Our direct personal and financial support for Margaret Mudanyi, the Kenyan Friend studying in this country, continued. As a result of direct letters from the Friends World Committee for Consultation and Hartford Monthly Meeting, we were made aware of the needs of two black South African men then living in Bridgeport having just come to this country. The response of the Meeting was comprehensive. The Meeting also responded at Christmas to two Bridgeport families and a Norwalk family. Our outreach has also been musical, a direct result of three fund-raising programs that also served to bring us closer together.
Music plays an important part in the lives of many of our members.
Silence is not merely given to us, we are nourished by it and this nourishment is no less important to us than air. We speak of living on air and love. I would modify this and say if we approach silence with love, music may arise. Individuals participated in their local peace activities and in the Alternatives to Violence Program prison work. Its absence hurts the quality of Meeting on a deep level.