Carnell—Sue Powel Carnell, 80, on August 19, 2017, at home at Broadmead Retirement Community in Cockeysville, Md. Sue was born […]
Tag Archives | Baltimore
Stephen Allen Hawk
Hawk—Stephen Allen Hawk, 73, on March 10, 2017, in Chicago, Ill., after a long illness. Steve was born on July […]
Friends, Peace, and Justice in Baltimore
Weekly vigils against war and for peace find a new focus for Baltimore Friends after the 2015 death of Freddie […]
Kathryn Munnell is a member of Homewood Meeting in Baltimore, Md. She currently serves on the Peace and Justice Committee of her meeting. She has divided her career between working on peace and justice issues and teaching in public high schools in Baltimore and New York City.
Posted in: AFSC Centennial, Online Features
Between the World and Me
By Ta‐Nehisi Coates. Spiegel & Grau, 2015. 152 pages. $24/hardcover; $11.99/eBook. I came to this slim but important book, this […]
Dave Austin is a member of Haddonfield (N.J.) Meeting. He lives in Marlton, N.J., where he teaches middle school world history and Holocaust studies.
Posted in: February 2016, February 2016 Books, Quaker Book Reviews
New Year’s top five: The most popular articles of 2015
We’ve been sharing our most‐read articles of 2015 on Facebook and Twitter. Here is the full list. #5 Baltimore, the […]
Posted in: Online Features
Mass Incarceration and #BlackLivesMatter
Quakers Connect as a Movement Builds
Madeline Schaefer worked as the Friends relations associate at American Friends Service Committee for two years from 2012 to 2014. She grew up attending Radnor (Pa.) Meeting outside of Philadelphia.
Posted in: December 2015: Economic Justice and Poverty, Features
Parts & Labor
By Letitia VanSant & the Bonafides. Self‐released, 2015. $7/digital. Download available at letitiavansant.bandcamp.com. Buy on FJ Amazon Store Letitia VanSant, the second (true) name […]
Patricia Morrison attends South Mountain Meeting in Ashland, Ore. A folk singer/songwriter on hiatus from touring to help create a farm, she also works with artists, writers, and creatives to help them find focus, funding, and fulfillment in their work. Learn more at innerfireouterlight.com.
Posted in: November 2015 Books, November 2015: Books and Pop Culture, Quaker Book Reviews, UncategorizedSeeking the Light: A Story of Quaker Culture and Homewood Friends Meeting (Books in Brief)
By Emma Hohenstein. Self‐published, 2014. 90 pages. $30/hardcover. This short book is the precursor to young author and photographer Emma […]
Karie Firoozmand is the Friends Journal books editor.
Posted in: April 2015 Books, April 2015: Mentorship: Teaching Our Values, Quaker Book Reviews
Martha Ellicott Tyson
A profile of the Baltimore Quaker elder and minister (1795–1873)
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.
Posted in: Features
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April 2019
Features
Fox News: George Fox Speaking by Donald W. McCormick
Laughing for the Wary by Howard R. Macy
Finding Lightness in the Light by Kerry O’Regan
Satire, Peace, and the Mennonite Tradition by Andrew J. Bergman
Poetry
I Have Learned by Marion Goldstein
Blessing by Ken Gibble
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