11. Molly Wingate and Lucretia Humphrey: Living as Quakers in "Military Towns"

Episode 11 of the Western Friend Podcast features a conversation with two recent presiding clerks of Western yearly meetings – Molly Wingate of Intermountain Yearly Meeting (IMYM) and Lucretia Humphrey of North Pacific Yearly Meeting (NPYM) – as they discuss experiences and insights they have gained through decades of living as Quakers in "military towns" -- Colorado Springs, CO, and Great Falls, MT. 

They share about their experiences finding belonging, confronting stereotypes in their surroundings, some the challenges of living/working in military communities, growth and tools for healing, and much more.

Click here to read Molly and Lucretia's article "Two Quakers Living with the Military" in the May/June 2022 issues of Western Friend.

Chapters

• 0:00 Introduction
• 1:26 Expanding on their WF May/June 22 article
• 4:50 On Belonging
• 12:20 Challenges of living/working in military communities
• 19:35 The military’s impact on all aspects of a city
• 25:30 Ignoring the warheads around us
• 30:25 Doing good work in tough situations
• 34:02 Tools for healing
• 35:33 Leading with love vs anger
• 38:42 Beginning of Q and A
• 40:22 Experiencing aggression as a pacifist
• 44:05 What was it like for kids, and raising kids?
• 52:02 On processing the war in Ukraine