by Publications Committee | May 9, 2016 | BeFriending Creation, Individuals Taking Action, Number 3, Uncategorized, Volume 29, Youth & Young Friends
By Shelley Tanenbaum, QEW General Secretary. How often do you hear people complain (or rant, scream, and shout) that the U.S. government is not doing enough about climate change, but they don’t actually do anything about it? Last year, twenty-one young Americans and...
by Publications Committee | May 9, 2016 | Uncategorized
Whether you consider yourself a liberal Friend, a conservative Friend, an evangelical Friend, a Buddhist Friend, a non-theist Friend, or another kind of Friend altogether, we invite you to submit a 500-word, personal essay for our upcoming Special Edition of...
by Publications Committee | May 9, 2016 | BeFriending Creation, Mini-Grants, Number 3, Uncategorized, Volume 29
Mini Grants in Bolivia By Mary Gilbert TREES IN THE ALTIPLANO The city of El Alto in Bolivia sits at an elevation of 13,600 feet. Specific native trees can actually grow at that altitude in Bolivia. Ruben Hilare—inspired by what he learned at a UN meeting in...
by Publications Committee | May 9, 2016 | Uncategorized
By Brad Stocker In Mary Gilbert’s article in this issue, you learned what QEW Mini-Grants are, but you may be less familiar with ProNica. ProNica is a Quaker-founded NGO that currently works in solidarity with nine Nicaraguan projects. The organization began under the...
by Publications Committee | May 9, 2016 | BeFriending Creation, Books We Love, Number 3, Spirituality, Uncategorized, Volume 29
By Judy Lumb. I have admired and been inspired by the writing of Marcelle Martin in Friends Journal, so I was very happy to learn that her book was released. It is a very effective juxtaposition of vignettes from the lives of early Friends and contemporary Friends....
