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Anti-War, War, & Weapons

• Gaza Palestine Israel  Aug. 10, 2024
• “End Torture” Initiative Laid Down  July 20, 2024
• Oppose an Army Extension in Hawaii  July 13, 2024
• Guns  July 13, 2024
• Live Oak (CA) Minute on Gaza  June 29, 2024
• The Road to War  May 11, 2024
• Don’t Say We Didn’t Know  May 11, 2024
• All Wars Are Not Equal  May 4, 2024
• Two More Statements on Gaza  May 4, 2024
• Orange Grove Minute on Gaza  April 27, 2024
• A Just Peace – What Friends Can Bring  April 13, 2024
• Sacramento Meeting – A Call for Ceasefire  March 23, 2024
• Another Call for Peace in Gaza  March 16, 2024
• Peace Minute from Salt Lake City  March 9, 2024
• Warheads to Windmills  Feb. 24, 2024
• More on Gaza  Feb. 17, 2024
• More on "Taking Sides" in Gaza  Feb. 9, 2024
• For Peace, Not for Palestine  Feb. 3, 2024
• Tacoma Minute on Israel & Gaza  Feb. 2, 2024
• Celebration of World-Beyond-War Billboard  Jan. 26, 2024
• Minute on Conflict in Middle East  Jan. 26, 2024
• A Movie Review of Oppenheimer  Jan. 10, 2024
• Pima Meeting Calls for Peace  Jan. 6, 2024

Borders & Migration

• On the Southern US Border  Aug. 3, 2024
• Quakers on the Border  June 1, 2024

Civic Engagement & Nonviolent Action

• Seattle Peace Statue Stolen  Aug. 3, 2024
• Alternatives to Violence Workshops in Cuba  July 27, 2024
• Colonialism and Nonviolence  June 22, 2024
• Peace Vigil at Naval Magazine Indian Island  June 22, 2024
• Community In-Reach for Outreach  June 8, 2024
• U.S. Peace Activist Sentenced in Germany  May 18, 2024
• Priority Actions to Protect Democracy in 2024  May 11, 2024
• A Fight for Digital Library Rights  April 27, 2024
• Annual War Tax Resistance Letter 2024  April 20, 2024
• Meetings, Your Legislative Priorities are Due Monday!  April 13, 2024
• Bethlehem – Peace Seekers and Persecution  March 30, 2024
• Why Fast for Peace  March 16, 2024
• Pre-Election Quaker Call  March 16, 2024
• One Voice, Many Hearts  March 16, 2024
• Corporate Responsibility in the Arms Trade  March 9, 2024
• Stopping Border Militarization  March 9, 2024

Diversity, Equity, & Antiracism

• Retrospective Justice  Aug. 24, 2024
• Native "Family Heirlooms"?  Aug. 17, 2024
• The People of the Tides  July 20, 2024
• About Western Friend’s DEI Statement  July 13, 2024
• 339 Manumissions and Beyond  June 15, 2024
• Return Woolman Center to the Nisenan  May 25, 2024
• Nisenan Land Buyback – Podcast Episode  May 18, 2024
• Truth and Reconciliation Work by Canadian Friends  April 27, 2024
• Grass Valley Meeting Helps Native Land Transfer  April 20, 2024
• Video Documentary about Paul Robeson  April 13, 2024
• For Allies of Native Nations  April 6, 2024
• Support for Land Transfer  March 30, 2024
• Upcoming Benchmark for the Nisenan  March 30, 2024
• Bayard Rustin Forum – Video Online  March 23, 2024
• A Call to Participate in Homeland Return  Feb. 24, 2024
• Ethical Land Transitions – Video  Feb. 17, 2024
• Ethical Land Transitions  Feb. 10, 2024
• Responses to News about Woolman Property  Feb. 2, 2024
• Media Reports on Quaker Reparations in Alaskan  Jan. 26, 2024
• California Native Boarding Schools  Jan. 19, 2024

Donation Request

• Donation Request – Gaza  Aug. 31, 2024
• Donation Request – Chapel in Missouri  Aug. 24, 2024
• Concerning Freebies  Aug. 24, 2024
• Donation Request – Hospice for Unhoused  Aug. 17, 2024
• Donation Request – Hunger in Kenya  Aug. 10, 2024
• Donation Request – San Jose Meetinghouse  July 20, 2024

Ecology & Climate

• Conservation of Wildlife and Ranching  Sept. 7, 2024
• Quaker Earthcare Climate Map  Sept. 7, 2024
• Quakers Promote International Dialog on Plastic Pollution  May 11, 2024
• Recording - Quaker Earthcare Witness, Spring 2024  May 4, 2024
• Friends Mobilization against Fossil Fuel Investing  April 6, 2024
• Quaker U.N. Office on International Plastics Treaty  April 6, 2024
• A Question about Your Meeting’s Bank  April 6, 2024
• Friends Climate Emergency Fund  April 6, 2024
• Quaker Earthcare Book Group  Feb. 10, 2024

Health & Family

• Sketches from Prison  June 29, 2024
• Saving Lives with Soap  May 25, 2024
• African Great Lakes Consortium, 2024 Q1  May 4, 2024
• New Co-Housing in West Denver Area  Feb. 17, 2024

Help Wanted / Position Filled

• Tacoma Friends Meeting Seeks Caretaker  Sept. 14, 2024
• Review a Book for Western Friend?  Aug. 10, 2024
• Operations Associate Needed at Pendle Hill  July 27, 2024
• Western Friend Editor Search  June 5, 2024
• Quaker U.N. Seeks Program Representatives  May 11, 2024
• Staff Needed for Mountain Friends Camp!  April 27, 2024
• Seeking Assistant Web Keeper  April 13, 2024
• Remote Job Opening – Ben Lomond Quaker Center  April 13, 2024
• Help Hire the Next Western Friend Editor  Feb. 24, 2024
• Be a Mountain Friends Camp Counselor  Feb. 2, 2024
• Openings at Quaker United Nations Office  Jan. 20, 2024

Housing & Hunger

• Holy Wtr at San Francisco Meeting  July 6, 2024

Life of the Meeting / Life of the Society

• World Gatherings of Young Friends  Sept. 14, 2024
• Reflections on the 2024 World Plenary  Sept. 7, 2024
• Variations on Worship Sharing  Aug. 31, 2024
• A Call for Workshop Proposals  Aug. 17, 2024
• Quaker NOATS for August  Aug. 10, 2024
• Living the Spirit of Ubuntu  Aug. 10, 2024
• Daily Updates from the World Plenary  Aug. 3, 2024
• PacYM 2024 Has Begun  July 20, 2024
• North Pacific Yearly Meeting 2024  July 13, 2024
• FWCC Selects Friend from Olympia  July 13, 2024
• George Fox Birthday Gifts  July 6, 2024
• Photos from Intermountain Yearly Meeting  June 29, 2024
• Tell It Slant – Chuck Fager Biography  June 22, 2024
• Weaving Intermountain Yearly Meeting  June 15, 2024
• World Quaker Songbook  June 8, 2024
• Quaker NOATS for June 2024  June 7, 2024
• Quaker Connect for Quaker Meetings  May 25, 2024
• Quaker NOATS for May  May 4, 2024
• Experience Fellowship with Friends Around the World  April 20, 2024
• Youth NOATS for April  April 6, 2024
• Public Debut of Olive Rush Studio  March 30, 2024
• Ways of Using Western Friend  March 23, 2024
• Quaker NOATS March 2024  March 9, 2024
• Website Help for Quaker Meetings  Feb. 24, 2024
• Lots of Opportunities with AFSC  Feb. 9, 2024
• Quaker NOATS - Feb 2024  Feb. 2, 2024
• Quaker World Plenary “Hubs”  Feb. 2, 2024
• George Fox’s 400th Birthday  Jan. 15, 2024
• Pre-Civil-War Quaker Family Journal  Jan. 10, 2024

Quaker Public Policy & Service Org's

• Guatemala Quaker Program - Summer 2024  July 6, 2024
• Free Trip to Bolivia  June 22, 2024
• Call for Presenters – Quaker Institute for the Future  June 8, 2024
• English Teaching Program in Guatemala  April 27, 2024

Quaker Publishers

• Ubuntu Documentary Coming Soon  July 20, 2024
• GeorgeFox.chat  July 6, 2024
• 184 Public Domain Quaker books  June 29, 2024

Quaker Schools & Retreat Centers

• Ben Lomond Quaker Camps 2024  June 8, 2024
• Registration Open for Quaker Camps in the West - 2024  May 25, 2024
• Summer in Honduras  May 18, 2024
• The Cost of Adobe  March 30, 2024
• To Dispel Misconceptions and Inaccuracies  March 9, 2024
• More on Sale of Woolman Land  Feb. 10, 2024
• Apply to Be a Resident Scholar  Feb. 9, 2024
• Letter of Dismay  Jan. 27, 2024
• Quaker Land Transfer to Nisenan Tribe  Jan. 8, 2024

Spiritual Deepening

• Exploring Quaker Worship - Videos  July 6, 2024
• Through Loving Intention  May 18, 2024
• Exploring “Between Words”  March 23, 2024
• Exploring Quaker Worship  March 16, 2024
• Apologies  Feb. 9, 2024
• Las Amigas Study on II Samuel  Jan. 6, 2024

Uncategorized

• Sickness in Honduras  Aug. 9, 2024