violence

What Are Schools For?

Quakers can advocate for alternatives to the dominant U.S. education paradigm that is based on industrial and military ideals of…

American Friends Service Committee after 90 Years

We seek to know where the Spirit is calling us to be in a particular place and time. —Quaker aphorism…

Friends and the Interfaith Peace Movement

Our country and the world were shaken to the core by the events of September 11, 2001. In response, we…

A Friend’s Testimony on Domestic Violence?

We are called upon to love the loveless and the unlovable, to reach out to the racists and the torturers,…

Peace Is Patriotic

So we're at war.

Dear Friends (an Open Letter)

The Oslo Accords have presented the world with misleading images of peace [between Israel and the Palestinians], and now we…

Difficult Times in Ramallah

This is a difficult note to write. So much has happened and there is so much to say. It has…

As Way Opened

Marietta’s little daughter was murdered. Through her anger, grief, and devastation she struggled until she found peace with her God…