5.11.08 Quaker thought and action

New York Yearly Meeting of Friends: A Minute on Torture

Authors: New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends

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From the Editor's Desk

Outside a bookstore in Beijing, China, February 2006. Photo: J. SAMUEL B.
Authors: Sam Diener

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Peacework Co-Editor Sam Diener reviews Bound for Canaan: The Epic Story of the Underground Railroad, America's First Civil Rights Movement by Fergus Bordewich and comments on the themes of this issue.

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The Work Unfinished: Remembering Hilda Silverman

Hilda Silverman, Winter 2006, during filming of a video on Jewish activism for peace with justice in Israel/Palestine Photo: Linda and Steven Brion-Meisels
Authors: Jennifer Bing-Canar

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We're left without our moral compass.

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When Silence is Deadly: A Quaker Calls for Radical Nonviolence in Our Streets

Authors: Greg Williams

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We need to learn how to celebrate and develop our resilience. When we can do that, we bring life back into our lives and into the lives of our communities.

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Whisperings of Truth: A Pastoral Letter from The Friends Church of Kenya

Authors: Friends Church of Kenya

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Refusal to fight with weapons is not surrender -- we are not passive when threatened by the greedy, the cruel, the tyrant, and the unjust.

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No Justice, No Peace: Listening to the Youth

Children living in showgrounds.
Authors: Malesi Kinaro

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The poor and the youth of this nation must be given a say -- not a token!

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A Kenyan Epiphany

Authors: Raymond Downing

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What is being revealed is the fragility of Western political and economic "solutions" for Africa.

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The Work Begins: A Conversation with Quaker Kenyan Peacemakers

Women rescue a man.
Authors: David Zarembka Eden Grace John Muhanji

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What changes can we make so that Kenyans can promise each other, "Never again"?

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Women's Work: Conscientious Objectors During World War II

Women's Work: Conscientious Objectors During World War II
Authors: Ilene Feinman

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Tension existed between the CO "girls," who were conscientious objectors in their own right, and church leaders, who utilized them to raise the esprit de corps of male conscientious objectors.

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