Addressing Race in Red Cedar Meeting

In the early 1990s I began attending Red Cedar Meeting in East Lansing, Michigan, with my then partner Deborah, an…

Theo Mace

Nine Suggestions to White Friends for Addressing Racism

Acknowledge your own racism and the racism in the Religious Society of Friends. Acknowledge your own goodness and that of…

Gale Rohde

Racial Inequality: Painfully Present among Friends

We believe there is that of God in every person, and thus we believe in human equality before God. Friends…

Vanessa Julye

Discovering Fellowship among African American Friends

In 1992, shortly after I joined Sandy Spring (Md.) Meeting and officially became a Quaker, it was announced on public…

Elmyra Powell

The Role of White Quakers in Ending Racism

I know of at least three people who believe it is possible to end racism in this century. Most of…

Dorothy H.L. Carroll

A Workshop Experience

It was the first day. We were going around the group, each sharing feedback. I was feeling shy about my…

Melanie Sax

Friends, Race, and Systemic Change

In preparation for being a part of your discussion on the important work against racism, I have read the material…

Andrea Ayvazian

Quakerism, Earth-Centered Spirituality, and the Goddess

My earliest memory is of standing at the kitchen sink in an old farmhouse in Iowa where my grandmother held…

Heather Sowers

Including Deaf Quakers

It has been my experience that when Quakers discuss diversity, they usually think of those of color or those with…

Barbara Luetke-Stahlman

Raising a Deaf Child

Our adventure into diversity began as an arrogance of the human spirit. If this comes across as very personal, it…

Paula Laughlin

Addressing Hearing Loss among Friends

About 15 percent of people in the United States have at least mild hearing loss in their better ear; hearing…

Karen Street

Althea Sumpter

The question had to be asked, right at the beginning: was she named for Althea Gibson, a tennis player whom…

Kara Newell

Peace March

On March 16 my husband and I went to a peace march in Eureka with our good friends Christine and…

Carrie Gergits

Seeking Better Solutions

When I look at the line-up of articles this month, I’m reminded that Truth is complex. The best solutions to…

Susan Corson-Finnerty

Queries from Afghanistan

The war between 72 nations has left all in regret. Because they have not seen truth, they have created fairy…

Paul Barker

The Work of QUNO in New York

Since President George W. Bush’s challenge to the United Nations on September 12, 2002, a day after the first anniversary…

Jack T. Patterson and Lori Heninger

Tom Louderback on Quakers and Capitalism

Capitalism is supposed to be an economic system with checks and balances, like democracy, and we…
Steven Davison on Speaking with Spiritual Authority

Thank you, Peter, for this ministry. I share your concern. In fact, Pendle Hill just published…
Ron Braithwaite on Hoopes Sentenced to More Than Two Years in Prison for Assaulting an ICE Agent

At the actual sentencing, Jacob was sentenced to 30 months at the Sheridan, Oregon Federal Minimum…
Kevin Johnson on Hoopes Sentenced to More Than Two Years in Prison for Assaulting an ICE Agent

I would have hoped that Friends would refrain from violent protests in these difficult days. Friends…