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2016

Features

Why Friends Are Needed in Politics

We can avoid partisan rhetoric to speak and act on the truth we know. Diane Randall
Poetry

Underground Beloved

FJ Poetry: "It's possible of course to fall in love each morning..." Alexander Levering Kern
Features

Political Change through the Power of Stories

A Friend finds new confidence in her voice as a citizen. Joey Hartmann-Dow
Features

A Quaker Voice in Indiana

An interview with Grace Miller of Indiana Friends Committee on Legislation. Staff
Features

The Prophetic and the Pragmatic in Politics

We are in good company as we fumble and grope to find our way in politics. Isaac Barnes May
Features

This Age of Insecurity

Our quiet pause can counteract a collective obsession with fights and power. Ron McDonald
Poetry

Hana in Spring

FJ Poetry: "Spring reminds her of her garden in Iraq..." Christine E. Black
Life in the Meeting

Why Have a Peace and Social Concerns Committee?

Life in the Meeting Eileen Flanagan
History

The Great Election of 1733

An election 283 years ago paved the way for religious freedom in America. David Osborn
Let's Grow Together

Let’s Grow Together: Interview with Meredith and Michael Carlone

Let’s Grow Together interviews those new to Friends. Trevor Johnson
News

News, January 2016

Protests at Guilford and Earlham Colleges and against gas pipelines; New England Friends statement on Paris attacks; FGC program changes;… Staff
January 2016 Books

Building a Movement to End the New Jim Crow: an organizing guide

By Daniel Hunter. The Veterans of Hope Project, 2015. 71 pages. $10/paperback; $4/eBook. A number of yearly meetings have been…

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