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How Much Diversity?
When Friends Journal announced last fall our intention to publish a special issue on Diversity among Friends, we gave the…
The Common Source of Law and Religion
We often think of law and religion as very different in nature, and in many ways they are. Religion finds…
Why Do Friends Need Diversity?
The discernment of God’s will is not easy. A person’s hearing of the "still, small voice" in silent worship is…
Towards a Peaceable Community: An Invitation to Co- Creation
Being a Quaker is my primary identity, and I consider my monthly meeting to be my primary community. My devotion…
Moving toward Wholeness: Addressing Race among Friends
George Fox admonished Friends "to know one another in that which is eternal." In building our communities and in providing…
Addressing Race in Red Cedar Meeting
In the early 1990s I began attending Red Cedar Meeting in East Lansing, Michigan, with my then partner Deborah, an…
Nine Suggestions to White Friends for Addressing Racism
Acknowledge your own racism and the racism in the Religious Society of Friends. Acknowledge your own goodness and that of…
Racial Inequality: Painfully Present among Friends
We believe there is that of God in every person, and thus we believe in human equality before God. Friends…
Discovering Fellowship among African American Friends
In 1992, shortly after I joined Sandy Spring (Md.) Meeting and officially became a Quaker, it was announced on public…
The Role of White Quakers in Ending Racism
I know of at least three people who believe it is possible to end racism in this century. Most of…
A Workshop Experience
It was the first day. We were going around the group, each sharing feedback. I was feeling shy about my…
Friends, Race, and Systemic Change
In preparation for being a part of your discussion on the important work against racism, I have read the material…
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Exploring Isaac Penington: Seventeenth-Century Quaker Mystic, Teacher and Activist
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Wealth Supremacy: How the Extractive Economy and the Biased Rules of Capitalism Drive Today’s Crises
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Radical Acts of Justice: How Ordinary People Are Dismantling Mass Incarceration
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