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Writing Opp: Quaker Arts

Fast Facts: Features run 1200-2500 words Submissions close June 20, 2022. Questions? Email editors@friendsjournal.org Show us your creativity. Share your… Martin Kelley
Reflection

Why Self-esteem Is Overrated and What We Should Nurture Instead

What if instead of nurturing self-esteem, we nurtured a capacity for awe? Kat Griffith
Features

There Is No “I” in Heavenly Host

What in the name of God is this?” Dawn Vogel
Student Voices Project 2021

Parents Are People Too

It’s a strange statement, as it seems so obvious. But throughout this pandemic, I’ve learned what it actually means. Anna Weinberg
Student Voices Project 2021

We Would Still Be Here

The following is an expanded version of Madison’s poem that appeared in the May 2021 print edition. Madison Rose Maas
Student Voices Project 2021

Privilege Is to Be Appreciated

Simple. That’s one way you could sum up the entirety of the 2010s. Ruhan Khanna
Online Features

Thank You for the Wrens

The power of another person’s voice coming through Zoom. Emma Givens
Online Features

Lotus

A teen navigates the uncharted territory of her first family death. Ila Kumar
Student Voices Project 2020

Cat Rescuer

Before I was in kindergarten, I started rescuing cats with my mom and my babysitter. We found a group of… Jade Louis Clarke McKay
Student Voices Project 2020

The Dangerous Turn

Most school days, when one of my parents picks me up, we have to make a turn out of the… Austin Setzler
Student Voices Project 2020

Teaching Tech to Seniors

In seventh and eighth grade, while attending Newtown Friends School (NFS), I clerked the Tech Team, a student-run committee charged… Ankita Achanta
Student Voices Project 2020

The Spectrum of Equality

The first time I was aware of someone using the word “gay” as an insult was in sixth grade. Though… Aria Gratson
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