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January 2016
Quakers and the Political Process
Birdâdogging the Candidates
Kevin Rutledge
Why Friends Are Needed in Politics
Diane Randall
This Age of Insecurity
Ron McDonald
Letâs Grow Together
FJ Books January 2016
Interview with Kevin Rutledge, author of Birdâdogging the Candidates in Iowa
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Kevin Rutledge is the grassroots education coordinator with American Friends Service Committeeâs Presidential Campaign Project in Iowa and has deep family roots in Quaker activism for peace and social justice.
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An introduction to the issue by our associate editor.
Gail Whiffen Coyle is associate editor of Friends Journal.
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Letters from our readers.
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Viewpoint: Freeing the Oppressors
A response to the Wall Street Journal opâed headlined âQuakers: No Friends of Israelâ
Gracia Fay Ellwood lives in Pasadena, Calif.
Posted in: January 2016: Quakers and the Political Process, Viewpoint
Birdâdogging the Candidates
Citizen volunteers expose hidden corporate influence.
Kevin Rutledge is the grassroots education coordinator with American Friends Service Committeeâs Presidential Campaign Project in Iowa and has deep family roots in Quaker activism for peace and social justice.
Posted in: Features, January 2016: Quakers and the Political Process
Why Friends Are Needed in Politics
We can avoid partisan rhetoric to speak and act on the truth we know.
Diane Randall serves as executive secretary of Friends Committee on National Legislation and worships with Friends across the country. She is a member of Hartford (Ct.) Meeting, sojourning with her husband, Roger Catlin, at Langley Hill Meeting in McLean, Va.
Posted in: Features, January 2016: Quakers and the Political Process
Underground Beloved
FJ Poetry: âItâs possible of course to fall in love each morningâŠâ
Alexander Levering Kern lives in Somerville, Mass.
Posted in: January 2016: Quakers and the Political Process, Poetry
Political Change through the Power of Stories
A Friend finds new confidence in her voice as a citizen.
Joey Hartmann-Dow is an artist and activist living in Philadelphia, Pa. She is an organizer with FCNL's Advocacy Corps, bringing community members together to communicate with members of Congress about the urgent need for bipartisan climate action. Joey is a member of Lehigh Valley Meeting in Bethlehem, Pa. Follow her work for climate change at earth4president.tumblr.com.
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A Quaker Voice in Indiana
An interview with Grace Miller of Indiana Friends Committee on Legislation.
Grace Miller was born and raised in Indianapolis, Ind., (âHoosier true through and throughâ) and grew up attending Irvington Meeting in Indianapolis. She believes that folks from Indiana are kind, loving, and warm people who are also serious and hard working. Grace was interviewed by Friends Journal associate editor Gail Whiffen Coyle.
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