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The Value of Seminary
Ashley M. Wilcox is a recorded minister and pastor of Church of Mary Magdalene. She is a member of Freedom Friends Church and a sojourning member of Atlanta (Ga.) Meeting. Her writing has been published in Friends Journal, Western Friend, and various Quaker anthologies, as well as on her website, ashleymwilcox.com.
Posted in: Lives of Friends, Reimagining the Quaker Ecosystem
I urge you to look past your empire of business and riches, and ask yourself a question
Student Voices: ” All that said, I have a few pieces of final advice for you: Be kind. Build bridges, not walls. Rather than tearing others down, build others up. And remember, love always trumps hate.”
Posted in: Quaker Summers, Student Voices Project, Uncategorized
When kids go to college and become more educated, the unemployment rate decreases
Student Voices: “Making tuition prices lower opens up the door for many young students aspiring to further their education and pursue a future career.”
Posted in: Quaker Summers, Student Voices Project, Uncategorized
I have found that acceptance is key and welcoming change is how people can be happy
Student Voices: ” Teaching one another our different ways is how communities can improve each individual’s life. This may sound like hippy talk to you, and it might be, but true peace and compassion is what the world and our government should be striving for.”
Posted in: Quaker Summers, Student Voices Project, Uncategorized
I want my brother to be able to drive without having the fear of being pulled over
Dear President Donald Trump, Being under 18, I had no say in the election, but I would like to mention that I would not have voted for you. You have very little care for minorities or anyone under you. My family is full of minorities, and I want them to be safe. I want my […]
Student Voices: “The system is rigged. Too many people are being incarcerated, especially minorities due to the color of their skin. A way to help fix this problem would be to have police officers go through extensive training and wear body cameras at all times.”
Posted in: Quaker Summers, Student Voices Project, Uncategorized
My father painted your hotel, and he is an immigrant
Student Voices: “Many other people that have worked for you have similar stories. If you stop immigration you’re not going to have as many people to build your hotels. I wouldn’t try to stop immigration if I were president; I’d try to make it easier.”
Posted in: Quaker Summers, Student Voices Project, Uncategorized
Pond
By Jim LaMarche. Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books, 2016. 40 pages. $17.99/hardcover; $10.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 4–8. Pond is a picture-story book for school-age children about habitat restoration set in the upper Midwest or Northeast. Matt discovers a spring in an area known as “the pit.” His sister, Katie, and their friend Pablo join him […]
Sandy and Tom Farley are members of Palo Alto (Calif.) Meeting and coauthors of Earthcare for Children, a curriculum they are currently revising.
Posted in: Books, Quaker Summers, Young Friends Bookshelf
A Bike Like Sergio’s
By Maribeth Boelts, illustrated by Noah Z. Jones. Candlewick Press, 2016. 40 pages. $15.99/hardcover. Recommended for ages 5–8. This is that rare story—a moral tale that’s subtle and suspenseful. Ruben wants a bike. He knows just how a bike would improve his already pleasant, though not opulent, life. On an errand to buy some groceries […]
Dee Birch Cameron is a librarian in El Paso, Tex., whose work has appeared previously in Friends Journal.
Posted in: Books, Quaker Summers, Young Friends Bookshelf
Forum April 2017
Letters from our readers: upcoming issue announcement, a full year of Trump?!?, teaching peace, Friend without a meeting, kudos to QuakerSpeak. 🔒 Friends Journal Member? Sign in here! Not an FJ member? To read this piece, please join us today! For $28, you’ll get: A year of Friends Journal delivered to your mailbox (11 issues) and email […]
Posted in: AFSC Centennial, Forum
An interview with Joyce Ajlouny
Meet AFSC’s incoming general secretary.
American Friends Service Committee has announced that Joyce Ajlouny will become its next general secretary starting in September 2017. Friends Journal senior editor Martin Kelley caught up with Ajlouny to talk about her work as director of the Ramallah Friends School and her hopes for AFSC.
Posted in: AFSC Centennial, Features
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