This year we asked Quaker‐affiliated students to write about competition in their lives.
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Skirting Around the Competition
Our introduction to the May issue on “Friendly Competition?”
Gail Whiffen is associate editor of Friends Journal. [email protected]
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One Big Problem
There’s one big problem I notice that relates to competition, and it is caused by masculinity. It’s a problem not […]
Casey Smothers, Grade 6, Greene Street Friends School in Philadelphia, Pa.
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I Can Do It
Although I have never been someone who loves sports or competition very much, this year my parents encouraged me to […]
Marin Shankin, Grade 8, Buckingham Friends School in Lahaska, Pa., attender of Solebury Meeting in New Hope, Pa.
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Wrestling with Defeat
I am not a perfect Quaker. My family discovered Quakerism when I was two years old. I grew up with […]
Clay Lewis, Grade 9, Abington Friends School, member of Abington Meeting, both in Jenkintown, Pa.
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Transitioning from Public to Private School
I remember the day my teachers from Wister Elementary School announced to me and two other students that we were […]
Namiyah Nole, Grade 6, Greene Street Friends School in Philadelphia, Pa.
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Loosening Our Blindfolds
The main point of a competition is to see who is better in a certain arena. Equality is emphasizing and […]
Tara Prakash, Grade 6, Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C.
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Student Voices Project 2019 Participants
Thank you to all of the 237 participants of the 6th annual Student Voices Project!
Writing Opp: Friendly Competition? (deadline extended to Feb 25)
Learn more about writing for our May issue on competition.
Martin Kelley is senior editor of Friends Journal.
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June‐July 2019
Features
The Ministry of Quaker Farmers by Rachel Van Boven
Feeding Young Adults with a Taste of Abundance by Emily Provance and Niadwynwen Thomas
Vegetarianism in Quaker History by John Sniegocki
Butcher Hogs for Sale by Dayna Baily
A Vegan Offers Three Reasons for Hope by Margaret Fisher
Letting the Higher Power Do It by Anonymous
Online Features
Chose a Resilient Community by Craig Jensen and Suzanna Schell
The Great Food Transformation by Elizabeth Root
Food Choices, Relationship, and God by Lorene Ludy
Interrupting the Family Barbecue by Jim Ross
A Critique of Health Consciousness by Caroline Morris
Poetry
Aspect of Loss by Karie Firoozmand
Turkey Vultures by Charles Weld
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