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Conflict Resolution
The 110th U.S. Congress
The current Congress is giving more visibility, in-depth exploration, and oversight to some Quaker goals as stated in FCNL’s legislative…
The FGC Experience I Did Not Expect to Have
I am on the worship planning committee for the semi-programmed meeting at Minneapolis (Minn.) Meeting. I asked myself to speak…
The Meaning of Disagreements
My first FWCC event was a dinner somewhere near Boston during the 1987 50th Anniversary Campaign. I don’t recall what…
On Listening
When I ask you to listen to me and you start by giving advice, you have not done what I…
Changing the Rules of Scrabble
Cultural pressure seems to emphasize competitive achievement through conflict and winning. We would like to share how rule changes in…
The Heart of My Enemy: Rwandan Friends Rebuilding after Genocide
If, for example, you see your children being killed by machetes and that stays in your mind, that can cause…
Speaking across the Divide: Cecile Nyiramana at St. Louis Meeting, June 29, 2005
Cecile Nyiramana, secretary to the legal representative (akin to general secretary) of Rwanda Yearly Meeting, visited the United States as…
The Willoughbys on Pacifism
Ironically, few issues have divided Quakers more than war-making and peacemaking. A favorite image of Quakers in the wider world…
Aikido: The Quaker Martial Art
The Way of Peace The principle object of aikido is to build a paradise on Earth by creating harmony in…
Police and Community: Building Peace
Late one night in March 2001, in Hackensack, New Jersey, two young men—reputed gangsters and lifelong buddies—got into an argument.…
A Response to a Mugging
The morning was Friday, hot and muggy; the month July. I was in the parking lot of Friendship House, a…
Learning Peace in Time of War: A Classroom Retrospective
For four years I’ve been teaching a required interdisciplinary course on violence and nonviolence, called Peace and War, at Johnson…
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