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Asylum Seekers Need Action, Not Apathy
Janice Pulliam is a resident of Patagonia, Ariz., and a member of Athens (Ga.) Meeting. She is also a member of Voices from the Border, a southern Arizona nonprofit, grassroots community action alliance dedicated to promoting human rights and environmental justice. Learn more at facebook.com/voicesfromtheborder.
Posted in: Features, February 2019
The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches from the Border
By Francisco Cantú. Riverhead Books, 2018. 256 pages. $26/hardcover; $17/paperback (available February 2019); $12.99/eBook. Almost four years ago, I reviewed […]
David Austin is a member of Haddonfield (N.J.) Meeting. He lives in Marlton, N.J., where he teaches middle school world history. He is currently writing a book about the Holocaust for young adults.
Posted in: January 2019 Books, Quaker Book Reviews, Racially Diverse Society of Friends (January 2019)Martha Louise Fosnacht Vidrine
Vidrine—Martha Louise Fosnacht Vidrine, 78, on June 11, 2017, at Panorama Care Center in Lacey, Wash., of cancer. Marty was […]
Posted in: Milestones, Quaker Lifestyles
Dreams and Nightmares
FJ Review: ” The guide leads students into deeper reflection on Liliana’s story while encouraging them to explore their own families, conducting […]
Ken Jacobsen grew up in Venezuela and has an ongoing concern for north–south dialogue among Friends in the Americas. He currently lives in Wisconsin and is an adjunct professor at Chicago Theological Seminary.
Posted in: Conflict and Controversy, December 2017 Books: A Young Friends Bookshelf, Quaker Book Reviews
Wild Birds, Fantasy, and the Possible
A memoir through books.
James W. Hood teaches nineteenth-century British literature, composition, and American nature writing at Guilford College in Greensboro, N.C. He is a member of Greensboro’s Friendship Meeting.
Posted in: Online Features, September 2017
I also dressed as you for Halloween and got 7.2 pounds of candy!
Student Voices: “I am interested in history, and I like to play sports. I am a comedian and do good […]
Posted in: Quaker Summers, Student Voices Project, Uncategorized
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 […]
Posted in: Quaker Summers, Student Voices Project, Uncategorized
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 […]
Posted in: Quaker Summers, Student Voices Project, Uncategorized
We need to put America first, and only then will it become great again
Student Voices: “Hundreds of thousands of blue collar workers in the Midwest have lost their jobs, and I know that […]
Posted in: Quaker Summers, Student Voices Project, Uncategorized
Canned and Crushed
By Bibi Belford. Sky Pony Press, 2015. 192 pages. $14.99/hardcover; $9.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 8–12. This novel could serve as […]
Eileen Redden is the assistant book review editor of Friends Journal.
Posted in: December 2015 Books, December 2015: Economic Justice and Poverty, Quaker Book Reviews, Uncategorized
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May 2019
Student Voices
6th Annual Student Voices Project
Features
How I Found God in Competitive Sport by Jon Watts
The Hope for Collaboration over Competition by Mark Pratt‐Russum
The Invisible Damage of Competition by Mary Jo Klingel
Poetry
Always the Challenge to Be Patient by Charles Bunner
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