Social Action

Nine Suggestions to White Friends for Addressing Racism

Acknowledge your own racism and the racism in the Religious Society of Friends. Acknowledge your own goodness and that of… Gale Rohde

We Need to Nurture a Vital Quaker Ministry

After reading Arden Buck’s article, "What Do We Do Now?" (FJ April) I felt prompted to offer my own answer… Steven Davison

Transforming War, One Peace Activist at a Time

When I found myself on 59th Street in New York City on February 15, hundreds of protesters on Third Avenue… Elizabeth Claggett-Borne

Strength and Suffering: A Transforming Experience

I am one of thousands who participate in the powerful nonviolent movement to close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security… Peg Morton

What Do We Do Now?

It’s a discouraging and ominous time. On November 5, 2002, frightened voters in the United States handed our administration unfettered… Arden Buck

The Coffee Crisis and Fair Trade

As economic globalization has accelerated in recent years, and its negative impacts have become more apparent, Friends have been called… Erbin Crowell

It's Time to Witness to Truth

It is no secret that Saddam Hussein has stayed in power for many years with the tacit approval of our… Susan Corson-Finnerty

Doing Hard Time

HIPP (Help Increase the Peace Project) is a conflict resolution program adapted for teens from the Alternatives to Violence Project… Kaki Sjogren

Terre Haute Journal

Ploptch. The rain fell in big drops. Ploptch. Ploptch. Ploptch. Big, slow, kersplash drops. Falling on a group of about… Doug Stern

Mercy Denied, Mercy Shown

It all started with a letter—an invitation from the Respect for Life Committee of St. Dismas Parish, within the Delaware… Sally Milbury-Steen

How Education Changes Lives Behind Prison Walls

"Doing time" is a synonym for "incarceration." Too often, it means wasting time—and wasting opportunities to change lives through education.… Dorothy Kinsman Brown

A Ray of Hope through Reading

"Dear Sir," reads the letter I open, written in pencil on lined notebook paper; then, redundantly, "To Who it concern… Alison M. Lewis
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