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Six Seasons of QuakerSpeak

By Staff on August 1, 2019

Our pick of noteworthy videos from each season.

Posted in: Features, QuakerSpeak at Five
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How to Be a Lion

By Reviewed by James Foritano on May 1, 2019

By Ed Vere. Doubleday Books for Young Readers, 2018. 32 pages. $17.99/hardcover; $9.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 3 and up. Now [ā€¦]

James Foritano attends Cambridge (Mass.) Meeting.

Posted in: Friendly Competition?, May 2019: A Young Friends Bookshelf, Quaker Book Reviews
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Homegoing: A Novel and The Underground Railroad: A Novel

By Two titles reviewed by Lauren Brownlee on September 1, 2017

Homegoing: A Novel. By Yaa Gyasi. Knopf, 2016. 320 pages. $26.95/hardcover; $16/paperback; $11.99/eBook. The Underground Railroad: A Novel. By Colson [ā€¦]

Lauren Brownlee is a member of Bethesda (Md.) Meeting and serves on Baltimore Yearly Meetingā€™s Growing Diverse Leadership and Peace and Social Concerns committees.

Posted in: Quaker Book Reviews, September 2017, September 2017 Books
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The Water Princess

By Reviewed by Sandy and Tom Farley on December 1, 2016

By Susan Verde and Georgie Badiel, illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds. G.P. Putnamā€™s Sonsā€™ Books for Young Readers, 2016. 40 [ā€¦]

Sandy and Tom Farley are members of Palo Alto (Calif.) Meeting and coauthors and illustrators of Earthcare for Children, a curriculum they are currently revising for a new edition.

Posted in: December 2016: A Young Friends Bookshelf, Giving and Philanthropy, Quaker Book Reviews
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Martha Ellicott Tyson

By Virginia Schurman on March 1, 2012

A profile of the Baltimore Quaker elder and minister (1795ā€“1873)

Virginia Schurman is a long-time member of Gunpowder (Sparks, Md.) Meeting of Baltimore Yearly Meeting and has led many retreats and workshops and has taught classes on spiritual subjects among Friends. She currently is researching and writing a biography of Martha Ellicott Tyson, exploring the intertwining of African American and Quaker history and culture. She is a member of the Farmstead Committee and of the Board of the Benjamin Banneker Historical Park and Museum in Oella, Md.

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Building Community under Fire

By Friends Journal contributor on January 1, 2004

To understand the Friendly testimonies, including equality, simplicity, and community, it is important to get to know some of the [ā€¦]

Posted in: Features
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