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Compassionate Listening in Alabama

Last October, with the help of Friends, friends, and the community college where I teach, Tim Reed and I took the “Compassionate Listening Journey to Alabama.” This is a fantastic trip conducted by the Compassionate Listening Project, a legacy of Quaker peacemaker Gene Knudsen Hoffman, designed to cultivating compassion for ourselves and others. [pullquote]The Project has organized similar journeys to Israel and Palestine for many years. This was their second journey to Alabama.[/pullquote]

On Conflict (January 2023)

Continuum on Becoming an Anti-Racist Organization

Get Out of the Way

Multnomah Monthly Meeting in Portland, Oregon, has a reputation of being one of the “more liberal” Quaker meetings. This is Portland, after all. There’s plenty of action and donations of money in the meeting around climate change, immigrant rights, and many other worthy social-justice causes. But when it comes to action around supporting Black Lives, there seems to be a hesitancy.

On Rules (November 2020)

Matters of Race and Witness (1)

Dear Editor:

On Neighbors (September 2019)

Matters of Race and Witness (2)

Dear Friends:

On Neighbors (September 2019)

Matters of Race and Witness (3)

Dear Editor:

On Neighbors (September 2019)

Matters of Race and Witness (4)

Dear Editor:

On Neighbors (September 2019)

Matters of Race and Witness (5)

Dear Friends:

On Neighbors (September 2019)

Privilege and The Other (unabridged)

[This article is abridged from a longer one, published online at https://westernfriend.org/media/privilege-and-other-unabridged.]

On Cliques (September 2021)

Race and Faith (unabridged)

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