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The Light Will Rip You Up

By Caroline Morris on November 1, 2018

Navigating anorexia with Simone Weil

Caroline Morris attended Portland Seminary of George Fox University, where she wrote a thesis on the connection between anorexia and asceticism, and is a current student at Earlham School of Religion.

Posted in: Books That Have Changed Us, Features

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Making Sense of the Starbucks Incident

By Ankita Achanta on September 1, 2018

Quaker values do not need to be mere theoretical ideas.

Ankita Achanta is a seventh-grade student at Newtown Friends School (NFS) in Newtown, Pa. She participates in The Agents of Social Change (TASC) at NFS, a student group founded on the belief that “we will be able to make a difference in our world,” and that uses Quaker process in decision making.

Posted in: Features, September 2018

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Family Is Family

By Abel Rupertus on May 1, 2018

I am adopted. Both my mom and my dad are white. Both of my sisters are also white. My brother […]

Abel Rupertus, Grade 6, Greene Street Friends School

Posted in: Student Voice Project 2018, Student Voices Project, What Are Quaker Values Anyway?

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Simple Living Beyond the Thrift Store

By Philip Harnden on January 1, 2018

Finding a balance between personal and political strategies for simple living.

Philip Harnden is a member of Syracuse (N.Y.) Meeting. He has served on the board of Right Sharing of World Resources and as American Friends Service Committee’s liaison with the Mohawk Nation at Akwesasne. He wrote the Pendle Hill pamphlet Letting That Go, Keeping This: The Spiritual Pilgrimage of Fritz Eichenberg.

Posted in: Features, Quaker Lifestyles

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Black people just want to be treated equally

By Nyah Thomas on May 1, 2017

Student Voices: “Why does the mistreatment satisfy people? Does it make these people happy to make us feel like we […]

Posted in: Quaker Summers, Student Voices Project, Uncategorized

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The Companionship of Philanthropy and Spirituality

By Jay W. Marshall on December 1, 2016

Philanthropy can be beneficial to both the giver and the receiver.

Jay Marshall is dean at Earlham School of Religion, a graduate school in Richmond, Indiana. He is a member of New Castle (Ind.) Meeting, which is a member of the New Association of Friends.

Posted in: Features, Giving and Philanthropy

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Student Voices 2016 Option 4: Community Working Together

By Staff on April 1, 2016

Share an example of a community working together to accomplish a greater goal. What happened and how was it made […]

Posted in: Spiritual Nurture / Quaker Training, Student Voices Project, Uncategorized, Unfeatured

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Being Autistic at Summer Gathering

By Veronica Berg on March 1, 2016

An overload of auditory and visual stimuli threatens a Friend’s participation.

Veronica Berg is a social work student, minoring in Deaf studies at the University of Southern Maine. They sporadically attend Portland (Maine) Meeting and also worship at High Street UCC in Auburn, Maine. Veronica was introduced to Quakerism through FLGBTQC, and remains an active Friend in that community.

Posted in: Disability and Inclusion, Features

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