{"id":3130262,"date":"2020-06-01T00:30:57","date_gmt":"2020-06-01T04:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/kufungua-milango\/"},"modified":"2020-06-01T00:30:57","modified_gmt":"2020-06-01T04:30:57","slug":"kufungua-milango","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/kufungua-milango\/","title":{"rendered":"Kufungua Milango"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3035422\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3035422\" style=\"width: 779px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Viewpoint_featured.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3035422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Viewpoint_featured.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"779\" height=\"438\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3035422\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">{%CAPTION%}<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span class=\"dropcap\">L<\/span><!--\/.dropcap--> mwaka mmoja katika vikao vya kila mwaka vya Mkutano wa Mwaka wa New England,<\/span> <i><br \/>\n  <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Imani na Matendo<\/span><br \/>\n<\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">  Kamati ya Marekebisho ilitoa taarifa kuhusu miongozo ya uanachama. Walipendekeza kwa nguvu kwamba watu wanapojiunga na mkutano, wanapaswa kuachana na uhusiano rasmi na jumuiya nyingine za kidini. Nilijibu kwa macho: Niliogopa kwamba mlango mwingine ulifungwa kwa watu ambao hawakumfufua Quaker, tukio lingine la mwelekeo wetu wa kujitenga ambao unazuia idadi yetu na, muhimu zaidi, uchangamfu wetu. Na nikasikia kwa sauti kubwa na wazi kwamba kati ya Marafiki wengine, sijakaribishwa.   <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kwa hiyo siku hiyo kwenye mkutano wa kila mwaka nilisimama na kuzungumza na mikondo mingi inayoongoza imani yangu. Kujihusisha kwangu na Friends kunarudi nyuma kama miaka 60: mikesha inayoongozwa na Quaker kwenye Jumuiya ya Boston dhidi ya ushiriki wa kijeshi wa nchi yetu katika kile kilichoitwa Indochina; kuazima makala kutoka kwa maktaba ya Kamati ya Huduma ya Marafiki wa Marekani kwa ajili ya mawasilisho ya darasa; kushiriki ukimya wa kina na mlo wa pamoja katika mikusanyiko ya marafiki wa watu wazima vijana; na zaidi, ibada ya ushirika kila Siku ya Kwanza. Baada ya chuo kikuu nilihamia New York na kwa kawaida nilitafuta jumuiya ya Quaker. Lakini tukio la ubaguzi wa rangi nilipoingia kwenye mkutano mara ya kwanza lilifunga mlango kwa miaka kadhaa. Nilijitosa mtaani kwa Kanisa la Riverside, kutaniko la madhehebu mbalimbali na watu wa rangi tofauti waliojitolea kwa haki ya kijamii ambayo ilitoa fursa nyingi za ibada na maendeleo ya kiroho. Hatimaye nilipaswa kuhudhuria seminari na kuwa mhudumu wa Kiyunitarian Universalist. Zaidi ya miaka 15 iliyopita nilipostaafu utumishi wa wakati wote, nilianza kushiriki katika mkutano wa Waquaker, nikajiunga, na nimetumikia katika halmashauri nyingi kutia ndani Huduma na Ibada.      <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ninaleta mafunzo yangu na kazi yangu kama mhudumu mbele yangu katika Mkutano wa Mount Toby huko Leverett, Misa., Ninapojumuisha ibada na ushuhuda wa Quaker katika kazi yangu rasmi kama kasisi wa UU. Nilipokutana na kamati ya uwazi kuhusu uanachama, waliniuliza ikiwa ningeacha kuwa waziri. Sikusita kusema hapana. Kwanza, siwezi kufikiria taaluma nyingine ambayo inanitia mizizi sana katika urithi wangu wa Kiafrika. Inatoa muunganisho na jukumu ambalo ni la kipekee. Zaidi ya hayo, ni pendeleo kama hilo kutembea na watu wa umri na malezi mbalimbali kupitia mabonde na vilele. Najisikia kubarikiwa kweli. Na maana hii haipunguzii kwa vyovyote nguvu ya ushuhuda wa Quaker kwamba sisi sote tumeitwa kwa huduma na kuona Nuru katika viumbe vyote.       <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sisi ni ngumu, tunachora kutoka kwa vyanzo vingi. Ninashukuru mkutano wangu unawakaribisha Wakristo na watetezi wa haki za kibinadamu, Wabudha na waumini wa dini ya kidini, Wayahudi na wasioamini Mungu. Ibada yetu ni ya thamani zaidi. Wakati fulani naweza kupatikana katika Kanisa la Kiaskofu la Kimethodisti la Kiafrika nikipumua kwa utamaduni mzuri na kuthamini nyuso nzuri za kahawia na nyeusi ambazo hunirudisha nyuma (zawadi Marafiki hawawezi kutoa). Na mimi sio Quaker pekee katika ibada ya Mkesha wa Krismasi ya Grace Episcopal. Na angalau mara moja kwa mwaka mimi huketi mafungo ya Wabuddha ya wiki nzima. Jinsi familia yangu ya dini tofauti na rangi tofauti ilivyo tele! Ndiyo, takatifu inaonyeshwa kwa rangi na sauti nyingi, na hakuna dini moja inayomiliki ukweli. Ninatafuta jumuiya zinazosherehekea &#8221;yote-na&#8221; na &#8221;yote-na-zaidi,&#8221; sio &#8221;ama-au&#8221; ya monochromatic.        <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nukuu ya Ralph Waldo Emerson niliyochagua kwa ajili ya picha yangu ya kitabu cha mwaka wa shule ya sekondari yaendelea kusikika: \u201cUwe mfunguzi wa milango kwa wale wanaokuja nyuma yako, na usijaribu kuufanya ulimwengu kuwa njia isiyoeleweka.\u201d Ninahimiza sisi sote kufungua mioyo yetu kwa maonyesho mengi ya matakatifu. Ndiyo, shuhuda za Quaker hufahamisha ufahamu wetu, lakini naomba pia tukubali usemi mwingine mzuri wenye zawadi ambazo labda tusizozijua lakini zenye nguvu kidogo.   Kuna nafasi kwa wote. Jitahidi kuwakaribisha.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kuna nafasi kwa wote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5090,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9936],"tags":[12826,11414,11345,21752,21750,10736,11399,11064,11451,14004],"fpb_issue_category":[10268],"class_list":["post-3130262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mtazamo","tag-boston-common","tag-imani-na-matendo","tag-kamati-ya-huduma-ya-marafiki-wa-marekani","tag-kamati-ya-marekebisho-ya-mazoezi","tag-kanisa-la-maaskofu-wa-methodisti-wa-kiafrika","tag-kazi","tag-mkutano-wa-quaker","tag-mlango","tag-mwanaunitarian-universalist","tag-new-york","fpb_issue_category-uanachama-na-marafiki"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kufungua Milango - Friends Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/kufungua-milango\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"sw_KE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kufungua Milango\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Kuna nafasi kwa wote.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/kufungua-milango\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Friends Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/friendsjournal\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-06-01T04:30:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Viewpoint_featured-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"779\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"438\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Friends Journal\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Kufungua Milango\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@friendsournal\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@friendsournal\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Friends Journal\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/sw\\\/kufungua-milango\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/sw\\\/kufungua-milango\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Friends Journal\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/sw\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/315ffb22a36ecbabdf5dbdc09d7d1eb7\"},\"headline\":\"Kufungua Milango\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-06-01T04:30:57+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/sw\\\/kufungua-milango\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":608,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/sw\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/sw\\\/kufungua-milango\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/05\\\/Viewpoint_featured.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Boston Common\",\"Imani na Matendo\",\"kamati ya huduma ya marafiki wa marekani\",\"Kamati ya Marekebisho ya Mazoezi\",\"Kanisa la Maaskofu wa Methodisti wa Kiafrika\",\"kazi\",\"Mkutano wa Quaker\",\"mlango\",\"Mwanaunitarian Universalist\",\"New York\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Mtazamo\"],\"inLanguage\":\"sw-KE\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/sw\\\/kufungua-milango\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/sw\\\/kufungua-milango\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/sw\\\/kufungua-milango\\\/\",\"name\":\"Kufungua Milango - Friends Journal\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/sw\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/sw\\\/kufungua-milango\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/sw\\\/kufungua-milango\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/05\\\/Viewpoint_featured.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-06-01T04:30:57+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/sw\\\/kufungua-milango\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"sw-KE\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/sw\\\/kufungua-milango\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"sw-KE\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/sw\\\/kufungua-milango\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/05\\\/Viewpoint_featured.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/05\\\/Viewpoint_featured.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/sw\\\/kufungua-milango\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/sw\\\/nyumbani\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Kufungua Milango\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/sw\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/sw\\\/\",\"name\":\"Friends Journal\",\"description\":\"Kuwasiliana na uzoefu wa Quaker ili kuunganisha na kuimarisha maisha ya kiroho\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/sw\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/sw\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"sw-KE\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/sw\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Friends Journal\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/sw\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"sw-KE\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/sw\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/fj-logo-white.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/fj-logo-white.png\",\"width\":617,\"height\":74,\"caption\":\"Friends Journal\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/sw\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/friendsjournal\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/friendsournal\",\"https:\\\/\\\/instagram.com\\\/friendsjournal\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/3154709\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/user\\\/friendsjournal\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/sw\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/315ffb22a36ecbabdf5dbdc09d7d1eb7\",\"name\":\"Friends Journal\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"sw-KE\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d068a76f0e4cdb5e89a047c27adb947f34ce284fc0a7d0bf77b0eb450771ae46?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d068a76f0e4cdb5e89a047c27adb947f34ce284fc0a7d0bf77b0eb450771ae46?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d068a76f0e4cdb5e89a047c27adb947f34ce284fc0a7d0bf77b0eb450771ae46?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Friends Journal\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/sw\\\/author\\\/alla-podolsky\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Kufungua Milango - Friends Journal","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/kufungua-milango\/","og_locale":"sw_KE","og_type":"article","og_title":"Kufungua Milango","og_description":"Kuna nafasi kwa wote.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/kufungua-milango\/","og_site_name":"Friends Journal","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/friendsjournal\/","article_published_time":"2020-06-01T04:30:57+00:00","og_image":[{"width":779,"height":438,"url":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Viewpoint_featured-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Friends Journal","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Kufungua Milango","twitter_creator":"@friendsournal","twitter_site":"@friendsournal","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Friends Journal","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/kufungua-milango\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/kufungua-milango\/"},"author":{"name":"Friends Journal","@id":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/#\/schema\/person\/315ffb22a36ecbabdf5dbdc09d7d1eb7"},"headline":"Kufungua Milango","datePublished":"2020-06-01T04:30:57+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/kufungua-milango\/"},"wordCount":608,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/kufungua-milango\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Viewpoint_featured.jpg","keywords":["Boston Common","Imani na Matendo","kamati ya huduma ya marafiki wa marekani","Kamati ya Marekebisho ya Mazoezi","Kanisa la Maaskofu wa Methodisti wa Kiafrika","kazi","Mkutano wa Quaker","mlango","Mwanaunitarian Universalist","New York"],"articleSection":["Mtazamo"],"inLanguage":"sw-KE","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/kufungua-milango\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/kufungua-milango\/","url":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/kufungua-milango\/","name":"Kufungua Milango - Friends Journal","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/kufungua-milango\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/kufungua-milango\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Viewpoint_featured.jpg","datePublished":"2020-06-01T04:30:57+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/kufungua-milango\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"sw-KE","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/kufungua-milango\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"sw-KE","@id":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/kufungua-milango\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Viewpoint_featured.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Viewpoint_featured.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/kufungua-milango\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/nyumbani\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Kufungua Milango"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/","name":"Friends Journal","description":"Kuwasiliana na uzoefu wa Quaker ili kuunganisha na kuimarisha maisha ya kiroho","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"sw-KE"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/#organization","name":"Friends Journal","url":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"sw-KE","@id":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fj-logo-white.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fj-logo-white.png","width":617,"height":74,"caption":"Friends Journal"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/friendsjournal\/","https:\/\/x.com\/friendsournal","https:\/\/instagram.com\/friendsjournal","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/3154709","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/friendsjournal"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/#\/schema\/person\/315ffb22a36ecbabdf5dbdc09d7d1eb7","name":"Friends Journal","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"sw-KE","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d068a76f0e4cdb5e89a047c27adb947f34ce284fc0a7d0bf77b0eb450771ae46?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d068a76f0e4cdb5e89a047c27adb947f34ce284fc0a7d0bf77b0eb450771ae46?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d068a76f0e4cdb5e89a047c27adb947f34ce284fc0a7d0bf77b0eb450771ae46?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Friends Journal"},"url":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/author\/alla-podolsky\/"}]}},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"Friends Journal","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/","push-errors":false,"acf":{"author_name":"Adele Smith-Penniman","bio":"<p>Adele Smith-Penniman anaishi Wendell, Mass.<\/p>\n"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3130262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5090"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3130262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3130262\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3130262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3130262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3130262"},{"taxonomy":"fpb_issue_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fpb_issue_category?post=3130262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}