April

From the Editor's Desk

Writing Opp: Pandemic at One Year

Deadline: Dec 21, 2020 March marks the one-year anniversary of COVID-19 transforming our lives. Masks, toilet paper shortages, and temperature… Martin Kelley

Howard Lesnick

Lesnick—Howard Lesnick, 88, on April 19, 2020, at Foulkeways in Gwynedd, Pa. Howard was born April 22, 1931, to George…
Poetry

Nona and the Polenta

—For Ian, Sadie, April: your great-grandmother’s story Lombardia was a banquet before the Germans carvedthe green hills with their black… Suellen Wedmore
News

AFSC joins call to defund the police

“This isn’t a political question. This isn’t a budgetary question. This is a moral question,” said Joyce Ajlouny, general secretary… FJ News Editor
News

Yearly meetings go virtual

In response to the COVID‐19 pandemic, many yearly meetings annual sessions will be held virtually. FJ News Editor

James Mark Fowler

Fowler—James Mark Fowler, 89, on May 8, 2019, in Rowayton, Conn. Jim was born on April 9, 1930, in Albany,…
Among Friends

Love in the Time of Coronavirus

Carrying on with the care of our meetings. Gabriel Ehri
Forum

Forum, April 2020

Letters from our readers. Staff
QuakerSpeak

QuakerSpeak, April 2020

During a long Quaker business meeting, Laura Boles stood up and said, “I don’t want to hide behind Quaker process…… Staff

Michele Shanklin Avery

Avery—Michele Shanklin Avery, 67, on October 2, 2018, in West Chester, Pa. Chel was born on April 2, 1951, in…
From the Editor's Desk

Writing Opp: The State of Quaker Institutions (closed)

Quaker institutions: What’s working and what isn’t and which beloved institutions do we need to make sure we keep alive?… Martin Kelley

Barbara Cooper Rosen

Rosen—Barbara Cooper Rosen, 89, on December 19, 2018, peacefully, at home in Ashland, Ore. Barbara was born on April 10,…
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