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The Great Food Transformation

By Elizabeth Root on June 1, 2019

Earthcare activism is a natural fit for Friends.

Elizabeth Root lives in the heart of the Finger Lakes with her family of three poodles. A retired social worker, she authored a book on children鈥檚 mental health in 2009. She is a member of the Perry City (N.Y.) Meeting in the Finger Lakes region of New York State.

Posted in: June/July 2019: Food Choices, Online Features
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How to Be a Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen Animals

By Reviewed by Pamela Haines on June 1, 2019

By Sy Montgomery, illustrated by Rebecca Green. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018. 208 pages. $20/hardcover; $9.99/eBook. A memoir has the power [鈥

Pamela Haines is a member of Central Philadelphia (Pa.) Meeting.

Posted in: June/July 2019 Books, June/July 2019: Food Choices, Quaker Book Reviews
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A Tool or a Weapon

By Hazel Mariani on May 1, 2019

The Quaker approach to competition has influenced my life greatly. From my experiences, I鈥檝e learned that competition can be utilized [鈥

Hazel Mariani, Grade 6, Greene Street Friends School in Philadelphia, Pa.

Posted in: Friendly Competition?, Student Voices Project, Student Voices Project 2019
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High School Hierarchy

By Felicity Medina on May 1, 2019

I cried yesterday. I was sobbing: red, wet, puffy, and gross because of the academic competition I face in school [鈥

Felicity Medina, Grade 9, Abington Friends School in Jenkintown, Pa.

Posted in: Friendly Competition?, Student Voices Project, Student Voices Project 2019
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From Competition to Cooperation

By Lila Safavi on May 1, 2019

My first exposure to competitive club travel sports was a difficult one, primarily because of the attitude and actions of [鈥

Lila Safavi, Grade 6, Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C.

Posted in: Friendly Competition?, Student Voices Project, Student Voices Project 2019
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Competing Against Myself

By Ankita Achanta on May 1, 2019

What does it mean to win or lose? How can we use competition to grow as individuals? In response to [鈥

Ankita Achanta, Grade 8, Newtown Friends School in Newtown, Pa.

Posted in: Friendly Competition?, Student Voices Project, Student Voices Project 2019
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My Revelation with Quaker Competition

By Carluccio Horton on May 1, 2019

I used to despise competition. Growing up with siblings, our lives were devoted to one鈥恥pping each other and proving who [鈥

Carluccio Horton, Grade 9, Westtown School in West Chester, Pa.

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Competitive Ethics?

By Nafisa Rashid on May 1, 2019

Since tenth grade, I have participated in a competition called Ethics Bowl. Every year high school students gather in teams [鈥

Nafisa Rashid, Grade 12, Oakwood Friends School in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.

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Writing Opp: Five Years of QuakerSpeak (EXTENDED DEADLINE May 27)

By Martin Kelley on April 5, 2019

It鈥檚 been five years since Friends Publishing Corporation launched a companion project to Friends Journal: the QuakerSpeak video series. In [鈥

Martin Kelley is senior editor of聽Friends Journal

Posted in: From the Editor's Desk
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Never Having Set Foot in the Meetinghouse

By Yohannes "Knowledge" Johnson on March 1, 2019

When the meetinghouse is on the other side of state prison walls.

Yohannes "Knowledge" Johnson is a member of Bulls Head-Oswego (N.Y.) Meeting and is clerk of Green Haven Preparative Meeting. He was born and raised in Harlem, N.Y. He has been in prison since 1980 and is currently working on a petition in support of executive clemency in New York State.

Posted in: Features, Outside the Meetinghouse
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