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Death and Dying: A Personal Adventure

Death Cafés give people a place to share stories, confide their fears, and ask questions. Alison Moore
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Consensus Decision Making in Eusocial Organisms

Learning disruption and resilience from ants and bees. Barbara Dale
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It Breaks My Heart

The fractured nature of the Quaker community breaks a Friend's heart Kate Pruitt
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Jeanne Ruth Ackley Lohmann

Lohmann—Jeanne Ruth Ackley Lohmann, 93, on September 26, 2016, at home in Olympia, Wash., with family close by. Jeanne was… Staff

Ann Richardson Stokes

Stokes—Ann Richardson Stokes, 85, on November 20, 2016, at home in West Chesterfield, N.H. Ann was born on June 9,… Staff
Student Voices Project

The following is a letter of protest

Student Voices: "Under your administration, many of my friend’s families would be deported, never to be seen again. I can… Davis Brooks
Student Voices Project

Do not break the hearts of the children who want to be together with their parents

Student Voices: "Consider the importance of family values and the future of the children, and help them grow by educating… Sara De La Torre
Student Voices Project

Though I am just a 14-year-old girl caught between two worlds, I would like to offer you some advice

Student Voices: "Though many families do enter the United States illegally, there should be a process for them to correct… Sahmara Cherise Spence Rogers
Student Voices Project

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… Pierre Alvarez
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Counselor Orientation ’99

A tale of a Quaker summertime romance. Pete Dybdahl

Robert Latta Barrus

Barrus—Robert Latta Barrus, 98, on October 19, 2016, at home in Celo, N.C., peacefully, holding his wife’s hand. Bob was… Staff
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Remembering a Workcamp in Tennessee

A Friend recounts an AFSC workcamp in 1949. George H. Kurz
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