September 2020

Quaker Book Reviews

Stay Woke: A People’s Guide to Making All Black Lives Matter

By Tehama Lopez Bunyasi and Candis Watts Smith. New York University Press, 2019. 288 pages. $89/hardcover; $18.95/paperback. This is the…

Reviewed by Patience Schenck

Viewpoint

Anger in the Time of a Total Freaking Mess

In the past few months, I’ve seen the phrase “love in the time of coronavirus” a few times, and I… Karie Firoozmand

Joan Forest

Forest—Joan Forest, 90, on February 18, 2020, in her room at La Posada Retirement Community in Santa Cruz, Calif., peacefully,…

Ruth Estelle Taber Gates

Gates—Ruth Estelle Taber Gates, 91, on July 23, 2019, peacefully, in East Providence, R.I., a few weeks after joyously celebrating…

Laura Johnston Kohl

Kohl—Laura Johnston Kohl, 72, on November 19, 2019, in San Marcos, Calif. Laura was born on October 22, 1947, in…

Marjorie Elkinton James Leavitt

Leavitt—Marjorie Elkinton James Leavitt, 95, on January 3, 2020, peacefully, at home in Santa Cruz, Calif. Marge was born on…

Patricia Webb Levering

Levering—Patricia Webb Levering, 73, on August 24, 2019, in Cornelius, N.C., after a 16-month struggle with lung cancer. Patty was…
QuakerSpeak

QuakerSpeak, September 2020

“Being a Quaker makes me a better therapist and being a therapist makes me a better Quaker. Learning to see… Staff
News

Guilford President replaced by interim

On August 1, Carol A. Moore became interim president of Guilford College, a school founded by Quakers in Greensboro, N.C.… FJ News Editor
News

Guilford President announces plans to step down

On June 26, Jane K. Fernandes announced she would be stepping down as Guilford College’s president as of July 31,… FJ News Editor