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Benjamin Lay: The Radical Quaker Abolitionist Who Challenged the World

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The History of George Fox

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The Palestinian Quaker School That Survived 150 Years of War and Occupation

Ramallah Friends School was founded in 1869 by two Friends from New England, when Palestine was still under the rule…
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The Lasting Trauma of Quaker Indigenous Boarding Schools

“Most Quakers still don’t know our history as participants in this enterprise of forced assimilation of Native people,” Paula Palmer…
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Scattergood Hostel: A Quaker Response to the Holocaust

In the summer of 1938, a group of young Quakers in Iowa wrote a letter to the American Friends Service…
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Looking at the Legacy of Bayard Rustin

As a gay African American, civil rights activist Bayard Rustin faced discrimination his entire life—sometimes, Walter Naegle reminds us, among…
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Who was Mahala Ashley Dickerson?

Mahala Ashley Dickerson was a trailblazer for justice who fought for marginalized people her whole life. A childhood classmate of…
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Do Quakers Celebrate Christmas?

Quakers believe every day is sacred, that we celebrate Christ’s birth, death, and resurrection all the time, not just at…
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The Influence of Quakers in Mental Healthcare

“We often fail to recognize that Quakers were tremendous innovators in behavioral health,” reflects Joe Pyle, president of the Thomas…
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The Quaker Handshake as a Sacramental Practice

Before the pandemic, the handshake was such a commonplace gesture that you’ve probably never thought much about where it came…
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Admiring John Brown as a Pacifist

“John Brown was a deeply religious man who took gospel teachings to heart,” says Michael Levi. “[He] saw unsustainable, unacceptable…
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How History Informs Continuing Revelation

When we ask ourselves why a Quaker meeting or church might make a good spiritual home, Steve Angell observes, we…
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Benjamin Lay: The Radical Quaker Abolitionist Who Challenged the World
The History of George Fox
The Palestinian Quaker School That Survived 150 Years of War and Occupation
The Lasting Trauma of Quaker Indigenous Boarding Schools