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Multnomah Friends Racial Justice Minute

Dec. 27, 2021

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In the Upper Room

Dec. 17, 2021

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A Carol for this Season

Dec. 17, 2021

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New Program Offerings at Ben Lomond Quaker Center

Dec. 17, 2021

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First Day School “Zoom” Christmas Play

Dec. 17, 2021

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Children’s Peace Libraries in Rwanda

Dec. 17, 2021

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Musicians Collective – Flowers of Resistance

Dec. 10, 2021

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End the Selective Service Requirement

Dec. 10, 2021

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The Depth of Our Belonging – Book Group

Dec. 10, 2021

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Living Fellowship Needs Fresh Forms

Dec. 10, 2021

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The Depth of Our Belonging (book review)

Dec. 10, 2021

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In the Beginning

Dec. 10, 2021

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Paul Niebanck

Dec. 3, 2021

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Fall Queries from IMYM

Dec. 3, 2021

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Fill this day with Love

Dec. 3, 2021

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New Books Awaiting Reviewers

Dec. 3, 2021

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Support U.S. Legislation on Indian Boarding Schools

Dec. 3, 2021

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Walking with the Bible (Bilingual)

Dec. 3, 2021

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Poetry for Justice

Dec. 3, 2021

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Olympia Friend Awarded for Lifetime Achievement

Nov. 26, 2021

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Quaker Contributions to COP26

Nov. 26, 2021

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Covid Vaccines for the World

Nov. 26, 2021

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Help Pick FCNL Legislative Priorities

Nov. 26, 2021

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Inviting Youth into Spiritual Community

Nov. 26, 2021

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Quakers and Facebook?

Nov. 26, 2021

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Remembering Vashek Cervinka

Nov. 20, 2021

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31st Annual Vigil for Migrant Border Deaths

Nov. 20, 2021

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QVS Applications Now Open

Nov. 19, 2021

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Program Ideas?

Nov. 19, 2021

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Register for Tree Planting at Woolman

Nov. 19, 2021

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Experiment with Light - Give Thanks

Nov. 19, 2021

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Covid Vaccines for the World

Nov. 12, 2021

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FGC Hiring an Event Associate

Nov. 12, 2021

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Dismantling Racism and Militarism

Nov. 12, 2021

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PacYM F&P is Back!

Nov. 12, 2021

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Debrief Our Interview with Cherice Bock

Nov. 12, 2021

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Response to “Grizzly Protocol”

Nov. 6, 2021

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FWCC Hiring Census Worker (remote)

Nov. 5, 2021

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Plant Trees in Honduras with Las Hermanas

Nov. 5, 2021

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Video of George Lakey talk in Colorado

Nov. 5, 2021

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Hybrid Meeting a Civil Right

Nov. 5, 2021

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Development Work in Nicaragua

Nov. 5, 2021

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Blunting the Impacts of Global Warming

Oct. 30, 2021

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Hope and Witness in Dangerous Times

Oct. 30, 2021

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Meal with a Theme

Oct. 30, 2021

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Returning to the Body

Oct. 29, 2021

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Fit for Freedom, Not for Friendship – reading group

Oct. 29, 2021

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News from Friends House Moscow

Oct. 29, 2021

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Resources for Truth and Military Recruitment

Oct. 26, 2021

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Quaker Voluntary Service is Hiring

Oct. 22, 2021

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Why Rosa Belongs Here

Oct. 22, 2021

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Recovery and Adaptation at Woolman

Oct. 22, 2021

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One Trillion Trees

Oct. 22, 2021

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Opportunity to Help Refugees

Oct. 15, 2021

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Build Peace through Friends House Moscow

Oct. 15, 2021

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Connecting to COP26

Oct. 15, 2021

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Covid Consultation for Monthly Meetings

Oct. 15, 2021

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Creative Design for Teen Sunday Classes

Oct. 15, 2021

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Where is the Kingdom of Heaven?

Oct. 15, 2021

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Tasting Awe

Oct. 8, 2021

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Indigenous Peoples Day, Boulder

Oct. 8, 2021

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Friends’ Response to Authoritarianism

Oct. 8, 2021

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Native American Legislative Priorities

Oct. 8, 2021

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Quaker Way of Living with Dying

Oct. 8, 2021

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Teach English Online with Progresa

Oct. 8, 2021

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Portal to COP26

Oct. 2, 2021

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WF Podcast THREE - Cherice Bock Keynote

Oct. 2, 2021

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SPICES with JaM

Oct. 2, 2021

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Pacific Yearly Meeting Job Opening

Oct. 2, 2021

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Join QEW in DC

Oct. 2, 2021

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Your Thoughts on Women’s Theology Conference

Oct. 2, 2021

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Quaker Center Call for Program Proposals

Sept. 24, 2021

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Way of the Spirit - Fall 2021

Sept. 24, 2021

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War Abolisher Awards for 2021

Sept. 24, 2021

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Two Decades of Quaker Peace Advocacy

Sept. 24, 2021

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Hybrid Meeting - A Dramatic Rendition

Sept. 24, 2021

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Quaker Parent Mutual Support Network

Sept. 17, 2021

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Community-Led Development

Sept. 17, 2021

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Young Adult Friends and COP26

Sept. 17, 2021

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Responding to Overwhelming Climate Change

Sept. 17, 2021

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Congress and Climate Change

Sept. 17, 2021

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Teaching English to Guatemalans

Sept. 17, 2021

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Events - Right Relations with Native Peoples

Sept. 10, 2021

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Friends and Detention Systems

Sept. 10, 2021

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Hospital Roof and Water Treatment

Sept. 10, 2021

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Woolman Seeks Executive Director

Sept. 10, 2021

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The People vs. Fossil Fuels

Sept. 10, 2021

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Savor

Sept. 10, 2021

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Community Conversation on Race and Faith

Sept. 5, 2021

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Online Retreat with Marcelle Martin

Sept. 3, 2021

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FCNL Opening for Meeting Planner

Sept. 3, 2021

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9/11 – Twenty Years Later

Sept. 3, 2021

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Embodying the Light

Sept. 3, 2021

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WF Podcast TWO: Conversation with José

Sept. 3, 2021

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Our Quaker Foremothers

Sept. 3, 2021

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The Real Threat to Global Peace is

Aug. 27, 2021

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Support Friends in South Africa

Aug. 27, 2021

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The Green Heart of God

Aug. 27, 2021

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Kafka and Miracles

Aug. 27, 2021

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The “Friend” in “Friendly Water”

Aug. 27, 2021

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Call for a Truth and Healing Commission

Aug. 27, 2021

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Ally-Accomplice with Native Peoples

Aug. 20, 2021

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Bridges, Not Walls at the Border

Aug. 20, 2021

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Five Decades of Honolulu Meeting

Aug. 20, 2021

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Goatwalking is Back!

Aug. 20, 2021

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School of the Americas Watch - Save the Date

Aug. 20, 2021

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Amigas Bible Study

Aug. 20, 2021

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El Salvador Projects

Aug. 13, 2021

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Friends Ages 35 – 59-ish

Aug. 13, 2021

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Quaker Earthcare Actions

Aug. 13, 2021

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Hidden Villa Needs a Controller

Aug. 13, 2021

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Invitation to World Quaker Day

Aug. 13, 2021

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Greening Meeting Minute

Aug. 6, 2021

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Montana Friend Arrested at U.S. Supreme Court

Aug. 6, 2021

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Sharing Our Anti-Racist Journeys

Aug. 6, 2021

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Friendly Water in Kenya

Aug. 6, 2021

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Wanted: News of Quaker Anti-Racism Work

Aug. 6, 2021

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WF Podcast One – José Santos Woss Keynote

Aug. 6, 2021

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Exploring Spiritual Practices

Aug. 6, 2021

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Hope in Dangerous Times

July 30, 2021

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Religious Diversity Minute

July 30, 2021

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Right Relationships Workshop

July 30, 2021

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Resources for Blended Worship

July 30, 2021

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Quaker Lobby Job in Washington State

July 23, 2021

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Climate, Peace, and Human Rights

July 23, 2021

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Giving a $%&!

July 23, 2021

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Lucretia Mott Student Essay Award

July 23, 2021

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Black Quaker Project Annual Presentation

July 23, 2021

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What is Worship?

July 23, 2021

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Western Friend Podcast Coming Soon!

July 23, 2021

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Apply to Uproot Racism

July 23, 2021

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Fund-Raising with Mennonite Values

July 23, 2021

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Commemorate Hiroshima and Nagasaki Days

July 23, 2021

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NPYM Advocates Reparations

July 18, 2021

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Conference on Quaker Religious Education

July 16, 2021

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Help Feed Friends in India

July 16, 2021

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QuEST Seeks Two Fellows in Seattle

July 16, 2021

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Truth and Healing Commission for Native Peoples

July 16, 2021

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Question about Land Acknowledgements

July 16, 2021

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How Much in Reserve?

July 9, 2021

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Post-COVID Reopening Resources

July 9, 2021

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Building a Bridge to COP26

July 9, 2021

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Where Are the New Quakers?

July 9, 2021

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Free Books – Earth Light

July 2, 2021

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Indian Boarding Schools

July 2, 2021

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Registration Closes Monday - NPYM

July 2, 2021

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In the Struggle - Book Release

July 2, 2021

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Braiding Sweetgrass Invites You

July 2, 2021

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Quaker-Style Governance

July 2, 2021

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Reopening - Live Oak’s Decision

July 2, 2021

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Communications Manager wanted

June 25, 2021

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Rise Up Singing Circle

June 25, 2021

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Retreats Manager wanted

June 25, 2021

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Race and Faith

June 25, 2021

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Nonviolence and the Pentagon Papers

June 25, 2021

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Family Work Camp

June 25, 2021

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New Quaker Anti-Racism Initiative

June 18, 2021

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Intermountain Yearly Meeting Hiring

June 18, 2021

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Margaret Fell Video

June 18, 2021

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Two New Books from Our Friends

June 18, 2021

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Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons

June 18, 2021

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Honolulu Caretakers Wanted

June 18, 2021

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Summer Feels Generous

June 18, 2021

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Help Vaccinate Quakers in Uganda

June 18, 2021

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Truth and Military Recruitment, Speaker Events

June 16, 2021

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Friends in Public Office, Speaker Events

June 16, 2021

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Proposals to End Nuclear Weapons

June 11, 2021

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Meetings Reopening

June 11, 2021

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Aloha Quakerism 101

June 11, 2021

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Camp Medic Needed

June 11, 2021

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Choosing Earth, Choosing Life

June 11, 2021

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IMYM Registration Closes Today

June 11, 2021

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Defeat Barriers to Citizenship

June 11, 2021

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Hybrid Worship and Quaker Values

June 4, 2021

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Carbon-Neutral Friends Meeting

June 4, 2021

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Quaker Parenting Initiative

June 4, 2021

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Tech-Savvy Amish

June 4, 2021

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FCNL Seeks General Secretary

June 4, 2021

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Emergency Appeal from the Congo

June 4, 2021

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Hartsough on Peace and Justice

May 28, 2021

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Global Quaker Story

May 28, 2021

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True Costs of War

May 28, 2021

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Work for Quaker Earthcare Witness

May 28, 2021

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Pay Vaccines Forward

May 28, 2021

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Preparing for the New

May 22, 2021

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Berkeley Meeting Minute on Racism

May 22, 2021

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Quakers Working in the Legislature

May 22, 2021

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Hartsoughs’ Annual Letter to the IRS

May 22, 2021

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El Amigo Cuálquero

May 22, 2021

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Quaker Voluntary Service - Briefing

May 22, 2021

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Muscle Building for Peace and Justice

May 14, 2021

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The Loving Earth Project

May 14, 2021

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Progresa Spring 2021

May 14, 2021

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Learnings that Light the Way

May 14, 2021

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QUNO Geneva Seeks New Director

May 14, 2021

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Help Pay Children’s Dental Bills

May 14, 2021

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44th Session of Friends in Mexico

May 8, 2021

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Mapping Militarism 2021

May 8, 2021

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Interview of a Quaker Publisher

May 8, 2021

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A Friends School for Phoenix

May 8, 2021

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Hybrid Worship Matrix

May 8, 2021

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Living with Fire

May 8, 2021

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Topic Groups - Future of Worship

May 7, 2021

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Home-Group Assignments - Future of Worship

May 7, 2021

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Hidden Villa Hiring

April 30, 2021

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Help Fund Nonviolence in Burma/Myanmar

April 30, 2021

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Minute on Dismantling Racism

April 30, 2021

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Armed only with Guitars

April 30, 2021

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Notable Friends of the Twentieth Century

April 30, 2021

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Opening - San Francisco Friends School

April 30, 2021

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Discussion on War Tax Resistance

April 30, 2021

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Las Cruces Friends on StoryCorps

April 23, 2021

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New Program for Young Quakers

April 23, 2021

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Job Opening at Woolman

April 23, 2021

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Prosaic Prompts to Presence

April 23, 2021

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FWCC Hiring

April 23, 2021

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Retrospective Justice

April 23, 2021

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Charge for Carbon Pollution

April 16, 2021

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Grant Statehood to DC

April 16, 2021

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Let us call each other IN!

April 16, 2021

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Meeting for Grieving

April 16, 2021

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Sustainable Development

April 16, 2021

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Seven Short Quaker Videos

April 16, 2021

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Meet Spook Handy

April 16, 2021

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Three New Quaker Resources for Sustainability

April 16, 2021

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Civility across the Political Divide

April 16, 2021

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In-Person Meeting Protocols

April 9, 2021

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Call it “Terrorism” with Care

April 9, 2021

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Quaker Songwriting Celebration

April 9, 2021

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Women's Revolution Unfinished - New Book

April 9, 2021

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Not for Cannibalism

April 9, 2021

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Split in Northwest YM - New Book

April 9, 2021

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Quaker Women’s Theology Conference

April 2, 2021

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Gathered Meeting - Pendle Hill Lecture

April 2, 2021

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Vaccines and Community - Transcript

April 2, 2021

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Preparing for Re-Entry

April 2, 2021

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Braiding Sweetgrass Worship Group

April 2, 2021

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Loving Earth Art Project

April 2, 2021

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Atlanta Friends Minute on Racist Violence

April 2, 2021

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Desiana Books - New Website

April 2, 2021

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Quaker Perspective on Russian Authoritarianism

March 26, 2021

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What Does It Mean to Love the Other?

March 26, 2021

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Bystander Intervention Training

March 26, 2021

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Little Book of Lamentations

March 26, 2021

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Resurrection Redux

March 26, 2021

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Over a Third of Mass Shooters Trained by the Military

March 26, 2021

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Follow the Life

March 19, 2021

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For a Just and Loving Society

March 19, 2021

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Help Zoom a Yearly Meeting

March 19, 2021

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Virtual Singalong Concert

March 19, 2021

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Western Friend Speaker Series 2021

March 19, 2021

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Spring is a Marching Band

March 19, 2021

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Poverty and Tax Credits in the U.S.

March 19, 2021

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Decolonize Quakers

March 19, 2021

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Using Nonviolent Communication

March 19, 2021

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Anna Fritz at Arizona Half-Yearly

March 12, 2021

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Multiplication of Grief

March 12, 2021

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Service to the People of Myanmar

March 12, 2021

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Friends House Finds a New Partner

March 12, 2021

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Family Worship Online

March 12, 2021

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Highest Common Denominator

March 12, 2021

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Anti-Racist Giving Webinar

March 12, 2021

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Healing Ritual – Quaker Perspectives

March 12, 2021

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Mountain Friends Camp 2021

March 12, 2021

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Everyday Comparative Religion

March 12, 2021

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Clerking Resources from FGC

March 12, 2021

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Epistle from Friends Peace Teams

March 12, 2021

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Help Native Village Buy Ancestral Lands

March 5, 2021

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Persuade, Don’t Preach

March 5, 2021

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LGBTQ+ Quaker Gathering

March 5, 2021

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AFSC Webinars Coming Up

March 5, 2021

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Woolman School Book Project

March 5, 2021

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Racial Justice Minutes

Feb. 27, 2021

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Quaker Spring

Feb. 27, 2021

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Substance and Filler

Feb. 27, 2021

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Quaker Retreat for Interracial Couple

Feb. 27, 2021

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Health Citizen Pledge

Feb. 26, 2021

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New Hires at Woolman

Feb. 26, 2021

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Vaccines and Community, Speaker Events

Feb. 19, 2021

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Toward Right Relationship Spring Workshops

Feb. 19, 2021

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Soul Force Ones Podcast

Feb. 19, 2021

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Parallel Processes

Feb. 19, 2021

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Persistence of Bulungi Shade Tree Friends

Feb. 19, 2021

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52-Year-Old Dream

Feb. 12, 2021

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Quaker Women’s Theology Conference

Feb. 12, 2021

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History of John Woolman School - new book

Feb. 12, 2021

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Race & Retrospective Justice

Feb. 12, 2021

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Beyond Quakerism 101

Feb. 12, 2021

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More on Cheese on a River

Feb. 5, 2021

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Search – Human Rights Violators

Feb. 5, 2021

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For Young Adult Friends

Feb. 5, 2021

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Alternatives to Violence, Chechnya

Feb. 5, 2021

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Worship Group on a Hill

Feb. 5, 2021

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UN Treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

Jan. 30, 2021

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Perception

Jan. 29, 2021

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Women Earth Defenders

Jan. 29, 2021

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Help Muzzle Fox News

Jan. 22, 2021

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Restoring Yourself as a Caregiver

Jan. 22, 2021

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An Unsettling Glimpse into Senior Care

Jan. 22, 2021

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Discernment

Jan. 15, 2021

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Rename William Penn House

Jan. 15, 2021

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Hospital San Isidro

Jan. 15, 2021

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Help Stop Gun Exports to Mexico

Jan. 15, 2021

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No Place Like Home

Jan. 15, 2021

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MLK Film Festival

Jan. 15, 2021

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Quaker Theatre and Contemplative Prayer

Jan. 15, 2021

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Truth, Politics, & Hannah Arendt

Jan. 15, 2021

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Quakers Call for Trump’s Removal

Jan. 8, 2021

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Davis Meeting Minutes on Racism

Jan. 8, 2021

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Right Relationship with Native Peoples

Jan. 8, 2021

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Ted Harlan Smith Memorial

Jan. 8, 2021

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Free Film – The Third Harmony

Jan. 8, 2021

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Quaker United Nations Virtual Summer School

Jan. 1, 2021

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Friends Church Administrator Opening

Jan. 1, 2021

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Bypass Monthly Meetings for Membership

Jan. 1, 2021

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Question – How to Energize Our Meetings?

Jan. 1, 2021

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Love is the Way to Protect the Arctic

Jan. 1, 2021

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Contemplative Writing

Jan. 1, 2021

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Georgia in the Light

Jan. 1, 2021

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