FWCC Americas welcomed a new executive secretary in July. Evan Welkin, from North Pacific Yearly Meeting, will lead the FWCC Americas Section, taking over from Robin Mohr, who served in the role for 13 years. Welkin previously served FWCC’s Europe and Middle East Section and its World Office. During his first weeks of work, he attended the 2024 World Plenary in South Africa.
The theme of the World Plenary was “Living the Spirit of Ubuntu: Responding with hope to God’s call to cherish creation and one another.” That theme was broken down into three content streams: ubuntu and community, care for creation, and repairing historical and ongoing injustice. The epistle and a tapestry document created by the participants can be found at FWCC’s World Office website (fwcc.world).
FWCC Americas also recently hired three other new staff members. Jade Rockwell serves as program director for Quaker Connect (quakerconnect.org), a new thriving congregations program for meetings and churches. Philip Maurer serves as the map data assistant to work on expanding the map of Quaker meetings in the Americas to make it global (fwccdirectory.org). Ana Gabriela Castañeda Aguilera serves as coordinator of the digital Quaker glossary project (quakerglossary.org) and also coordinates new bilingual training services for interpreters who ensure equity in participation for FWCC events.
FWCC Americas will hold its next hybrid Section Meeting on March 20–23, 2025.
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