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19 Friends launch a call to action in response to threats to U.S. democracy

A nationwide group of Friends launched Quaker Call to Action, “an invitation to a national dialogue on the urgent threats…

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Swastikas spray-painted at Haddonfield Meeting’s graveyard

On the morning of Friday, April 1, members of Haddonfield (N.J.) Meeting discovered two swastikas spray-painted on trees located on…

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Friends Place on Capitol Hill to open in January 2022

Friends Place on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., will begin hosting groups in January 2022 following nearly $2 million in…

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Quaker Manumission website launched by Haverford College

This past summer, Haverford College Libraries launched a new website, Manumitted: The People Enslaved by Quakers (manumissions.haverford.edu). The site presents…

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New Quaker House at Chautauqua

A new Quaker House is scheduled to open at the Chautauqua Institution in the summer of 2021, dependent upon COVID-19…

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Yearly meetings go virtual

In response to the COVID‐19 pandemic, many yearly meetings annual sessions will be held virtually.

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Reflections on the World Since 9/11

That morning I helped my youngest child get off to school. I straightened our now-quiet kitchen, then sat at my…

Helena Cobban

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Letters from our readers.

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Books January 2014

Reviews, featuring titles from Mark Nepo, Lester Brown, Jill Suzanne Shook, Margery Post Abbott, and Reza Aslan.

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AFSC fires Director of Friends Relations following public criticism of restructuring plan

On Saturday, December 18, 2021, Western Friend published an open letter written by AFSC Director of Friends Relations Lucy Duncan…

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