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June/July 2015: Activists vs Mystics vs Pragmatists

Organizing with the Spirit
Lucy Duncan
Main Street Activism and Wall Street Advocacy
Jeffery W. Perkins
Revelation and Revolution
Daniel Seeger
Bringing Our Bodies to the Light
Madeline Schaefer
Quaker Books June/July 2015

Interviews

Author chat with Jeffery W. Perkins on financial strategies for social change

Hear from June/July author Jeff Perkins in our latest author chat; he talks about how shareholder advocacy works, plus offers… Jeffery W. Perkins

The Toolkit of the Kingdom of God

Intro to the June/July issue. Gabriel Ehri

Forum, June/July 2015

Letters from our readers. Staff
Features

Organizing with the Spirit

A tragedy among Nebraska Friends provides a model for faith-based activism that supports community. Lucy Duncan
Features

Main Street Activism and Wall Street Advocacy: Strange Bedfellows?

Working together on different but complementary strategies for change. Jeffery W. Perkins
Features

Vigils and Demonstrating

The demonstrator can influence only through contagion. Richard D. Hathaway
Features

Inner Peace, Outer Peace

A spiritual practice of integrity in communications. Elizabeth De Sa
Features

Revelation and Revolution

The Apocalypse of John in the Quaker and African American spiritual traditions. Daniel Seeger
Features

Bringing Our Bodies to the Light

Finding stories of Friends struggling with eating and body image. Madeline Schaefer
Poetry

In Memoriam: Richard G. Bowie

FJ Poetry: "He woke all up to the cow's returning" John McGonigle
Poetry

Don Out of Prison at Last

FJ Poetry: "He chose to sit on the steps..." Phyllis Hoge Thompson
Poetry

Addendum

FJ Poetry: "It's been raining all morning..." Lydia Caros
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