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Quaker Works April 2019

This semiannual feature highlights the recent works of Quaker organizations in eight categories.

Posted in: Humor in Religion, Quaker Works

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Quakers: The Quiet Revolutionaries

By Books In Brief: Review by Karie Firoozmand on February 1, 2019

Directed by Janet P. Gardner. Gardner Documentary Group, 2018. 108 minutes. See Quakersthefilm.com for more information. Friend Janet Gardner and […]

Posted in: February 2019, February 2019 Books, Quaker Book Reviews

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How We Win: A Guide to Nonviolent Direct Action Campaigning

By Reviewed by Steve Chase on November 1, 2018

By George Lakey. Melville House, 2018. 224 pages. $16.99/paperback; $13.99/eBook (title available December 2018). In June 1934 Quaker biblical scholar […]

Steve Chase is a member of Friends Meeting of Washington (D.C.), the manager of Academic Initiatives at the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict (ICNC), and an organizer with the Occupation Free DC anti-police brutality campaign. He is a published author and a regular contributor to ICNC's Minds of the Movement blog.

Posted in: Books That Have Changed Us, November 2018 Books, Quaker Book Reviews

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Interview with Lina Blount, author of “Half a Quaker”

By Lina Blount on July 23, 2016

FJ PODCAST SUBSCRIPTION: ITUNES | DOWNLOAD | RSS | STITCHER On the FJ Podcast. From the article: That walk further […]

Posted in: Audio

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Why Have a Peace and Social Concerns Committee?

By Eileen Flanagan on January 1, 2016

Life in the Meeting

Eileen Flanagan is a member of Chestnut Hill Meeting in Philadelphia, Pa., and clerk of the board of Earth Quaker Action Team. Her latest book is Renewable: One Woman’s Search for Simplicity, Faithfulness, and Hope.

The copyright for this article belongs to Eileen Flanagan.

Posted in: January 2016: Quakers and the Political Process, Life in the Meeting

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Main Street Activism and Wall Street Advocacy: Strange Bedfellows?

By Jeffery W. Perkins on June 1, 2015

Working together on different but complementary strategies for change.

Jeffery W. Perkins is executive director of Friends Fiduciary Corporation, a Quaker nonprofit providing cost effective, professional, socially responsible investment services to Quaker meetings, churches, and organizations. He serves on the board of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility and is a member of Chestnut Hill Meeting in Philadelphia, Pa.

Posted in: Features, June/July 2015: Activists vs Mystics vs Pragmatists

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