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September 2014

Love in the Belly of the Beast by  Laura Magnani
Continuing Revolution by Emily Higgs
We Are All PYM: FJ Interview with Christie Duncan-Tessmer
White Narcissism by Ron McDonald

Among Friends

Among Friends September 2014

From Unwitting to Unwilling Gabriel Ehri

Forum September 2014

Readers forum and viewpoint by Dyck Vermilye. Staff
Features

Love in the Belly of the Beast

Race, punishment, and hope in the prison-industrial complex. Laura Magnani
Art

Friends Journal Photo Booth at the FGC Gathering

Photographer JJ Tiziou captures Friends at the 2014 FGC Gathering in California, Pa. Staff
Features

Finding My Place as a Transitional Friend

Transformation and acceptance in the spiritual in-between spaces. Daniel Allen
Features

Continuing Revolution: Young Adult Friends at the Intersection of Faith and Action

Young adult Friends at the intersection of faith and action. Emily Higgs
Interviews

We Are All Philadelphia Yearly Meeting

An interview with Christie Duncan-Tessmer, the new general secretary of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. Gail Whiffen Coyle
Features

Quaker Colleges as Rape-Free Zones?

Sex scandals and the myth of Quaker egalitarianism. Lucinda Vandervort
Features

A Beautiful Sign for Making Change

A town comes up with a creative way to address violence against women. Mary Ann Petersen
Features

White Narcissism

Naming the present ghosts of slavery. Includes podcast and author chat video. Ron McDonald
Film Review

12 Years a Slave: A Reflection

"White Narcissim" author Ron McDonald writes about the classic slave narrative and what it still reveals to us. Ron McDonald
Poetry

Elias Hicks and the 3rd Zen Patriarch

Poetry John March
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