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Canadian Friends Service Committee Quakers working for justice and peace

  • Lessons from the road #5: what presence makes possible
    by Matt on August 27, 2026 at 5:55 pm

    After our recent Staff Learning tour in Northern Quebec, we invited our staff to write reflections about their time there. In this series of ‘blog’ posts, The post Lessons from the road #5: what presence makes possible appeared first on Canadian Friends Service Committee.

  • Lessons from the road #4: economic security program for cree hunters
    by Matt on August 27, 2026 at 5:31 pm

    After our recent Staff Learning tour in Northern Quebec, we invited our staff to write reflections about their time there. In this series of ‘blog’ posts, The post Lessons from the road #4: economic security program for cree hunters appeared first on Canadian Friends Service Committee.

  • Lessons from the road #3: welcomed into relationship (reflections from Eeyou Istchee)
    by Matt on August 27, 2026 at 5:30 pm

    After our recent staff learning tour in Northern Quebec, we invited our staff to write reflections about their time there. In this series of blog posts, The post Lessons from the road #3: welcomed into relationship (reflections from Eeyou Istchee) appeared first on Canadian Friends Service Committee.

  • Lessons from the road #2: prevention, care, and self-determination: justice initiatives in Eeyou Istchee
    by Matt on August 27, 2026 at 5:29 pm

    After our recent Staff Learning tour in Northern Quebec, we invited our staff to write reflections about their time there. In this series of ‘blog’ posts, The post Lessons from the road #2: prevention, care, and self-determination: justice initiatives in Eeyou Istchee appeared first on Canadian Friends Service Committee.

American Friends Service Committee – Quaker action for a just world

Quaker Ranter A Weekly Newsletter and Blog from Martin Kelley

  • Turning Weapons into Peace: My Interview with Scotty Utz
    by Martin Kelley on September 14, 2026 at 4:29 pm

    I interviewed September FJ author Scotty Utz about Guns-to-Garden Movement. Fascinating witness and some heartbreaking stories. From my intro: One of the most profound and oft quoted statements from probably the entire Bible is from Isaiah, and it goes And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people, and they shall beat

  • “Creationtide” and the Seasons of the Church and Earth
    by Martin Kelley on September 6, 2026 at 11:34 am

    A beautiful meditation by Brian Drayton on Quakers softening on the ideas of times and seasons and how he (and I suspect many other Friends) have come to more fully embrace the seasons of both the wider Christian Church and also the natural seasons of the earth and cosmos.

  • Be Ready to Answer the Phone
    by Martin Kelley on August 20, 2026 at 6:59 pm

    Thoughts on the surprise Truitt family visit yesterday, because I know Quakers can be really really bad at this… Make sure you have a website that lists a phone number that rings through to a real person in real time. One that also lists an email that will be promptly read and answered. This event

  • Truitt Family Visits Meeting
    by Martin Kelley on August 20, 2026 at 4:24 pm

    I had a wonderful time playing host for a visit by an old Cropwell Meeting family that was visiting the area this week. The Truitts were a free Black family in Delaware who joined self-emancipating enslaved people in that state and on Maryland’s Eastern Shore to settle among South Jersey Quakers in the early 1800s.

Jolly Quaker Useful theology from a Quaker-shaped Christian

QEW Quaker Earthcare Witness

  • QEW Mini-Grants: Hope is not a wish. Hope is work.
    by Keith Runyan on April 23, 2026 at 4:22 pm

    Written by Al McGrew, Co-convener of the QEW Mini-Grants Working Group What do the following all have in common? Indigenous potato farmers in the Bolivian Altiplano; Young women studying environmental sciences at a Friends school in Costa Rica; Friends Meetings in New Hampshire and North Carolina […]

  • Freeing Ourselves From Possessions
    by Keith Runyan on April 23, 2026 at 3:33 pm

    Freeing Ourselves From Freeing Ourselves From Posessions By Tom Small We are close to waking up when we dream that we are dreaming. Norvalis (1799) For some time now, my house has been becoming more transparent. I can see across it, sometimes almost through it. There’s a little more clarity. […]

  • Remembering Bill Howenstine
    by Keith Runyan on April 23, 2026 at 3:18 pm

    Remembering Bill Howenstine: William Lester Howenstine “Bill” Born June 20, 1925  Bill Howenstine was a gentle force of nature and led a life of great impact. He passed away on January 23, 2026, at the age of 100, at home on the farm where he and  Alice, his wife of 72 years, had lived since […]

  • Potatoes, Prayers, and Prisons: A Quaker Study Tour of Bolivian Resilience
    by Keith Runyan on April 23, 2026 at 3:14 pm

    Potatoes, Prayers, and Prisons: A Quaker Study Tour of Bolivian Resilience Jonny Costello For two weeks at the beginning of January, I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to accompany the “Quaker Study Tour” on a trip to Bolivia. The trip is organized by the Bolivian Quaker […]

Friends Association for Higher Education A consortium of Quaker colleges and scholars

Friends General Conference Nurturing the Spiritual Vitality of Friends

  • Vitality: Finding Healthy Communities
    by Johanna Jackson on September 4, 2026 at 7:48 pm

    Sometimes, building healthy community can start with simply noticing the moments of connection, faith, and love that surround you. Vitality message by Johanna Jackson. The post Vitality: Finding Healthy Communities appeared first on Friends General Conference.

  • The Desire to Grow more Quakers
    by Jen Ambrose on September 1, 2026 at 10:01 pm

    Tamsen was raised Quaker, but it had been 50 years since she attended her last Gathering! “Because I grew up Quaker, people look to me for how things get done,” says Tamsen. “I have a feel for some things, but I’d never had any training.” The post The Desire to Grow more Quakers appeared […]

  • Vitality: Teaching Peace to Children and Grandchildren
    by Johanna Jackson on August 28, 2026 at 7:00 pm

    As part of Peace Month, Melinda Wenner Bradley shares news and strategies on teaching peace to young Friends. The post Vitality: Teaching Peace to Children and Grandchildren appeared first on Friends General Conference.

  • Vitality: Walking to Combat Power
    by Johanna Jackson on July 24, 2026 at 10:42 am

    Updates on the National Peace Walk, which extends from New York City to North Carolina. Vitality message by Johanna Jackson. The post Vitality: Walking to Combat Power appeared first on Friends General Conference.

Friends Peace Teams

  • Not Alone Anymore
    by Kellum Ashuma on September 16, 2026 at 11:13 am

    EUROPE AND MIDDLE EAST —My friend Mohamma salam (Hama hadi) and I ( Mohammed Hasan Mohammed) traveled from Sulaymaniyah, in Kurdistan, Iraq, to Armenia to participate in the Culture of Peace and Justice workshop from July 2 to July 12 of last year. We are both AVP facilitators, and we went there thinking we were just going to learn some new skills in peacebuilding. I knew I would learn things, but I never imagined how much this workshop would change something deep inside of me. It was not only a place of training; it became a journey where I met my own feelings and understood myself in a new way.

  • Friends Women’s Association (FWA) July 2026 News
    by Kellum Ashuma on September 12, 2026 at 5:12 pm

    AFRICAN GREAT LAKES — Breaking the Silence Around Mental Health “The discussions about mental health helped me a lot. I understood that stress, anxiety, and emotional difficulties can affect anyone and that you should not be afraid to ask for help. The advice I received helped me regain my self-confidence.” — Liesse, 18

  • Meet the 2026 RJPT Facilitators!
    by Kellum Ashuma on September 10, 2026 at 3:08 pm

    ASIA WEST PACIFIC — Aki, Bon, Dhea, Ellie, Kins, Raissa, and Shannon from Australia, Indonesia and the Philippines with multi-faith, seven languages, and multi-generational experiences will facilitate the 2026 Regional Justice and Peace Training (RJPT) in Bantayan Island, Cebu, Philippines on October 13-22, 2026. These facilitators participated in various international Alternatives to Violence Project -Justice and Peace workshops and are highly experienced facilitators in different settings and contexts. They all believe that peace is possible in different settings.

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