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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 pmAfter 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: A traditional way of life maintained – The Economic Security Program for Cree Huntersby 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: A traditional way of life maintained – The Economic Security Program for Cree Hunters appeared first on Canadian Friends Service Committee.
- Lessons from the Road # 3: Welcomed Into Relationship – Reflections from Eeyou Istcheeby 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 Istcheeby 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.
- Sharing my story with the Pan Valley Institute
by jkrieg@afsc.org on August 28, 2026 at 5:27 pm - Friends and AFSC rally against immigrant detention on Quaker Solidarity Day
by abruton@afsc.org on August 26, 2026 at 3:49 pm - NEA Peace Games scenario
by Kate Noble on August 26, 2026 at 2:44 pm - Chi Peace YAPers reflect on their experiences and share what peacebuilding means to them
by jkrieg@afsc.org on August 25, 2026 at 10:15 pm - Webinar looks at tools for resisting authoritarianism and engaging lawmakers
by jkrieg@afsc.org on August 25, 2026 at 8:37 pm
Quaker Ranter A Weekly Newsletter and Blog from Martin Kelley
- Be Ready to Answer the Phoneby 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 pmI 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.
- Philosophers Rediscovering Plainness and Integrity in an Always-Online Worldby Martin Kelley on August 12, 2026 at 4:14 am
I love it when cultural essayists rediscover a core Quaker observation about plainness and human nature and give it a new name. Remember a few that’s ago when “normcore” became a thing? Now we have “uni-context,” the idea that our online social lives bleed into all of our different networks (think: friends, work colleagues, romantic
- Finding the Sweet Harmony in Friends Worshipby Martin Kelley on August 5, 2026 at 9:26 pm
I interview John Helding on the Quaker Talk podcast about “worship fluid” Quakerism.
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 pmWritten 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 pmFreeing 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 pmRemembering 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 pmPotatoes, 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 General Conference Nurturing the Spiritual Vitality of Friends
- Vitality: Teaching Peace to Children and Grandchildren
by Johanna Jackson on August 28, 2026 at 7:00 pmAs 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 25, 2026 at 2:48 amUpdates on the National Peace Walk, which extends from New York City to North Carolina. The post Vitality: Walking to Combat Power appeared first on Friends General Conference.
- Vitality: Practicing Peace Before We Need Itby Rashid Darden on June 26, 2026 at 7:36 pm
This week’s Vitality message is written by Eileen Flanagan, a Quaker author and co-clerk of Earth Quaker Action Team. Eileen has been speaking nationally about the nonviolent strategies for change explored in her latest book, Common Ground: How the Crisis of the Earth is Saving Us from Our […]
- Vitality: On Black Joyby Rashid Darden on June 19, 2026 at 12:51 pm
On Obedience: A reflection on fear, faith, and trusting the Inner Light when called to act with courage and conviction. The post Vitality: On Black Joy appeared first on Friends General Conference.