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Why I Got Arrested at the Border

By Lucy Duncan on February 1, 2019

A walk along the beach—and an interfaith plea for the soul of a nation.

Lucy Duncan is the director of Friends Relations at American Friends Service Committee. She is a settler, currently residing on unceded Lenni Lenape territory, a storyteller, and an anti-racist activist and teacher.

This article was first published on January 16, 2019 on Friendsjournal.org. It appears in the February 2019 print issue of Friends Journal.

Posted in: Features, February 2019

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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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Writing Opp: Humor in Religion (due Jan 7)

By Martin Kelley on November 26, 2018

Magazine ISO legit funny Quaker joke, apply here.

Martin Kelley is senior editor of Friends Journal.

Posted in: From the Editor's Desk

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The Realization

By Elizabeth Hare on May 1, 2018

Simplicity is something that everyone needs. It’s something that makes life easier. It made my life easier. It adds a […]

Elizabeth Hare, Grade 6, Sidwell Friends School

Posted in: Student Voice Project 2018, Student Voices Project, What Are Quaker Values Anyway?

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A Simple, Silent Moment

By Eliana DeHaven on May 1, 2018

Our feet danced in an inch of water, and the wooden benches beneath us were worn from use and age. […]

Eliana DeHaven, Grade 8, Buckingham Friends School

Posted in: Student Voice Project 2018, Student Voices Project, What Are Quaker Values Anyway?

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Another Way to Climb a Tree

By Reviewed by Katie Green on May 1, 2018

By Liz Garton Scanlon, illustrated by Hadley Hooper. Roaring Brook Press, 2017. 40 pages. $17.99/hardcover; $9.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 4–8. […]

Katie Green attends Clearwater Meeting in Dunedin, Fla., and is a member of Worcester (Mass.) Meeting. She is a storyteller, workshop facilitator, and writer.

Posted in: May 2018 Books: A Young Friends Bookshelf, Quaker Book Reviews, What Are Quaker Values Anyway?

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The Forbidden Temptation of Baseball

By Reviewed by James Foritano on May 1, 2018

By Dori Jones Yang. SparkPress, 2017. 256 pages. $12.95/paperback; $9.95/eBook. Recommended for ages 10–14. It seems almost anticlimactic when the […]

James Foritano attends Cambridge (Mass.) Meeting.

Posted in: May 2018 Books: A Young Friends Bookshelf, Quaker Book Reviews, What Are Quaker Values Anyway?

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The Trouble With “Strangers”

By Gerri Williams on February 1, 2018

Freedom isn’t anyone’s politically correct opinion.

Gerri Williams is a member of Friends Meeting of Washington (D.C.) and has served on AFSC Nobel Peace Prize Task Group. The opinions expressed are her own*. Her article “Standing for Miss Rosa” appeared in the August 2006 issue of Friends Journal.

[*Disclaimer added by author's request. - FJ Eds.]

Posted in: Features, February 2018

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