Wednesday, July 28, 2021

 About John Calvi’s Work, 1982 – 2020

 

Some Numbers

35 years teaching Vermont People with AIDS Coalition

30 years teaching New England Yearly Meeting

29 years teaching Pendle Hill

29 years teaching at Friends General Conference Summer Gathering

2 Friends General Conference plenaries 1990 (St. Paul, MN) and 2011 (Grinnell, IA)

3 weddings officiated

2 births assisted

3 Gay Pride Celebrations: Boston, Cincinnati, Burlington (VT): invited performance of original songs

1985 prison work began: 5 locations in US & Canada: AIDS education, massage, deep relaxation

6 countries taught in: Costa Rica, Mexico, Canada, France, United Kingdom, US

9 summers taught: guitar, banjo, dulcimer at Killooleet Summer Camp, Hancock, VT (1975-83)

14 yearly meeting keynotes and workshops

15 years as Released Friend: 1987 - 2002

2005: founding convener Quaker Initiative to End Torture - QUIT!

 

Recordings of John’s Songs

1988 Suede: “The Ones Who Aren’t Here”

1987 The Short Sisters: “A Little Gracefulness” (title cut)

1985 Kim Wallach: “French Fries”

1981 Meg Christian: “The Ones Who Aren’t Here” (Carnegie Hall concert)

 

Key Dates

1989 Married Marshall Brewer under the care of Putney Meeting, August 26

1984 Certified Massage Therapist: Boulder School of Massage Therapy, April

1983 began work in the AIDS crisis, October

1982 began work in the rape crisis and with torture survivors

1952 born May 14, grew up on grandmother’s farm in Connecticut

 

PO Box 301 Putney VT 05346

 

www.johncalvi.com

www.quit-torture-now.com

 

The Dance Between Hope & Fear 2013

How Far Have Your Traveled 2019

Published True Quaker Press

Available Quaker Books- paper, Amazon- Kindle & paper

NEW TITLE EXPECTED IN 2021-2022

 

2019 Feb 3 San Francisco Friends Mtg- afternoon workshop   SF CA

March 2 Sacramento Friends Meeting- workshop   Sacramento CA

March 3 Redwood Friends Meeting- new book reading   Santa Rosa CA

May 31 – June 2 Great Plains Yearly Mtg- plenary, workshops Wichita KS

June 3 – 4 Seed House- workshops, individual sessions   Wichita KS

June 31 – July 6 Friends General Conference Summer Gathering   Grinnell IA

July 25 – 28 Vermont People with AIDS Coalition Annual Retreat   Stowe VT

August 3 – 8 New England Yearly Meeting- workshops   Castleton VT

Sept 29 Farmington Friends Meeting- Quakers and Healing   Farmington NY

2020 January & February Writing retreat. Claremont, CA

February 24  Friends in need  Las Vegas NV

March 27  NEYM Pastoral Care COVID-19  YouTube

April 6 Pendle Hill Love in the Time of Coronavirus  YouTube 

April 20  Pendle Hill Staying Centered Amidst Uncertainty  online

May 9 & 10 Cambridge Friends Mtg workshop Cambridge MA online

June 28 – July 4  FGC Summer Gathering workshop online

July 10 & 11 North Carolina Yrly Mtg Con online

July 21 & 23 Vermont Positive Living Coalition   online

September 9 Santa Fe Meeting  Ministry & Counsel online

October 23 Vermont Positive Living Coalition  online

 

2018 January 6  Orange Grove Friends Meeting workshops  Pasadena CA

January 13  Orange County Friends Meeting workshops Irvine CA

January 21  Central Coast Friends Meeting reading San Luis Obispo CA

January 26-28  University Friends Meeting workshops Seattle WA

February 3  Santa Cruz Friends Meeting workshops Santa Cruz CA

February 11  Santa Fe Friends Meeting speaking of my work Santa Fe NM

February 16-18  Mountain View Friends Meeting workshops Denver CO

February 23-25  Boulder Friends Meeting workshops Boulder CO 

March 31  Framingham Friends Meeting workshop Framingham MA

April 21  Westport Friends Meeting NEYM Min & Counsel Westport MA

May 18-20  Pendle Hill Goodness workshop Wallingford PA

July 1-7  Friends General Conf Summer Gathering Toledo U, Toledo OH

July 19-22  Vermont People with AIDS Coalition workshops Springfield VT

August 4-8  New England Yearly Meeting workshops Castleton VT

September 1 Storrs Meeting retreat  Woolman Hill Deerfield MA

October 5-7  Powell House workshop  Old Chatham NY

Nov 3 Iowa Yearly Mtg (Conservative) Ministry & Counsel Indianola IA

November 4 Nebraska Gathering of Friends Lincoln NE

 

2017 March 24-26 Powell House Rest & Restoration  Old Chatham NY

April 4 – 5 Kenyon College healing  – Staff, students  Gambier OH

May 26-28 Pendle Hill annual workshop on healing  Wallingford PA

July 2 – 8 Friends General Conference workshops Niagra Univ  Niagra NY

August 5 – 10 New England Yearly Meeting workshop  Castleton VT

Sept 29–Oct 1 Scarsdale Mtg Retreat lead Powell House  Old Chatham NY

Nov 10 – 12 Flagstaff Meeting Workshop, Book Reading  Flagstaff AZ

December Writing retreat solitary California, a month alone

 

2016 Jan 30 Orlando Friend Meeting reading books 1 & 2 Orlando FL

Feb 6 Gainesville Friends Meeting healing workshop  Gainesville FL

April 5 Community College of VT – Intercultural -   Brattleboro VT

April 10 Putney Friends Mtg – History of Released Friends  Putney VT

May 20-22 Pendle Hill  GOODNESS workshop Wallingford PA

July 3-9 FGC workshops, readings, QUIT Update   St Joe MN

July 21-24 VT People with AIDS Coalition – workshops  Stowe VT

Oct 29 – 30 Lancaster Meeting – workshop, QUIT   Lancaster PA

 

2015  Feb 14 NEYM Young Friends Good Touch    Wellesley MA

March 2  Community College of VT Gay Intercultural Brattleboro VT

Mar 26 – 27 Toronto Friends Mtg – Workshops    Toronto Ontario

April 17 Guilford College QLSP, Friendship Mtg Greensboro NC

Apr 18-19 Durham Frds Congolese Tortured Refugees Durham NC

April 21-27 Second book work editor Shelly Angel  Richardson TX

May 9 Wellesley Meeting – Massage and Energy Wellesley MA

May 29-31 Pendle Hill-  Deep Rest, Deep Stillness  Wallingford PA

July 5-11 FGC workshop reading QUIT W Carolina Univ Cullowhee NC

July 17 Vermont People with AIDS Coalition – retreat   Stowe VT

Aug 1 – 6 New England Yearly Meeting - workshops   Castleston VT

September 7 Friends in Need hospital and home visits  Williston VT

Sept 26 Putney Friends Meeting Retreat  deep relaxation  Putney VT

Oct 23-25 Powell House Restoration of Calm & Rest Old Chatham NY

Nov 13-15 Richmond Friends Meeting – Retreat   Richmond VA

 

2014  March 14 –16 Powell House massage, energy  Old Chatham NY

April 17-20 South Central Yearly Meeting - Workshops Bruceville TX

April 22 – 29  Second book work week  Shelly Angel  Richardson TX

May 2-4 Atlanta Friends Meeting- workshops readings  Atlanta GA

May 30 –June 1 Pendle Hill GOODNESS Workshop Wallingford PA

June 29 – July 5 FGC Abandon All Weariness  California PA

Aug 2 – 7 New England Yearly Meeting workshops Castleton VT

November 19 Taft Institute QUIT Queens College Flushing NY

Nov 21-23 St Petersburg Friend Meeting workshops St Petersburg FL

 

2013  February 27 – March 7  Final Edits with Editor  Richardson TX

March 9 Friends in Need   Atlanta GA

March 10 Friends in Need Candler NC

March 11 Friends in Need   Winston-Salem NC

April 20 Friends in need   Williston VT

May 14 – 18 Final Edits with Readers   Provincetown MA

May 31   Friends in need   Brookhaven PA

May 31 – June 1 Pendle Hill Workshop, Mon Lecture   Wallingford PA

June 2 Friends in need Newtown PA

June 18 – 21 Albuquerque Friends Meeting  Albuquerque NM

June 22 Santa Fe Friends Meeting QUIT, Goodness   Santa Fe NM

June 29 Book Release THE DANCE BETWEEN HOPE & FEAR

June 30 – July 6 FGC   workshop, book release   Greeley CO

July 7 Boulder Friends Mtg   Ministry Among Friends   Boulder CO

July 26 Vermont People with AIDS Coalition workshops   Stowe VT

August 5 – 7 Workshops, book release & reading   Smithfield RI

August 16 Friends in need   Williston VT

September 18 Friends in need   Putney VT

October 14 QUIT Update OLLI Lectures    Dummerston VT

Dec 7 New England YM Jr Hi Retreat  GOOD TOUCH  Deerfield MA

 

2012  Feb 4 Quaker Studies Goodness Wellesley Mtg  Wellesley, MA

March 30 Friends in Need Williston VT

April 29  Doylestown Friends Meeting  QUIT Update  Doylestown, PA

MAY 10-13 QUAKERS UNITED IN PUBLISHING QUIP PENDLE HILL

MAY 14-17 BOOK WORK WITH SHELLY ANGEL AT PENDLE HILL

May 18 – 20 Pendle Hill Goodness workshop  Wallingford PA

June 15 Friends in Need Williston VT

July 13 VT People w/Aids Coalition workshops    Stowe, VT

August 8-9 Dragonfly Transitions workshops Klamath Falls, OR

Aug 13-18 Pacific Yearly Mtg Plenary Walker Ranch Petaluma, CA

Oct 2  Taft Institute American Torture Queens College Flushing NY 

Oct  16 – 22 Shelly Angel book editor in Putney together

October 24  Dominican University  Gender Studies  San Raphael CA

Oct 25 Grass Valley Friends Mtg, Woolman Semester Grass Valley CA

October 26-28 Quaker Center Healing workshop Ben Lomond CA

November 9 & 10  Stony Run Friends Mtg Baltimore MD

November 11 Homewood Friends Mtg  QUIT Update Baltimore, MD

November 16-18 Powell House Healing Hands   Old Chatham NY

 

2011  February 1  US Senate QUIT Meetings Washington DC

March 11-13 Powell House Goodness Throughout   Old Chatham, NY

Mar 20 New Orleans Friends Meeting QUIT Update New Orleans, LA

April 1-3 Guilford College Sex and  QUIT Update  Greensboro, NC

April 3-4 Durham Friends Mtg Goodness & Sessions  Durham, NC

April 4-5 Raleigh Friends Meeting Goodness & Sessions  Raleigh, NC

May 6-8 Pendle Hill Washed in the Light  Wallingford, PA

July 3-9 FGC Evening Plenary –American Torture    Grinnell, IA

July 15 VT People with AIDS Coalition Retreat  workshops  Stowe, VT

August  6-11 New England Yearly Meeting workshops

October 31 – Nov 1  Dragonfly Transitions wkshp  Klamath Falls, OR

November 4-6 Quaker Center workshop Ben Lomond, CA

 

2010  March 13 Meeting School QUIT! Update & Healing Rindge NH

April 17-19  Lake Forest Friends Mtg  Retreat Leader Lake Forest IL

June 20-24 Pendle Hill  Washed in Light by Tender Wallingford PA

July 4-10 FGC Abandon All Weariness QUIT  Bowling Green OH

July 16 VT People with AIDS Coalition  Deep Relaxation   Stowe VT

July 18-24 New York Yrly Mtg QUIT Plenary w/QUNO Silver Lake NY

August 8-12 New England Yearly Meeting  workshops   Smithfield RI

Sept 18 Missoula Meeting QUIT Goodness  Healing    Missoula MT

Sept 20-22 Dragonfly Transitions staff workshops Klamath Falls OR

Sept 24-26 QUIT 4th National Conf  Quaker Ctr  Ben Lomond CA

October 3 Pima Meeting Goodness, QUIT Update Tucson AZ

October 7 Santa Fe Meeting QUIT Update, Goodness  Santa Fe NM

October 9 Albuquerque Meeting Healing, QUIT  Albuquerque NM

Oct 23 Burlington Friends Meeting Torture, Healing Burlington VT

November 16 Taft Institute QUIT!  Queens College Flushing NY

November 18 QUIT Steering Comm Future Planning Old Chatham NY

November 19-21 QUIT! Regional Conference   Old Chatham NY

 

2009 Mar 12-13 Quaker Initiative to End Torture  Mtg  Wash, DC

March 28 Mountain View Meeting of Quakers- Healing   Denver, CO

Mar 29 CO Regional Gathering of Quakers- Speaker  Denver, CO

April 24-26  Woolman Hill  Abandon All Weariness    Deerfield, MA

May 30  Pendle Hill  Lay Down the Burden & Rest   Wallingford, PA

June 14 Putney Frds Mtg Quaker Initiative to End Torture Putney, VT

June 15 CONTACT International Peace Conf   SIT  Brattleboro, VT

June 27-July 4 FGC Abandon All Weariness, QUIT   Blacksburg, VA

July 15-19  North Pacific Yearly Mtg  keynote  Missoula, MT

August 3-5  New England Yearly Meeting  Smithfield, RI

August 9 N. Sandwich Friends Meeting  QUIT  N Sandwich, NH

September 18 Friends House  QUIT Update   Santa Rosa, CA

September 19-20 Redwood Forest Mtg   SHealing  Santa Rosa, CA

September 25-27 Quaker Ctr  Restoration   Ben Lomond, CA

Sep 30 -Oct 2 Multnomah & Bridge Ctiy  Mtg 4 Healing  Portland, OR

Oct 1 West Hill Friend Church QUIT Update, Gay people Portland OR

October 3-4 Willamette Quarterly Mtg Plenary Speaker Mt Hood, OR

October 6-7 Dragonfly Transitions Students    Klamath Falls, OR

October 7 Klamath Falls Friends Church  QUIT  Klamath Falls, OR

Nov 6-8  2009 Powell House  The Body as Temple   Old Chatham, NY

Nov 14 Wellness Works Holistic Health Center     Glendale, CA

Nov 14 Santa Monica Mtg   On Healing   Santa Monica, CA

Nov 15 Claremont Meeting QUIT Update  Claremont, CA

 

2008 SABBATICAL CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF TRAUMA WORK

 

2007 Jan 14 Putney Friends Mtg  QUIT Update   Putney, VT

Feb 2-4  Eugene Friends Meeting Annual Winter Retreat, Eugene, OR

Feb 5 Dragonfly Adventures Stress Reduction  Klamath Falls, OR

Feb 5  Klamath Falls Friends Church QUIT Update  Klamath Falls, OR

March 5-9  Pendle Hill Rest the Body, In the Light Wallingford, PA

March 15 Friends World Committee 4 Consult QUIT update Provi, RI

March 21-23  University Friends Meeting  Healing Circle Seattle, WA

March 30- April 1  St Louis Friends Mtg  QUIT Update  ST Louis, MO

April 27-29  Canadian QUIT  Conf Ottawa Friends Mtg Ottawa, ONT

June 1-3  Quaker Initiative to End Torture 2nd conf Greensboro, NC

June 9  Helping dear friend Gene Garber to die at home   Putney, VT

June 11 CONTACT: Conflict Transform Across Cultures SIT Bratt VT 

June 17 2007 15th St Meetinghouse QUIT! Update New York, NY

June 30- July 7 FGC, Abandon All Weariness, QUIT, River Falls, WI

July 12-15  VT People with AIDS Coalition- workshops  Stowe, VT

Sept 28-30 Missouri Valley Friends Conf talk Chihowa Lawrence, KS

Oct 1 Assisted birth  Sungmin Ahn Memorial Hosp Brattleboro, VT

Oct 12-13   Quaker Hill Conf  Midwest Healers Group Richmond IN

Nov 2-4  Powell House Deeply Relax- spiritual depth Old Chatham NY

Nov 14-15 Dragonfly Adventures  Stress Reduction Klamath Falls, OR

Nov 16-18  Abandon All Weariness, Quaker Center   Ben Lomond, CA

 

2006 Feb 22-24  Guilford College,  Sex  QLSP Greensboro, NC

Feb 24-26  QUIT planning June Conf Guilford College Greensboro, NC

March 5   Kendal Monthly Meeting- QUIT  Kennett Square, PA

March 6-9  Pendle Hill, Restoration workshop  Wallingford, PA

March 14 Hanover Friends Meeting QUIT Update   Hanover, NH

April 2 Morningside Friends Mtg QUIT  Riverside Church NY NY

April 4 San Francisco Friends Meeting  QUIT Update  SF CA

April 13-16 University Mtg- workshops/meet 4 healing Seattle, WA

April 28-30 Olney Friends School Quaker Spirituality   Barnesville, OH

May 19-21 Farmington/Scipio Friends Retreat Watkins Glenn, NY

June 2-4 1st Quit Conference Guilford College Greensboro, NC

June 11 Contact  program  SIT QUIT update   Brattleboro, VT

July 1-7  Friends General Conference  workshop Puget Sound, WA

July 13-16  VT People with AIDS Coalition retreat    Stowe, VT

July 26 New York Yearly Meeting  QUIT Update  Silver Bay, New York

Aug 2-6 Baltimore Yrly Mtg- grief Tom Fox hostage Harrisonburg VA

Aug 7-10  New England Yrly Mtg workshop, QUIT  Smithfield, RI

Sept 8-10  Vassalboro Quarterly Meeting  Friends Camp, S. China ME

Sept23 Peter & Suzanne’s Wedding, officiating   Brattleboro, VT

October 13-15   ST Louis Friends Meeting,   retreat  ST Louis, MO

Oct 20-22  Powell House QUIT, Chuck & Scilla too Old Chatham, NY

Nov 3-5   Powell House Deep Relaxation & Spirit   Old Chatham, NY

November 17-19  Quaker Center, Goodness,   Ben Lomand, CA

 

2005 Feb 11-13 Ottawa Meeting Annual Retreat Ottawa Ontario

Feb 25-27 QLSP Guilford College, SEX Healing  Greensboro, NC

March 5 Friends Mtg of Cambridge Quaker Studies Wellesley, MA

March 18-20 Fredrick Meeting Annual Meeting Retreat Fredrick, MD

April 15-17 Friends World Committee for Consultation Tempe, AZ

April 25 School 4 Intnl Training Healing from Trauma Brattleboro, VT

May 5 Quaker Initiative to End Torture- QUIT! created via phone

May 27-30 Receiving Spiritual Discipline Pendle Hill – Wallingford, PA

June 3-5  Columbia Meeting Annual Retreat Columbia, MO

June 13-19 Intermountain Yearly Meeting  readings  Abiquiu, NM

July 2–9 Friends General Conference Goodness  Blacksburg, VA

July 14-17 VT People w/AIDS Coalition- staff Killington, VT

July 28 New York Yearly Meeting Torture Conf Update Silver Bay NY

Aug 6-11 New England Yearly Meeting Bryant College Smithfield, MA

Sept 3 Minhee & Sehoon’s wedding, officiating Brattleboro, VT


September 15-16 School of the Spirit, Spiritual Disciplines Aston, PA

September 24-26 Stop Torture Campaign U U Service Cmte Wash DC

October 15 Powel House Torture conf update Old Chatham, NY


Oct 19 Trauma Studies Ctr Institute for Cont Psychotherapy NY NY

November 4-6 Deeply Relax  Powell House Old Chatham, NY

 

2004 April 22-24 Reconciliation Restorative Justice Philadelphia, PA.

April 30 – May 2 Goodness Workshp, Powell House Old Chatham NY

May 7 School International Training Avoiding Burnout Brattleboro VT

May 28 – 31  The Goodness Workshop, Pendle Hill  Wallingford PA

June 6 – 12 Intermountain Yearly Meeting, Keynote Abiquiu, NM

July 3 – 10  Friends General Conference  Univ. of MA  Amherst MA

July 15 - 18 Vermont People w/ AIDS Coalition Retreat   Killington VT

August 7-12 New England Yearly Mtg  Bryant College Smithfield, MA

Sept 17 – 19  Northern Yearly Mtg -  Spiritual Nurture  Eau Claire  WI

Oct 22–24  Portland Meeting Retreat  Quarter Meeting Portland ME

Nov 7 Burlington Meeting, Minding the Light  Burlington, VT

November 13 Piedmont Fellowship of Friends  Durham NC

Nov 15 – 18 Quaker House workshops  healing work Fayetteville, NC

 

2003 January 17-20 Friends World Committee on Consultation, Peace Conf panelist Greensboro, NC

Jan 20  Guilford College, Staff  Faculty Retreat Greensboro, NC

February 14-17 FLGC Plenary,  Ghost Ranch, Abiquiu, NM

March 21- 23 The Goodness Workshop   Woolman Hill Deerfield, MA

March 28-29 American Camping Assoc NO Burnout    Sturbridge, MA

April 1 Earlham School Religion, Human Sexuality  Richmond, IN

April 2 Earlham College   Sex and True Love  Richmond, IN

April 3-6 Quaker Pastoral Care & Counseling  Annual Retreat, leader, Quaker Hill   Richmond, IN

April 11 American Massage Therapy Association  Atlanta, GA

April 13 Atlanta Meeting Forum A Quaker in War Time   Atlanta, GA

April 25 Friends in Need CT

May 9-11 Mountainview Meeting Annual Mtg Retreat Denver, CO

May 23-26 Pendle Hill, Good Touch- Massage   Wallingford, PA

May 31 Glenn & Mona’s Wedding, officiating    Woodstock, VT

June 6-8 Powell House Trust Rest Spirit Discipline Old Chatham, NY

June 18 Friends in Need           Vermont

June 28-July 5 FGC  Goodness Workshop Univ Pitts Johnstown, PA

July 17-20 VT People with AIDS Coalition moderator Killington, VT

Aug 3-7 New England Yearly Meeting Stonehill College Easton, MA

August 10 Friends in Need Vermont

August 27 Friend in Need Vermont

August 31 Friends in Need Vermont

September 4-7 Guilford College QLS fall retreat   Greensboro, NC

Sept 14 Amer Massage Therapy Ass Trauma Massage Falmouth, MA

October 3-5 St Louis Meeting  5th annual workshop   St Louis, MO

Oct 8  Intercultural School for International Training  Brattleboro, VT

October 18 Elizabeth Watson & John Calvi evening talk  Mpls, MN

October 22-26 Amer Massage Therapy Assoc  trauma  Richmond, VA

November 6 Friend in Need   NH

November 20-24  Friends in Need. CT, NJ, PA

 

2002  Feb 1-3 Quaker Healers New England Wool Hill Deerfield MA

February 15-18 2002 Friends in Need following 9/11             NY, NY

Feb 22-24 Guilford College, Quakers Sexuality  Greensboro, NC

February 25 2002 Carolina Friends School, Staff Retreat Durham, NC

March 8-10 2002   Goodness, Powell House Old Chatham, NY

Mar 14-17 Amer Massage Therapy Trauma Mass  Boxborough, MA

March 21-24 Atlanta Meeting of Quakers,  Retreat Atlanta, GA

March 26-30 Friends Fellowship Healing, BYM York  Oxford, England

April 20 Focus on Families energy work Woolman Hill   Deerfield, MA

May 22-24 2002   Quaker Worker's Retreat  PYM  FGC Kirkridge, PA

May 24-27 2002   Pendle Hill, Goodness Wallingford, PA

June 5  Southern Vermont AIDS Project, staff retreat Brattleboro, VT

June 20-23 Southern Appalachian Yearly Mtg Assoc Swannanoa, NC

June 29-July 6 Friends General Conference Goodness Normal, IL

July 18-21 VT People With AIDS Coalition Retreat   Stratton, VT

August 1-3 Ohio Valley Yearly Mtg  Earlham College      Richmond, IN

Aug 4-8 New England Yearly Meeting Wheaton College Norton MA

September 14  Elizabeth Watson John Calvi dialogue Mpls, MN

Sept 18-22  Friends General Conf  Restoration Retreat   Rosholt,WI

Oct 4-6 St Louis Meeting, Workshop, Mtg for Healing   St Louis, MO

December 1-6  Pendle Hill,  Restoration caregivers  Wallingford, PA

 

2001 Feb 2 VT Community Action  Stress reduction  Randolph, VT

February 16-19   Friends for Lesbian & Gay Concern Philadelphia, PA

Feb 23-25  Powell House Northeast Quaker Healers Old Chatham, NY

March 11  VT Ethics Network & Brattleboro Hospital  Brattleboro, VT

April 6-8 Quaker Peace Round Table- workshops  State College, PA

April 28  VT People w/AIDS Coali Deep Relaxation White River Jct ,VT

May 25-28  Pendle Hill Quaker Goodness  Wallingford, PA

June 7-10  Southern Appalachain Yrly Mtg workshop Swannanoa, NC

June 30-July 7 Friends Gen Conf- Healing Life Wounds Blacksburg ,Va

July 19-22 Vermont People with AIDS Coalition  Springfield, VT

Aug 4-9  New England Yearly Meeting  workshops Smithfield, RI

Sept 14-16 Putney Friends Meeting Retreat workshops Plymouth, VT

October 5-7 St Louis Meeting    workshops   St Louis, MO

October 24-29 Dallas Meeting- Quakers and Healing    Dallas, TX

Nov 7-10  National Gay Lesbian Task Force   Milwaukee, WI

Nov 11-16   Pendle Hill- Week course Restoration  Wallingford, PA

 

2000  Feb 2/9/16/23 Putney Friends Mtg  Life Wounds  Putney, VT

Mar 11 VT Freedom to Marry- Surviving Hate Speech  S Royalton, VT

Mar 24-25 Chrysalis Spiritual Disciplines Avoid Burnout Richmond VA

Mar 26  Richmond Friends Meeting- journal reading. Richmond, VA

Apr 14   Friends in need. Boston, MA

Apr 22  Friends Peace Team- Burundi Trauma Ctr-     Greenwich, CT

May 6   One New Hampshire- gay conf, workshop   Concord, NH

May 19  Connecticut Legal Services- Avoiding Burnout Waterbury, CT

May 26-29  Pendle Hill   Massage and Energy work  Wallingford,  PA

Jun 3  Northampton Frds Mtg Retreat- On Goodness     Deerfield, MA

Jun 3-5  Friends in need    Boston, MA

Jul 1-8  Friends General Conf- Healing Life Wounds    Rochester, NY

Jul 9   Friends in need       Boston, MA

Jul 17-19   Friends in need      Boston, MA

Jul 20-23   Vermont PWA Coalition Retreat      Springfield, VT

Sep 16-20 Friends Peace Team Burundi Trauma Center-      Wash, DC

Sep  23  Elizabeth Watson & John Calvi-  workshop Mpls, MN

Oct 1   Atlanta Friends Meeting- after meeting forum Atlanta, GA

Oct 14  Framingham Friends Meeting- Goodness  Framingham, MA

Oct 21-22  St Louis Friends Mtg Wkshp Mtg 4 healing  St. Louis, MO

Oct 27-29  State College Meeting- Workshops  State College, PA

Nov 8  School for International Training- speaker  Brattleboro, VT

Nov 9-13  Nat'l Gay Lesbian Task Force Conf NO Burnout Atlanta, GA

Nov 17-19 Powell House- Goodness workshop  Old Chatham, NY

 

1999 January 2 Young Adult Friends, NEYM Wellesley, MA

February 25 San Francisco Mtg  concert & journal reading SF, CA

Feb 26 – 28 Quaker Center: Healing Life Wounds Ben Lomond, CA

March 10 – 14 FGC Nurturing Nurturers  St. Helena’s Island, SC

March 18 – 21 Quakers in Pastoral Care & Counseling. Richmond, IN

March 22 Earlham College Rape, AIDS, Burnout  Richmond, IN

March 23 – 24 ESR Healing & Quakerism. Richmond, IN

March 27 – 31 Guilford College healing, friend-in-res Greensboro, NC

March 29 Carolina Friends School. Chapel Hill, NC

April 17 – 18 Micoast Mtg: Spiritual Disciplines  Damariscotta, ME

May 7 – 9 Pendle Hill: Healing Life’s Wounds. Wallingford, PA

June 18 – 20 Powell House: Healing Life’s Wounds. Old Chatham, NY

July 3 – 10 Friends Gen Conf Healing Life Wounds. Kalamazoo, MI

July 22 – 25 Vermont People with AIDS  workshops. Springfield, VT

July 26 – 27 NYYM Mtg for Healing, Avoiding Burnout. Silver Bay, NY

August 4 – 5 BYM  Healing, Avoiding Burnout. Chambersburg, PA

August 9 – 10 NEYM Meeting for Healing, No Burnout. Smithfield, RI

October 11 – 14 Chrysalis  People with AIDS: workshops. Newark, NJ

November 10 – 14 National Gay & Lesbian Task Force  Oakland, CA

 

1998 Feb 4 Simon Rock College, Gay Spirit Life Great Barrington MA

February 13-16 FLGC: Mtg for Healing. Front Royal, VA

March 14 West Knoxville Mtg  West Knoxville, TN

April 4 New York Yearly Mtg, Rep Mtg: plenary. Poughkeepsie, NY

April 23 Live Oak Mtg: evening talk on healing. Houston, TX

April 24-26 Quakerland: Healing from Life’s Wounds. Ingram, TX

May 1-3 Powell House Spiritual Disciplines Healing. Old Chatham, NY

May 15-17 Pendle Hill: A Gather of Quaker Healers. Wallingford, PA

May 27 AIDS Project: stress reduction. Brattleboro, VT

May 30 AIDS Walk for Life: closing ceremony. Brattleboro, VT

June 4-7 Vermont PWA Coalition: workshops, mod  Plainfield, VT

June 14 Providence Mtg: friends in need. Providence, RI

June 27 – July 4 FGC Healing Life’s Wounds, concert.  River Falls, WI

August 3 – 9 Baltimore Yearly Mtg: Carey Lecture. Chambersburg, PA

October 2 – 4 Buddhist Dying Conf keynote, wrkshp Wolfville, NS

November 6 Santa Monica Mtg journal reading. Santa Monica, CA

November 7 – 8 Alive and Well Cmty Health Ctr   Glendale, CA

November 11 – 15 Nat’l Gay/Lesbian Task Force Pittsburgh, PA

November 28 Killooleet Benefit Sing  New York, NY

 

1997  Feb 5 - 11 Orlando Meeting  workshop sessions  Orlando FL

Feb 12 – 13 Palm Beach Meeting workshop Palm Beach FL

Feb 14 – 16  Friends for Lesbian & Gay Concerns  Leesburg FL

Feb 26 Putney School  AIDS lecture  Putney VT

Feb 28 Putney Meeting  meeting for healing Putney VT

Mar 14 Orange Grove Meeting  reading  Pasadena CA

Mar 15 – 16  Alive & Well workshop  Glendale CA

April 9 Putney School  Straight/Gay Alliance  Putney VT

April 10 Ridgefield High School Straight/Gay Alliance  Ridgefield CT

April 18 Meeting for Healing Putney Meeting Putney VT

May 8 – 9 VT AIDS Symposium  Burlington VT

May 16 – 18 Fayetteville Quarterly Mtg  Fayetteville AR

May 23 – 26  Pendle Hill weekend workshop Wallingford PA

May 31 Brattleboro AIDS Walk speaker  Brattleboro VT

June 28 – July 5  Friends General Conf workshop  Harrisonburg VA

July 24 – 27 VT People with AIDS Coalition workshops West Dover VT

August 2 – 7  New England Yearly Meeting  Brunswick ME

Sept 12  Meeting for Healing Putney Meeting Putney VT

Sept 26–28  New Bedford Mtg concert/wksp/AIDS New Bedford MA

Oct 17 Meeting for Healing Putney Meeting Putney VT

 

1996 Feb 23 – 25 Purchase Quatr Beaver Farm Yorktown Heights NY

March 8 – 9 American Massage Therapy Assoc Framingham MA

March 19 Friends in need – mentoring, clients, etc  Boston MA

March 22-23 Kenyon College AIDS Sem/concert/wkshp  Gambier OH

April 5 – 7 Quaker Center  Healing from Life Wounds Ben Lomond CA

April 13  New England Conference AIDS Massage  Northampton MA

April 26 Gay/Straight Alliance Ridgefield High School  Ridgefield CT

April 28 Hartford Meeting  caregivers workshop  West Hartford CT

May 3 – 5 Akala Point  Healing Life’s Wounds  Tantallon Nova Scotia

May 6 AIDS Coalition of Nova Scotia staff retreat  Halifax Nova Scotia

May 6 Valley AIDS Group benefit concert  Wolfville Nova Scotia

May 7 Akala Point  Massage/Energy work for Trauma  Tantallon NS

May 10 Released Friends Retreat spoken/silent ministry  Putney VT

May 18  Concert w/John Bucchino  Swarthmore Mtg Swarthmore PA

May 21 Friends in need – mentoring, clients  Boston MA

June 2 South Berkshire Meeting – energy work  Great Barrington MA

June 7 Brattleboro AIDS Project – Hot for Life retreat Marlboro VT

June 14 – 16 Pendle Hill  Massage & Energy work  Wallingford PA

June 29 – July 6 FGC  Heal Life Wounds/Concert  Hamilton Ontario

July 25 – 28 VT PWAC retreat  grief cir/energy work West Dover VT

August 3 – 8 New England Yly Mtg  Heal Life Wounds  Brunswick ME

September 20 – 22 Southwest AIDS Massage Conf    Tucson AZ

September 23 Shanti Tucson  staff anti-burnout workshop Tucson AZ

October 18 Released Friends Retreat Putney Meeting  Putney VT

October 21 – 24 Chrysalis Retreat  w/AIDS spiritual group  Newark NJ

October 25 Friends in need  Kennet Sq PA

October 26 – 27 Morningside Meeting   New York City NY

November 8–11 Gay Quaker Men Beaver Farm Yorktown Heights NY

November 15 Released Friends Retreat Putney Meeting  Putney VT

November 17 Quaker City Meeting  Claremont NH

November 23 Vermont Gay Town Meeting  Brattleboro VT

 

1995  March 10 AIDS Project  massage therapists  Brattleboro, VT

March 29  AIDS Project  staff retreat and refreshing    Brattleboro, VT

April 23-26 Lubicon Nation, 1st Nations Res  Little Buffalo, Alberta

April 27-30 Vancouver Meeting, workshops  Vancouver, BC

May 1-2 Victoria Meeting, workshops Victoria, BC

May 4-5 Seattle Meeting, workshops Seattle, WA

May 19-21 Pendle Hill, Healing from Life's Wounds  Wallingford, PA

June 9  Northern Yearly Meeting, keynote  River Falls, WI

June 8-11 National AIDS Massage Conf Energy Work  Mpls, MN

July 1-8 Friends General Conf  Healing Life Wounds Kalamazoo, MI

July 27-30  Vermont People w/AIDS Coalition  W. Dover, VT

July 19  Brattleboro AIDS Project- staff retreat  Brattleboro, VT

August 5-10  New England Yearly Meeting  workshps  Brunswick, ME

Sept 29  Beacon Hill Prayer Group  Jamaica Plain, MA

Oct 28 VT Coalition for Gay/Lesbian Rights Town Mtg. Montpelier,VT

Dec 28 Young Friends Mid-Winter NEYM   Littleton, MA

 

1994 April 16 New England AIDS Massage Conf – Northampton MA

April 17 – 20 Friends with AIDS   Boston MA

May 6 Whitman Walker Clinic – staff retreat   Wash DC

May 7 Langly Hill Friends Mtg  Anti-Burnout/Grieving  McLean VA

May 8 Friends with AIDS  Bethesda MD

May 9 – 12 Chrysalis Ministry  AIDS retreat leader  Perth Amboy NJ

May 27 – 29 Pendle Hill Healing from Life’s Wounds  Wallingford PA

June 14 VT CARES – relaxation after office fire Burlington VT

July 2 – 9 Friends General Conf Healing Life’s Wounds  Amherst MA

July 17  New England Yrly Mtg  – children & touch Framingham MA

July 23 – 29 GAYLA Gay Men’s UU Retreat coor planner  Saco ME

July 28 – 31 VT People w/AIDS Coalition Retreat  Wilmington VT

August 6 – 13  Canadian Yearly Meeting  Keynote Windsor NS

Sept 29 – Oct 2 Aids Medicine and Miracles plenary  Boulder CO

Oct 5 Massage/Energy WorkTrauma mass therapists  Fort Collins CO

Oct 14 – 16 Powell House  Healing Life’s Wounds  Old Chatham NY

Oct 28 – 30 Akala Point Conf Ctr  retreat leader  Indian Harbor NS

Nov 2 Brattleboro AIDS Project avoiding burnout  Brattleboro VT

Nov 13 – 18 Quaker Center Healing Life Wounds  Ben Lomond CA

Dec 28 New England Yrly Mtg Young Friends Retreat Peterboro NH

 

1993 Jan 29-31 Orlando Meeting  Orlando FL

Feb 2-7 Palm Beach Meeting Palm Beach FL

Feb 12-15 FLGC  Midwinter Gathering workshops  Indiana

Feb 27 NEYM Jr High  Allen's Neck MA

Mar 27-28 Esther Gally & Health Assoc.  Cuernavaca, Mx DF

Mar 29- Apr 3  Casa de los Amigos  Mexico City, Mx DF

Apr 8-11 South Central YM  Bruceville, TX

Apr 22-27 March on Washington  Wash, DC

May 2 Brattleboro AIDS Project  Bratt. VT

May 5 Brattleboro AIDS Project  Bratt. VT

May 28-31 Maine Gay Symposium  Unity, ME

June 26 VT Gay Pride March  Burl, VT

June 19 Putney Monthly Meeting Retreat  Putney, VT

July 3-9 Friends General Gathering  Stillwater, OK

July 9-11 National AIDS Massage Conference  Mpls, MN

July 16-19 Pendle Hill Wallingford, PA

July 22-25 VT PWA Coalition  Jay, VT

July 25-30 GAYLA  Saco, ME

Aug 7-12 New England Yearly Meeting   Amherst, MA

Sept 18 NEYM Junior YM   Jaffery, NH

Sept 23-26 AIDS, Medicine, and Miracles  Rhinebeck, NY

Oct 2  Beacon Hill Meeting  Boston, MA

Oct 3 Malis Ouer & Cambodian refugees  Lynn, MA

Oct 22-27 AIDS St John  St John, New Brunswick

Oct 27-31 Akala Point Conference Center  Halifax, Nova Scotia

Nov 5-8 Down East AIDS Network  Lincolnville, ME

Nov 15  Brattleboro AIDS Project  Brattleboro, VT

Nov 16  Brattleboro AIDS Project  Brattleboro, VT

Nov 23 Brattleboro AIDS Project    Brattleboro, VT

Dec 27 - Jan 1  Quaker Center  Year End workshop Ben Lomond, CA

 

1992  January 18 American Massage Therapy Asso Waterville, Maine

January 19 Portland Friends Meeting  Portland, Maine

January 25 Sandwich Quarterly Meeting  South Dartmouth, MA

February 7-9  Atlanta Friends Meeting  Atlanta, Georgia

February 14-17 Friends Lesbian Gay Concern MidWinter Boston, MA

February 20  School for International Training Brattleboro, Vermont

March 6-8  Woolman Hill Conference Center  Deerfield, MA

March 13-15  Minneapolis Friends Meeting  Minneapolis, Minnesota

March 25-29  Southeastern Yearly Meeting  Brooksville, Florida

May 2 Marcia Levison & Associates  Burlington, Vermont

May 7  HIV Support Group  Montpelier, Vermont

May 11 Brattleboro AIDS Project  Brattleboro, Vermont

May 20 Pendle Hill  Wallingford, Pennsylvania

May 22-23 Gay Quaker Men's Gathering  Yorktown Heights, NY

May 24 Ferry Beach Park Association  Ferry Beach, Maine

June 5-7 AIDS, Medicine, and Miracles Conference  Boulder, CO

June 12-14 Boulder School of Massage Therapy  Boulder, Colorado

June 27-July 4  Friends General Conference Gathering  Canton, NY

July 22-26  Illinois Yearly Meeting  McNab, Illinois

July 31-August 2 Vermont People with AIDS Coalition Brattleboro, VT

August  8-14  U U Gay Men's Conf, Ferry Beach Park  Saco, Maine

August 22-28 Healing From Life Wounds Ferry Beach Park  Saco, ME

October 9-12  Names Project AIDS Memorial Quilt  Washington, D.C.

November 13-15  Pendle Hill  workshop Wallingford, PA

1991  Feb 9  National Childs Right's Alliance  Leverett, MA

Feb 15-18 Friends for Lesbian Gay Concerns  Wash DC

Feb 23  Judy Hyde & assoc  Chaplin, CT

March 16 Cambodian refugees- Malis Ouer Lynn, MA

March 17 Killooleet Sing Benefit  Boston, MA

April 3-7 West Texas AIDS task Force  Lubbock, TX

April 23-25 Hunter and Ahavia  Camden, NJ

April 27 Gayla planning mtg  Saco, ME

May 2-5 AIDS, Medicine, & Miracles  Boulder, CO

May 11-12 Boulder School of Massage  Boulder, CO

May 24-27 Gay Quaker Men's Gathering   Yorktown Heights, NY

July 1-6 Friends General Conference  Boone, NC

July 13  VT AIDS Counsel  Lake Morley, VT

July 18  Putney Meeting, Meeting for Healing  Putney, VT

Aug 3-8 NEYM  Amherst, MA

Aug 3-9 Gayla  gay men’s retreat  Saco, ME

Aug 17-23 Ferry Beach workshop  Saco, ME

Sept 13 PWA Coalition Retreat  Burlington, VT

Oct 4-6 Pendle Hill  Wallingford,PA

Nov 9 Brattleboro AIDS Project  Brattleboro,VT

Dec 8 Sanford UU Church sermon, workshop  Sanford, ME

 

1990 Feb 16-19  FLGC Midwinter – workshops  Phil, PA

Feb 23- March 5  15th St. & Northside Meeting – workshops  NY, NY

March 30- June 6  Pendle Hill- resident spring term Wallingford, PA

May 7 Nancy Pocock's home- work on refugees  Toronto, Ont

May 8 Toronto Refugee Affairs Committee workshop Toronto, Ont

May 31 Gay Quaker Men's Retreat   Yorktown Heights, NY

June 7-10  Living in Recovery with AIDS- workshops  Cinn, OH

June 15-17 Friends World Committee for Consultation speaker  MA

July 1-7  Friends General Conference  closing plenary  Northfield, MN

July 28- Aug 3  Gayla- workshops, grieving circle, concert   Saco, ME

Aug 11-16 New England Yearly Meeting workshops Amherst, MA

Sept 7-9 Powell House- massage for trauma  Old Chatham, NY

Sept 17 PWA support group- relaxation & massage Cinn, OH

Sept 20 Penn Valley Mtg/Path Ministries-workshop  Kansas City, MS

Sept 29-30 Boulder School of Massage- workshop  Boulder, CO

Oct 12-14 Pendle Hill- workshop Wallingford, PA

Nov 9 Brattleboro AIDS Project- buddy training  Bratt, VT

Dec 17 Putney Monthly Meeting, Meeting for Healing Putney, VT

 

1989 Jan 6&7  The Crossing  Phil, PA

Jan 8 Friends Meeting of Washington, mtg 4 learn Wash, DC

Feb 17-20 FLGC Mpls, MN

Feb 24-27 15th ST and Morningside Meeting  NY, NY

March 4   Cambridge Meeting Cambridge, MA

March 18 Wilton Meeting  Wilton, CT

March 21 Purchase Meeting Purchase, NY

March 23-25 Toronto Meeting  Toronto, Ont

March 26-28 Project Reconciliation, Kingston Prison  Kingston, Ont

April 14-17  Body Dynamics, NYSSMMT NY,NY

April 20-23  Gayla planning meeting Saco, ME

April 27-30  AIDS Medicine & Miracles Boulder, CO

May 5 Boulder School of Massage Therapy  Boulder CO

May 7 Rocky Mtn Peace Ctr. Boulder CO

May 8 Colorado AIDS Project Denver CO

May 8 Positive Positive support group  Boulder CO

May 28 UU Church  Madison, CT

June 2-4 2nd National Conference of AIDS massage  Chicago, IL

June 5 Northside Quaker Meeting             Chicago IL

June 23-25 Powell House        Old Chatham,NY

June 26-30 Toronto Mtg, Canadian Center for the Treatment of Torture, Toronto, Ont

July 1-8 Friends General Conference  Canton, NY

July 8-13 Kingston Penitentiary, mens/womens prisons Kingston, Ont

July 29- Aug 5 Gayla  Gay Men’s UU retreat  Saco, ME

Aug 15-19 NEYM  Amherst, MA

Sept 19-20 Nancy in hospital  Portland, ME

Oct  3 Mary Chatlos' support grp, pwa buddies  Wash, DC

Oct 30 Sullivan County AIDS Task Force  SC, NY

Nov 5 CT Assoc of Prevention Professionals  Hebron, CT

Nov 25  Killooleet Sing benefit  NY, NY

Nov 26-Dec 4  2nd Interna’l Conf on Torture  San Jose, Costa Rica

Dec 9-23 Keith Gann- primary caregiver  Mpls, MN

 

1988 July Sang main stage Cincinnati Gay Pride March.

July Gayla Unitarian Gay Men’s Gathering Saco ME

1987 July Friends General Conference healing trauma  Oberlin OH

July Gayla Unitarian Gay Men’s Gathering Saco ME

1986 Feb AIDS Education NY Prisons  Dannemora, Saranac Lake NY

July Gayla Unitarian Gay Men’s Gathering Saco ME 

1985 Feb Oberlin College Coffee House Concert AIDS Ed  Oberlin OH

Feb Friends for Lesbian & Gay Concerns concert  Cleveland OH

May Gay Men’s Retreat Rowe Conference Center Rowe MA

1984 April Graduated Boulder School Massage Therapy Boulder CO

1983 Begin work people with AIDS- Oct

1982 Begin trauma work – drugged, abducted, rape/torture teen