Friends Institutions

Obtaining a U.S. Visa in Uganda

After the African Great Lakes Initiative (AGLI) summer workcamp in 2004, several of the workcampers from Germantown (Pa.) Meeting had…

'Moral Values' and FCNL's Legislative Agenda

There has been a good deal of postelection discussion of the role that "moral values" played in the outcome of…

A Quaker Network for the Prevention of Violent Conflict

From April 1 to 5, 2004, around 50 representatives of international Quaker organizations met in Kakamega, Kenya, for the fifth…

Peace in the World, Peace among Friends

Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another; love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous: not…

Behind the Scenes at the Gathering

Friends General Conference holds a Gathering of Friends every summer somewhere, on a college campus. Quakers of all sorts and…

The Flowering of Quaker Earthcare Witness

Friends Committee on Unity with Nature (renamed Quaker Earthcare Witness in 2003), originated at the 1987 Friends General Conference (FGC)…

FCNL's "Green" Building on Capitol Hill

Buildings have a significant impact on our environment, and there are many ways to make them more environmentally friendly. Five…

Quaker Services and Quaker Values

Friends have made a substantial impact on the availability and quality of senior care in the United States. Friends senior…

FWCC 2004 Triennial in New Zealand

Attending a Friends World Committee for Consultation Triennial can be an occasion, or a season of grace, where we can…

A Look Back at the FWCC Peace Conference

Love is the only way. It is an eternal reminder to a generation depending on nuclear and atomic energy, a…

The AFSC and School Desegregation

Prince Edward County, Virginia, 1959-1964 The involvement of the Religious Society of Friends in Prince Edward County dates back to…

Religious Faith and Civil Liberties

This month marks the 50th anniversary of a conference on civil liberties held at Scattergood School in West Branch, Iowa,…
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