October 2003

Why Do Friends Need Diversity?

By Patience A. Schenck

Towards a Peaceable Community: An Invitation to Co-Creation

By La Verne Shelton

Moving toward Wholeness: Addressing Race among Friends

By Patricia McBee and Vanessa Julye

Addressing Race in Red Cedar Meeting

By Mace Theo

Nine Suggestions to White Friends for Addressing Racism

By Gale Rohde

Racial Inequality: Painfully Present among Friends

By Vanessa Julye

Discovering Fellowship among African American Friends

By Elmyra (Amhara) Powell

"In 1992, shortly after I joined Sandy Spring (Md.) Meeting and officially became a Quaker, it was announced on public radio that an organization of African American Quakers was meeting that weekend on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C. I was curious and tried to locate the gathering, but to no avail..."

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The Role of White Quakers in Ending Racism

By Dorothy H.L. Carroll

"I know of at least three people who believe it is possible to end racism in this century. Most of the time I am one of them, until I get discouraged. Then I am not, even though I continue to work as though I were a believer..."

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A Workshop Experience

By Melanie Sax

Friends, Race, and Systemic Change

By Andrea Ayvazian

Quakerism, Earth-Centered Spirituality, and the Goddess

By Heather Sowers

Including Deaf Quakers

By Barbara Luetke-Stahlman

Raising a Deaf Child

By Paula Laughlin

Addressing Hearing Loss among Friends

By Karen Street

Seeking and Shoveling

By John Calvi