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We Are Not John Woolman

By Gabbreell James on January 1, 2019

The prophetic agitator is remembered and spoken of years later; the people that wanted them gone are forgotten today.

Gabbreell James is a lifelong Friend of color, active in Philadelphia Yearly Meeting's Undoing Racism Group and at her monthly meeting, Green Street Meeting in Philadelphia. She wants to help Friends be truly welcoming to all people.

Posted in: Features, Racially Diverse Society of Friends (January 2019)

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News, May 2017

By Staff on May 1, 2017

News of Friends: Philadelphia Young Adults reenvision lecture series; FLGBTQC heads into year of jubilee; QuEST appoints new director. 🔒 […]

Posted in: Quaker Summers

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Viewpoint: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Responds

By Arthur M. Larrabee on October 25, 2012

A response to John Coleman’s “When Quaker Process Fails”

Arthur M. Larrabee is the General Secretary of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting.

Posted in: December 2012: Hospitality, Forum

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A Family Responds to Suspicionless Drug Testing

By Gilbert Ambler on October 1, 2009

he whole issue started in the spring of 2006 when I was a freshman in high school. The school district […]

Gilbert Ambler is attending Earlham College this fall and is interested in political leadership and law. Gilbert's two younger brothers, Amos and Harry, and his parents, John and Peggy, have all participated in thinking through this article about the situation they all lived. Gilbert and his family are members of Germantown Meeting in Philadelphia and attend Penn Hill Meeting in Wakefield, Pa.

Posted in: Features

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