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Margaret Fraser has served as interim pastoral minister at West Richmond (Ind.) Meeting, executive secretary of Friends World Committee for Consultation Section of the Americas, and dean of Pendle Hill study center in Wallingford, Pa. She was presiding clerk of the New Association of Friends from 2013 to 2015.

Posted in: Features, June/July 2017: Reimagining the Quaker Ecosystem

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Sumoud: Voices and Images of the Ramallah Friends School

By Reviewed by Maia Carter Hallward on August 1, 2015

By Betsy Brinson and Gordon Davies. Friends United Press, 2014. 142 pages. $35/hardcover. Sumoud, artfully prepared by historian Betsy Brinson […]

Maia Carter Hallward is a member of Atlanta (Ga.) Meeting and an associate professor of Middle East politics and international conflict management at Kennesaw State University. She taught at the Ramallah Friends Schools from 1998 to 2000, and has led several delegations to the region to meet with Israeli and Palestinian peacemakers. Maia’s books include Struggling for a Just Peace: Israeli and Palestinian Activism in the Second Intifada and Transnational Activism in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.

Posted in: August 2015 Books, August 2015: The Effects of War, Quaker Book Reviews

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Quaker Works May 2015

By Staff on May 1, 2015

A semiannual feature dedicated to connecting Friends Journal readers to the good works of Quaker organizations.

Posted in: Friends and Other Faiths: Friends and Other Faiths, Quaker Works

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FGC, FUM types of worship

By Kevin Camp on June 15, 2012

I became a Liberal unprogrammed Friend in a conservative state. The small, family‐like meeting I eventually joined was a little […]

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My Journey among Friends

By Kevin-Douglas G. Olive on November 1, 2008

I found the Religious Society of Friends when I was in middle school. An unpopular, misunderstood, “sensitive” child, I didn’t […]

Kevin-Douglas G. Olive is a member of Baltimore (Md.) Meeting-Homewood, and attends Seton Hill Worship Group in Baltimore. A French teacher, he is a member of Friends General Conference's Advancement and Outreach Committee.

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