Category: Racial Justice,

Hisham Awartani is Palestinian American: Grew up in Ramallah; came to the USA after Friends’ School

May 28, 2024 Hisham Awartani joins Brown University students presenting divestment proposal to board members The mood at the hill was celebratory after the students presented their divestment proposal, but Awartani was already focused on the next step in the process: the full university board vote on the students’ divestment measure in the fall. (Olivia […]

Return to the Q: How does Truth favored friendship?

Return to the Q: How does Truth favored friendship?

In a modern world, where news flashes connect us to concerns/events on any corner of the globe we feel innate relation between revelation and truth across different spiritual traditions. Friends’ coined a new phrase for how this impacts our Meetings. We have underdeveloped ‘NPR messages’. An NPR message reflects whatever we listened to instead of […]

Celebrating Bayard Rustin and the 60 year Anniversary of Freedom Summer

Celebrating Bayard Rustin and the 60 year Anniversary of Freedom Summer

“Bayard Rustin’s Quaker faith was the cornerstone of his activism in the Civil Rights Movement. As we mark the 60th anniversary of the 1964 Freedom Summer, we honor the lasting impact of his commitment to nonviolence, equality, and strategic action.”

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