The upcoming U.S. Congressional mid鈥恡erm elections already have at least seven Quaker candidates for office. How does their Quaker faith [鈥
Tag Archives | Black Lives Matter
From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation
By Keeanga鈥怸amahtta Taylor. Haymarket Books, 2016. 288 pages. $17.95/paperback; $17.99/eBook. From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation by Keeanga鈥怸amahtta Taylor places the [鈥
Lauren Brownlee is a member of Bethesda (Md.) Meeting and serves on Baltimore Yearly Meeting鈥檚 Growing Diverse Leadership and Peace and Social Concerns committees.
Posted in: November 2017 Books, Quaker Libraries
Charlottesville Quakers and the Ongoing Stand against White Nationalists
Quakers can learn to be braver and more outspoken.
Isaac Barnes May is a graduate of Earlham College and Harvard Divinity School. Currently he is a doctoral candidate specializing in American religious history at the University of Virginia and a member of Charlottesville (Va.) Meeting.
Posted in: Online Features, September 2017, Uncategorized
Black people just want to be treated equally
Student Voices: 鈥淲hy does the mistreatment satisfy people? Does it make these people happy to make us feel like we [鈥
Posted in: Quaker Summers, Student Voices Project, Uncategorized
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 [鈥
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
Our Drop in the Wave of Liberation
A visit to the National Museum of African American History and Culture. 馃敀 Friends Journal Member? Sign in here! Not [鈥
Lauren Brownlee is a member of Bethesda (Md.) Meeting and serves on the Peace and Social Concerns Committee and Growing Diverse Leadership Committee of Baltimore Yearly Meeting. She is a member of Sandy Spring Friends School鈥檚 board of trustees, the DC Peace Team, and the Quaker Palestine鈥揑srael Network.
Posted in: Features, Race and Anti-Racism
Student Voices 2016 Option 3: Conflicts in Community
What happens when there are differences or conflicts within a community? How do we respond with patience, tolerance, and openness [鈥
Between the World and Me
By Ta鈥怤ehisi Coates. Spiegel & Grau, 2015. 152 pages. $24/hardcover; $11.99/eBook. I came to this slim but important book, this [鈥
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
Finding Fellowship After the Charleston Church Massacre
A Quaker is led to act in solidarity with the black community after the Charleston church shooting.
T. Hamboyan Harrison is a white-presenting member of Third Haven Meeting in Easton, Md., who blogs at lightandlotus.wordpress.com. She is passionate about human rights, living up to our Quaker testimonies, and cats.
Posted in: Online Features, September 2015: Reproduction and Family Planning
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Books That Have Changed Us
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To Imagine Change through Many Voices by Detmer Kremer
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