Shelley Blank

Quakers and Standing Rock

• Author(s):
• Jasmine Krotkov,
• Shelley Blank,
• Kyle Chandler-Isacksen,
• American Friends Service Committee,
• Quaker Earthcare Witness

Western Friend received several accounts of Quaker support for the Standing Rock resistance in North Dakota during the fall of 2016. The opening paragraphs of those accounts are presented below. Follow this link to read the full accounts.

Issue: On Competition (January 2017)

Children as Soldiers

• Author(s):
• Shelley Blank

Dear Friends:  Please consider this article I wrote for Epoch Times, September 10, 2015 on “children as soldiers.” UNICEF estimates that about 300,000 children under 18 are currently involved in more than thirty conflicts across the globe. Although there are no exact figures, the average age is 16 in government forces, younger in armed rebel groups. Some soldiers are as young as eight years old. Please consider this issue, and let your conscience be your guide. Read the article here.

Issue: On Money (November 2015)

Quakers and Standing Rock

Authored by: Jasmine Krotkov, Shelley Blank, American Friends Service Committee, Kyle Chandler-Isacksen, Quaker Earthcare Witness

Medical Pioneer Sets Sights on Global Concerns

Authored by: Shelley Blank, Simon Simonian