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A black woman confronts Trump supporters at a 2016 rally in St. Louis, Mo. Photo 漏 Patience Zalanga.

Building White Racial Stamina

By Elizabeth A. Oppenheimer on January 1, 2019

The primary way to develop racial stamina is to wade or dive in.

Elizabeth (Liz) A. Oppenheimer carries a concern for addressing whiteness and racism among Friends. She recently distributed an open letter to white Friends, which is on her web-log at _thegoodraisedup.blogspot.com_. She is a member of Bear Creek Meeting outside of Earlham, Iowa, and worships with Laughing Waters Friends Preparative Meeting of Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative).


Posted in: Features, Racially Diverse Society of Friends (January 2019)
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2018 Quakers in Politics Web Panel

By Staff on March 7, 2018

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


Posted in: Blogs, Unfeatured
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From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation

By Reviewed by Lauren Brownlee on November 1, 2017

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
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Charlottesville Friends in worship at Justice Park. Photo by David Lewis.

Charlottesville Quakers and the Ongoing Stand against White Nationalists

By Isaac Barnes May on September 13, 2017

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
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Black people just want to be treated equally

By Nyah Thomas on May 1, 2017

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
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Friends, Peace, and Justice in Baltimore

By Kathryn Munnell on April 1, 2017

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
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Our Drop in the Wave of Liberation

By Lauren Brownlee on March 1, 2017

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
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Student Voices 2016 Option 3: Conflicts in Community

By Staff on April 1, 2016

What happens when there are differences or conflicts within a community? How do we respond with patience, tolerance, and openness [鈥


Posted in: Spiritual Nurture / Quaker Training, Student Voices Project, Unfeatured
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Between the World and Me

By Reviewed by Dave Austin on February 1, 2016

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
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Candlelight vigil in Madison, Wis., for victims of Charleston church shooting. (via Flickr: Light Brigading)

Finding Fellowship After the Charleston Church Massacre

By T. Hamboyan Harrison on June 29, 2015

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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