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Race and Anti-Racism

Move in Our Midst by Paul Ricketts
Welcoming the Strong Black Woman by Valerie Brown
Stumbling Forward Toward Racial Justice Among Friends by Lucy Duncan and Noah White
Memorializing Friends of African Descent, by Liz Oppenheimer with George Schaefer
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March full issue access

Members can download the full PDF or read any article online. Staff

Continuing Work

Our introduction to the March 2017 issue on Race and Anti-Racism. Martin Kelley

Forum, March 2017

Letters from our readers. Discussions on peak experiences, picking business partners, beliefs and practices of Friends, teaching in non-Quaker schools,… Staff
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Move in Our Midst

Stumbling blocks and white supremacy cut us off from God and from each other. Paul Ricketts
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Welcoming the Strong Black Woman among Us

The energy to appear strong and the socially imposed obligation to rise above it all can be exhausting. Valerie Brown
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Stumbling Forward toward Racial Justice among Friends

Two Friends share their stories of growing up in a race-defined world and how they've been led to work for… Lucy Duncan and Noah White
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God Loves Us All?

The still, small voice within tells us that any work or sacrifice without love is a waste of time. Phil Lord
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Our Drop in the Wave of Liberation

A visit to the National Museum of African American History and Culture. Lauren Brownlee
Online Features

Honoring Those Known Only to God

A group of Friends hopes to identify North American Quaker burial grounds that hold remains of African American men, women,… Honoring Project
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Memorializing Friends of African Descent

A Friends meeting learns about an invisible racial history right in its own backyard. Liz Oppenheimer interview with George Schaefer
Poetry

Laundry

FJ Poetry: "Folding fitted sheets / is an origami of / the linen closet." Alane Cameron Miles
tan and white wall Poetry

A Persuasive Chill

FJ Poetry: "One of my grandfather's stories." Henry Taylor
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