Peace Activities

Teaching Peace/Making Peacemakers

Soft is stronger than hard, water than rock, love than violence. —Hermann Hesse In April 16, 2007, my friend Roger’s…

Northern Uganda: The Peace Process and the International Criminal Court

The 20-year rebellion in northern Uganda has killed tens of thousands and laid waste to a generation that has scarcely…

Bearing Witness with Their Lives

We have an occasional department in Friends Journal called "Witness," in which reports and reflections on individual actions taken are…

You, Too, Can Rein In Military Recruiters in the High Schools

In the spring of 2005, military recruiters had free rein in some of the high schools of Lee County, Florida…

Claiming the Peace Testimony: My Experience with Kenyan Friends

I thought I was going to Kenya for a vacation. For the first few weeks that was the case. I…

Yielding to Our Faith: A Message from a Harmless Quaker

Early in the morning of February 22, 2007, nearly three dozen Quakers and other supporters from New York, Massachusetts, and…

A Movement of Conscience in New York Yearly Meeting

Conscience is an inward knowledge of right and wrong, along with a compulsion to do what is right. It requires…

Not in My Name, Not with My Money

The Prince of Peace preoccupies some of our attention in December, when we celebrate his birth and life—a divine savior…

A Peace Perspective

For the past few years I, like many other people, have done a lot of antiwar work. For me and…

AFSC and Human Rights for Immigrants

From resettling Jewish refugees in the United States during the 1930s to aiding Japanese internees during World War II, to…

The Pilgrimage

September 11, 2006, was the fifth anniversary of the tragedy in New York. It was also the 100th anniversary of…

”The ‘Peace for Earth’ Walk

After considerable prayer and discernment we, Ruah Swennerfelt and Louis Cox, are about to embark on a spiritual journey that…
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