Comments on: Quaker billboard’s message of love and inclusivity defaced – then rises again https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/2023/11/03/quaker-billboards-message-of-love-and-inclusivity-defaced-then-rises-again/ In-depth, locally-produced coverage of the Central Valley. Sun, 07 Jun 2026 00:50:46 -0700 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: 63 years ago, the Quakers stood up for gay dignity & they're still fighting for our LGBTQ+ rights - Celebrity Zones https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/2023/11/03/quaker-billboards-message-of-love-and-inclusivity-defaced-then-rises-again/#comment-168776 63 years ago, the Quakers stood up for gay dignity & they're still fighting for our LGBTQ+ rights - Celebrity Zones Mon, 25 May 2026 19:18:45 +0000 https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/?p=45498#comment-168776 […] Quakers in Iowa have protested book ban legislation in the state. In 2023, a Quaker community erected a Pride Progress flag billboard with the message, “You are Loved, You are Valued, You are […] […] Quakers in Iowa have protested book ban legislation in the state. In 2023, a Quaker community erected a Pride Progress flag billboard with the message, “You are Loved, You are Valued, You are […]

]]> By: anonymous https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/2023/11/03/quaker-billboards-message-of-love-and-inclusivity-defaced-then-rises-again/#comment-135390 anonymous Tue, 14 Nov 2023 18:35:40 +0000 https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/?p=45498#comment-135390 I remember going to SCICON in the 6th grade (many years ago). It was, and still is "The Clemmie Gill School of Science and Education." https://www.tcoe.org/SCICON I remember going to SCICON in the 6th grade (many years ago). It was, and still is “The Clemmie Gill School of Science and Education.”

https://www.tcoe.org/SCICON

]]> By: Chris https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/2023/11/03/quaker-billboards-message-of-love-and-inclusivity-defaced-then-rises-again/#comment-135380 Chris Tue, 14 Nov 2023 02:12:19 +0000 https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/?p=45498#comment-135380 THANK YOU Visalia Friends and Mr. Glazier, for what you have done and what you continue to do! THANK YOU Visalia Friends and Mr. Glazier, for what you have done and what you continue to do!

]]> By: Barbara https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/2023/11/03/quaker-billboards-message-of-love-and-inclusivity-defaced-then-rises-again/#comment-135232 Barbara Mon, 06 Nov 2023 02:04:23 +0000 https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/?p=45498#comment-135232 In reply to <a href="https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/2023/11/03/quaker-billboards-message-of-love-and-inclusivity-defaced-then-rises-again/#comment-135207">Susan Kaluzney</a>. My understanding is that the widow Clemmie Gill was a quaker and it was she who donated the 35 acres of land to TCOE that SCICON sits on. It was then that SCICON was born when the land was used as an outdoor school site, named I believe after Clemmie Gill. I don't know if Clemmie attended "Friend" meetings in Visalia or in Springville or in Porterville, but I do know that without this wonderful generous Quaker "woman" there would be no SCICON that my children and grandchildren came to know and love. And for that we all can be forever grateful. In reply to Susan Kaluzney.

My understanding is that the widow Clemmie Gill was a quaker and it was she who donated the 35 acres of land to TCOE that SCICON sits on. It was then that SCICON was born when the land was used as an outdoor school site, named I believe after Clemmie Gill. I don’t know if Clemmie attended “Friend” meetings in Visalia or in Springville or in Porterville, but I do know that without this wonderful generous Quaker “woman” there would be no SCICON that my children and grandchildren came to know and love. And for that we all can be forever grateful.

]]> By: Susan Kaluzney https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/2023/11/03/quaker-billboards-message-of-love-and-inclusivity-defaced-then-rises-again/#comment-135207 Susan Kaluzney Sat, 04 Nov 2023 12:08:10 +0000 https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/?p=45498#comment-135207 The Visalia Quakers did not found SCiCON. Please research this further and correct. The Visalia Quakers did not found SCiCON. Please research this further and correct.

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