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Why I Got Arrested at the Border

By Lucy Duncan on February 1, 2019

A walk along the beach—and an interfaith plea for the soul of a nation.

Lucy Duncan is the director of Friends Relations at American Friends Service Committee. She is a settler, currently residing on unceded Lenni Lenape territory, a storyteller, and an anti-racist activist and teacher.

This article was first published on January 16, 2019 on Friendsjournal.org. It appears in the February 2019 print issue of Friends Journal.

Posted in: Features, February 2019

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Mary Dearden Shaw

By Staff on December 1, 2018

Shaw—Mary Dearden Shaw, 92, on April 3, 2018, in State College, Pa. Mardy was born on November 14, 1925, in […]

Posted in: Milestones, Quakers and Christianity

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Elizabeth Niaz Bagshaw

By Staff on October 1, 2018

Bagshaw—Elizabeth Niaz Bagshaw, 84, on December 6, 2017, in Seattle, Wash. Liz was born on May 27, 1933, in Amsterdam, […]

Posted in: Meetings and Money, Milestones

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Gota de Leche

By Camilla Meek on September 1, 2018

The yellowing pages of 80‐year‐old AFSC relief pamphlets inspire a new sense of agency.

Camilla Meek lives in Durham, N.C., where she has attended Durham Meeting and Guilford College Meeting. She served as a director of communications for Guilford College. Meek has a BA degree in fine arts and an MBA in marketing.

Special thanks to Don Davis of the AFSC Archives.

Posted in: Features, September 2018

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Civility Can Be Dangerous

By Lucy Duncan on August 15, 2018

In 1934, AFSC co‐founder Henry Cadbury advised Jewish rabbis to be gentler on Hitler. Is civility a substitute for morality?

Lucy Duncan is the director of Friends Relations at the American Friends Service Committee.

Posted in: Meetings and Money, Online Features

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Forum April 2018

By Staff on April 1, 2018

Letters from our readers

Posted in: Forum, Healing

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Quaker Works April 2018

By Staff on April 1, 2018

A semiannual feature to connect Friends Journal readers to the good works of Quaker organizations* in the following categories: Advocacy […]

Posted in: Healing, Quaker Works

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Palestine and Israel

By Tabitha Mustafa and Sandra Tamari on March 1, 2018

A decolonial framework for justice and peace.

Tabitha Mustafa is a name without a title. Sandra Tamari is a Palestinian American Quaker living in St. Louis, Mo. She is the director of strategic partnerships for the Adalah Justice Project, a Palestinian human rights organization.

Posted in: Features, Quakers and the Holy Land

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