25. Intergenerational Panel - Meeting at the Corner of Wisdom and Power

Episode 25 features an intergenerational panel of speakers at the 2023 Annual Session of North Pacific Yearly Meeting – in conversation on the theme, “Meeting at the Corner of Wisdom and Power.” Facilitated by Paul Christansen of Eastside Friends meeting, the panelists include:  

Zane Freewyn, Multnomah Monthly Meeting

Hazel Jordan, Olympia Friends Meeting

Adam Billen, South Seattle Friends Meeting

Jane Snyder, Multnomah Monthly Meeting

Jerry Graville, Lopez Island Monthly Meeting

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Chapters

• 0:00 Introduction
• 1:20 Paul Christiansen frames the discussion
• 5:07 Panelists introduced
• 6:56 Zane Freewyn on difficulties between generations
• 10:36 Hazel Jordan on growing among Friends
• 13:55 Adam Billen on challenges to connection
• 17:49 Jane Snyder on being a young Friend in the 1970s
• 21:10 Jerry Graville on raising a family among Friends
• 27:00 Jane on obstacles to young adults' participation
• 30:23 Adam on value of "affinity group" versus broader community
• 32:59 Hazel on building community during a transitory time of life
• 36:28 Zane on the need to rebuild Junior Friends community post-Covid
• 38:55 Paul asks about condescension between generations
• 40:05 Adam on older Friends discounting younger Friends' knowledge
• 41:04 Zane on respectful ways of sharing knowledge
• 42:30 Jane on respect for each person's light as a safeguard against condescension
• 42:53 Jerry on learning in community
• 44:40 Hazel on the individual journey
• 45:32 Paul asks about differences and commonalities
• 46:45 Hazel on shift away from mass social change movements
• 48:09 Zane on the continuity of anti-violence and on shifts in gender politics
• 49:33 Jerry on developments in gender politics since the 1980s
• 51:02 Adam on cultural changes coming in waves
• 52:24 Paul asks for clarifying questions
• 53:10 Q&A about ways panelists learned Quaker practices and history
• 55:32 Q&A about entering Quaker community as newcomers
• 1:01:42 Paul wraps up
• 1:03:32 Outro