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Student Voices: Ponder

Why do people fight? What causes violent conflict?

Kayla Hayes, Imani Thomas, Eliza Zurbuch, Parker Alexander

The Burglary: The Discovery of J. Edgar Hoover’s Secret FBI

A review of the new book about the Philadelphia antiwar activists who broke into FBI offices in 1971 and revealed documents detailing its abuses of power.

Martin Kelley

Human Rights: The Central Issue of Our Time

Taken from remarks by Bayard Rustin on the occasion of the bicentennial of the Friends Seminary, February 10, 1986, New…

Bayard Rustin

Milestones February 2013

Births Heiland—Laura Kelley Heiland was born to Julie Heiland and Martin Kelley on January 22, 2012, at 8:15 p.m, in Elmer,…

Staff

Why I Work for Social Justice and Healing

A reflection.

Lucy Duncan

Inspiration From Quaker Women of the Past

I have received much inspiration and encouragement from the stories of earlier Quaker women who were willing to take the risk involved in proclaiming the Truth given to them.

Marcelle Martin

Called

And the word of the Lord was rare in those days; there was no frequent vision. —1 Samuel 3:1 "You…

Marcelle Martin

Mary Fisher: Maidservant Turned Prophet

When Friends in Moscow recently designed a postcard to share the message of Quakerism, the 17th-century Quaker they chose to…

Marcelle Martin

Deep, Tall, and Wide

I’ve just arrived at the old stone house next to Amish fields where I spend the summers writing. One of…

Marcelle Martin

Elizabeth Hooton: A Mother of Quakerism

Passionate and persevering, Elizabeth Hooton played a key role in the birth of Quakerism. Her story, one that both inspires…

Marcelle Martin