And I really do encourage you to check it out–it’s a visual meditation that invites you to match your breathing to the expanding and contracting shape. Breathe in as the shape expands, out as it contracts, … Continue reading WES Blog — Keep breathing
Hello everyone, Luther Place Shelter for homeless women closed in August. WES had been a long-time provider of dinner service to the residents each second Saturday. Our new food support to homeless women is still second Saturdays, 6:45 – 8:00 pm., now at the Patricia Handy Place located at 810 5th Street, NW, Washington, DC. … Continue reading A New Call for Help — Meal Service at the Patricia Handy Shelter for Women
The year is rolling along and I thought it was time to share what our youth and teens are working on this year at WES. Some of it may seem obvious, like you can see the the children running down to class or sharing what they did during platform service, but there is so much … Continue reading WES Blog — Sunday Ethical Education for Kids
Dear friends, A few weeks ago women and sexual assault survivors were fighting to have their experiences recognized. Earlier this week, we saw attempts to erase the existence of trans people and gender nonbinary folx. Those whose rights and privileges have not been challenged yet are wondering whether they will be next. We are … Continue reading Pastoral Letter from Amanda & Zeb
I want to speak to those of you who have never attended a WES auction: I was just like you once. Every year, for several years, when auction time rolled around, I enjoyed the funny in-platform announcements, but I did not attend. I didn’t attend an auction until after Amanda invited me to join the auction … Continue reading WES Blog — Are you uncomfortable about the auction?
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