About the Author: Khary Bekka is a writer and Quaker historian currently residing in Five Points; formerly of Meetings held in Sing-Sing, Wende, and Sullivan County Correctional. He is originally from Red Hook, Brooklyn.
This past weekend (March 17–20, 2018), a small group of young adult friends from NY, NJ, CT, and MN, made our way to Washington, DC, for Friends Committee on National Legislation’s Spring Lobby Weekend. We were joined by three young adult Friends from New England Yearly Meeting to participate in preparations at the National Press Club over the weekend, and eventually to lobby on Capitol Hill on Monday and Tuesday, many of us for our first time.
I have had, among other things, three bouts with cancer. I started pretty young with breast cancer.
Having a community of Friends has been valuable in my plight, as have different meditation practices.
When I see the situation of the world I feel very blessed to get medical help even though now, on Medicaid, the choices are sometimes limited.
