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Litter Picking
Okay, I’ll fess up. There’s no hiding it—all the gang members who hang out in our neighborhood park already know…
Trees for Africa
Many consider FWCC a seedbed for Friends’ responses to our faith and testimonies. In one case, that can be said…
Please respect the need for privacy
Every year, I eagerly await the Gathering. It is the one week of the year that is completely mine. I…
What Are Schools For?
Quakers can advocate for alternatives to the dominant U.S. education paradigm that is based on industrial and military ideals of…
How Monthly Meetings Can Support Their Youth
I first came to meeting when I was five years old, with my parents and my stuffed frog. The frog…
Features
Why Young Friends Need Elders—and Why They Need Us
To be a Young Friend is to be in transition—to be in a time of great possibility, uncertainty, and formation.…
Micah Bales
Kickapoo Valley Young Friends Choir
Hanna: The Kickapoo Valley Young Friends Choir was started during a now-annual First-day school fundraiser for a school in El…
It Takes a Meeting to Raise a Quaker
You can raise a Quaker without First-day school, without lesson plans, even without figuring out "what every Quaker child needs…
Why High School Sucked and How Young Friends Saved My Life
Shortly after graduating from high school I read an article stating that the reason adolescents place so much emphasis on…
Finding Our Place as Young Adult Friends
Sometimes I feel as though I lived during the period of Quietism in Quaker history. I attended what may be…
Forging the Ties that Bind: Supporting Quaker Youth
I have often wondered why I alone of my three siblings am still active in Quaker circles. We all attended…
A Letter from Bolivia
Fourth Month, Fifth Day, 2007 Dear friends and family, I know that it has only been a week since I…
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