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Rethinking William Penn

A Path to Retrospective Justice Trudy Bayer

Ronald Jay Sax

Sax—Ronald Jay Sax, 88, on February 13, 2021, in Palo Alto, Calif., after a long journey with Parkinson’s disease and… Staff
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Court refuses to reinstate Quaker practices at New York’s Green Haven Prison

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued a ruling on October 18 that denies a preliminary injunction… FJ News Editor
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Quaker Heritage Scenic Byway launched in southwest Ohio

Beginning around 1800, large numbers of Quakers, disturbed by slavery in the Carolinas, migrated north and west to free territories.… FJ News Editors
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Whispers of the River

Listening to Creation at the Line 3 Pipeline Karen Takemoto
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From Frederick’s Hill

What the author saw from Frederick's Hill at sunrise. Douglas Baker
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Quaker Manumission website launched by Haverford College

This past summer, Haverford College Libraries launched a new website, Manumitted: The People Enslaved by Quakers (manumissions.haverford.edu). The site presents… FJ News Editors
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Transience Mode

The ship was the Benjamin Lay, a Takahata-class bulk cargo transport hailing from the human world of Jajavrin. Lincoln Alpern
Reflection

Seeing the Inner Light at Ananda Village

Bless a temple? How do I do that? Do we even do blessings? Donald W. McCormick

Gerald (Jerry) Adamson

Adamson—Gerald (Jerry) Adamson, 85, on March 11, 2021, surrounded by his family in Berkeley, Calif. Jerry was born on October… Staff

American Friends Service Committee

October 2021 Update Quaker Works

Gretchen (Gay) Smart Berger

Berger—Gretchen (Gay) Smart Berger, 91, on January 6, 2021, with her children by her side, at Kendal on Hudson, a… Staff
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