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May Milestones 2012

Ackerman—Dorothy Hopkirk Ackerman, 90, on March 10, 2011, at home in Minneapolis, Minn. Dorothy was born on October 23, 1920,…

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Dancing with History: A Life for Peace and Justice

By George Lakey. Seven Stories Press, 2022. 424 pages. $22.95/paperback; $15.99/eBook (pre-order prices; available November 15). George Lakey’s memoir is…

Reviewed by Doug Gwyn

Ruth Jane Laessle

Laessle—Ruth Jane Laessle, 93, on December 4, 2016, at home in Austin, Tex. Jane was born on September 30, 1923,…

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Mystical Experience, the Bedrock of Quaker Faith

We are not passive, empty vessels hoping to be filled; we have to move toward God.

Robert Atchley

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

Nonviolence in America: A Documentary History (Third Edition)

Edited by Staughton Lynd and Alice Lynd. Orbis Books, 2018. 456 pages. $50/paperback.

Reviewed by David Austin

This Age of Insecurity

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

Ron McDonald

The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race

Edited by Jesmyn Ward. Scribner, 2016. 240 pages. $25/hardcover; $16/paperback; $12.99/eBook. [Buy on Quakerbooks] In his book The Fire Next Time,…

Reviewed by Greg Williams

Milestones January 2015

Births, deaths, and marriages.

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