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Eleven Steps toward an Enduring World
Robert Dockhorn, a member of Green Street Meeting in Philadelphia, Pa., was trained as a European historian. He is a former administrator of Testimonies and Concerns programs for Philadelphia Yearly Meeting and a former senior editor of Friends Journal.
Posted in: Features, February 2019
Asylum Seekers Need Action, Not Apathy
How do we respond to the unthinkable?
Janice Pulliam is a resident of Patagonia, Ariz., and a member of Athens (Ga.) Meeting. She is also a member of Voices from the Border, a southern Arizona nonprofit, grassroots community action alliance dedicated to promoting human rights and environmental justice. Learn more at facebook.com/voicesfromtheborder.
Posted in: Features, February 2019
Why I Got Arrested at the Border
A walk along the beach—and an interfaith plea for the soul of a nation.
Lucy Duncan is the director of Friends Relations at American Friends Service Committee. She is a settler, currently residing on unceded Lenni Lenape territory, a storyteller, and an anti-racist activist and teacher.
This article was first published on January 16, 2019 on Friendsjournal.org. It appears in the February 2019 print issue of Friends Journal.
Posted in: Features, February 2019
Viewpoint: Jesus, Forgiveness, and Nonviolence
Nonviolence does not mean that we do not resist evil. 🔒 Friends Journal Member? Sign in here! Not an FJ […]
Writing Opp: Friendly Competition? (deadline extended to Feb 25)
Learn more about writing for our May issue on competition.
Are We Ready to Make the Necessary Changes?
What barriers prevent a racially diverse Religious Society of Friends in the United States?
Vanessa Julye leads workshops, and speaks and writes articles on issues regarding racism. A member of Central Philadelphia (Pa.) Meeting, who travels under a concern for addressing racism in Quakerism with a travel minute from her meeting, Vanessa is Friends General Conference's coordinator for the Ministry on Racism, Youth, and Institutional Assessment.
Posted in: Features, Racially Diverse Society of Friends (January 2019)
The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches from the Border
By Francisco Cantú. Riverhead Books, 2018. 256 pages. $26/hardcover; $17/paperback (available February 2019); $12.99/eBook. Almost four years ago, I reviewed […]
David Austin is a member of Haddonfield (N.J.) Meeting. He lives in Marlton, N.J., where he teaches middle school world history. He is currently writing a book about the Holocaust for young adults.
Posted in: January 2019 Books, Quaker Book Reviews, Racially Diverse Society of Friends (January 2019)
Civility Can Be Dangerous
In 1934, AFSC co‐founder Henry Cadbury advised Jewish rabbis to be gentler on Hitler. Is civility a substitute for morality?
Lucy Duncan is the director of Friends Relations at the American Friends Service Committee.
Posted in: Meetings and Money, Online Features
Among Friends: The Art the World Needs
An introduction to our June/July issue on Creativity and the Arts
Martin Kelley is senior editor of Friends Journal. [email protected]
Posted in: Creativity and the Arts, Features
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February 2019
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Features
Fox Hut by Cameron McWhirter
Surprised by Joy by Kat Griffith
Bearing False Witness by Andrew Huff
Paying as Led by Molly Wingate
Eleven Steps toward an Enduring World by Robert Dockhorn
Asylum Seekers Need Action, Not Apathy by Janice Pulliam
Why I Got Arrested at the Border by Lucy Duncan
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Court Watch by Helen Fox
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