Pages tagged "Youth"

About "Pages for All Ages" (2017)

• Authored by:
• Sandy Shuptrine

Dear Editor: Thank you so much for your work. With grandchildren who do not attend Quaker meeting, I especially appreciate the section for young people to share.

On Home (September 2017)

Another Home

• Authored by:
• Anastacia Easterling

Interview with Anastacia Easterling

On Family (September 2014)

Bolivian Becas Give

• Authored by:
• Nancy Marshall

Dear Friends: This year my meeting, Phoenix Monthly Meeting, decided to sponsor a Bolivian university student for three years, at $750 per year, through the Bolivian Quaker Education Fund. (See bqef.org .) This decision came after we seasoned the idea in our Peace and Social Concerns Committee and with interest from our First Day School. This expenditure – of an annual “beca” or scholarship – is now the largest item in our budget, other than property expenses.

On Countries (January 2016)

Child Refugees from Central America

• Authored by:
• Holly Anderson

Dear Editor: I met Lynnette Arnold last year at Pacific Yearly Meeting when she called for interested Friends to meet to discuss the problems of the overwhelming numbers of children fleeing to the U.S. from Central America. For Lynette, this concern has evolved into serving as the convener of a sub-committee of the PYM Latin American Concerns Committee (with monthly conference calls), two trips to a detention center for families in Karnes, Texas, and fasting recently in solidarity with a hunger strike by detained mothers. Lynnette is a member of the Santa Barbara Meeting and is currently completing a PhD in Linguistics at UC Santa Barbara. We met at the Santa Barbara Meetinghouse where she was fasting, and I am sending you my record of my interview. Please share this with “Friends Everywhere.”

On Difference (July 2015)

Children as Soldiers

• Authored by:
• 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.

On Money (November 2015)

Coloring Page: A Good Fit

• Authored by:
• Mary Klein

On Competition (January 2017)

Coloring Page: Busy Cookie

• Authored by:
• Mary Klein

On Flesh (November 2016)

Coloring Page: Free Time

• Authored by:
• Lisa Yagoda,
• Maren Amberg

On Captivity (January 2018)

Coloring Page: Have a Dream

• Authored by:
• Mary Klein

On Politics (July 2017)

Coloring Page: Make It a Home

• Authored by:
• Lisa Yagoda

On Home (September 2017)