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AFSC and the Terrorist War Gender, Integrity, and Spirituality Learning from Sarah Douglass An Among Friends independent magazine serving the Courage and Compassion Religious Society of t is a joy and a challenge, but also often a ftustration, to prepare issues of FRIENDS Friends ] OURNAL months in advance of their publication date. In times such as these, when current events are moving quickly, and the need for a thoughtful Quaker response Editorial I Susan Corson-Finnerty (Publishtr and fucutiw that speaks to the present is great, it is especially ftustrating to know that at least some Edi/Qr), Kenneth Surcon (Smior Edi/Qr), Roberr of our content may become dated or irrelevant by the time it is being mailed. One Dockhorn (Assistant EditQr), Judith Brown (Poetry way we choose to address this dilemma is to lift up themes that we hope will speak to Editor), Ellen Michaud (Book Rwi= Edi/Qr), ]. 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6 AFSC and the Terrorist War 2 Among Friends J. William Frost Forum Experiences in past wars point the way for Quaker work 4 during this one. 22 Reports and Epistles 12 Peace Is Patriotic Abington Quarterly Meeting's Middle School Susanna T homas Friends Conference FGC Committee for Ministry on Racism Cherished values ofthe United States have their place in the peace movement. 24 Witness 14 Gender, Integrity, and Spirituality- An "honors retreat" in Colorado A Personal Journey 26 Life in the Meeting Petra L. Doan A meeting housed in a condominium Insights have been gained from a lifelong spiritual struggle 28 Books with gender identity. 36 News 17 Learning from Sarah Douglass Margaret Hope Bacon 40 Bulletin Board A 19th-century African American Quaker strengthened her 42 Milestones personal faith as she confronted racism around her. 48 Classified 20 A Quaker Feminist's Perspective on Transsexual Concerns Rose Ketterer The author explores differences between a person's sex and gender expression.

Photos at right and on cover: Afthanistan, November 2001; photos by Doug Hostetter, courtesy ofAmerican Friends Service Committee

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remove constitutional rights. We must Rufus Jones was a Quaker mystic, author A time for reflection and encourage dialogue both at the local and of more than 50 books, a professor at action international levels to determine how we can Haverford College, and a guiding influence influence communities in a positive behind the scare of AFSC. Could the words On September 11, our country became economic and social manner. and vision of Rufus Jones be an inspiration the target of terrorist attacks that claimed the We must all support one another as we co us as we continue to find new ways of lives of thousands. In the days that have face a changing and uncertain world. As achieving a more peaceable world? followed, members of Chapd Hill Monthly Friends, we long for a peaceful world; we j ean Roberts Meeting have struggled to discern God's will hold faithfully to our belief that pursuing Bellevue, Wash. for us as a people of faith. military solutions is no way co bring This is a time for grieving. We grieve for lasting peace. the thousands of innocent people who died Carolyn Stuart Friends United Meeting and for their families. We grieve for Clerk, Chapel Hill Monthly Meeting innocent people attacked out offear and Chapel Hill, N.C. response to the 9/11 tragedy anger merely because of their religion or Thank you for the compilation of ethnic background. We grieve for the men statements from Friends responding to the and women in the military and their families The new skyline events of September 11, 200 1, in your who now face separation and extreme On the morning of September 11, while November issue. To avoid the possible danger. We grieve for those living in fear of I was still crying to comprehend the news of impression that Friends United Meeting has retaliation. We grieve also for those who the tragedy, I turned the page of the book I been silent, I would like to point out that express hate through violence or words. was reading, The Radiant Life, by Rufus Retha McCutchen, Friends United While we acknowledge that some people, in Jones. For many years I had heard about this Meeting's general secretary joined in the their grief, wish to lash out quickly with well-known Quaker but had not read any of September 11 statement initiated by the more violence, we as Friends believe it is his books. As I stared at the title of the next Philadelphia area organization heads. essential for us all to think more deeply chapter I realized that I was experiencing In addition, Retha and I sene a two-page about our response. what Carl Jung called synchronicity. The letter to the FUM constituency on This is a time for looking within. George title read, "The New Skyline." Although September 16, in which we said, "Our Fox said that we should "live in the virtue of synchronistic events have occurred to me in response must be based in the confidence that life and power that takes away the the past, they never fail to fill me with that comes from faith in God's love for all occasion for all wars" and that we are called amazement and humbleness. The chapter people and power of the resurrection." We to "walk cheerfully over the Earth, begins: "Every intelligent person in America, referenced an emergency fund appeal from answering that of God in everyone." We even now in the midst of the fighting, is AFSC for victims in New York, included have f.tllen short. Our rich nation has done deeply concerned over the type of peace that news from the Friends schools in Ramallah, little to answer the cries of the hungry, the will emerge when the fighting ends, and and enclosed letters co be sene on co public victims of exploitation, the fearful. We have concerned too, about the creation of the officials opposing the mobilization for war, too often failed to understand and respect right social-economic-political structure.... " saying, "we need to cake care not to further other people's cultures and beliefS. (p. 76) These words written in the midst of inflame hatred between people-for that is This is a time for asking difficult the Second World War could just as well the seed of future terrorism." questions that may lead us to create a world describe our present crisis. Over the signatures of Stan Bauer, clerk, of greater harmony, understanding, and and Retha McCutcheon, general secretary, peace. Why are some of our brothers and the executive committee of FUM's General sisters filled with such hatred that they Board issued this statement on September would destroy innocent lives and take their 21,2001: own in the process? How did we become so In response co the cruel attack on civilian distant from chose who worship God in a airlines resulting in devastation in New York different manner? Would increased City, the Pentagon, and Pennsylvania, understanding oflslam reduce mistrust and Friends United Meeting expresses our grief suspicion and improve the chances of peace for the victims and counsel one another as we in the world? Answers to these questions will look toward healing in the aftermath of this require an honest look at our international fearful reality. economic and political policies, as well as Friends United Meeting, headquartered individual soul-searching. Asking questions in the United Scates, has an international that have only military answers, however, constituency. A large percentage of our can only deepen the gulf that divides us. membership is in Kenya, where many This is a time for action. As concerned suffered in the bombing of the U.S. embassy people, we must act in many ways. As in Nairobi in 1998. We also have a school in Friends, we caution our leaders, in the words the Palestinian city of Ramallah, and the local § of the second verse ofAmerica the Beautifo/, Ramallah Friends operate a play center for ~ "Confirm thy soul in self-control. ..." We children in a nearby refugee camp. For many cq must listen to the voices of others in the years, they have suffered the effects of war ~ world calling for justice and respect. We and terrorism directed against civilians on ~ muse speak out against the use of violence co both sides of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. ~ achieve any ends. We must resist efforts to We are, therefore, familiar with the

4 january 2002 FRIENDS J OURNAL emotions of anger, violation, fear, grief, sponsored by the Fellowship of The other side and the desire for justice and even revenge Reconciliation. We traveled throughout that have swept the United States in the Israel, the West Bank and Gaza and met After reading "An Open Letter from an last week. We are also grateful, through with peace and human rights activists on Israeli Quaker," (Forum, FJSept.), I wish to these experiences, to have seen people of both sides of the conflict. offer full credit to one who resides within faith, rooted in confidence in the grace of Regarding her desire to build bridges of and hears the daily horrors of Israeli life, yet God, respond with compassion, mutual care peace, I would encourage Mary Frohlich feels compassion for the "other" side in the and loving service that crosses lines of to contact Jean Zaru, clerk of the Rarnallah tragic Middle East crisis. However, as one supposed enmity. Friends Meeting and a former member of who has lived years in the West Bank, with In his Journal, the 17m century Quaker, the World Council of Churches Executive close friends in both areas, I feel there is George Fox, wrote: "I saw also that there Committee. She also works with Sabeel quite another side of which Quakers (and was an ocean of darkness and death, but an Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center in the public) should be more fully aware. infinite ocean of light and love, which Jerusalem. I also encourage her to contact The overall tragedy is revealed in the fact flowed over the ocean of darkness. And in Kathy and Colin South. Colin is Director that Arabs and Jews had been living in that also I saw the infinite love of God.... " of the Friends Schools in Rarnallah. This Palestine for centuries as friends and We desire and urge all peoples to live in small group of Friends is doing its best to neighbors, and even with some similarities awareness of the inifinite love of God. uphold Quaker values under extremely oflanguage. However, in 1946 the UN split Friends have long sought to find ways of difficult conditions. Palestine, following which millions of Arabs dealing with evil that recognize that the There are many peace groups and were forced from their homes-never to be enemy is not this person or that nation, human rights organizations within Israel, permitted to return, for various reasons. ethnicity or faith. Rather, the enemy is sin, and they are all in urgent need of support. With Jerusalem divided, obviously there dwelling in the hearts of people in rebellion Among them are: Women in Black; the was "great hostility from the Arabs," who against God. We have found the reality of Israeli Committee Against House were now prevented free access. Arab redemption in Jesus C hrist, who Demolitions; BTselem, the Israeli countries receiving the refugees--especially commanded those who would follow Him Information Center for Human Rights in Jordan-found that many had keen abilities to love their enemies. (Matt. 5:44) We recall the Occupied T erritories; the Coalition of in education and governance. To avoid any the words of Paul, "The weapons we fight Women for a Just Peace; and the Alternative "takeover," they permitted some to become with are not the weapons of the world." Information Center in Jerusalem. involved but, since Israel would provide (2 Cor. 10:4 ) In addition, there is a small but growing neither IDs nor virtually any space for the We, therefore, pray the nations will group oflsraelis who are resisting military millions of refugees to return, the various pursue the cause of justice and peace in ways service in the Occupied Territories. These countries containing them have eventually that do not foster future violence. We are young people need support and felt under pressure. Incidentally, we from asking our own members to remember encouragement. The national headquarters the U.S. have little delay passing between George Fox's historic counsel that "the of the Israeli D efense Forces are in Tel Aviv borders, while the Palestinians, young Spirit of Christ, by which we are guided ... and are a place of peace and protest children to the aged, are delayed for hours. will never move us to fight and war against demonstrations. This is to discourage visitation with relatives any man with outward weapons.... " I would encourage Mary Frohlich to read outside the border. Instead, we encourage one another to find some oflsrael's "new historians" who have True, "Egypt and Jordan's peace pacts ways to reach out in love across walls of used materials that have been declassified with Israel were good signs," but for many enmity that separate us and "overcome evil during recent years to revise the history of decades Israel has been forming an with good." (Rom. 12:21) Israel and of Zionism. Tom Segev, an economic and security grip by rapidly internationally known columnist for constructing settlements strategically located This is a sifting time for all people offaith. Ha'aretz, a newspaper that is often to divide centuries-old villages from We are finding again the call to be faithful to compared to the New York Times, has intercourse, though the Oslo agreement the Christ of the scriptures who instructed written: 1949: the First Israelis (1986); The made such settlements illegal. During these us in the way of the cross, rather than the Seventh Million: the Israelis and the Holocaust decades, Israel cut off more Palestinian supposed Christ of the Crusades. And we are (1991); and One Palestine Complete: Jews sources of water, bulldozed houses, threw listening for the guidance of the Holy Spirit and Arabs Under the British Mandate (1999). men "under suspicion" into jail and held as to what more may be required of us in I found these to be excellent resources. them indefinitely without trial, and set up practical action in this new era. On September 11, we Americans learned ever more checkpoints that create delays, Ben Richmond that our security is fragile, too. Quakers which destroy economic and other forms Director, North American Ministries must find myriad ways to express the Inner of welfare. Friends United Meeting Light and to affirm the inherent value of Mary Frohlich's statement, "We are Richmond, Ind. every human being. It is imperative that afraid," to me, reveals her lack of Israelis and Americans both understand why understanding. Palestinians are equally so many people are so angry with us. We afraid, and also struggling for their lives. Building bridges of peace have a lot of listening and learning to do. Hope of sovereignty was at. their fingertips I should like to respond to the letter from Bridges of understanding and peace can seven years after Oslo. Instead, whole Mary Sernoff Frohlich, who lives in T el Aviv be built; some are already being built. villages have been bulldozed; there have been ("An Open Letter from an Israeli Quaker," Usually a good place to start is right where gun shipments ofF-16s, F-20s, and F-2ls Forum, FJ Sept.). we live. made in the U .S. and used fo r sharpshooting This past summer I participated in a two­ Joyce C McKelvey week peace delegation to Israel and Palestine Windham, Conn. Continued on page 45

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by J. William Frost

erican Friends Service Commit­ Oklahoma bombing and other terrorist our past blessings. tee was created in war, and it has aets, of a kind of perverted political the­ As we seek perspective on the tragedy Ptnearly as much experience and-I ater. As a criminal act it needed to be ofSeptember 11, we see that whatever our would say-more wisdom in dealing with handled as a police matter and adjudi­ hopes, the U.S. apparently is making war the side effects ofarmed conflict than the cated by either the U.S. courts or an ad not just in Afghanistan but in many areas Pentagon. As we now confront a new hoc court created by the UN that could of the world; and the public will know kind of war, let us remember that the use the precedents of Nuremberg and almost nothing about the basis, the ac­ nature of war has been constantly chang­ more recent war crimes tribunals. Target­ tions, or even the results until long after ing in the 20th century, and AFSC has ing civilians is a war crime. I agreed with the events. John Howard Yoder, a Men­ evolved accordingly as Friends have the policy statement issued by AFSC and nonite and scholar of the history of paci­ struggled to understand the Gospel re­ other Quaker organizations calling for a fism, in a debate conducted during the quirements to be peacemakers. measured response and bringing the per­ Persian Gulf War, argued that justified petrators to justice. war theories assume that governments are The Context I was not prepared for the rhetoric of honest. If they are not, pacifism is the only war mouthed by President Bush and Con­ viable option for Christians. So ifwe were of September 11 gress and reiterated ad nauseam in the skeptical about the policy statements of My initial reaction to the events of mass media and by the general populace. the president and Pentagon before Sep­ September 11 was that this was not a war The "Battle Hymn of the Republic" and tember 11, we should not drop our guard but a classic terrorist action, unpredictable the "Star Spangled Banner" again showed during wartime. Truth-telling is an early only in choice of weapon, target, success, their origins as war songs; even "God Bless casualty when governments mobilize a and impact. It was classic terrorism in that America"-made popular by Kate Smith people for war. The people crave knowl­ no group took responsibility and there in 1939 as Europe went to war and edge but get slogans. was no enunciated political objective, no America rearmed-has acquired overtones We are now bombing Afghanistan and relationship between the actions and the of spread-eagle imperialism. While will­ are told that Special Forces are conducting grievance, no distinction between civil­ ing to see God as the author of the beauty raids in that country. We are out to de­ ians and military, and not only no con­ and bounty of nature on this continent, I stroy the Taliban and replace its govern­ cern about human life--there seemed to am skeptical that America's economic sys­ ment with one that will surrender al-Qaida be a desire to kill as many people as pos­ tem, foreign policy, and military posture members and Osama bin Laden. I cannot sible. It was a graphic example, like the are equally blessed. I can appreciate the evaluate the evidence linking bin Laden songwriter so irritated by constant hear­ with the bombing because it has not been J WiUiam Frost is director ofFriends Historical ing of Irving Berlin's words that he made public; we are told that it is circum­ Library ofSwarthmore College and a member of wrote a song titled "God Blessed America," stantial but compelling. Since we have Swarthmore (Pa.) Meeting. He approaches this into which he, Woody Guthrie, put un­ here another presidential authorization of topic as a Quaker, as an historian ofFriends and employment lines and prisons, and assassination (actually, Clinton had essen­ of the relationship between religion and war, which we know by the title, 'This Land tially already done this), it is unlikely there and as a teacher ofpea ce and conflict studies. will be a trial even if bin Laden is located. This article is based on an address to the annual Is Your Land." Rather than affirming public gathering of American Friends Service again and again that God blessed America, There is as yet no link established between Committee in Philadelphia, Pa., on November we should be asking whether we have the Trade Center attack and the anthrax 3, 2001. been extending brotherhood beyond cases. The tell-tale signatures of other al­ Poem at the end ofthis article © 2000 Emilie our national boundaries. let God inspire leged al-Qaida actions are not visible in M Townes, reprinted with permission. our actions instead of us boasting about the tactics used in the anthrax letters-

6 january 2002 F RIENDS j OURNAL there may be multiple perpetrators-and After all, the British never bombed the ments of justice in the conduct of war it is possible that the media hype of poten­ Republic of Ireland even though many (both vague standards in any case) . We tial risk inspired someone. IRA sympathizers and their stored weap­ learned once again after the GulfWar and The real issue is our tactics in Afghani­ ons were located there. As enunciated, the in Kosovo that the official information stan. No commentary that I have seen has new Bush doctrine might allow invasion about the results of bombing and missile asserted that the Taliban leaders knew ofS udan, Syria, Indonesia, Iraq, and even attacks is ofi:en what governments want us beforehand that the Trade Center would Saudi Arabia, which was a primary funder to believe. Historians of World War I be attacked. Granting the poverty of Af­ of the Tali ban and the country ofor igin of cannot even use the letters from AFSC ghanistan, I find it unlikely that the T aliban 15 of the bombers. workers in France to learn what the war financed the operations ofal-Qaida. Ifbin The position of the United States is was like because censorship was so in­ Laden followed the strategy he used in the based upon the concept that a sovereign tense. After September 11, we were first Sudan-where he built a highway-it is nation is able to control all actions by told we would strike soon, then informed likely that he contributed money to the people within its borders. As a matter of that there were few important targets in Taliban rather than vice versa. I have read history, this is nonsense. We are suppos­ Afghanistan, and now we are bombing no columnist who has dealt in a substan­ edly going to root out terrorists from an something-airports, power plants, and tive fashion (probably because few know enormous, remote territory ofcentral Asia who knows what else the Pentagon is much about Afghanistan) with whether by bombing Afghanistan. To apply the defining as a war target. Photos ofcivil ian the Taliban government, still fighting a Bush doctrine to the rest of the world­ casualties reveal the imprecision of so­ war with the Northern Alliance and whose which we claim co be doing-gives the called precision bombing. Not even the control of the difficult terrain is problem­ U.S. a blank check to intervene at will in administration asserts that it knows where atic, had the capacity to find, capture, pursuit of terrorists on the basis of secret bin Laden and his associates are. Previous and turn over bin Laden and his network information with or without the consent experience shows that bombing hardens a that may include many hun­ people's resolve-think ofthe dreds of soldiers and sup­ effect of the Trade Center at­ porters. The warlords and tack on us. Our bombing mujahideen armies seem to campaign seems more likely be largely self-motivated, not to generate more terrorism necessarily controllable by than to suppress it. their governments. Afghani­ The unintended but in­ stan has never been a country evitable by-product of terror­ with a strong central govern­ ist acts is that the public fo­ ment and has resembled what cuses on the horror of them. is now called a "failed state" We all share the deep moral rather than a nation. The outrage over innocent deaths. Taliban took power largely Unfortunately, this outrage because the alternative was an­ has not been accompanied by archy. The Taliban govern­ a searching analysis ofwh y- ment may not even know for as one of my colleagues 1 sure where bin Laden is; re­ phrased it-of the six billion ~ member how difficult it was people in the world, one bil- ~ for the U.S. to find Noriega lion hate us or at least sympa- ~ when the only place it was thize with the objectives (if 1 looking was Panama City? not the tactics) of the terror- ~ Our TV commentators tell ists. Unlike the perpetrators, -.. us that we may not find bin whose psychology I do not ~ Laden for years and the most comprehend, the millions @ likely method to success will who dislike, distrust, and fear be information from an in­ Previous experience shows that bombing us are neither irrational, nor sider-perhaps seeking the$ 5 psychologically disturbed, nor million reward. If this is so, hardens a people's resolv~think of the religious extremists. And why are we bombing? effect of the Trade Center attack on us. while all religions praise The official view of the m artyrdom and have a U.S. government is that in- miniscule minority ready to ternational law, the support give their lives (even we Quak­ of many governments against terrorism, of the different governments. This is a ers have out statue of Mary Dyer on the and a UN Security Council resolution dangerous doctrine. Boston Common), most of those whom authorize us co hold the Taliban govern­ At the same time, because ofsecrecy we the media simplistically calls "Muslim fun­ ment of Afghanistan responsible and give are not now and perhaps never will be able damentalists" are more likely to be pray­ us the right to bomb, invade, and over­ to assess whether the U.S. is observing ing, studying, or doing good works than throw it. This seems novel and dubious. either the laws ofwar or the moral require- building bombs.

FRJENDS ]OURNAL ]anuary 2002 7 I see the September 11 bombing as a West Africa who were rallying under the stationed for over ten years in Saudi Arabia, cry of rage and despair by a few at the way banner oflslam to resist imperialism. Our the thousands of malnourished children the industrialized West and particularly NATO allies learned how far behind they in Iraq, or the festering conflict in Israel the U.S. are impacting the entire world. I were during the bombing ofKosovo, where and the West Bank. The U.S. govern­ see it as a defensive reaction to modern the U.S. was able to bomb at will and ment is widely and correctly seen as previ­ secularism (fast-food chains, Hollywood, inflict suffering while experiencing no ca­ ously having been interested in Afghani­ and globalization), not an attack upon all sualties. Terrorism is a desperate response stan only as a Cold War pawn and Arab freedom or civilization or science. of the powerless who realize that tradi­ states for a guarantee of cheap oil. The Persian Gulf War showed Mus­ tional military tactics (what the U.S. con­ T he 2000 presidential election did not lims everywhere that a battle-hardened, siders fair war) offer them no match against focus on foreign policy; the worries of well-equipped army-the fourth largest a nation that spends more on its military France, Germany, Japan, China, Russia, in the world, we were told-was no match than all its potential enemies combined. It and the UK about our proposed missile for U.S. technology. The discrepancy in may have seemed the only way to get the shield or global environmental issues have casualties between the Allies and Iraq re­ attention of a self-righteous, myopic U.S. not deterred us. If the AFSC has trouble sembled 19th-century European colonial Congress and administration for those out­ getting Americans to pay attention be­ wars, as when the French in the 1890s raged over U.S. policies that theAFSC has cause sound bites drown out analysis, how used machine guns on the inhabitants of long condemned, like the U.S. soldiers does an enraged Muslim reach an Ameri-

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AFSC was born as a response to war, and many of its most creative actions came during wartime. History points us to what AFSC and Friends in general should be doing now.

8 january 2002 FRIENDS JoURNAL can audience? The events of September during wartime. History points us to what lar a good one by the group Pacem in 11 achieved that and riveted our atten­ AFSC and Friends in general should be Terris.) These recommendations are by tion, but the focus switched quickly from doing now. We are told today that this is a no means exhaustive, and I hope AFSC's our victims to a military response. Even different kind of war. Let us remember actions during the present crisis will add discussing grievances seems like a betrayal that the 20th century is full of new kinds to it and deepen our peace witness. ofthose who died, a giving-in to terrorists. ofwar: total war as in World Wars I and II 1. We should recognize that many We see our response as seeking justice, but and in deterrence theory; guerrilla wars as peacetime fellow travelers will be far less it seems more like blind fury. in Vietnam and Central America; failed committed to Quaker peace activities in states as in Liberia, Sierra Leone, and So­ wartime. There was a vigorous peace move­ Quaker Tactics malia; genocidal war as in Rwanda, Bosnia, ment before World Wars I and II, which and Kosovo. And the last centuty was was reflected in Congress. Yet when the in Time of War filled with old-fashioned wars of dictators decision to fight was recommended by Friends now know the kind of isola­ in Central America; revolutions as in Iran; presidents, Congresswoman Jeannette cion and lack ofcontrol that Quakers like wars of imperial conquest as in the Iraqi Rankin alone voted against U.S. entry in Rufus Jones and Henry Cadbury felt at attacks upon Iran and Kuwait; and wars both World Wars I and II; only two Sena­ the entry of the U.S. into World Wars I between imperial powers, sometimes us­ tors voted against the Gulf of Tonkin and II, and why they both fell into a ing proxies, over spheres of influence: Resolution; and just one person, U.S. Rep­ deep depression before engaging in con­ Korea, Kuwait, Vietnam, Central America. resentative Barbara Lee, voted against the structive activity. Our gloom at events Because AFSC has been involved in recent resolution authorizing force, even beyond our control should also give way trying to prevent, understand, and ame­ though many pointed out the blank-check now to Quaker action, questioning im­ liorate suffering in all these and many language. A large minority, perhaps even a ages, and supporting dissenters. Isolation other wars, it is logical to look at past majority, of U.S. Friends in both world enables prophets because it can help them wars to attempt to devise a strategy for the wars decided that supporting their home­ to see clearly. immediate future. land and its definition of freedom com­ AFSC was born as a response to war, What follows is a list of the perspec­ pelled them to join the military or support and many of its most creative actions, tives Friends have gained in previous wars. the war efforts. This was also true in the those that we remember with pride, came (I have seen several other lists, in particu- American Revolution and the Civil War. --

AFSC work during and after war has included (1,2) feeding children in Germany and Serbia, 1920s; (3) retraining Spanish refugees, 1930s; (4)feedingchildren in France, 1940s; (5) providing temporary housing for japanese Americans after their internment, 1940s; (6) fitting prosthetic limbs in Vtetnam, 1960s; (7) providing clothing and hygiene kits to refugees in Kosovo, 1999

Photos courtesy ofAFSC

FRIENDS ]OVRNALjanuary 2002 9 The Peace Testimony has been maintained as the official perspective of Friends be­ cause the power of tradition and weighty Quakers have prevailed, and dissenters have acquiesced. Unanimity against war comes easier in minor struggles when the country's basic values do not seem threatened, as in the wars against Mexico, Spain, and Vietnam. When a country is attacked in a way that seems illegitimate, as with Pearl Harbor, people who love their country may con­ clude, with Cicero, that defense of the nation is necessary. Unlike an individual, nations do not willingly sacrifice them­ selves. So, do not be surprised if many traditional allies that have been with us since Vietnam do not now stand with us. 2. The second lesson is that since Viet­ nam the peace movement has matured and is found in surprising places. If old allies now appear lukewarm, expect warm AFSC must demonstrate that it gives food and support elsewhere. Before the 1960s the medical supplies as a service to humanity with no dominant Christian doctrine was just­ ified war and pacifism was considered a strings attached. We did this with medical supplies to heresy. Since Vatican II, Roman Catho­ lics have endorsed a pacifism that is moti­ North Vietnam; we must do the same for the people vated by love of neighbor as a legitimate of Afghanistan, including the Taliban. Christian response to war, side by side with justified war as recently reaffirmed by Cardinal Bevilaqua. Pope John Paul II gious Service Board for Conscientious Ob­ likelihood ofgrassroots support for it, but has been a consistent voice for peace in jectors, now renamed the Center for Con­ since we don't know either the duration the Middle East and elsewhere. His senti­ science and War)- the coalition of reli­ or the shape of our ongoing war, we need ments are echoed in European Presbyte­ gious peace groups that worked to defend to be flexible. rian, Lutheran, Reformed, and Church conscientious objectors in World War II. 3. We should provide aid to the victims of England statements. One could argue In Vietnam, AFSC could serve as a of war. British Friends in World War I that as established churches have lost bridge between religious and secular peace began their peace work by helping Ger­ their power in the political establishment, groups. Its guiding principle, then and mans and German immigrants living in they have recovered a prophetic voice. now, is that public demonstrations must England. In World War II, AFSC and the The same is true of the mainline churches remain nonviolent. The Seattle economic Federal Council of Churches denounced in the U.S., though the divisions of per­ summit showed that there are numerous the internment ofJapanese Americans, or spective between clergy and laity may mute groups of moderates and radicals ready to Nisei, and sought to ease their plight. In their voices. make visible their protest against the envi­ this war we will insist upon full civil rights My hope is also that our peace witness ronmental and social costs of globaliza­ for Arab Americans. We endorse the state­ will find support among conservative evan­ tion. AFSC programs organizing women ments of Mayor Giuliani and President gelical and fundamentalist churches. on the Mexican-U.S. border and publica­ Bush insisting that Muslims in our midst Evangelicals were at the forefront of 19th­ tions about poverty and globalization show be treated justly. In any case, the best century peace movements and deeply in­ that we share many values with the dem­ guardians of American freedom in the volved in the Social Gospel movement. onstrators of Seattle and Italy. AFSC Muslim community will be peace-loving The most consistent pacifist witness in should risk some of its political capital in Muslims, not the FBI or vigilantes. Just as Nazi Germany came from Jehovah's Wit­ establishing contact with these groups. we had Quaker meetings and sister com­ nesses, but their apolitical stance will make They may use rhetoric that we dislike and munities in El Salvador, we could do the building a coalition with them unlikely. clearly a peace witness cannot support same with mosques here and abroad. And However, we have two possible entries violent actions, but AFSC (and Friends I hope that we would not use a strategy into a now politicized conservative move­ Committee on National Legislation) ought resembling that employed by AFSC in ment. One is from pastoral and evangeli­ to be able to build a kind of "popular South Africa during apartheid (noncoop­ cal Quakers. The other is from our fellow front" of opposition to bombing similar eration and support for sanctions), but the peace churches: the Mennonites and Breth­ to what emerged over Vietnam. The longer one used with the Soviet Union, where ren. Our goal should be to re-create some­ the war, the more civilian casualties, the AFSC did not loudly criticize the Soviet thing like NISBCO (National lnterreli- easier to build a coalition and the greater government- there were plenty of other

10 january 2002 FRIENDS JoURNAL Left: Ajghanistan, November 2001, a 5. We should plan for peace. British for Friends and outsiders the relationship refugee camp in existence for a year, as a and American Friends began planning for between nonviolence as a technique and result offighting between the Northern peace long before the end ofWorld War I, nonviolence as a principled religious re­ AUiance and the Taliban sent observers to the Versailles treaty ne­ sponse, and lay out the successes and fail­ gotiations in Paris, and devoted substan­ ures of those attempting to utilize it. tial attention in the first All Friends Con­ 6. Finally, we should begin planning people to do this. Rather, we sought to ference to discussing the causes and pre­ how AFSC could assist victims of war, work even with government representa­ vention of war. We have done similar after the bombing is over, in a different tives, at the risk of being seen as misguided things in World War II, the Cold War, way from other aid groups and the U.S. fellow travelers of the communists. Let and Vietnam. AFSC has a long tradition government. The major precedent here is others criticize Muslim rulers or so-called of producing think-tank books making AFSC work with German children and extremists; we will work with all Muslims. policy recommendations-Speak Truth to groups in Russia, Poland, Austria, and The service committees of British and Power and Search for Peace in the Middle Serbia after World War I. Our aim should American Friends made their reputations East are examples. be helping those who are suffering, not providing aid to refugees and victims of I recommend three new think-tank empowerment, not community-building, war-in France after 1914, in Loyalist books: first, one that is already in process not changing the Taliban or Afghan ways and Nationalist Spain during that Civil on the Middle East. I would hope that for of life, not promoting democracy-just War, in China before and after World the first time AFSC would look at all the seeing the need and responding to it. War II, and in Viemam with a prosthetics negotiations and literature and end with This is an ambitious program that will clinic that continued to operate long after an outline of a peace settlement encom­ require the suppon of all Quaker peace U.S. withdrawal. We should do no less passing the issues of Jerusalem, the West committees, yearly meetings, and Quaker today. There are already 3.5 million refu­ Bank settlements, refugees, water, and eco­ service organizations. It should be funded gees in Pakistan and Iran. The U.S. is nomic development. Our previous pam­ in addition to, not instead of, AFSC good using food as a weapon to wean the people phlets now appear prophetic; we should works and programs that over the years of Afghanistan from the T aliban, but exercise the same creativity again. A sec­ have been carefully planned and commit­ dropping food and bombs at the same ond pamphlet would focus on U.S. rela­ ted to and are now being implemented. time sends a very confusing message. tions with the Muslim world. It would I close with an illustration, in the box AFSC must demonstrate that it gives food address the reasons why many in the Arab below, of Quaker responsibility by para­ and medical supplies as a service to hu­ world distrust and fear us, making policy phrasing the poem by Emilie M. Townes, manity with no strings attached. We did recommendations. A third pamphlet Professor of Christian Ethics at Union this with medical supplies to North Viet­ would assess the enormous literature and Theological Seminary, titled Growing Up nam; we must do the same for the people practical experience of nonviolent conflict Topsy. I would substitute "peace" for her of Afghanistan, including the Taliban. resolution across cultures. It would clarify term "solidarity": AFSC already has many friends in the Middle East who can serve as conduits or intermediaries. We should be prepared solidarity is something that is nurtured and grown for the screams of vilification when we in the yearning for and living out of justice take these actions. solidarity comes from hard work 4. We should provide aid to dissenters in wartime. AFSC was originally a place to listening provide young men (and a few women) hearing the opportunity to provide a "service in analyzing love in wartime," to use Rufus Jones's questioning phrase. Young men and women worked rethinking in France during the war, and they did so accepting well in building houses etc. that the French rejecting ... government gave them the responsibility so as we seek to work together, we must always be working on ourselves for postwar relief in Verdun. In World War II, AFSC and NISBCO managed and perhaps this is where the comfoning begins the Civilian Public Service Camps, a as each of us has that dawning and then awakening in us project that resulted in some major im­ provements, but which neither AFSC that the point is not some religious version of perfection n<,>r the government repeated in Viemam. but that we live our humanity with passion and vigor-regardless In all these wars AFSC provided draft that we live our lives in justice and hope and even love-relentlessly counseling for young men, visited those who went to prison, and defended the that we recognize that none of us has the corner on righteousness rights of COs. Whether such projects that we are the ones we have been waiting for will need to be repeated in this war seems at present doubtful, but we need to be and ultimately, there is no one to do this work for us 0 prepared just in case.

FRIENDS ]OURNAL january 2002 11 into "us" versus "them," "wanted" people versus "unwanted" people, how rich in citizenry we could grow. We would also increase national security and improve law enforcement, because legal residence would provide a means of tracking those who constitute a vast population currently forced into illegality and "black market" employment. A third value is that of freedom, en­ shrined in our Constitution: the freedoms of thought, of expression, to peaceably

by Susanna Thomas PEACE IS

o we're at war. Nobody appears to to "the other side of the tracks." N ow is assemble and to petition the government know who or what will be targeted, not the time to divide our lives up into the for redress of grievances; the freedom to Sor how this war will be fought, or suburbs and ghettoes of our minds; we bear arms for self-defense in case ofattack; how it will end, only that our Congress cannot stand by our fellow Americans if the freedom from unreasonable search and has declared almost unanimously "that we are afraid to say hello to them. seizure, with the implied right to privacy; the president is authorized to use all neces­ A second value is that ofsanctuary and the freedom from vigilante violence and sary and appropriate force against those respect for difference. The United States judicial abuse, ensuring equal protection nations, organizations, or persons he de­ of America were formed as a nation of and due process oflaw; the freedom from termines planned, authorized, commit­ immigrants, a nation rich in diversity of cruel and unusual punishment; the free­ ted, or aided the terrorist attacks that oc­ languages and cultures, religions and his­ dom to democratically elect representa­ curred on September 11, 2001, or har­ tories. I think of Emma Lazarus's beauti­ tives who respond to citizens' concerns; bored such organizations or persons, in ful poem, given on July 4, 1886, at the the freedom from involuntary servitude; order to prevent any future acts ofinterna­ dedication of the Statue ofLibeny: the freedom of all those born or natural- tional terrorism against the United States ized within the United by such nations, organizations or persons." States to assume every From our president's remarks on Septem­ The New Colossus right and responsibility ber 20, it appears that this war may extend of citizenship; and the whole world through; it may be fought Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, many other liberties and largely in a coven manner; and it may last With conquering limbs astride from land to land; powers as well. for a very long time. On October 7, aerial Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand I applaud the patrio­ bombings of Afghanistan began. A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame tism of the American Unity is essential in times like these. I is the imprisoned lightning, and her name Civil Liberties Union think of the words of Carl Schurz: "My in its efforts to balance country right or wrong; when right, to Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand the rights of the U.S.'s keep her right; when wrong, to put her Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command inhabitants with its right." Our president was right to say that The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame. need for security. I hope Americans must come together to live out "Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she that, as Attorney Gen­ the values we defend. With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor, eral Ashcroft's new anti­ What are these values? Americans dis­ Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, terrorism legislation is agree on this: I can only say what values I The wretched refuse ofyour teeming shore. implemented, both of associate with our flag. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, these needs may be I feel that the first value is that of I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" honored-for our resi- brotherhood and sisterhood. Our first pri­ dent aliens and immi­ ority must be to comfon those who mourn, grant populations as and to suppon the medical workers and Currently there are an estimated 6.3 well as for native-born citizens. emergency-response teams who are still million undocumented immigrants living A founh value is that of global think­ working to restore our wounded cities. I in the United States. If the U.S. offered ing: the ideal that the world is more than hope that Americans can now learn to asylum to the steady stream of refugees just a series of profit margins and strategic walk outside the neighborhoods we know, who come to us from around the world, victories. There is more to global thinking Susanna Thomas, ofSummit (NJ) Meeting, is what wealth we could glean from the vast­ than simply the globalization of capital a senior at Bryn Mawr College and an intern at ness of human experience we embrace. If and military power. There is also the glo­ FRIENDS j OURNAL we avoided the trap of dividing the world balization ofso lidarity, ofinterdependence,

12 j anuary 2002 FRIENDS JOURNAL of cultural exchange and freedom of extend even to criminals, and that no manity. I cannot think of a way to de­ movement. There is the globalization of one--not even the state--has the right to scribe the horrible disasters of September friendship and trust-not the uneasy trust take away the life of another human be­ 11 as anything but crimes against human­ based on balances of coercion, but the ing, we could finally join the global com­ ity. The perpetrators must be brought to wholehearted trust of communication munity of First World nations who have justice, not in secret via covert military and good faith. abolished the vengeful and obsolete death action, but through United Nations co­ Ifwe trusted communities around the penalty. If we ended the divisive practices operation and the rule of international world with the choice to build and sup­ of racial profiling and police brutality, we law, sending a clear message for the whole pon stable, regionally-based economies; if could at last look at every American and world to see. An international legal and we ensured that our economic policies say, "You are imponant to your country." judicial solution, rather than a vengeful worldwide respect the rights of labor President Bush is right to say that the and destructive military campaign, would unions, environmental sustainability, lo- world must work seriously to combat the best befit a world free of terrorism. hatred and violence that On October 14, the Taliban offered to plague our world. For surrender Osama bin Laden to a third this reason, I applaud the country, if given a cease-fire and proof of resolution of the United culpability. As of mid-November, the PATRIOTIC Nations General Assem- T aliban appears to be in retreat, and now bly on November 10, we must deal with the Nonhero Alliance. cal cultures, traditional businesses, and 1998, which "proclaims the period 2001- Still, bringing bin Laden to coun may be basic human rights-what a strong world 2010 as the International Decade for a our best chance to gather information we could help to build. In my mind, Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for about al-Qaida and to avoid martyring Americanism can never be the national­ the Children of the World." him in the eyes of his terribly misguided ism ofa single language or culture or creed For this reason, I hope that our govern­ followers. The United Nations Security or color; it represents an internationalism ment will soon sign on to the 1997 treaty Council resolutions on terrorism are places that transcends nationalities. I hope that for the international ban on land mines, to stan looking for cooperative solutions. we can help to build an internationalism weapons that slaughter innocent people Terrorism is a difficult thing to deal without imperialism. by lying in wait for decades afrer they have with; it is difficult even to define. It can­ It is for this reason that I suppon bilin­ outlived their intended purpose. For this not be ended through simple economic gual education for all American school­ reason, I hope our government will sup­ equity, simple demilitarization, or even children. In a world ofinternational coop­ pon enforcement of the 1972 convention simple "Land for Peace" agreements. It eration, we can no longer afford to isolate to ban biological weapons. For this rea­ cenainly cannot be simply squashed by ourselves in an English-speaking island. son, I hope our government will uphold bombs. It goes much deeper than that. I Communication is and has always been and work to help enforce the Compre­ feel that the roots ofterrorism-the inten­ our best defense against hatred and fear. hensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty and the tional taking of human life or infliction of Finally, and perhaps most imponancly, Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. For this pain upon human beings in order to fur­ is the value ofequality, stated in our Dec­ reason, I hope our government will sup­ ther a political or ideological agenda-lie laration ofindependence: pon the Program of Action from the in several dangerous assumptions: that the "We hold these truths to be self­ United Nations Conference on the Illicit ends justify the means, that your enemies' evident, that all men are created equal, Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons, humanity is unwonhy of your respect, that they are endowed by their Creator held July 9-20, 2001. For this reason, I and that God wants you to hurt or kill. In with certain unalienable Rights, that hope that our weapons industries will cease order to fight terrorism, each human be­ among these are Life, Libeny and the exporting arms to countries that have been ing must look inside his or her own hean pursuit of Happiness.-That to secure classed as supponers ofterrorism. We must to see to what extent these assumptions these rights, Governments are instituted not be suppliers to the terrorists of the have a home there. among Men, deriving their just powers world. My mind cannot comprehend the ter­ from the consent of the governed." For this reason, as well, I hope that our ror and sorrow of those who lost family Ifwe secured these rights by guarantee­ country will work toward achieving sta­ and loved ones in New York, Pennsylva­ ing every American child a quality educa­ bility in the Middle East and in South nia, and Washington. Nothing can com­ tion, a safe place to sleep, enough to eat Asia, by helping to resolve the conflicts pare to that. I pray that we as one world and good medical care; if we guaranteed between the Israeli and Palestinian people, can end hatred and violence--by offering every American worker a living wage, safe and between the people oflndia and Paki­ our world a future of respect, trust, equity, working conditions, and the opponunity stan. I hope that this "War on Terrorism" and cooperation. to funher herself-we could work toward can be won without resuming the military In the meantime, what can we do? truly becoming one nation. A nation not buildup that spirals away in that region's Inform ourselves. Participate in the demo­ of fractured communities but of free and deadly arms races. cratic process. Show ourselves as patriots strong citizens. We could also work to­ And finally, for this reason, I hope that by voicing our opinions and helping to ward realizing the ideals on which our our government will soon ratify the Rome shape our future. We can honor the vic­ economy was founded: fair competition Statute for an International Criminal tims, cornfon the survivors, aid the rescu­ on an even playing field. Coun to try individuals accused of geno­ ers, and work for justice, freedom, and Ifwe realized that cenain human rights cide, war crimes, and crimes against hu- peace. 0

FRJENDS ]OURNAL ]anuary 2002 13 Gender, Integrity, and Spirituality

A PERSONAL JOURNEY J

by Petra L. Doan

or most of the first 40 years of my formation that when the boys came to experimenting with different ways to ex­ life I would not have said that I rescue me, I refused to go back through press the feminine spirit that kept bub­ was a very spiritual person. Yet I the machine and be changed back. I longed bling up within me. Fwas drawn to Quakerism as a stu­ for either God or technology to make my During adolescence I guess I was pretty dent at Westtown School and during my dream real. confused about my gender and my iden­ senior year joined Westtown (Pa.) Meet­ Instead, I began pubetty and my body tity. I was attracted to girls and wanted ing. I was powerfully attracted to the idea developed with large and very male fea­ very much to have a girlfriend, but on that there is something of God in every­ tures. It felt as though someone had played another level I continued to want to be a one. It made such sense to me that "bad" a cruel joke on me because it was quite girl. It just didn't make sense. I coped by behavior could be explained as not being clear that no one would ever mistake me continuing to keep the "who am I" ques­ aware of or able to listen to that of God for the woman I ached to become. My tion buried deeply; I knew that I could within oneself. Change was clearly pos­ not answer it. I did come across several sible through a loving acceptance of the references to transsexuals and transvestites, presence of God within onesel£ By denying my authentic but the subject terrified me. I just wanted While I accepted this core notion of to be normal, not one of those freaks! Quakerism, for a long time I was unable identity for so many In high school I did not date much, to establish a clear connection with that of but by senior year I became involved in a God within mysel£ I attended meeting years, I had created a more serious relationship with a girl. Our for worship regularly and felt a Presence huge roadblock for my relationship was off-and-on for a while, within, but only rarely did I feel a clarity but after I shared something of my gender of direction or movement of the Spirit. self, for my spirituality, variance, our love deepened and eventu­ Something seemed to be getting in the ally we married. I was neither very knowl­ way of the spiritual work I had to do in and for my survival. edgeable nor very articulate at that point order to be able to listen internally. Only about who I was or what I needed. I recently have I come to realize that it was hoped that a loving marriage to an under­ my lifelong struggle with gender that was instinct for survival told me not to share standing person would help me to settle creating a kind of blockage inside me. these feelings with anyone, because I knew into my male role. I really don't understand why, but I that boys were supposed to be boys. If However my feeling of being differ­ have a clear memory of knowing I was they transgressed and dared to act too ently gendered did not go away. Mostly it different at age four. I was playing a harm­ much like girls, they would be teased and remained there lurking just beneath the less game of dress-up with my cousin, perhaps even punished. surface, yet sometimes I simply had to when I realized that I wanted to be a girl So I carefully hid that feminine spirit express that inner reality. I began experi­ all ~e time and not just for make-believe. deep within mysel£ I worked hard to live menting more seriously with clothes and As I grew older these feelings would not up to what a "real boy" was supposed to with makeup, trying always to find the go away. I began praying each night: be. In spite of my best intentions to bury combination that would make my male "Please God, make me a girl." Further­ my feelings, I was drawn to anything femi­ body appear like the woman I felt like more, I began having a recurring dream in nine, but especially to women's clothes. inside. which I was captured by some girls and Over time I accumulated a small ward­ I also had a hunger to connect with put on a conveyor belt that led into a robe, which I kept hidden in a box in my others like myself and began to make con­ machine that magically transformed me closet. Sometimes in the privacy of my tacts. I sensed that I would need a lot of into a girl. I was so pleased with the trans- bedroom I would dress in those clothes support as I tried to cope with the powerful and let my imagination wonder what it feelings that I had kept bottled up. After would be like to be a real girl. Periodically my wife and I finished our dissertations, Petra L. Doan, associate professor ofUrban and Regional Planning at Florida State University, I was overcome with fear that I might be she took a postdoctoral fellowship, and I is engaged in teaching and research in Third discovered and would throw away all my began looking for work. During this tran­ World Planning. She is a member ofTallahassee pretty clothes, vowing with determina­ sitional period my need to meet others Meeting. tion never to let this happen again. But like myself reached a high point. I joined a © 2002 Petra L. Doan usually within six months I was at it again, support group that met in a city three

14 january 2002 FRIENDS j OURNAL hours from where we were living. When I returned from my first meeting, I tried to share with my wife what had happened over the weekend and spent several hours in tears. I am not sure whether the tears were from the joy of finding a group of supportive new friends or fro.t:n the fear engendered by a realization that my life had changed in some fundamental way. I continued to seek out support groups for cross-dressers even afrer our move to Florida. Slowly I began to feel more and more comfortable about going out in pub­ lic dressed as the woman I felt I was. There was still an _almost mind-numbing fear of being discovered and the humiliation I was sure would follow, but I could not turn back. I knew that somehow I would find my way forward, yet the prospect oflosing my fam-E' ily and friends was ago- nizing. Evenrually my sense of internal dis­ order evolved into what some people have termed "gender dyspho­ ria," which is a state of extreme dis­ comfort with one's external gender. Dur­ ing this time, presenting myself as a man began to feel so wrong that I found it more and more ficult to function effec­ tively in that role. I be­ gan wearing women's clothes that were tai­ lored to look like men's clothes in hopes that this would assuage my burn­ ing need to express the woman inside me. But even pus half step did not soothe my tor­ ment. I began to slip into a deep I despair. ~~ s..------It was reading The Testimony of Integrity in the Society of Friends by Wilmer Cooper that helped me real- ize how my gender journey and my spiri­ completely hollow. By denying my au­ with other transgendered people, and he tuality were intimately connected. thentic identity for so many years, I had helped me come to terms with mysel£ Cooper's analysis of integrity's four parts created a huge roadblock for my self, for I set out to see what steps I needed to (truthfulness, authenticity, obedience to my spirituality, and for my survival. As I take to reclaim integrity and live an au­ God, and wholeness) cast a spotlight on contemplated the illusory life I had cre­ thentic life. I knew that in taking them I my own lack of integrity. I was comfort­ ated, I felt such distress that for a while it risked nearly everything that I held dear. I able with the basic truthfulness part, but it seemed I could not continue living. I might lose my wife, my children, my spiri­ was in authenticity that I suddenly felt sought out a therapist who had worked tual community, and my career if I pro-

FRIENDS ]OURNAI..january 2002 15 ceeded. I also knew that ifI did not, I was Friends who have struggled with similar end to my suffering. Besides, I reasoned, not sure if I could continue living. One issues ofauthenticity and identity allowed throwing myself off the cliff would test day in the midst of this agony I tried to me to reach new spiritual depths within the reality of the vision I had had during vent some of my pain through exercise. As myself. In one meeting for worship I had FLGC worship. Suddenly an image flashed I struggled to take each step, I heard a an incredible experience of my journey into my head of Jesus on the pinnacle of quiet voice telling me firmly, "Lift it up, unfolding before me that I have come to the temple where the devil tempts him by Petra! Lift it up!" This sudden sense that I realize was a kind of vision. In it, I had to saying"... throw yourself down; for it is was not alone and need not carry the follow my path through the woods and written, 'He will give his angels charge of weight of this decision by myself, lifted even over a cliff, but eventually I emerged you'.... " (Matt. 4:6) As I was contem­ my spirits and gave me the courage to into a beautiful valley below. There was a plating this image, I suddenly felt a warm, continue. I asked for a clearness commit­ profound sense of having to move for­ loving voice once more that said simply "I tee from my monthly meeting to help me ward, and this gave me the strength to be am with you, I am always with you." With discern whether this was in fact a leading. fully honest with myself and begin the a huge sense of relief, I sat back in the The committee met with me for six process of gender transition. summer sunshine and felt all my death months and explored the nature of my During the next summer I was on a wishes fade away. leading as well as the probable impacts of visit to my wife's famiJy in the mountains I knew suddenly that God was with me my following it on my family and on the and felt so clearly the beauty and compan­ on this path to authenticity. Indeed, in meeting. At last the clearness committee ionship that I would be missing if my following it in spite of my fears and tears, helped me see that my children were un­ I was taking a first step in understanding likely to stop loving me for being an au­ the obedience part of integrity. I can't thentic person and that the meeting com­ pretend to have reached a place of whole­ munity would welcome me no matter Gender is not the ness; the breakup of my marriage still feels what. This discernment helped enor­ simple dichotomy our like a gaping hole in my heart that can mously, but I knew that I still had to face never be filled. And the pain of the disso­ the difficult issue ofwhether our marriage culture would have us lution of our relationship continues to be could continue if I began to live as the very intense for me. For over 20 years I woman I knew I needed to be. believe. Those who had come to depend upon another person This period was probably the hardest physically transition for my solace and suppon, and now that for my wife and me. The love between us presence was being tenderly, but firmly, was and continues to be wonderfully deep, across accepted gender withdrawn. I have tried to learn from that but gender is such a fundamental part of pain and strive to understand it as a way of marriage that it changes everything. I was boundaries become maintaining a connection with God, but extremely fonunate to have a partner the most visible target it is a continuing journey. I am grateful whose love was tenacious enough to allow for the love and understanding of my us to spend long hours trying to vision for hatred and children, my parents, and the rest of my how we might enable our partnership to family whose unconditional love has survive. But she was clear that she did not intolerance. been a blessing. want to be married to a woman. And as I I have given up asking why, and I am became clearer that this is just what I am, concentrating on becoming the woman that it slowly became clear that this was an marriage ended. I became sad and with­ I have always needed to be. Because I am insurmountable obstacle. drew a bit ftom the family. When an physically large I am aware that I cannot be I did not feel I had the strength to take unfonunate misunderstanding caused me unobtrusive. I try to project the strong and the next step. I lengthened my daily prayer to be excluded from a hike to the top ofa confident woman that I am becoming and and meditation sessions to a full hour each mountain, I found myself falling into a avoid unnecessary stereotyping, but I am morning, seeking the divine guidance that deeper despair than I had ever known. My also aware that my very presence is part of we had invoked in our marriage vows. mind kept replaying a hike of the previous my witness. Gender is just not the simple How could I take action that might cause day in which I had crossed a raging river dichotomy that our culture would have us the dissolution of my marriage and the and then walked along a very steep cliff­ believe. While many people suffer from the possible breakup of my famiJy? But could except this time when I carne to these oppression ofrigid gender expectations, it is I continue living if I did not acknowledge dangerous situations I let myself drop from those of us who physically transition across my increasing cenainty that I needed to a cable car into the torrent and be swept accepted gender boundaries who become live at least part of my life as a woman? away. Later I saw myself sliding off the the most visible targets for hatred and In my seeking I discovered the group cliff to fall hundreds offeet onto the rocks intolerance. As I continue along my jour­ of Quakers known as FLGC (Friends for below. I wanted so much for these events ney, I am acutely aware of that visibility. I Lesbian and Gay Concerns) and was wel­ to have happened so that I would not have place my trust in God that the openness of comed into this amazing spiritual com­ to face myself my journey will increase understanding munity where I found a powerful refuge After everyone else left, I went out and for my transgendered sisters and brothers, and source of strength. The depth of the stared at the mountains and wondered whatever it costs me. Knowing that a wide worship within this community of gay, whether I should take one of the cars circle ofFriends is holding me in the Light lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered parked nearby and find a cliff to put an makes each step a bit easier. 0

16 january 2002 F RIENDS JoURNAL GFROM SARAH DouGLASS

by Margaret Hope Bacon

n 1833, Sarah Mapps the building were instructed "to allot some accomplished poet and essayist, publish­ Douglass, an Mrican Ameri­ suitable places for theNegroes to sit in our ing many poems and articles in the anti­ educator, moved from her common meetings." There was separate slavery and the black presses. She was also home in Philadelphia to New York seating at Key's Alley Meetinghouse. One an activist, organizing several societies dedi­ City to teach in a Girls Mrican School. Friend, Israel Johnson, objected and sat in cated to helping free black women sup­ She was lonely in the new city, and she the black section himself. There was also a port their enslaved sisters, as well as par­ missed going to Quaker meeting with her black bench at Haddonfield Meeting. ticipating vigorously in the multiracial mother, Grace Douglass. When she Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society. attended meeting in New York, She was interested in women's rights, however, no one spoke to her. She especially in helping women understand had been going there for about one ~~ cvhdad~atffd and control the functioning of their own month when on the way in to the bodies. To this end she enrolled in the meetinghouse a Friend asked her, ~~~AA~ Female Medical College of Pennsylvania, "Does thee go out to house clean­ ~~()I/ not# and later in the Pennsylvania Medical ing?" Sarah reported to a friend University, and she gave a series oflectures that she wept during the whole of rannd~· tU~ #auv~b on physiology to MricanAmerican women the meeting and for many succeed­ in New York and Philadelphia. Mrer the ing Sabbaths, not so much for her ~ffd??f?~cmd Civil War she became vice president of own wounded pride but for sorrow the Women's Freedmen's Relief Associa­ that Friends could be so cruel. ~~MJJJ-ut~& tion of Pennsylvania, and she solicited It is a sad fact that most Friends in the 19th century did 1/dcvfo,d.udateaciendc/~ not see the inconsistency ofpro ­ viding schools for African kdJJ-~~~~ Americans, working against sla­ ~~ very, and hiding escaped slaves through the underground rail­ road, while discriminating against them socially. Few Friends entertained blacks in their homes or sat with them in meeting. Instead, a bench in most meetinghouses was re­ served for black people, and whites were discouraged from sitting with them. While Friends were leaders in providing edu­ cation for MricanAmerican chil- ~ dren, they did not often allow ~ them into their own schools. Q Seating blacks separately was ~ the custom among all the de­ ~ nominations in Philadelphia, and Friends had evidently never given the matter much thought. When Sarah Douglass accomplished many funds to send clothes, books, tools, and the so-called Great Meeting House was things in her lifetime. She was first and teachers to the South to help the newly enlarged in 1756, the persons planning foremost a beloved educator for more than freed slaves. In 1864 she was a founder of 50 years. She taught her children not only the Stephen Smith Home for Aged and Margaret Hope Bacon is a member ofCentral the basics, but art and music, and helped Infirm Colored Persons, and remained on Philadelphia (Pa.) Meeting. She has recentlypub­ to train many leading African American the Board for two years. lished Love Is the Hardest Lesson: A Memoir. teachers at the Institute for Colored Youth Nevertheless, her place in history rests ©2002 Margaret Hope Bacon (now Cheyney University). She was an on her willingness to speak out against FRIENDS j oURNAL january 2002 17 racial discrimination, despite pain to her­ became a milliner, conducting her busi­ felt these slights keenly, and spoke to her self and her mother, in the early days of ness at her father's old shop at 56 Arch often about the situation saying, "The the 19th century, in words that are reach­ Street. In 1803 she married Robert hardest lesson my Heavenly Father ever ing men and women today at the begin­ Douglass, a hairdresser from the West set me to learn, was to love Friends; and in ning of the 21 ". The changes she achieved Indies, whose business was next door at anguish ofspirit I have often queried; why in her own day were minuscule, but today 54 Arch Street. The couple had six chil­ the Lord should require me to go among a have helped bring about a significant dren: Elizabeth, born 1804; Sarah, 1806; people who despise me on account of my change in the racial attitudes of the Reli­ Robett Jr., 1809; James, 1811; Charles complexion; but I have seen that it is gious Society of Friends. Frederick, 1813;andWilliamPenn, 1816. designed to humble me, and to teach me Sarah Douglass's attachment to the Elizabeth died in 1819, Charles in 1834, the lesson, 'Love your enemies, and pray Religious Society of Friends went back to William in 1839. for them who despitefully use you."' her grandfather, Cyrus Bustill (1732- In addition to raising her children and While her father went to the First Afri­ 1806). Cyrus was the son of an enslaved operating her shop, Grace Douglass was can Presbyterian Church, Sarah went with mistress and her master, Presbyterian an active civicleader. In 1819, she opened her mother to North Meeting, or occa­ Samuel Bustill, a Burlington, New Jersey, a school in conjunction with the famous sionally the nearby Arch Street Meeting, lawyer. Cyrus was sold to another master sailmaker, James Forten. In 1833, she and carne to love the silence. Nevertheless, and then to a Quaker, Thomas Prior, a became a founder of the Philadelphia she was saddened by the fact that her baker, who taught Cyrus the baking trade, Female Anti-Slavery Society, and for the mother was asked to sit on a back bench. and after seven years, freed him. Bustill rest of her life she served on the board of In a letter "to an esteemed friend," Sarah this important group. The Female Society wrote: "I remember well, wishing, (with made her a delegate to the Annual Con­ the 'foolishness that is bound in the heart ventions of Anti-Slavery Women, held of a child') that the meetinghouse would ~~~~ in 1837, 1838, and 1839. She was also fall down, or that Friends would forbid their delegate to the Pennsylvania Anti­ our coming, thinking then that my mother ~~¥~­ Slavery Society. From January 1841 to would not persist in going among them." April1842, she served as treasurer of the Later, in a letter to William Bassett, ~~¥~~tfv Gilbert Lyceum. dated December 1837, asking about ~and~ Despite her prominence, Grace was separate seating for blacks, she wrote of also subject to prejudice. When she at­ her experiences: btPOd~~¥~ tended North Meeting, to which she felt she had belonged since childhood, she And as you request to know particularly about Arch St. Meeting, I may say that the ~¥M. was made to sit on a separate bench. When experience of years has made me wise in this she attended Arch Street meeting, which fact, that there is a bench set apart at that had been built in 1804 near her shop, she meeting for our people, whether officially ap­ attended meeting with Prior, and contin­ was also asked to sit on a back bench. pointed or not I cannot say; but this I am free ued when he was freed. He set up his own Later, toward the end of Grace's life, Sa­ to say, that my Mother and myself were told baking business in Burlington, and dur­ rah said, when the ushers felt they could to sit there, and that a friend sat at each end of ing the Revolutionary War he baked bread not seat her thus, they put her on one of the bench to prevent white persons from sit­ for the American Army. the long benches at the side, stretching ring there. And even when a child, my soul Prior to the Revolutionary War, Cyrus from one end of the meetinghouse to the was made sad by hearing five or six times, Bustill married Elizabeth Morey, daugh­ other, and made sure no one else sat on it during the course of our meeting, this lan­ guage of remonstrance addressed to those ter of Richard Morey and a Delaware also. When she went to New York as who were willing to sit with us. "This bench is Indian woman named Satterwait, who delegate to the Annual Convention of for the black people," "This bench is for the had been a maid in the household of Anti-Slavery Women and attended meet­ people of color"-and ofren times I wept, at Nicholas Wain before her marriage, and ing there she was told to sit in the balcony, other times I felt indignant and queried in who also attended meeting. The couple "because Friends do not like to sit by my own mind, are these people Christians? had eight children, ofwhom Grace Bustill persons of thy color." Now it seems clear to me, that had not that (1782- 1842), mother of Sarah, was the At one time a young white Friend, bench been set apart for oppressed Ameri­ fifth. At the end of the Revolutionary Mira Okrum, who wished to sit with cans, there would have been no necessity for War, shortly afrer their eighth child, David, Grace and Sarah at North Meeting, was the often repeated and galling remonstrances, was born, Cyrus and Elizabeth moved to forbidden to do so. Later, after the new galling indeed because I believe they despise Philadelphia where Cyrus set up his bak­ North Meetinghouse was built at Sixth us for our color. I have not been in Arch Street for four years, but my Mother goes once a ery at 56 Arch Street, berween Second and and Noble, Grace Douglass attended the week and frequently she has a whole long Third, and began to attend North Meet­ funeral of a minister she had known. She bench to herself - ing, at Key's Alley. was ftrst seated all by herself in a room, Grace therefore grew up as a Friend, and then asked to walk with rwo young Despite her bitterness, Sarah eventu­ attending North Meeting with her par­ male colored employees of the family be­ ally resumed attending Quaker meeting, ents. After being schooled in downtown hind the casket, while every other woman sometimes at 12th Street but more ofren Philadelphia, perhaps in the well-known in the funeral party was given a ride. at Arch Street. Two sisters, Hannah school founded by Anthony Benezet, she Sarah Douglass reported that Grace White Richardson and Rebecca White,

18 january 2002 F RIENDS JoURNAL prominent members of Arch Street, be­ friended her, and they may have seen to it that the galling restrictions on seating were lifted. Her letters to these two are full of references to the spiritual nourish­ ment she gained from Quaker silence, which she carne to love more and more as she grew older. In one letter she speaks ofgoing to hear the famous preacher, Eliza Gurney:

Eliza Gurney preached a comforting yet solemn, awful, searching sermon, a sermon to be remembered. She spoke to various states and among the rest I was remembered. Yes, had she said, 'Sarah this is for thee,' I could not have felt it more truly mine. Yes, the least and lowest of all that company was com­ foned; her poor hungry soul fed with the finest wheat, and that heart whose sorrowful language had so often been, 'no man cares for my soul,' was made to rejoice before God, yea to exceedingly rejoice! So deep was my emo­ tion that I could scarce refrain from sobbing aloud. 0, thought I, I may be well content to take a long walk and to sit behind everybody, alone unnoticed by my fellow worshipers, when the King of Kings thus condescends to comfort me by his faithful messenger!

In an article in the Liberator signed by a pen name, Zillah, she wrote ofattending a church service, but preferring silence: ~ Foulkeways Retirement indoor Wimbledon, green­ Community, no one is ever house gardening, computer Then sweet voices sang a sweeter hymn, left out in the cold. Not with training, swimming in our but while the notes of the glorious music were ringing in my eat, my heart acknowledged the all the wonders that await indoor pool, and (whew) superior eloquence of silence--the beauty of our residents in the great much, much more. Stretch sitting down in humility and heartbrokenness indoors. your mind, as well thanks to to wait the operation of the Holy Spirit-and Foulkeways guest speakers then to feel its gentle influence distilling like Step out of your warm and dew upon the soul, and subduing every un­ and well-stocked library.· holy and wandering thought. inviting apartment or spacious cottage, and join In short, cabin fever isn t Researching the life of Sarah Douglass the fun and excitement in cured with the life care that taught me many things about racism and the numerous activities that awaits you at Foulkeways it the necessity of rooting its tendrils out of our hearts. But she also taught me anew to Foulkeways offers, including: never gets started. appreciate and to use the silence. Often For more information or to today, sitting in meeting, prey to wander­ ing thoughts, I remember Sarah, the long arrange for a personal tour, walks and the hostility that she was willing call Nancy B. Gold, Director to endure for the sake of the silence, and of Admissions, today at her absolute faith that ifshe would wait in humbleness, the Holy Spirit would oper­ 215-643-2200. ate upon her soul. And thinking about her, I grow more open to the silence. 1120 Meetinghouse Road • Gwynedd, PA 19436 Yes, we need to root out racism, but E-mail: [email protected] perhaps even more, we need to recover faith such as that of Sarah Douglass. 0 Visit our web site! www.foulkeways.org Foulkeways• at Gwynedd does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, G:r10\IAlN0UIIN6 O,ii'OAtlolllltY religion, national origin, sex, handicap or familial status.

FRIENDS )OURNAL january 2002 ----19 hat moves me, a biological woman who is happy with A Quaker Feminist's y lot, to address this issue? tially, I was led to deeply examine the claim that male-to-female transsexuals are women and thus appro­ Perspective on priate participants in events intended for women only. As a feminist, I know that naming is Transsexual Concerns power, and I believe individuals have the right to name their own reality. But I also believe groups have the right to define themselves and that individuals are not by Rose Ketterer completely free to name themselves part of any group. My ancestors were Euro­ pean; I don't feel entitled to claim Asian or African descent or to participate in self­ defined groups of those ethnicities. Yet I support the struggles oftransgendered and transsexual people against the cruel rigid­ ity of our culture, which provides so few avenues for gender expression. Awareness of the terrible suffering of people who are not at home in their biological sex can stifle questions about whether they are men, women, or genders that as yet we lack language to describe. Prayer, study, research, and sharing have doubled my original concern to embrace both the preservation of sacred women's space and the need to deepen understand­ ing of and resistance to gender oppres­ sion. I offer this writing as extended wor­ ship sharing on paper and hope it will serve to stimulate further threshing of these concerns. I define "sex" as a biological condition related to reproduction and "gender" as a human cultural phenomenon of display­ ing one's biological or preferred sex. Sex is thus a constant across cultures, while gen­ der has a vast number of culturally deter­ mined variations. Before medical sex reas­ signment became possible, in Western cultures differently gendered people (those whose gender does not match their sex) had two choices: endure their deep sense of wrongness about their gender or try to "pass" as the other. Other cultures have sometimes accommodated the differently gendered by recognizing their unique sta­ tus and providing meaningful roles that drew on the strengths of combined male and female natures, as understood by their communities. My investigation of the transgender

Rose Ketterer, a member of Haddonfield (NJ) Meeting, is active in Quaker Lesbian Conference.

20 january 2002 FRIENDS JoURNAL movement has convinced me that gender plastic surgery and the removal of healthy The first yearning transsexuals ofi:en ex­ dysphoria is an important area of civil organs, both of which are part ofsex reas­ press is to meet with a group of similar rights. Transsexuals are not the only gen­ signment. My sense is that many Friends people. We could help by sharing the der outlaws within our culture. When I would agree with these feminists that such stories of how Quaker organizations over­ was a child, acceptable occasions for processes are violent expressions of self­ carne isolation, growing from a handful women to wear trousers were severdy lim­ rejection. Of course, there are exceptions. of Friends to organized spiritual commu­ ited; even now, men appear in skirts at Few among us would question preventive nities. We can advocate for education great peril. Transvestites, drag queens, mastectomies for those at high risk of about transgender issues in our monthly butch women, and effeminate men also breast cancer, and fewer still, reconstruc­ meetings, workplaces, and neighbor­ are ridiculed, assaulted, and killed for dar­ tive surgery for burn victims. I have hoods. We can invite and welcome differ­ ing to violate norms of clothing, hair­ thought of sex reassignment surgery as ently gendered people to wider Quaker styles, mannerisms, names, and other gen­ unnecessary. But transpersons tend to view gatherings. der-identified behavior. Anyone who chal­ the drastic medical procedures they em­ The most difficult challenge we face lenges gender norms is in danger. Yet ploy simply as relief from the severe dis­ around transgender concerns may be the gender norms are not now, if they ever tress of being treated as a sex that feels tendency to judge those who hold a differ­ were, essential to survival. alien to them. I am profoundly uneasy ent point of view as being wrong or spiri­ Most of us adhere to a bipolar concept tually less advanced. We can learn about of two sexes with narrow ranges ofgender defining our identity and setting honest expression. Against this backdrop, the gen­ As a feminist, I know boundaries from many Quaker organiza­ der trauma of people who undergo trans­ tions. For instance, Fellowship of Friends sexual medical treatment is intense. I be­ that naming is power, of African Descent has struggled repeat­ lieve this treatment is ongoing torture, to edly to define the roles of white family which no one would submit without pow­ and I believe individuals members in the organization. Friends for erful motivation. T ransgendered and trans­ have the right to name Lesbian and Gay Concerns went through sexual people speak doquently ofthe agony a painful discernment process before de­ of feeling differently gendered, and their their own reality. But I also clining to add the words "bisexual and suffering about this should not be denied transgendered" to its name. American or devalued. They make heroic efforts to believe groups have the Friends Service Committee labored at great reconcile their inner longings with the right to define themselves length over its affirmative action policy, acceptable gender roles in our society. especially inclusion of sexual minorities. However, I don't think anyone can be and that individuals are Many monthly meetings have engaged or transformed from one sex to the other. are engaged in threshing the definicion of After all, what is transformed in trans­ not completely free to marriage under their care. sexual treatment? A founding practitioner name themselves part of The queries that follow rose out of my oftranssexual surgery, Dr. Georges Burou, private worship and reflect only my per­ once stated: "I don't change men into any group. sonal searching. women. I transform male genitals into genitals that have a female aspect. All the Queries rest is in the patient's mind." Male to here because my own understanding How can a caring spiritual community female transgendered people, even those dashes with dearness committees that best respond to transsexuals? who are post-operative, can and do con­ have supported decisions for such pro­ tinue to use a masculine power voice or cedures. I know my present degree of How can we encourage social change that walk "like a man" when they want better enlightenment isn't a final answer to this celebrates masculine women and femi­ nine men as well as other variations of service or more attention. complicated question. Medical sex reassignment is a process Several Friends have remarked that my gender expression? How could Friends of adjusting a person's gender presenta­ sharing about sex reassignment reminds work to make human culture a more wel­ tion, sometimes including forming geni­ them of anti-choice arguments against coming home for all individuals? tals and secondary sex characteristics that abortion. I have no desire to prevent any­ What is our single standard of truth in are more congruent with the way the per­ one from following a course ofaction that relation to sex reassignment? Do the terms son feels about him/herself In other words, alleviates persistent existential pain. How­ "male" and "female" name reality or social persons who are physically male but feel ever, I believe there is a better way for constructs? How does the process of sex female or physically female but feel male transpersons to be in the world, a way that reassignment confuse image with essence? obtain medical services to change their would, at least for some, reduce the dan­ To what extent does outward appearance bodies to resemble the other sex. Surgical gerous medical consequences oftranssexual comprise maleness or femaleness? and hormonal reassignment of sex has treatment. What is the rdacionship between sex reas­ been developing since the 1930s. General I believe that civil rights for gender signment and the testimony ofsimplicity? public awareness about this process carne expression is one ofthe next great waves of in the 1950s with published accounts of struggle toward individual freedom, and Are Friends being called to speak truth to the "sex change" of Christine Jorgenson. that Friends can support transgendered power on the subject of gender oppres­ Many feminists condemn cosmetic and transsexual people in a variety ofways. sion? If yes, what is the next step? 0

FRIENDS }OURNAI.. january 2002 21 Reports and Epistles

net and to a safe side; and trying to get every­ the fourth day, Nathan Kuhlman came to talk Abington Quarterly one over a wall. Again, a much appreciated to us about his travels around the world. He Meeting's Middle School swim. In the evening we made ice cream and has been through Junior Friends Conference watched a movie. and even was a counselor. He remembered Friends Conference We felt that things were going great. On some of us. Then his dad, Rob, did a nature study project with us. We had two groups, On June 18,2001,20 middle-school-aged each with a plot ofland. We were supposed to Young Friends gathered at Fellowship Farm look and identify whether it was a wetland or in Pottstown, Pennsylvania. First we met all if it was suitable for building. We decided it the campers and staff members; then we talked was not suitable, and then we had to defend about spirituality and what it means. And our stand with facts. then we put on our bathing suits and ran to That afternoon we finished our masks and the pool. In the evening, we made a mask of had fun doing silly stuff in drama. We were ourselves with a partner and then headed for sad when it ended but raced to the pool. We the campfire, sang songs, and roasted hoc had a special dinner this last night. At one dogs on sticks. The first day was a blast! table we tried to fit as many people in as we The second day, after breakfast and meet­ could; instead of the normal seven, we fit in ing for worship, we heard a talk in the barn by 13 people. It was a Kodak moment. Then Robert Williams about the early Lenape Indi­ came the Talent Show and the Big Dance! It ans in this area. He told us about the beliefs wasn't much of a dance considering no one would start dancing, so we put batteries in the boom box and headed up to the campfire, where we danced in the woods. We made smores and had the most fun of all. Not many girls and boys went to sleep at lights out­ maybe even none! Nobody wanted to wake up in the morning, but we all wanted to eat. This time we broke our record with 14 people at the table. No one wanted the day to go by. and way of life of Native We went for a nature walk Americans, and then we and looked at trees, berries, watched him make an arrow­ and even some animal foot­ head. prints. After checking for ticks, After lunch, we split into we had our own business meet­ two groups; one worked on ing and then meeting for wor­ our masks and the other spent ship. In both we found more time with Martha Kemper on ticks on ourselves. After lunch, drama activities. We switched parents picked us up one by groups, then again headed for one. the pool. That evening we The campers thought the joined in on Rhythms from conference was a great success. around the World, with Lisa Wolfe. Everyone had a turn to - Kelsey Schwarzenbach, play the drums. This was so eighth grade, Gwynedd {Pa.) much fun that we decided we Meeting should do it every year. On the third day, some of us could hardly get out of bed. ~ We did Fellowship Farm's -s Ropes Course. First we played ~ cooperative games to see ifwe ~ could all work together. Then ~ we did outdoor challenge 1, games, including: trusting an­ Photos: ~ other friend; trying to help each Abington Q!utrterly Meeting <:> other across many difficulties; Middle School Friends share ~ . -.. trymg to get everyone over a friendship and trust

22 january 2002 FRIENDS }OURNAL neously, the members of the Ad Hoc Com­ that many monthly meetings also have been Epistle from the Friends mittee on Racism felt a growing need to rec­ taking small and large steps forward in General Conference ognize the validity of the concern formally at making their meetings more accessible to an organizational level. From that need, the Friends of color and inviting to people of Committee for Ministry Committee for Ministry on Racism was born color who might be seekers. We wish to sup­ on Racism at FGC's Central Committee meeting in Oc­ port the move toward a time when every tober 2000. Friend will be a willing wimess and an agent The committee, which has sought racial of change, moving us toward greater October 27, 2001 parity in membership, has met in deeply Spirit­ racial and ethnic diversity and the eradication To Friends everywhere: led discernment in both spring and fall of of racism within all meetings affiliated Greetings from members of the Friends 2001 as well as informally at the annual FGC with FGC. General Conference Committee for Ministry Gathering and via e-mail, phone, and letter We invite Friends everywhere to labor with on Racism as we enter our second year as a throughout the year. We continue to seek and us as we move forward in this mission. We ask standing committee. Our committee has to feel God's blessing in our endeavors. We for your prayers. We ask you to hold these grown from the seed found in the concerns of are clear that our best work together is concerns in the light of your own conscience. some Friends in Central Committee several grounded in worship and acknowledge that We invite you to join us in this work. Let us years ago. For them it became clear that we when we truly center together, we do not hear from you about how God is moving needed to face the challenge of enhancing know where we will be led. We have been within you in response to racism amongst racial and ethnic diversity through eradicating willingly vulnerable to that process and affirm Friends. Let us hear from you about how we racism within Friends General Conference that there is a fundamental relationship to can be of service to you as we move forward (FGC) and its affiliated yearly and monthly God in what we are doing. We are clear that together. meetings. Central Committee took up this eradicating racism is a ministry of healing, In the Light, leading, carried forward by a small multi­ education, and empowerment. It is time to racial group of Friends that became the Ad move beyond guilt toward the center of this FCC Committee for Ministry on Racism Hoc Committee on Racism. During Central work, which is God's love. (lean-Marie Prestwidge Barch, Committee Meetings for the past three years, As our work on racism at Central Com­ Bruce Birchard, Ernestine Buscemi, members of that committee have had oppor­ mittee has progressed, FGC program com­ Vincent Buscemi, Janice Domanik, tunities to learn about and share our under­ mittees have been taking steps forward in Vanessa julye, Theo Mace, Beckey Phipps, standings and experiences of racism. Simulta- focusing on this work. We have been told and Christopher Sammond)

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FRIENDS ]oum&january 2002 23 Pendle Hill Witness Youth and An "Honors Retreat" Colorado Service Programs in By William Charland Opportunities for Young t's lonely out on the front lines. they gather for meals and at bedtime. But they Adults and Activists Ask anyone who's spent time working spend their time, for the most part, hiking in I with homeless people, or with children on the forest, gazing at the mountains, and tak­ September 2002-Jtme 2003 an impoverished Indian reservation. They'll ing time to give thought to their lives. tell you that the most challenging part of their Most participants are not Quakers and, SociAL AcnoN AND SociAL work is not long hours or low wages; it's a lack according to Cobin, some have found long WITNESS INTERNSHIPS of recognition. There's an anonymity that periods of silence uncomfortable. But gener­ comes from working with the dispossessed, ally the retreats have been deeply appreciated. A 9·MONTH SERVICE PROGRAM and it's painful. . Sally King paints landscapes, "catching the FOR YOUNG ADULTS AND Marcin Cobin sensed this problem several Earth's energy," and portraits to "catch the years ago when he founded the "Honors Re­ energy of a person." A member of the Right SEASONED ACTIVISTS. treat," a weekend program offered annually Sharing of World Resources Committee in through the Denver office ofAmerican Friends Boulder Meeting, King became aware of the Service Committee. Cobin, a Quaker, is a need for art supplies and instruction on the Summer Youth Programs retired university professor in the comfortable Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. For community of Boulder, Colorado. the past two years, she has spent part of her June 12-July 28, 2002 One evening, he found himself in a group summers at Lone Man's School near Oglala, YouNG ADuLT LEADERSHIP ofsocially concerned Boulderites. ''What should South Dakota, working with a local educator, we be doing for the less fottunate in our com­ Gerald One Feather, to tap the rich artistic DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM munity?" theywereasking. Corbin gave a silent talents of Lakota youngsters. snott, and then he reframed the question: ''Why Hers is the kind of unsung volunteer effott A SERVICE-LEARNING AND don't we do something to suppott the people that is prime-time material for the honors SPIRITUAL ENRICHMENT who are already doing this kind of work?" retreat. "I was honored to be recognized," she OPPORTUNITY FOR 12 YOUNG And so the Honors Retreat was born. says, "and I loved being with the other people The format is simple. People are invited to on the retreat. Most of us artists spend so PEOPLE AGES 18-24 nominate those who are doing something to much time in isolation." · help others at some sacrifice to themselves, July 7-July 14,2002 Jerry Peterson is program manager at St. and whose efforts may not be well known. Francis Center, a homeless shelter sponsored Yourn CAMP FOR HIGH Cobin pays a visit to each nominee, express­ by the Episcopal Diocese ofColorado. Located ScHOOL STUDENTS ing appreciation for their work and explaining at the edge of downtown Denver a few blocks the retreat. A small contingent of those se­ from the Colorado Rockies' beautiful ballpark, (AGES 15-18) lected- no more than a dozen, to fit in a Coors Field, the shelter is a vision ofanother van--gather early on a Friday morning at the world. Intake workers and police officers line AFSC Denver office. the entrance to a cavernous room filled with See our classified ad After brief introductions, they're off on a men and women bundled in overcoats. Next for details on these three-day excursion to Endaba, a wilderness to a bustling business district, they sit motion­ programs retreat in the San Juan mountains of south­ less on folding chairs at folding tables. A quiet west Colorado. Much of the excursion is into buzz of English and Spanish fills the stale air. themselves; Cobin has designed the retreat as Some sip coffee; a few read paperback books. an exercise in silent contemplation. He offers But most of them just sit, waiting for some­ a series of questions for consideration, begin­ thing. Hundreds of homeless people come ning with the view from the van on the jour­ through St. Francis Center every day-for a ney to Endaba. shower, a place to leave messages, a clean pair • Is there anything you see out there that of socks. Or, possibly, a job. you would relate to the fulfillment of potential? Jerry Peterson sits at a desk in a small • Do you feel that you have potentials that anteroom, seeing a succession of people every have not been realized? day. His job is to try to help them find em­ - PENDLE Hll.I. • Do you think anything can be done ployment. On the phone, he is asked about about that? the honors retreat he attended. "It was a very - A QUU

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Seekers Found: Atonement in Early Quaker Experience By Doug!ds Gwyn. Published by Pendle HiO Publications, 2000. 420 pages. $20/ paperback. Reading Doug Gwyn's Seekers Found, I felt as though I were having a rich, spiritual and intellectual conversation with, in Johnson's phrase, "a strong mind operating upon life." In Seekers Found, Gwyn continues his ex­ ploration of what Friends can say about living in the drama of discovery, atonement, renewal, and covenant. He sees the issues raised by our present diversity in the light of the seeking time of the 17"' century, which in some sense is Quakerism's native soil. The debates we experience are painful and vital, but he suggests that, properly framed, we have more grounds for reconciliation ("atone­ ment") among ourselves than we might think. God, the unsayable Truth and great Seeker, is to be relied upon still. And the unique Quaker response even to Quaker turmoil is to wait expectantly in the place of weakness and need for the renewed moving of the Spirit, whose power can effect renewal and re-creation. "To be sure," Gwyn writes, "we are not yet at that pentecostal moment. But we can pre­ pare ourselves for it as we stand still for one another in a dialogue of depth, where words are comprehended in the silence, and the Word is made flesh." Clearly, Seekers Found is demanding. But it is exciting precisely because of its honest location in the place ofseeking, a seeking that is grounded and, in fact, made possible by experienced faith in a God who cannot be . . . where each resident captured by anyone's words or imaginings. Gwyn uses the stories of seekers of the 17"' enjoys a comfortable, century to explore what seeking can mean, secure and caring and to make dear what Quakers found and how it added new dimensions to the spiritual environment search of the 1600s. ... where newcomers He starts by laying out the dilemmas he feels are confronting 20"'-century people, quickly feel at home and including Friends, and then describes the long-time residents find ways that he will try to analyze both these problems and the partial solutions to which new delights every day past seekers carne. All this is in the service of his attempt to see if"reconstructive conversa­ tion can be devised" between opposing views of spirituality, among Friends and in A Quaker Sponsored Continuing Care Retirement Community the world at large. • Independent Living • Assisted Living • Skilled Nursing Care Gwyn enters his exploration ofseeking by suggesting that seeking consists of an inter­ 6300 Greene Street, Philadelphia, PA 19144 play between two important elements: "er­ rantry" (where the emphasis is on exploration 215-844-0700 and frontiers) and "standing still" (to await EQUAL HClUSI«J Visit our Internet site at: www.stapeley.org OPPORTUNITY fresh directions or to consolidate what has been found so far-or to resist any further change).

28 january 2002 FRIENDS }OURNAL This is not the same as the more com­ monly used pair "seeker" vmus "finder." Al­ most all the seekers he analyzes long to know Celebrate Truth and are driven to the search by a realiza­ tion that what they have been told up until now (about God, salvation, and the nature of humanity) is seriously lacking. Gwyn uses the the stories of Schwenckfeld and Frank to exem­ plifY this entry into seeking. These spiritual reformers are among those who first advocate a moratorium on religious ritual and dogma, new year! until one can see past the mistaken human additions to spiritual life to the purity ofGod 's intent in the Gospels. Others will share this desire for clarity and getting closer to the root, but feel that it must be accomplished through the creation of a faithful community (possibly even a national government) whose covenant both provides structure and codifies the truth of divine­ human relationship. Historically, this longing to create a Godly governance shows up in a range of experiments in England, from the covenant communities in the Independent movement to those Puritans who saw Cromwell as the instrument for establishing a reformed and faithful commonwealth under divine rule. In the hopeful and dynamic world ofrevo ­ he strength of FRIENDS JoURNAL is in its readers, so we want to add some lutionary England in the 1640s, many were new ones! drawn to the hope that seemed to reside in the Parliamentary uprising and the New Model T Send us the names ofup to six individuals who are not currently subscribers,* Army-including many who later became but who you know would enjoy the JouRNAL. Friends, harboring at least for while their old We'll send each of them three free issues (along with a gift card from you)-and hopes for the establishment of an outward we'll extend your own subscription by one month for each friend, meeting Kingdom. member, or attendee whose name you send to us (up to six months). Yet as the years passed, sensitive souls were * (and who have not been for two years) driven to seeking again, as they saw how much of the worldly mind remained in the "new" 5. Name: ______commonwealth, and in the people who in­ l. Name:------Address: ______Address: ______habited it. Gwyn shows how seekers in the 1640s and 1650s seized on different aspects of unfaithfulness as their starting points. The Zip Zip Diggers and Levellers had a political and prophetic critique of the injustices of their 2. Name: 6. Name: society. Spiritual seekers like Saltmarsh and Address: Address: Erbury focused more on the possibility of truth and reality in relationship with God, Zip Zip despite or beyond mediating structures of church and tradition--or rather renewing the 3. Name: truth and relationship that once were the Address: heart of Christianity. Please extend my current At this point in the narrative, names more Zip subscription: familiar to Friends start entering the picture: 4. Name: Gwyn explores the meanings of Ranterism Name: at the time, and the collapse of the Ranter Address: Address: "movement." He then moves on to several people whose experience shows how aspects ______Z ip Zip•______of all the other seeking phenomena fed into FRIENDS ...... ·.· .. ·.· ...... Q uakerism as it arose, enriching it even as 1216 Arch Street, 2A, Philadelphia, PA 19107-2835 FJOI02 the new message transformed or completed Fax: ( 215) 568-1377 • E-mail: [email protected] much of the seeking and hoping that pre­ JOURNAL ceded it.

FRIENDS ]OURNAL}anuary 2002 29 It is imponant for us to try understand how early Quakerism, to its adherents, was Learning for Life~ Learning with joy not just another variety of seeking on the landscape, but was in fact the answer to a crisis. In many ways, Fox's words sum this up: Age Three " ... all my hopes in them [the "experienced to people") and in all men were gone, so that I Grade 6 had nothing ourwardly to help me, nor could tell what to do.... " There was a final collapse, a dead end, in all the ourward paths of seeking, whether in individual exploration, renewal of rites or de­ vising of covenants, or purified political ac­ tion. The dead end was the same for all: In the howling gales of the world, who was expect­ ing and experiencing a walk with God that Open House passed through inward crucifixion to freedom from the death of sin? Friday, February 1 But Fox came to see this as possible, as Friday, Apri11 9 did Nayler, Dewsbury, and many others. Al­ Call 610-642-0354 though Fox was able to announce it in a way to register that crystallized a movement, the world of seekers he moved in was full of souls who had glimpsed the nature of the crisis, and the direction ofits cure, and brought to the move­ 851 Buck Lane Haverford, PA 19041 ment their needs, their histories, and their www. friendsha verford.org own insights. Gwyn looks at this crystallization most effectively through the stories of Isaac and Mary Penington, who were great seekers be­ fore they became great Friends, and remained lively in their seeking all their lives, even while embracing Quaker findings. I recommend Residential and this chapter for careful reading, as the stories provide an imponant backdrop for Gwyn's Assisted Living exploration of the changes that came in the since 1891 Quaker movement as internal debates and external oppression led to the formation of the Religious Society of Friends. In addition to The Hickman's Gwyn concludes by relating the kinds of seeking he has reviewed to attitudes towards "not too big, not too small" Truth starting with the Gospel of John. He size, Bill and Becky Mcilvain then revisits the urgent present debates among liked the retirement Friends that arise from tension berween what he calls "fundamentalist universalism" and community's in-town location. "universalist fundamentalism." The first tend towards absolute claims for traditional formulations of Truth; the second tend to "There are so many things avoid or reject the idea of a knowable Truth, you can ckJ within walking feeling that "Groups claiming to know and distance. We're still driving impan truth in any definitive sense are by definition wrong." The Quaker insistence that now, but the day will come . ... " the "doctrine of the Gospel is known by obe­ dience to the Gospel" as one is led to it seems to me one good starting place for rapproche­ Quaker-Sponsored • Homelike • Affordable • Close to Town • Welcoming Diversity ment--one that sidesteps debates about the 400 N. Walnut St., West Chester, PA 19380 nature ofTruth . I have read this book twice and profited 610-696-1536 from it; my lin1e essay here has not covered all e-mail: [email protected] the points of interest. Cenainly one can ask www. thehickman.org questions about Gwyn's treatment on various points, such as his interpretation of the exact impact ofwomen's role in the rise of Quaker-

30 january 2002 fRIENDS jOURNAL ism and in some dynamics in the early move­ as it was in the 1600s. Contemporary life ment. I am still not sure how much of the surrounds us with a whirlwind of constant ter historical material is really relevant to the ar­ noise, incessant activity, and meaningless clut­ gument, though I enjoy and appreciate even ter, so it is not surprising that most of us are eeldong the bushy side-trails. There are times also overextended, chronically tired, and feel when it feels as though perhaps too much weighed down by the pressures we carry.... ourses analytical machinery is brought to bear, and The Spirit is speaking through the whirlwind that a more parsimonious theorizing might of modern life, and if we listen quietly to the February 3-8 get the point across more effectively. cool, calm Center within, there is an invita­ A LIVED THEOLOGY Yet in the end, this is a valuable and serious tion to plain living awaiting each of us." book, not as an authoritative reference, but as As Whitmire makes dear, she knows SPEAKING WITH INTEGRITY AS a deeply concerned, deeply thoughtful, and whereof she speaks. Twenty-five years ago she FRIENDS rigorous companion in our searches. was an overextended healthcare administrator with Marge Abbott who tried to simply her life by attending time - Brian Drayton management seminars, reorganizing her of­ February 17-22 fice, sleeping less, and spending New Year's QyAKERS AND PASTORAL CARE Brian Drayton, a member ofWeare Meeting in day writing relationship, financial, health, and Heniker, New Hampshire, is a recorded minis­ spiritual goals for the new year-with a plan with judy Guerry ter in New England Yearly Meeting. to implement each. Unforrunately, the faster she tan, the more en­ February 24-March 1 meshed in complex­ SouL AND SPIRIT Plain Living: ity and the details of A Quaker Path life she became. Fi­ BLENDING SUFFERING AND nally a friend who PRAYER INTO CoMPASSION to Simplicity noted her absorption with Dan Snyder in actively managing By Catherine Whitmire. her life pointed her March 3-8 Foreword by Parker J in the right direction A}EWISH-Q!lAKER I,...... , Palmer. Sorin Books, by paraphrasing the 2001. 192 pages. $13.951 famous question, MAKING A DwELUNG FOR. paperback. "How do you know with Marcia Pmger and Maine Quaker Cath­ A QUAKER PATH TO SI M PLICITY what God is plan­ erine Whitmire has made ning for your life?" Rebecca Kratz M~s every page of Plain Living As Whitmire March 17-22 ';I a radiant reflection of the considered the ques­ Light. Her work is an an- tion, she says: "[I] ... SouND AND FuR¥ thology of contemporary learned to listen Quaker writers including within and to focus Paul Lacey, Sandra Cronk, my time and ener­ CoMPOSERS Parker Palmer, Douglas ·;,..tJ ... oloooljlll..,..._. gies on what I dis­ with Karl Middleman Steere, and Elise Boulding, fi:OM lHf fOti:WOtO 1'1' PA.J:ft J PAlMll cerned to be God's as well as some of their CAT HERINE WHITMIRE will instead of my predecessors: Thomas own, [and] my life Kelly, Rufus Jones, Mar- began to simplify it­ garet Fell, James Nayler, and George Fox. sel£ I found I could let go of extraneous plans Covering work, time, integrity, money, and possessions because they no longer fit inward simplicity, parenting, death, despair, what I now discerned to be the primary goals longing, seeking, discernment, decision­ for my life at that time. ... Changes that had making, everyday mysticism, contemplative seemed difficult and complicated were sud­ listening, and, above all, God, the book is a denly dear.... This simplification process sampler of Quaker insights and discernments. was not about 'sacrifice' but about choosing The brevity ofeach selection encourages us to the life I really wanted. I felt 'lighter,' and pick up the book whenever we have a mo­ began to experience the joy and contentment ment in our busy day, and it by no means I had longed for. I had made a first step ~ PENDLE Hll.l. reduces the book's ability to resonate within toward Quaker 'plain living."' the reader or connect us to the Light within But plain living, as Whitmire soon discov­ v A QU\KER CENTER FOR STUDY AND COmEMPLATION the authors Whitmire has chosen. ered, has a few demands of its own: "Plain 338 Plush Mill Road Framing each of the eight major sections is living is a form of inward simplicity that leads Wallingford,PA 19086 an insightful introduction by Whitmire. As us to listen for the 'still, small voice' ofGod's ext.l42 · (800) 742-3150(US only) or she concludes the introduction to inward sim­ claim upon our lives," she writes. "Plain living (610) 5664507 (available worldwide) plicity: "When we listen within, we too may is a spiritual journey of discovery, a path to be www.pendlehill.org hear an invitation to lay down our encum­ followed ...." [email protected] bered lifestyle. It is as difficult a decision now In her book, Whitmire gives us the space

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32 january 2002 FRIENDs JoURNAL the old text, Barclay asks: "Seeing it is by the Spirit, that Christ reveals the knowledge of God in things spiritual; is it by the Spirit that we must be led under the gospel?" and "Is it an inward principle then, that is to be the Scattergood Friends School, founded guide and rule of Christians?" The new edi­ in 1890, is committed to fostering tion states the questions this way: "Because it lifelong and self-directed learning, is by the Spirit that Christ reveals the knowl­ developing a sense of personal responsibility and cultivating global edge of God in things spiritual, is it by this citizenship. Spirit that we must be led under the Gospel?" and "Is this inward principle, then, the guide • All recent graduates have gained and rule for Christians?" college acceptance I'm not sure whether it is significant that • Srudenr-ro-reacher racio: 4 ro 1 • Innovative block scheduling "gospel" is capitalized in the new edition or • Community service graduation that an inward principle is replaced by this requirement inward principle, bur both might be expected • Shared work program by an evangelical press. Similarly, the new • Organic garden, farm • Comprehensive, exciting edition has Barclay saying. "What gives the Arts Department scriptures their preeminence?" while the old • Daily Collection, weekly text asks, "Wherein consists the excellency of Meeting for Worship the scriptures?" Interestingly, though, the new edition also For information, call roll-free at 1-888-737-4636, or e-mail replaces the old text's question, "Doth Christ [email protected] promise then to come again to his disciples?" with "What did Christ promise his disciples?" 195 1 Delta Avenue Opportunity was not taken to "puff" a higher West Branch, Iowa 52358 chris tology. Helpful foomotes give alternate scriptural vv vv vv. s c a t translations (the editors chose the New Re­ vised Standard Version in modernizing Barclay's Bible references) and historical notes. The latter are especially comforting when the reader gets to Barclay's apparent defense of the status quo regarding slavery and the sub­ mission of women. Chapter 17 of the Catechism offers pause to any Quaker who may feel too smug after reading through the answers to the catechetical questions. In a frontal assault on various Chris­ tian notions, Barclay lays into those who go contrary to Scripture on the divinity ofChrist; those who do not ground salvation in that spiritual force that enlightens everyone--the Light ofChrist; and those who take the Scrip­ tures as the only rule, rather than acknowledg­ ing the universality and sufficiency ofChrist 's death. There is enough to make every FGC, • Wellness program FUM, Conservative, and EFI Friend squirm! As with Freiday's work on Barckly's Apol­ • All the necessities ofretimnent living, ogy and Roberts's work (with Hugh Barbour) such as healthcare and daily meals, on Early Quaker Writings, their making this little piece of early Friends' apologetics included in the basic monthlyfoe. accessible is a great service. Barckly 's Catechism will be a valuable resource for devotions, Broadmead is an inclusive accredited, nolt-to,r-p,rot~ First-day schools, and Quaker studies courses. Continuing Care Retirement Community founded And if it serves no other purpose, it will cer­ and operated in the caring Quaker tradition. tainly cause new generations of Quakers to be 13801 York Road, Cockeysville, Maryland 21030 incredulous that Friends actually once had beliefi! 410-527-1900 -Max L. Carter ITY /Voice- Maryland Relay Service: 1-800-735-2258 Max L. Carter is director ofFriends Center at Guilford College.

FRIENDS ]OURNALjanuary 2002 33 The Cry of an Occasion: Fiction from the Fellowship "I grew to appreciate learning as a part ofeveryday life at Friends ' of Southern Writers Central. Because the teachers care Edited by Richard Bausch. Louisiana State about the students as individuals, University Press, 2001. 210 pages. $29.951 hardcover. they teach us lessons oflife in addition to the academics." Imagining Home: Writing from the Midwest Edited by Mark Vinz and Thom Tammaro. University ofMinnesota Press, 2000. 212 COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY pages. $10.99/paperback. "While the South is hardly Christ-cen­ Friends' Central Service Award tered, it is most certainly Christ-haunted." So Friends School Student Leadership Conference said Flannery O'Connor. She's right, as this Model U.N. • Admission Tour Guide collection of fiction from the Fellowship of Student Newspaper Writer • Black Student Forum Southern Writers proves. Themes of grace Amnesty International • Debate Team and redemption run throughout these stories. Varsity Baseball Captain • Varsity Basketball Sometimes those themes are overt- as in Varsity Soccer "The Sacred Mound" by Shelby Foote, set in Lower School, Grades Pre-K- 4 Middle/Upper School, Grades 5-12 Mississipi in 1797, which says, "In time they 228 Old Gulph Road 1101 City Avenue needed the interpreter no more, for he be­ Wynnewood, PA 19096-1098 Wynnewood, PA 19096-3490 lieved and the words came to him; he under­ stood; Christ Jesus had reached him, Whose Call: (610) 649-7440 for more information strength was in His gentleness, Whose begin­ ning was in His End." In other stories they are less obvious, like in "Three Ghosts." "And her words answered," writes Doris Betts, "perhaps my questions about whether we die by degrees or all at once, whether the soul seeps across by drips and spiri­ tual leakage or only departs with a single thump Friends Home at Woodstown when the bortom drops out of the heart." There are 19 stories here, by Allan Gurganus, Lee Smith, and others, all members of the Fel­ A Century ofQuaker Care for Older Adults lowship of Southern Writers. The fellowship Simply put, Friends Home at Woodstown provides friendly and affordable exists to "encourage and stimulate good writing in the South." It does that and encourages and care to older adults. Nestled in the heart of rural southern New Jersey, stimulates good reading and spiritual reflec­ Friends Home has maintained a stable presence in the community for over tion in the South and the rest of the country. 100 years. Some of our primary services include: Moving farther north along what most people think of as the Bible Belt, we come to • Private, homelike residential living the Midwest, "barren, flat and full of Bibles" • Independent apartment living as Jack D riscoll says in his essay in Imagining • Health care facility with 24-hour services Home. In this collection of essays, as Vinz and • Patient and supportive staff Tammaro say in their introduction, "Place, too, has something to do with . .. spirituality, in all • Attention to the individual's spiritual, social, and physical needs its fo rmal and informal guises; and always, • Closeness to the community with inevitable change, both inner and outer." • Medicare and Medicaid Certificate The Midwest is a place that people from the coasts seem to think of simply as "The Rated one ofthe best care homes in the U.S. Flyover" and where it is, as Patricia Hampl's essay says, the native's "birthright to wish to For a tour or more informacion, contact our Admissions Office at be somewhere." Yet for all our (and I say this 856-769-1500 as a life-long Midwesterner) thinking that "the real world is Out There," most of us have Friends Home at Woodstown found a deep connection between this place and our spiritual life. P.O. Box 457 • Friends Drive • Woodstown, NJ 08098 Many of these essays are about that spiri­ tual connection, though it's not ofren so obvi-

34 january 2002 F RIENDS JOURNAL ous as in the South. Midwesterners tend to be reserved, whether in talking about the weather or faith. "It's not bad" is always preferable to Don't miss out. "It's good"-and that's true in theological musing as well as the quality of a meal. This collection, by writers known for spiritual writ­ ing, such as Kathleen Norris and Patricia Hampl, and those who aren't, like Larry We're Watson and Linda Hasselstrom, is an inter­ esting look at the role ofp lace in our lives. The 16 essays are shot through with discussions of filling up fast. God and daylight savings time, Free Method­ ist upbringing, the All-Seeing Eye of God, feeling blessed, experiencing the holy, finding The first phase of Chandler values "closer to bone and soul" and "cham­ pion believers." Hall's community living Both books are examples of how that of units filled up in record God in every person operates in ways large and small, in fiction and reality, Alabama and the time. Our newest phase Upper Pennisula, and places and people in be­ opens soon, so there's still tween and all around. They are places where we may encounter something eternal. time to become part of -J Brent Bill the family. Come tour J Brent Bill is tJSSociate director ofthe India­ the light-filled common napolis Center for Congregations, an attender of areas, country kitchens, First Friends Meeting in Indianapolis, andtJSSis­ tant book review editor for FRIENDS JouRNAL. community theatre and intimate dining rooms. In Brief Talk with our chef, activities director and all the compassionate When the Wind Changes: people whose personalized approach to aging makes every resident Young People's Experiences of Divorce and Changing feel at home. Let our residents tell you about the activities- from Family Patterns art classes and fi tness programs to day trips-that make their days Edited by Fiona Burtt. ~ker Home Service, so interesting. Learn how affordable it is to live here. And discover 2001. 59pages. $7.95/paperback. When a couple who are members or attendees of a meeting for yourself the difference we can make in your loved one's life. divorce, it is often a wrenching experience for the whole meeting. This book poignantly points out that it is not only the adults who need a nonjudgmentallistening ear and sup­ Adult Day Program Home Health Care Nursing Care pott but also the children. When the Wind Aquatics Programs Hospice Care Wellness Clinic Changes is a collection of essays by young Assisted Living Memory Care Friends. Each section begins with a relevant quotation from the 1995 Britain Yearly Meet­ ingFaithandPractice. The essays cover a broad Eve r y Life Has Mea n ing ... range of topics including loneliness, sense of loss, accepting a new stepparent, coping with the announcement of the homosexuality of a parent, and the difficulty of feeling comfon­ CHANDLER able talking with others about the pain and anguish of separation. This book bridges a gap for both adult and young Friends. For LL teens reading the vignettes written by young Living Th e Quaker Trad i tion Friends, it may help to reinforce a sense that they aren't the only one. As an adult, the book reminded me how powerful and perceptive A nonprofit, nondiscriminatory QUAKER facility 99 Barclay Street, Newtown, PA • (215) 860-4{X)O the voices of the young can be. - joy Pile Joy Pile, a member of South Starksboro {Vt.} 1-888-603-1973 • www.chandlerhall.org Meeting, is a librarian at Middlebury College.

FRIENDS ]OURNALjanuary 2002 35 News Excelling AFSC is sending a needs assessment team to daily basic needs. Unclean water and poor Central Asia to join relief efforts already sanitation kill over 12 million people each IN A CHANGING WORLD Wlderway in the region around Afghanistan. year; air pollution kills nearly 3 million. The The team will identifY short- and long-term report examines the close links between envi­ FRIENDS SELECT strategies to assist refugees and displaced people ronmental conditions, population trends, and ' in the camps and communities dotting the prospects for alleviating poverty in developing Afghan border. In November 2000, Leila countries. It finds that expanding women's Pre-K to 12th grade Richards, AFSC's Central Asia field coordina­ opportunities and ensuring their reproductive tor for relief and reconstruction, traveled to health and rights are critically important, both 17th & Benjamin Franklin Parkway Pakistan to provide initial emergency assis­ to improve the well-being of growing human Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103-1284 tance and identify long-term reconstructive populations and to protect the natural world. 215-561-5900 and humanitarian solutions to help combat The full report and press materials are acces­ the growing crisis. Over the next several sible at . Center for Economic and Social Rights, a DISCOVER QUAKER PHILADELPHIA human rights organization based in Brook­ Some 30,000 Palestinian olive trees have Two-hour walking tours of William Penn's lyn, N.Y., and will consult with Michigan­ been cut down by Israel during the recent original city of brotherly love. For sale: based Life for Development and Relief re­ unrest in the Middle East. The Israeli group paperweight created to honor Penn's work garding distribution of aid. Also in Novem­ Rabbis for Human Rights (RHR) is holding a and crafted in Olde City. Send a SASE for information to: QUAKER ber, Nancy Smith, who previously served as campaign in January and February to replant TOURS, Box 1632, Media, PA 19063. AFSC field director in Cambodia, undertook as many trees as possible. It is estimated that a mission to Iran in conjunction with the Palestinian families will lose $75 per tree per Mennonite Central Committee to support year for the six to ten years needed for the new efforts underway in the region. In October, trees to reach maturity. RHR also hopes to The Bible Association of Friends 239 tons of food for displaced persons in replace that income while the trees mature. in America northern Afghanistan was purchased to ac­ Tax-deductible donations to the Olive Tree since 1829 has offered Bibles, New Testaments, company a five-person relief delegation for Campaign can be sent to the Rabbis for Hu­ and Portions free or at cost to Friends AFSC, the Mennonite Central Committee man Rights c/o T he Shefa Fund, 8459 Ridge institutions, individuals, and others worldwide. and the Muslim Peace Fellowship. The relief Avenue, 2nd Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19128- W rite to: P.O. Box 3, Riverton, NJ 08077 supplies are being divided into packets of 2119. -Rabbisfor Human Rights wheat, sugar, and cooking oil in the estimated amount necessary to sustain a family ofseve n The Right Sharing ofWorld Resources Board for one month. Winter blankets were also ofTrustees met in Cincinnati, Ohio, March purchased. For more information on AFSC 19- 20, 2000, for its biannual session. Dur­ and the No More Victims campaign, visit ing the weekend the Board committed the , or con­ organization to further outreach, especially to tact Carlos Mejia, director of the Emergency programmed Friends, and the expansion of and Material Assistance Program (EMAP), the education and grant-making program. 1501 Cherry Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102 Sally M iller, the newly appointed education (2 15) 241-7283. coordinator ofRSWR, was present. Sally will further develop the RSWR website, , as an easily usable resource; pre­ (UNFPA) has released the State of World pare a study guide for an RSWR video; and Population 2001 report, "Footprints and assist Friends in the use of RSWR resources. Milestones: Population and Environmental - Roland Kreager, General Secretary, RSWR Change." Human activity is altering the planet on an unprecedented scale, according to the report. More people are using more resources Donald W. McNemar will step down as Open your child's with more intensity than ever before and leav­ president of Guilford College at the end of mind to the world ing a bigger "footprint" on the Earth. Global June. M cNemar said his six years at the helm poverty cannot be alleviated without revers­ of Guilford have been guided by "what is best ABINGTON ing environmental damage caused by both for Guilford ... by the Quaker testimonies of FRIENDS rising affluence and consumption and by grow­ peace, simplicity, justice, service, and tolerance, ing populations, the report stresses. It calls for and by my own personal beliefs as embodied SCHOOL balancing human and environmental needs. by the Religious Society of Friends." During A Quaker coeducational World population, now 6.1 billion, has McNemar's tenure enrollment has increased day school grades doubled since 1960 and is projected to grow and the college has built several new facilities, Preschool through 12 to 9.3 billion by 2050. Some 2 billion people renovated residence halls, expanded the infor­ already lack food security, and water supplies mation technology and fiber-optic computer For more information, call and agricultural lands are under increasing network, revamped its curriculum, and 2 15-886-4350 pressure. Water use has risen sixfold over the launched ten new majors. Founded in 1837 by 575 Washington Lane • Jenkintown, PA 19046 past 70 years. By 2050, 4.2 billion people will Friends, Guilford is the third-oldest coeduca­ be living in countries that cannot meet people's tional college in the U.S. - Guilford College

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FRIENDS )OURNALjanuary 2002 37 G Denise Altvater, Coordinator of the sible for her to get a divorce. Churches in F Wabanaki Youth Program for the AFSC India are hailing the new legal amendment New England Regional Office, has been cho­ and calling it a "a milestone in the long struggle sen as one of 20 recipients of the Ford of the [Christian] community." -Christian s Foundation's Leadership for a Changing Century Germantown Friends School World Award. Altvater ,was selected from The government of Nepal has banned dis­ (215) 951-2346 among a field of over 3,000 original candi­ crimination against members of Hinduism's Please come to our Open Houses: dates for her work with tribal youth in the Wabanaki Confederacy, which consists offour lowest caste and says it plans to abolish the • Oct. 13, Saturday, 2--4 p.m. centuries-old caste system entirely. Dalits, or • Nov. 12, Monday, 8:30a.m. Native American tribes in Maine. Altvater's untouchables, will now be allowed to enter • May 17, Friday, 8:30a.m. work emphasizes a renewal of cultural tradi­ tions among Wabanaki youth while boosting any temple or other religious building, but the social, educational, and job-training skills while Nepal's constitution forbids discrimi­ needed to thrive both inside and outside their nation based on an individual's sex, religion native communities. ___:,AFSC or race, no such safeguards have been erected One pathway to peace for caste-based discrimination. -Christian leads right through the AFSC has nominated Israeli conscientious Century halls of Congress objector Gabriel Wolfffor the Reebok Human Rights Award. Wolff is a 19-year-old Israeli New legislation has taken peace efforts in who has served several prison terms for refus­ Chiapas backwards, according to activists in ing military conscription. The award honors the region. Criticism ofconstitutional reforms young people who have made significant con­ on indigenous rights and culture approved Ask how you can help tributions to the cause of human rights, ofren this spring by the Mexican Congress has cen­ bring Friends' concern for tered on the failure of the law to recognize peace andjustice to Capitol Hill against great odds. TheAFSC said that Wolff's nomination afFirms the right to freedom of indigenous communities as subjects with le­ fRIENDS COMMJTIEE ON N ATIONAL LEGISLATION conscience as a step toward peace. -AFSC gal rights or to recognize the right of indig­ 245 Second Street N.E. Washington, D.C. 20002-5795 enous people to their territories or control of The American Academy of Physician Assis­ the natural resources within their territories. tants (AAPA) has named Cynthia V. Ferchak The reforms also limit the exercise of their .of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, recipient of its rights to the county level and relegate the 2001 International Humanitarian Physician definition of fundamental aspects of indig­ Assistant oftheY ear Award. Ferchak worked enous rights to the state level. Administration NEWTOWN FRIENDS from 1995 to 1999 as a volunteer with United representatives maintain they have done all SCHOOL Mission to Nepal (UMN), where she practiced that is possible to achieve peace in Chiapas, emergency medicine, taught emergency medi­ and president Vicente Fox apparently believes cine to Nepali health assistants, and authored that the underlying causes of the conflict can an emergency medicine text for Nepali health be handled by the promotion of development professionals. She also worked in an AIDS projects. -SJPAZ Report awareness project for Nepali prostitutes. She is currently the coordinator of a post-trans­ Correction: The frequency of U.S. airstrikes plant diabetes program at the Diabetes Re­ on Iraq was misstated in the September 2001 search Institute ofUniversity ofMiami School Witness column, p. 32. These have not taken of Medicine. She remains involved with the place daily, but have averaged two or three "The accomplishments of adults work she began in Nepal. Physician assistants days per week. -Eels. begin as the dreams of children. (PAs) are licensed health professionals who Newtown Friends is a place practice medicine as members of a team with Newsletters, etc., sought: FRIENDS where dreams begin." their supervising physicians. PAs conduct JoURNAL requests that Friends organi­ - NFS Mission Statement physical exams, diagnose and treat illnesses, zations and meetings at all levels for­ order and interpret tests, counsel on preven­ ward their newsletters, epistles, news tive health care, assist in surgery, and prescribe releases, and other publications to us Pre-K t o Grade 8 medications. AAPA, a national organization on a regular basis. Volunteer news edi­ OPEN HOUSE to represent physician assistants in the United tors review these as a source for this States, has a website at . - news column. We are also interested in January 27, 2002 American Academy ofPhysician Assistants 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. minutes of yearly meetings and their major committees. You may send ma­ For further information, Christian women in India now have the same divorce rights as Christian men. The terials by postal mail, e-mail, or fax­ call215-968-2225, or visit Indian Divorce Act, in place since British see contact information on page 2. us at newtownfriends.org colonial rule, allowed a civil court to award News stories are also welcome; please divorce to a Christian husband on the grounds include e-mail address or phone num­ ,4uw(lud 6o( tltL f:'u.~v.t,.IAif••ociAt«m ut of adultery, desertion, change of religion, or ber for follow-up. Items for the Bulle­ 1'b•t•au ,4CA4...U.: Sci.""'-• cruelty on the part of his wife. However, a tin Board are needed at least three Christian woman had to prove several of these months in advance. factors together, making it virtually impos-

38 january 2002 FRIENDS j OURNAL A gift for all who have experienced­ Levi Coffin, Quaker: Breaking Bonds of or who want to experience- Slavery in Ohio and Indiana a loving, long-term marriage. By Mary Ann Yannessa In this biography of the reputed President of the "In A Very Good Marriage we're given the Underground Railroad, Mary Ann Yannessa tells tools to enhance our own unions. I don't yesterday's story and raises questions for today. know any marriage that couldn't be made With a brief look at Levi Coffin's early efforts richer and stronger by following these against slavery in North Carolina and later in gentle precepts." Newport (now Fountain City), Indiana, the book's Trade paper, $10.00 major focus is on Coffin's abolitionist activities in -From the Foreword by Philip A. Gulley Dust ·jacketed hardcover Cincinnati from 1847 through the Civil War-and Author of Front Porch Tales $17.00 his work on behalf of freed slaves after the war.

In A Very Good Marriage, Tom Mullen gives an inspiring look at Reasons for Hope: The Faith and Future his own long-term marriage. Stories, conversations, personal of the Friends Church notes, and poems reflect the faith, gratitude, generosity, family, By John Punshon Reasons ,., Hope friendships, commitment, and (most certainly) the humor that john Punshon presents an evangelical Friends filled Tom and Nancy's days together. Those who have lost a theology and builds a case for the vital role Friends spouse will find companionship on their own journey through distinctives must play for the growth of the grief. (172 pages, dust-jacketed hardcover, $17.00) Friends Church in the twenty-first century's post­ modernist culture. This is a journey through a Christian Quaker theology with treatises on con­ For information on Tom Mullen's retreat on A Very Good Marriage version, the Light Within, the Covenant, worship, Trade paper, $24.00 January 25-26 at Quaker Hill Conference Center, call765-962-5741 . obedience, holiness and the Day of judgment.

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WESTTOWN For Two Hundred Yean Head of School Westtown School, a Qyaker coeducational day and boarding school founded in 1799, is located on 600 acres in Chester County, Pennsylvania, and serves nearly 700 students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grades. Rooted in the Qyaker tradition, Westtown School encourages spiritual and intellectual integrity and values a commitment to community, equality, nonviolence, service, and simplicity. The School maintains high academic standards in an atmosphere characterized by respect for the individual and the community. Reporting to the General C ommittee, the H ead of School provides leadership for the academic and spiritual life of the School and its administrative and financial health. The successful candidate for the position will have proven leadership experience and an appreciation for and commitment to Oltakerism and Qyaker process. The candidate's administrative background should reflect strong management and communi­ cation skills and a clear understanding of the current issues facing independent education. Slhe must be able to articulate the School's ~sion for the future and spark excitement for change while working through a process that invites the participation of many vo1ces. Forforther information, please contact: Arthur M. Larrabee, Clerk ofthe Search Committee, cJo Kim M . Morrisson, Ph.D . or B. A. (Mackie) MacLean, Jr., Managing Directors, The Diversified Search Companies, 2005 Market Street, Suite 3300, Philaddphia, PA 19103. Td: (215) 656-3579 or e-mail: [email protected]. ----- For additional information, please go to: http://www.westtown.edu and http://www.divsearch.com ----

FRIENDS ]OURNAL }anuary 2002 39 Bulletin Board Upcoming Events •January 4, 11, 18, and 25-"Peacetalks: Ex­ ploring Alternatives to Violence," Fridays at 10 p.m. on WHYY91 FM Radio in Philadel­ phia (check public radio listings for other areas). The program features intimate and compelling stories from people struggling to move beyond violence, including land repara­ tion in South Africa, tree planting where landmines were in Viemam, creating "Petals of Hope" in Northern Ireland, and dancing for social change in Poland. Produced by Barbara Simmons and Laura Jackson. Call (215) 297-8509, e-mail , or visit for information. -Barbara Simmom, Newtown (Pa.) Meeting •January 15, 10 p.m.-"The Good War and Those who Refused to Fight It," on PBS. Its funder and broadcast distributor, Indepen­ dent Television Service (ITVS), is offering tapes, print materials, and support at no cost to assist organizers in drawing attention to peace issues, decisions of conscience, and the lasting impact of nonviolent resolution on the lives of those who practice it. Narrated by Ed Asner, "The Good War and Those who Re­ fused to Fight It" is a timely one-hour docu­ mentary that sheds light on the story ofAmeri­ can conscientious objectors who refused to fight during World War II. It details the involvement of these resisters in the civil rights Individuals in Community movement, integration of the prison system, reformation of the mental health industry, and other social and political movements. A press release, discussion guide, community action guide (available as a .pdf file to attach to an announcement e-mail), tapes for screen­ ing, and support for community events are available. Contact Suzanne Stenson O'Brien, national outreach coordinator, at (65 1) 291- 8891 or . •February-Cuba Yearly Meeting •February 15-18-Quaker Youth Seminar 2002: "Can we take the Testimony ofEqual­ ity and write it into our hearts?" at William Penn House, 515 East Capitol Street, S.E., Washington, D.C. 20003. Open on a first­ come basis to 30 high school juniors and ASOIOOL IN THE PR06IIESSIVE JRADI1ION, THE CAM8RJDGE ScHoot OF Wmut~ OFFERS HKiHLY PfllSI1NAIJlED, THOII6H7RIL seniors and costs $50. Will examine the ori­ COI.LE6E PREPAIIATIOit FOR utmlK1UAllY CIJRIOUS l'OOMi PfOIItE; AN E1HKAL SOIOOL COMMIINITf BASED 011 DEEP gins and history of the equality testimony, and will hear from Friends who are living it MUIUAL 1R1JSTAND REJPECr, APlACE WHERE IN1EGRI1Y AND DNERS/TY ARE APPREOA'IED; AND AN Al'l'llOACH WHICH today. To apply, send payment and a permis­ PfACESAS MlKH EMI'HASIS 011 ASI0/16 THE RIGHT QUES1IOIIS AS 0116/VIIIG THE RIGHTANSWERS. sion letter from parents. Registration dead­ line: February 1. Phone: (202) 543-5560; e­ (OEDIKAT/OIIA4 /JOOIIJIN6ANDIMY, GRADS 9-12 ANDPG. (Au (781) 642-8650. mail . • February 23-March 3-Nine-day study tour sponsored by the Guatemala Friends Scholar­ The Cambridge School of Weston • 1886 ship/Loan Program, a joint project of Guate­ mala Meeting and Redwood Forest Meeting

40 j anuary 2002 FRIENDS JoURNAL in Santa Rosa, Calif. The project has been helping students in Guatemala attend high school and college for 28 years. Limited to ten people. Price: $750, including all in-country transportation, lodging, and almost all meals. Airfare to and from Guatemala not included. For more information, contact Loren Lacelle at [email protected]> or Mary Thompson at , phone (310) 841-2154, or&x(603) 649-6595.

Opportunities/Resources •Quaker United Nations Office seeks two interns from September 2002 co August 2003. Stipend and medical coverage are provided. FRIENDS HOSPITAL Applications due February 8. For information RANKED AMONG THE NATION'S and application form, contact QUNO, 77 UN Plaza, New York, NY 10017, or visit BEST PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS . JN U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT •FCNL has started a Young Adult Activist - j ULY 2000 Network to facilitate dialogue among activ­ ists. The network is used co share ideas about 464 1 Roosevelt Ooulev.ard f~ · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19124-2399 political actions, converse about activities, share 1-800-889-0548 or 215-831-4600 information on issues, get inspired, and stay www.FriendsHospjraiOnline-.org informed about young adult events that FCNL Establishd /8U is planning. So far it has been helpful for sharing information about college campus or­ ganizing in response to the attacks of Septem­ ber 11th, publicizing FCNL events, and let­ ting people know about conferences and events specifically geared coward young adult activ­ ists. To subscribe, go co FCNL's young adult page at . ­ j ess Braider, . -Sandy Moyer •There is a new "Western Quaker Peacemak­ ers" website with minutes, reflections, and actions by Western Friends concerned with the current crisis: , age three through the twelfth grade. The school awards significant to provide "resources for those seeking co financial assistance. act in the light of the Peace Testimony" with respect co the events of September 11. Send Friends Academy • Duck Pond Road • Locust Valley, NY 11560 statements to . Phone: 516-676-0393 • Fax: 516-671-2025 • [email protected] -Allan Abrahamse f RIENDS ]OURNAI.. january 2002 41 Milestones Personalized Care in the Quaker Tradition Marriages/Unions Viavant-Box-Emi(y jane Box and Christopher Robin Vzavant, at 10 a.m. on January 14,2001, Since 1896 under the care of the Salt Lake (Utah) Meeting, of which Christopher is a member. A Quiet, Home-Like Setting in a Deaths Comey-SylviaHoover Corney, 72, on August 19, Beautifully Landscaped 2001, in Cincinnati, Ohio. The oldest of three children, she was born Esther Sylvia Hoover on Atmosphere May 26, 1929, in Cincinnati to Esther (Spahn) and Harold Hoover. An active member of Mariemont Community Church, Sylvia belonged • Private Rooms, Suites and • Recreational Activities to Job's Daughters and Eastern Star. After gradua­ Apartments tion from Walnut Hills High School, she worked • 24 Hour Security at the Central Trust Bank and studied art. Sylvia • Assistance With Activities Of Daily married Glenn Corney, a World War II conscien­ • Some Financial Living tious objector, on June 22, 1951, and the couple Assistance Available raised four children. Sylvia entered deeply into the life of Cincinnati Meeting, and was active in vol­ • Emergency Response System unteer work and support of Native Americans. • Three Nutritious, Home-Cooked Her suong feelings about peace during the Viet­ Forinformation please nam War led her to be a founding member of Meals Served Daily In Elegant call856-235-4884 Clifton Meeting in Cincinnati (now Eastern Hills) Surroundings in 1972. Her life changed abruptly when she was 28 Main Street, diagnosed with Frederich's AtaXia, a debilitating • Linen And Housekeeping Services Moorestown, NJ 08057 disease of the nervous system. (The diagnosis was later changed to Marie's AtaXia.) She and Glenn traveled together, enjoying the precious gifr of time and mobility while it was theirs. Even as her illness slowly progressed, Sylvia helped to care for her granddaughter, Katie. She was an active corre­ spondent with friends and family, dictating letters Winter Weekends at Pendle Hill when she could no longer write. She was prede­ ceased by her husband, Glenn Corney, and is February 22-24 survived by her children, Deborah McMahon, Elisabeth (Tammy) Rolfes, Miriam Vuotto, and MAKING OuR VoicEs HEARD David Corney; her brother, Keith Hoover; seven grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. A WEEKEND FOR PEoPLE oF CoLoR Hollister-Namy Cox Hollister, 87, at home in with Emma Lapsansky and Mineroa Carmen Velez-Glidden Santa Barbara, Cali£, onJuly31, 2001. Nancy was born May 11, 1914, in Syracuse, N.Y., to Phillip CORNEL WEST WILL SPEAK FEBRUARY 22 AT 8:00 PM W .L. Cox and Ruth Dillaway Cox. She studied at AT ARcH STREET MEETINGHOUSE IN PHILADELPHIA Antioch College in the 1930s. In 1935 and 1936 she spent 13 months abroad, and afrerwards con­ March ~10 tinued her academic studies at New York Univer­ sity. She then devoted her work to the labor move­ QyAKER TESTIMONIES AND MINDFULNESS ment and civil rights. She was executive director of New Je.rsey Civil Liberties Union, then assistant to A WEEKEND RETREAT FOR EDUCATORS the national director ofAmerican League for Peace with Susan Murphy and Richard Brady and Democracy. Marriage, a F.uming adventure in western Massachusetts, and various life changes March 22-24 eventually brought Nancy to graduate schooL Af­ ter a year at Pendle Hill, she decided to redirect her RESURRECTION LMNG work. From 1960 to 1962, she was executive direc­ tor of the Media Fellowship House in Media, Pa., with Curt Shaw and Warren Cadwallader-Staub and from 1962 to 1963 she worked at the Berean Institute in Philadelphia. In 1964, she became ART AS SouL's SANCTUARY assistant director of the West Chester Community with jennifer Elam Center. Nancy had become affiliated with the Religious Society ofFri ends in the 1940s when she joined 15th Sueer Meeting in New York City. She A QU\KE.R CENfER FOR SIUOY AND COI(fEMPIJJJON IJf:)+c:ill later transferred her membership to Media (Pa.) 338 Plush Mill Rd · Wallingford, PA 19086 Meeting, and then to Winter Park Meeting in Orange City, Fla. In Florida she helped to organize EXT. OR (WORLDWIDE) 142 · (610) 566-4507 (US) (800) 742-3150 a worship group that eventually became Fort Myers [email protected] · www.pendlehill.org Meeting, and there she worked with NMCP dur­ ing the civil rights movement. In 1995, she and her

42 january 2002 FRIENDS j OURNAL husband, Russ, moved to Santa Barbara, Cali£ and uansferred their memberships to Santa Barbara Meetin?. For many years she spent summers on Martha s Vineyard where she was a sojourning WILLIAM PENN CHARTER SCHOOL Est. 1689 member of Martha's Vineyard Meeting, from its Over 300 Years of Quaker Education inception as a worship group through its forma­ tion as a monthly meeting. ln the 1970s, Nancy's The William Penn Charter School is a Quaker college-preparatory school spirit of adventure took her on a freighter bound stressing high standards in academics, the arts, and athletics. Penn Charter for Australia. Disembarking in New Zealand, she is committed to nurturing girls and boys of diverse backgrounds in an attended a Friends meeting, stayed seven months, atmosphere designed to stimulate each student to work to his or her and made many friends. Years later, she returned fullest potential. Kindergarten through twelfth grade. to attend the New Zealand Summer Gathering of Friends. She is survived by her husband, Russell Earl J. Ball ill, Head of School Hollister; four nieces, Emma Owen, Nancy Cox, 3000 W. School House Lane, Philadelphia, PA 19144 Melinda Cox, and Barbara Salkin; three nephews, Fred, Peter, and Gregory Cox; and many great­ (215) 844-3460 nieces and nephews. Moyer-F/Qrmce L Moyer, 95, on August 3, 2001 , in Centerville, Ind. Born in Randolph Counry, Ind., on January 27, 1906, she was the daughter of Oscar and Alice (Hunt) Moyer. She grew up on a farm near Greens Fork, Ind., where she attended Gree~~~ BENJAMIN Friends meeting. As a child she was stricken with polio, and walked with difficulty for the rest ofh er The Meetinghouse Mouse life. Her response to her disability was to be fiercely "the small school that independent and self-reliant. She graduated from by Benjamin, as told to Clifford Pfeil, Earlham College in 1929, then spent a year of makes big people" with illustrations by John D. Gummere graduate study at Bryn Mawr. After working as an actuary and accountant in Hagerstown, Md., and Ifyou remember the Benjamin stories Indianapolis, lnd., Florence moved to Washing­ in past issues, you will be happy ton, D.C., in 1941. There she worked in various to share them-now in book form­ federal agencies until retirement. She was affiliated with your children, grandchildren, with Friends Meeting of Washington, although and Friends! her health problems forced her to stop attending many years ago. An avid genealogist, she traced her Available for $6plus $2 shipping furnily to a Friends minister in North Carolina and handling ($3.50 for shipping and who died in 1772, and found that her great-great handling outsitk U.S., Canada, grandparents had worked with Levi Coffin in the and Mexico} ftom the FRIENDS JoURNAL Underground Railroad. In 2000 Florence moved Greene Street Friends School I2I6 2A, to Centerville, to be closer to her furnily. Survivors 551 1 Greene Street office, Arch Street, include one sister and many nieces and nephews. Philadelphia, PA 19144 Philadelphia, PA, I9IOJ. Newhall-Gail Newby Newhall, 75, on July 25, • 2001, in Bloomington, Minn. She was born on Pre-K through Grade 8 May 17, 1926, in Des Moines, Iowa, to James Founded in 1855 and Bertha Newby. Gail attended William Penn College. In 1951 she married William Newhall. Please call TODAY for a She was a homemaker and was employed by the tour. 215-438-7545 Minneapolis Star-Tribune. She was a member of Minneapolis Meeting. Gail was predeceased by her husband and by a brother, Richard Newby. She is survived by a daughter, Elizabeth Olson; a son, David Newhall; a grandson, Jason Olson; and her twin sister,Joy Cronk, ofMt. Holly (N.J.) Meeting. The Meeting School Preston-Elizabeth (Beth) Carver Prestcn, 88, on 56 Thomas Road, Rindge, NH 03461 September 23, 2001, in Kennett Square, Pa. She was born October 20, 1912, to Sam and Molly Organic Farm Carver in Springfield, Mass. She grew up in ~ rare breeds, active student involvement Easthampton, Mass. and received a full scholar­ / Caring Quaker Community ship to Swarthmore College, where she was intro­ putting faith into practice in our daily lives duced to Quakerism. Beth became a Friend before graduating. Following her graduation in 1934, Progressive Secondary Education Beth worked at Sleigh ton Farm for Girls, a correc­ day/boarding, small classes, hands-on learning tional facility for delinquent girls. In March 1935 ------Beth married George Davie Preston, whom she had met at Swarthmore College, in a small Friends ceremony in Swarthmore. Needing to suppon her furnily after the sudden death of her husband in 1940, Beth returned to school, earning a master's email:[email protected] (603) 899-3366 www.meetingschool.org in Social Studies from Bryn Mawr College. From fRIENDS jOURNAL january 2002 43 2002 Welcome to 1968 until she retired in 1975, she worked at the active in the peace movement through the Voice Admission Office Graduate School of Social Work and Social Re­ of Women, the Campaign for Nuclear Disarma­ 5800 West Friendly Avenue AFSC's search at Bryn Mawr. Beth served on a number of ment, and was active in supporting Cree, Ojibway, Greensboro, NC 27410 boards, most notably on the Board ofManagers of and Metis First Nations Peoples. Returning to 336-316-2 100 Quaker Swarthmore College. She talked in glowing terms Ontario, Muriel became an active member ofThou­ 1-800-992-7759 International · of her experience at Swarthmore, and her heartfelt sand Island Meeting and Canadian Yearly Meet­ FAX 336-316-2954 enthusiasm about it encouraged numerous young ing. initiating Friends prison ministry to several Affairs www.guilford.edu people to look at Swarthmore for themselves. She federal and provincial institutions in the Kingston gathering is survived by her children, Dave Preston, Susan area. She was instrumental in bringing the Alterna­ Preston-Martin and Nell Preston Clark; five grand­ tives to Violence Program (AVP) in prisons to Quaker Education on campus! children; and one great-grandchild. Canada. Since then, volunteers trained by Muriel Since 1837 have taken A VP to Uganda and Rwanda. As Strait-Eleanor Strait, 80, onApril10, 2001. She Muriel's ministry deepened, she was sought was born Eleanor Louise Pfund in Minneapolis, afrer as a workshop leader and committee member. Minn. on April 29, 1920, and grew up in Oak She became an annual participant in the Friends Park, Ill. In 1937 she graduated from University General Conference Gathering, leading workshops of Wisconsin in Madison with a B.A. in German, on subjects from healing to clowning. In 1986 and returned to earn an M.A. in German in 1945. she was a plenary speaker at the Gathering, and On September I, 1948, she married ~er for~e r in 1992, she and her daughter Elaine co-clerked high school classmate Edward N. Strait. Dunng it. Afrer Muriel's marriage to Edward ended in their43 years ofmarriage until Ed'sdeath in 1992, 1988, she attended Pendle Hill Friends study cen­ they were best friends. Ed, Eleanor, and their ter, first as a sojourner, then as staff. She was called growing family became active Quakers in Evanston to provide leadership at Woodbrooke, the Qu~er (Ill.) Meeting. In 1965 they moved to St. Paul, College in Birmingham, E.ngland, ~d whzle where Ed taught physics at Macalester College, there she reestablished her fnendsh1p w1th Dou­ and Eleanor devoted herself to the family, which glas Summers, of Portnoch.ie, Scotland, wh~m now included five sons. She opened her home for she had met during World War II. Munel Quaker events and welcomed Friends who were and Douglas were married in September 1992. in need of a place to stay. Eleanor was involved Active in Britain Yearly Meeting and the General in Friends for a Nonviolent World from its incep­ Meeting of Scotland, she was frequently sought tion and gave it her time and support fo r many our as a speaker and resource person by church years. She had developed a belief in pacifism while and school groups, and she continued to serve debating in high school, insisting that "pacifism is among Friends, especially in regard to the spiritu­ the highest form of patriotism." She lost the de­ ality of aging. Muriel was predeceased by Douglas bate, but convinced herself, and throughout her in March 200 1. She is survived by her children life she developed and practiced her concern for Educational Excellence for Over 200 Years and their spouses, Adrian Bishop and Rosalie pacifism and social justice. During her final year, Dance, Elaine Bishop, Stephen Bishop and Ma_r­ Age three through 12th grade she was able to grow through her illness, ovarian garet Nicolson, and David Summers; grandchil­ Transportation from many districts cancer. She became more outgoing. lerting many dren Zainabu Dance, Zawad.i Dance, Sasha Dabbs, Extended Day & Financial Aid Options people into her life, and learning to trust that there Derek Bishop, Stephanie Dabbs, Gordon Bishop, were people there for her who would love and 2002 OPEN HOUSE DATES and Jason Bishop; great-grandchildren Alexandra sustain her. Despite much physical suffering, she Bishop, Jenson McCauley, Ayanna Urena, Andrea 2 p.m. Sun., Jan. 27 enjoyed every day that was given to her. El~or 9 Tues., Feb. 26 Bishop, and Parker McCauley; her former hus­ a.m. was a member of Twin Cities Monthly Meenng. band, Edward Bishop; and two brothers, Alan 9 a.m. Tues., April 9 She is survived by her five sons, Ted, Jim, John, and Leon Armstrong. Rick, and Bill Strait; nine grandchildren; and one Tour our campus • Meet students &faculty great-granddaughter. Valentine-Christopher Coles Vakntine,jr., 19, on Visit classes September 24, 2000, in Oakland, Calif. H e was Summecs-Muria Sum­ Nita Armstrong Bishop born the fourth of six children on October 3, Moorestown Friends School mers, 79, on August 12, 2001, in Elgin, Scotland. www.mfriends.org 1980, to Chrisropher and Theolia Valentine. He She was born Muriel Nita Armstrong on January attended Berkeley Meeting's First-day school 110 E. Main • Moorestown, NJ 08057 • 26, 1922, in Wansted, London, to Frederick E. and from 1986 to 1990 and was an enthusiastic partici­ Elizabeth Marian Follet Armstrong. The youngest pant in the annual Harvest Festival to benefit of five children, she grew up in Leytonstone, Lon­ the Friends Committee on Legislation. Afrer the don. As a youth she nurrured a strong interest in Oakland fire, Chris worked with his father creat­ the life of the Spirit, and, somewhat to the chagrin ing a memorial garden in the ashes near his el­ p ~eting 1}.'-, of her parents, was baptized by immersion at ementary school. He was a star player i~ the No~t~ the age of 15. Afrer graduating from h!gh s.~ool Oakland Little League team, Sugar Kids. C?hns s in 1939, she was accepted for nurses traJnmg, charisma and sense of humor allowed hun to and soon found herself in the London Blitz. She make friends easily. He had a mischievous grin, a found friends and inspiration in the Friends volun­ 1 ~ \ charming personality, and a capacity to love. His tary Ambulance Units, and she registered as a death the result of a shooting by an unknown conscientious objector while continuing her nurs­ assail~nt, is mourned by family, friends and h!s 1750 ing service. In these days she suffered the loss of fiancee, Dana. He is survived by his mother, Theolia her fiance to war. In 1946 Muriel married long­ "When we're gone, our hearts wlll still belong" Valentine; his father, Christopher Valentine Sr.; time friend Edward Bishop, with whom she raised his brother, Amadeus Valentine; and his sisters, Age K through 6th Grade three children. In 1951 the couple moved to Cecilia, Victoria, Melissa, and Angelica Valentine. Open House: Thursday, January 17, 2002 Canada. Muriel became a Friend in 1958 but, in 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. the absence of Friends meetings, she attended An­ 2150 rJwtler Pike, Plymouth Meeting glican churches. In the 1960s in Wmnipeg, she Pr4 19462 • (610) 828·2288 helped to revive Western Canada Monthly Meet­ ing, and then Winnipeg Meeting. She became

44 january 2002 FRIENDS jOURNAL Continued from page 5

Palestinian leaders; and the Palestinians' protective forces required for their own people have been destroyed. When these realities are pitted against stones and some bullets, anger can only deepen. The struggle only will become greater until a far more just peace process with sovereignty develops. As Quakers we must be aware both sides Special scholarships are available are equally God's children. Sadly, Israel, which had its relentless struggle to attain for select students interested in peace and service. statehood, ignores the rights of other peoples to equal sratus. We cannot hold either party Paaca Studies explores how and why humans use violence sole perpetrators, but until radical groups on both sides can be persuaded to negotiate by to resolve conflicts, and explores social systems that such as a UN body, there seems to be no are more likely to lead to cooperation and peace. end. Yet until violence ends there can be little hope--for eventually they must live Scholarship deadline is j anuary 11, 2002. side by side. Dean Tuttle Far mare infarmatian, cantad: Srate College, Pa. The Baker Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA 16652 !Ml(S Balancing the picture 814-641-3464 ~ I appreciate the careful and thoughtful letter of Mary SernoffFrohlich who departments.juniata.edulpacs identifies herself as an Israeli Quaker [email protected] OR [email protected] (Forum, F]Sept.). She is dearly sincere and hopeful for peace in the Middle East and tells the story, as she understands it, from the viewpoint of peace-loving Israelis. Yet she says she cannot attend Quaker meeting Make friends, The in Ramallah because she is afraid to go there make music Storehouse by bus. This sratement, along with her Collection rendition of the history of the conflict, at indicates to me that she has incomplete ot Memories knowledge of what is really happening in the Friends ...a Life Story service to help you area she does not visit- the Occupied savor your memories, tell your story Territories. Music and create a beautiful book- Since 1963, I have had four lengthy stays Camp a cherished legacy for generations in the Middle East among Palestinians. I've to come. received hospitality in homes in Ramallah, Beit Hanina, East Jerusalem, Bethlehem, ages 10-18 We Invite your Inquiries. Beit ]ala and Hebron, providing me with July 7 - August 4, 2002 Marty Walton & Linda Lyman 5488 Woodbridge Lane some feel for the daily lives of Palestinians. at Barnesville, Ohio Dayton, OH 45429 My most recent sojourn in Palestine, with (800) 738·8599 my husband Bill, was as part of a Christian For brochure and camp video: [email protected] Peacemaker T earns delegation this summer, FMC, P.O. Box 427 www.storehoysecollectlon.com the purpose of which was to observe Yellow Springs, Ohio 45387 Members, Association of Personal Historians conditions in the Occupied Territories and Ph: 937-767-1 311 or 937-767-1818 Quakers Uniting In Publications become well enough informed to help educate American Christians about Middle East realities. I believe one or rwo important Reservations are required for display ads in FRIENDS JOURNAL. points must be made to balance the picture Display Friend Frohlich provides. March issue: Reserve space by January 7. While her description of life in Israel Ad Ads must be received by January 10. proper and the attitudes of most well­ Deadlines meaning Israelis may be accurate, it lacks April issue: Reserve space by February 11 . FRIENDS any reference to the true source of the Ads must be received by February 14. JOURNAL problem: the 34-year occupation of the Ad rate is $32 per column inch. West Bank, which is legally Palestinian. Since 1967, Israel has occupied the West Call (215) 563-8629 now with your reservation or questions. Bank and denied Palestinian residents FRIENDS JOURNAL january 2002 45 "normal" lives in their own homes. These Ascherman put it in a conversation with our incursions lead directly to ever-increasing delegation, that "being a Jew means, above hopelessness and desperation on the part of all else, being an advocate for the poor and equally peace-loving Palestinians who must oppressed, a protector of widows and watch as their ancestral homes, vineyards, orphans, a follower of the social justice farmlands, and livelihoods are absorbed by pronouncements of the Prophets." This foreigners. Military emplacements follow belief has led him and many others in Israel (609) 714-0100 the settlements to protect the settlers from to go into the O ccupied Territories to see [email protected] the surrounding Palestinian population. for themselves what is happening and do But who protects the Palestinians from • MARRIAGE CERTIFICATES e what they can to extend humanitarian aid to militant settlers? the victims of repression and injustice, often • INSCRIPTIONS • SCROLLS • Israelis like Mary Frohlich never go to at the risk of their lives and freedom, since 22 New Freedom Rd., Medford, NJ 08055 the Occupied Territories- they are afraid. such activities are illegal for Israelis. They have little concept of the attitudes and Brutal repression breeds backlash. Israelis behavior of militant settlers in places like could be less afraid and more secure today if Abu Seneineh, Tel Rumeida, and Kyrat more and more of them would join the ,OLIVIA Arbain Hebron and around Yatta in the peace and human rights activists in their south Hebron hills. Most ordinary Israeli midst and work to change their Quaker Study Tour citizens do not know that Palestinians in the government's policies in the Occupied --- June20-July6, 2002 --- Israeli-controlled sections of H ebron (H2) Territories. have endured 180 days of24-hour curfew Genie Durland (house arrest) out of the past ten months. Cokedale, Colo. They do not know that militant settlers routinely throw stones, garbage, and human waste down on the roofs, courtyards, and A place for Christianity streets of Palestinian neighborhoods upon which settlements have been established. I want to thank you for including Friend They do not know that roads reserved for David K. Leonard's insightful and well settlers crisscross the Occupied Territories, written article "Christ and Jesus in Early effectively cutting one town off from Quakerism" in your September issue. I don't another, forcing Palestinians to struggle over often highlight parts of an article, but this permanent roadblocks whenever they need was the exception: I think I highlighted at to move about, and routinely turning a least a third of it or more. 10 -km trip into a two- to three-hour ordeal. Friend Leonard made an excellent point They do not know that Israel controls 85 of how many liberal Friends, myself percent of water resources in the Occupied included, have assumed that what we know Territories, leaving 15 percent for all of Christianity is what was propagated by Palestinian needs, domestic and agricultural. early Friends. H e wisely stated, "we do not They do not know that Palestinian farmers understand the distinctly Quaker approach in the south Hebron hills near Yatta were to Christianity," and this is particularly true reduced to living in caves when their homes for liberal Quakers who sometimes dismiss, were destroyed and were then rendered ignore, or express "discomfott" or even D ELAWARE VALLEY fRIENDS completely homeless when settlers destroyed hostility towards Christianity out of hand their caves. without ever realizing the impottant S c HOOL No peace-loving person condones distinctions of a Q uaker Christianity. 19 E. Central Avenue, Paoli, PA 19301 terrorist acts or suicide bombings. But the Although there are similarities between early severity and brutality oflsraeli repression in Friends and other forms ofC hristianity, the College Preparatory • Grades 7·12 • & Summer School the Occupied Territories against ordinary distinctions far outweigh the similarities. people who have nothing to do with For example, just look at the Call (610) 640-4150 for information extremist activities is far more than the Testimonies, each of which, as Leonard Admission Tour dates: Jan. 9 • Feb. 5 of frustration Frohlich describes. It March 12 • April 3 • M ay 15 "swack" rightly points out, was inspired by the is systematic and unrelenting and is being Gospels and the life and teachings ofJ esus. documented not only by foreign peaceniks If this were ever abandoned-and there is a like myself, but also by many Israeli citizens risk of that among liberal Friends-then the CREMATION whom Friend Frohlich might meet and talk world will have lost something that is truly Friends are reminded that the with. T here are the Rabbis for Human remarkable. As Friend Leonard stated, given Anna T. Jeanes Fund Rights, Israelis Against Home Demolitions, that the Quaker testimonies are based on the will reimburse cremation costs. Gush Shalom, and the Women in Black, teachings and life of Christ Jesus, we have an (Applicable to members of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting only.) among others. These folks do not represent opporrunity to keep alive the most beautiful a radical fringe in Israeli Society. They are and transformative parts of that life through For information, write DORIS CLINKSCALE solid citizens, they are often passionate the workings of the Inner Light in both our 15 East McPherson Street, Zionists, and they are reverent, practicing Philadelphia, PA 19ll9-1617 individual and corporate lives. Jews. T hey recognize, as Rabbi Arik Perhaps liberal meetings have done a

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Convenient to bird sanctuaries. Details from: QUEST, P.O. Box 82, Bellefonte, PA t 6823; meeting challenged me with both their Available by week or month, February-May. Call the Shaws: E-mail: ; Web page: . understand that the Jesus I had known from Re laxing vacation on The Big Island of Hawaii-Slay Quaker Life (succeeding American Friend and Quaker at this two-bedroom house on a lovely setting with mag· Action)-informing and equipping Friends around the other Christian groups was not the Jesus of nificent ocean view and peaceful surrounding. $500 per world. Free sample available upon request. Join our the Q uaker experience. I am thankful to week-For reservation call (808) 962·6206. family of Friends for one year (1 0 issues) at $24. For such Friends (from those who identified as more information contact: Santa Fe--Simply charmong adobe guest apartment at our Quaker Life historic meetinghouse. Fireplace, bath, kitchenette, very Christ-centered to universalists who viewed 101 Quaker Hill Drive convenient to downtown and galleries, as well as our Iran· Richmond, IN 47374, orcall{765) 962-7573; Jesus as their primary teacher) because this quit garden. One night-{)ne month stays, affordable. Call e-mail: , (505) 983·7241. helped me to heal more quickly and to or check out our website: . eventually know the same thing Quaker House, Managua, Nicaragua. Simple hospitality, shared kitchen. Reservations: +505 (2) 66·3216 (Spanish) Become a Published Autho r. 80-year tradition of quality "experimentally." Now the old words that or +505 (2) 66·0984 (English). For general information, call book publishing, promotion, distribution. "Author 's Guide Pro-Nica: (727) 821 ·2428 or e-mail: . this has been exciting, surprising, and even An oasis of calm in the heart of London? Yes, at the Books by Ernest Morgan fun to discover. Quaker International Centre, where short·, medium·, and 1) Dealing Creatively with Life-autobiography of Ernest longer-term accommodation is available as well as confer· Morgan ($15) So thanks to FRIENDS JouRNAL and to ence facilities. Excellent homemade food. For further infor· 2) Dealing Creatively with Death-14th edition of A mation contact telephone: +44 (207) 387·5848, fax: +44 (207) Manual on Death Education and Simple Burial ($15) Friend Leonard fo r offering a much-needed 383·3722, or write to: t Byng Place, London wet E 7JH. Send check or money order to Arthur Morgan School, alternate perspective. I appreciate the Ernest Morgan Scholarship Fund, 190t Hannah Branch Pittsburgh-Well located, affordable, third-floor (walkup) Road, Burnsville, NC 28714. j OURNAL's efforts to include these guest rooms with shared bath. Single or double occupancy. Kitchen available. Contact: House Manager, Friends Meet· sometimes marginalized voices. Friend inghouse, 4836 Ellsworth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213. Quake r Artists Book. 94 reviews of 19 genres, history, Leonard truly "spoke to my condition." Telephone: (4t2) 683·2669. illustrations, study questions, bibliography. Period cov­ Coming to London? Friendly B&B just a block from the ered: 1657-1992. An entertaining and celebratory read, British Museum and very close to London University. A central also useful for study groups, libraries, and First-day location for all tourist activities. Ideal for persons traveling schools. $16. Gary Sandman, 25-2618th Street, Apt. I F, joseph Guada Astoria, NY ttt 02. Los Angeles, Cali£ alone. Direct subway and bus links with Heathrow Airport. The Penn Club, 21 Bedford Place, London WCtB SJJ. Friends Bulletin, magazine of Western Independent Telephone: +44 (0207) 636-4718. Fax: +44 (0207) 636·5516. Quakers, free samples, subscription $t5. A Western Quaker Chicago-Affordable guest accommodations in historic Reader, Writings by and about Independent Western Friends meetinghouse. Short· or long-term. Contact: Assis· Quakers: $23 (including postage). Friends Bulletin, 5238 Thanks for the reminder tant Director, Quaker House, 5615 S. Woodlawn Avenue, Andalucia Court, Whittier, CA 90601 . . . Thank you fo r David K Leonard's Coming to DC? Stay with Friends on Capitol Hill. William Yo u' re in good company with Friends United Press au· marvelous essay, "Christ and Jesus in Penn House, a Quaker Seminar and Hospitality Center thors, including Douglas Steere, Howard Thurman, Daisy in beautiful, historic townhouse, is located live blocks east of Newman, John Punshon, Tom Mullen, Doug Gwyn, Louise Early Quakerism," (Fj Sept. 01) which sums the U.S. Capitol. Convenient to Union Station for train and Wilson, Wil Cooper, T. Canby Jones, D. Elton Trueblood­ up what's important in religious faith- in METRO connections. Shared accommodations including and, of course, George Fox, John Woolman, and William continental breakfast for groups, individuals. 515 East Capitol Penn. Inspiration, humor, fiction, and history that take you to just two pages! I hope I have your Street, SE, Washington, DC 20003. E-mail: . Telephone: (202) 543·5560. Fax: (202) permission to send copies to many family 101 -A Quaker Hill Drive, Richmond, IN 47374 for a free 543·3814. catalog or call (800) 537·8839. . and friends. I am keeping it on my Looking for a creative living alternative in New York City? reading table for periodic review. Surely Penington Friends House may be the place for you! We are For Sale looking for people of all ages who want to make a serious David's article could be the basis for commitment to a community lifestyle based on Quaker Let the s un be your electric company. Budget Solar worship sharing in every meeting. principles. For information call (212) 673· 1730. We also has quality solar products, from educational kits, books, have overnight accommodations. and gadgets to PV panels, charge controllers, batteries, and inverters, priced to fit any budget. Shop online at Dwight Fee Assistance Sought . Murrells Inlet, S.C. Quaker Inner-City School Endowment Fund. A small Peace Fleece yarns and batting in 35 colors; kits, but­ group of well-integrated Quaker schools are doing a terrific tons, needles. Sample card $3.00. Yarn Shop on the Farm, job in inner cities. Help them raise sufficient endowments for t 235 Red Run Road, Stevens (Lane. Co.), PA 17578. (717) long-term financial stability. For information contact: Imogene 336·5860. Angell, t50 Kendal Drive, Kennett Square, PA 19348. Tele· phone: (610) 388·0935. Opportunities Quaker House Ann Arbor has periodic openings for six· Books and Publications person intentional community based on Friends principles. 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48 january 2002 FRIENDS j OURNAL Intern Posltlon-AFSC Washington Office: Starting Septem­ Fr iends may well enjoy , learn, and deepen from a week­ Friends Cent er with un programmed Christian ori- long experience in facilitated personal awareness groups. ber 1, 2002, this full-time, paid, nine-month pos~ion is usua!_ly e ntation at Bar nesville offers personal retreats with filled by a recent college graduate. The intern will ass1st 1n Nonsectarian; our 36th year. The La Jolla Program, (760) spiritual consultation available. Also weekend retreats: 789-4794· e-mail varied program interpretation, and advocacy tasks ans1ng March 8 Listeni ng to the Ho ly Spirit with. K_atherine from AFSC work on peace and social justice issues and ~lso and Ken Jacobsen; April 5 Intentional Ltvmg and with Davis House, an international guest house. A j)phca­ L.aam About the UN at the UN Mindful Dying with Connie McPeak; April 26 Under- Quaker United Nation s Summer School tions close on March 18. Full job descnpt10n and applicatiOn standing Robert Barc lay with John Sm1th. For 1n!or- from: AFSC, 1822 A Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20009. July 7-19, 2002, Geneva mation write Bill Taber, 61357 Sandy R1dge, Barnesville, Do you have an active interest in international affairs? OH 43713 or phone (740) 425-1248. Resident Friends, Wellington M.M., New Zealand Would you appreciate study1ng the UN at f1rst hand? Do We are seeking a couple for one year from m•d-2002 (or you want to meet people from all over the world? Are you earlier il available) and another couple from mld-2003. To be aged 2G-26? . . . Travel t o Tuscany and Provence active in our meeting and be a Quaker presence on our Yes? ... Then write today for an applicatiOn pack to: Julian Taste of Tuscany and Friends In France trip programs premises, providing lor guests in our F~ends Centre. Also Hodgkin (QUNSS), Friends House, Euston Road, Lon- offered each fall and spring. Learn about art,.culture, and scheduling use of buildings and cleamng and caretaking don, NW1 2BJ, UK. E-mail: cuisine in small groups of e.-12 people wtth excellent responsibilities. Wor1< varies but averages about 15-20 hours Find out more: . accommodations, food, and expert gUidance. Gues~s stay each a week. For more details contact Elizabeth Thompson, at historic villas in the country near Lucca and Av1gnon. 70 Mairangi Road, Wilton, Wellington, 8005, New Zealand, Information contact: Mark Haskell, Friends and Food or e-mail . Selected Pendle Hill Winter Programs International, 1707 Taylor Street, NW, Washington, DC 20011, USA. Tel/fax (202) 726-4616, e-ma11 . ties are sought for a dynamic Friends meeting north of San January 1e.-20: Quaker Discernment i n Small Groups, Francisco. Post inquiries to Res1dent Committee, RFFM with Gale Wills Box 1831, Santa Rosa, CA 95402. January 2()-25: Enneagram: Nine Ways of Being In Personals the World , w~h Sabra Peil Interns, 9-12 month commitment beginning January, June, January 25-27: Open ing the Scriptures: A Quake r or September. Assist with seminars and hospitality at Will­ Approach to the Bible, with_Tom ~ates . . iam Penn House, five blocks from U.S. Cap1tol. Room, January 27-February 1: Chn stlamty and F1ct1on: Two board, and small stipend. WPH, 515 East Cap1tol Street, SE, Totally Different Approaches, with Peter Bien Concerned c5tngkQ Washington, DC 20003. January 27-February 1: Peaceful Mind, Open Heart: A Monteverde Friends School needs K 12 teachers, a spe­ Silent Insight Meditation Retreat, with Mary Orr Concerned Singles links compatible: ~ally conscious cial ed teacher and volunteers. School year beg1ns 1n Au­ February 3-8: A Lived Theology: Speaking with Integ- singles who care a~ peace, S. teers any month, to Jenny Rowe, Monteverde Fnends School, February 15-18: A Yoga Retreat You Can Take Home, Monteverde 5655, Puntarenas, Costa RICa. TeVfax (506) with Robert Butera and Dawn Meehan Single Booklover s, a national group, has been getti~g 645-5302. E-mail: w1th copy to February 15-17: God The Trickster? W~ Michele Tarter, unattached booklovers together since 1970. Please wnte . Jane Orion Smith, and Marge Abbott Box 117, Gradyville, PA 19039, or call (610) 358-5049. Arthur Morgan School. A small junior high boarding school February 17-22: Quake rs and Pastoral Care, with Judy seeks houseparents and teachers for 2001- 2002. S(:hOOI Guerry year. Positions also include a mi.x of other respons1b1llt1es: February 22-24: Making Our Vo ices Heard: A Week- Positions Vacant e nd for People of Co lor, with Emma Lapsansky and teaching (academics and/or elect1ves, m~s 1c, art, etc.), lead­ Minerva Carmen Velez-Giidden ing wor1< projects and outdoor tnps_. mamtenance, garden­ February 24-M arch 1: Soul and Spi rit: Blending Suf- ing and cooking. Intimate commumty of staff and students; staff-run by consensus. Simple living; beautiful mountain ferlng and Praye r Into Compassion , with Dan Snyder March 3-8: A Jewish-Quaker Dialogue: Making a Dwell- setting. Contact or send resume with cover letter to: Fredenck Martin or Sherrill Senseney, AMS, 1901 Hannah Branch lng for God, with Marcia Prager and Rebecca Kratz Road, Burnsville, NC 28714. (828) 675-4262. Mays . . For more information, contact: Pendle H1ll, 338 Plush Mill Section of the Americas ,..,..,'<:.Sidwell Friends School, a coed, pre-K- 12 Road, Wallingford, PA 19086-6099. (800) 742-3150, ex- Friends Wortd Committee for Consultation, Section of the day located in Washington, D.C., tension 142. . Americas, seeks a Friend for appointment as Executive ~-~Quaker school Secretary beginning Summer 2002. The Sect1on of the ~ ~ invites qualified applicants for staff and faculty positions that may applied for at any t1me. Americas administers a portion of FWCC's worldwtde '-~ b!l Members of the Society ol F nends are partiCularly en: The Young Adult Leadership Development Program work of developing communication and cooper~tton at Pendle Hill: a service-learning and spiritual enrich- among Friends of varying backgrounds and traditiOns. couraged to apply. Sidwell Friends, students, and alum~• ment internship for 12 young people ages 1s-24. Experi- The Section's executive secretary employs and super­ represent many cultural, racial, religious, and _economiC backgrounds. The school's vigorous academiC cumcu­ ence community life at Pendle Hill, explore service oppo.r- vises staff in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., tun~ies both individually and as a group, partiCipate 1n office and elsewhere in the Americas to assist Friends in lum is supplemented by numerous offe.rings in the arts worl. description and application form avatlable from: FWCC of Personnel Services, Sidwell Friends School, 3825 Section of the Amer icas, 1506 Race Street, Philadel­ Wisconsin Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20016. phia, PA 19102, phone (215) 241-7250; fax (215) 241- Woolman Hill New England Quaker Center-Selected 7285; . . Wor kshops 2002 : FWCC Section of the Americas also seeks a Fnend for Real Estate New England Gathering of Friends In t he Healing immediate appointment as Associate Secretary. Pn­ Arts with John Calvi, Ruth Shilling, and Friends, Feb. 1-3. Mldcoast -Malne. Three-bedroom, 1991 cape, 112-acre lot mary responsibilities include visitation plann1ng, d~velo~­ Art and Spirituality with Arthur Fink, Feb. 15-17. in small community, own septic, shared well and leach f1eld, ment, and office administration. The person 1n th1s poSI· Quakers a nd the Globa l Food Chain with Debbie some common land, monthly fee to association, rural, 7 tion shares administrative leadership with the executiVe Humphries and David Morse, March 1-3. miles Midcoast Meeting. Inquiries: (207) 529-6325; secretary. Position involves travel and some evening and Renewing Ourselves in S ilence with Susan Lloyd . weekend wor1<. Spanish-language sk i ll~ desirable_. Salary McGarry, March 29-31. . based on training and experience. Rev1ew of applicatiOns Our Neighborhood Blends Old, Young, Ex ploring Eldering with Jan Hoffman, Apnl12-14. begins February 2002 and continues until posrt1on IS and In-Between For more information contact: Daphne Bye, 107 Keets filled. Job description and application: FWCC Sectton of Come live in Neighborhood Design/Build's premier"Qreen· Road, Deerfield, MA 01342 the Americas 1506 Race Street, Philadelphia, PA 191 02. cooperative neighborhood near Asheville, N.C., 1n the Telephone: (413) 774-3431; e-mail: . Phone: (2l5) 241-7250; e-mail: . able, health-supporting, energy-elfiCIEint, low-mamtenance Quaker Writers and Artists! townhouse w~h radiant floor heat, low energy bills, and high bandwid1h communications. Use the large Commu­ Join the Fellowship of Quakers in the Arts. FQA's goal: "To Pendle Hill High School Youth Camp Leaders (3): nurture and showcase the literary, visual, musical, and nity Building for optional shared meals, guest rooms, Facilitate and be a part of the planning process for a laundry, discussion groups, and other resources and performing arts within the Religious Society of Friends, weeklong Quaker service-learning program for ages for purposes of Quaker expression, ministry, witness, services. Large creative playground, permaculture gar­ 15-18. Lead service projects, field trips, diSCUSSIOnS, dens, water features. Enjoy nealby urban and recre­ and outreach. To these ends, we will offer spiritual, prac- games; teach Quaker values and history. Dates: Julys- tical and financial support as way opens." Help build an ational amenities. Townhouses $125,00()-$250,000. 15,2002, plus planning weekend in May. Room, board, . inte.:national networ1< of creative support and celebration. and honorarium. Membership: $22/year. FQA, P.O. Box 58565, Philadel- Summer Youth Programs Co-Coordlnato_r: Plan and phia, PA 19102. E·mail: . Web: . ment program, provide administrative support for week­ long high school program. Starts late May, ends earty Cape May, N.J., Beach House-weekly rentals; wee_k­ To con sider mountain v iew retirement property, near a August. Room, board, and salary provided. end rentals in off-season. Sleeps 12+. Great for f~m1ly Friends center, visit or write Roy Joe Contact: Julian O'Reil!ey, (610) 566-4507 I (800) 742- reunions! Block from beach. Close to mall. Ocean v1ews and Ruth Stuckey, 6567 N. San Luis Obispo Drive, Douglas, 3150, ext. 129; . from wraparound porch. Call: (7 18) 398-3561. 1'\Z. 85607.

FRIENDS ]OURNAI.. january 2002 49 Bald Head Island, N.C. Panoramic view of ocean, dunes. Visit on the lntemetl lagoon, and golf course from four-bedroom, two-bath­ Schools Over 30 full-color images of beautiful, hand-drawn, realistic room, beautifully furnished house with wraparound deck, Rancocas Friends School: Pre-K, half and full day, after colored ink illustrations and calligraphed vows. Website has two electric golf carts. 14 miles of beach, championship ceremony ideas and an easy, online form for estimates. golf, tennis, croquet, swimming, and fishing. 13,000 acres school care, quality academic and developmentally appro­ priate program with Quaker values. Affordable tuition, finan­ Ketubahs, gay celebrations of commitment, and non-Quaker of maritime wilderness. Many birds and wildflowers. No examples. E-mail birthright Quaker, Jennifer Snow Wolff at cars on island. Peaceful, friendly. Rental by day or week. cial aid. 201 Main Street, Rancocas (Village), NJ OB073. (609) 267-1265. Fax: (B56) 795-7554. for free sample vows. Browse online: (215) 699-91B6. or . A Friendly Maul vacation on a Quaker family organic gram in a warm, supportive, ungraded setting for children farm. 20 minutes to local beaches. New stone and ages 5 to 13 who learn differently. Small classes and an Marriage Certificates cedar building with large octagonal room, skylight, ocean enriched curriculum answer the needs of the whole child. An • Calligraphy view, walk-in closet, and private bath. Full kitchen, or­ at-risk program for five-year-olds is available. The school • • Graphic Design ganic vegetable garden, and hot tub. Bed and breakfast also offers an extended day program, tutoring, and summer • Note Cards or bed and supper: $70 per day. Weekly and monthly school. Information: Stratford Friends School, 5 Llandillo • Illustration rates available. Write or call Henrietta & Wm. Vitarelli, Road Havertown PA 19083 (610) 446-3144 Ahimsa Graphics, 24 Cavanaugh Ct., Saunderstown, 375 Kawelo Road, Haiku, HI 9670B. Telephone: (BOB) e Rl 02B74. (401) 294-7769 or (B88) 475-6219. 572-9205. Fax: 572-6048. Friends Meeting School. Serving more than 100 stu- dents on 50+ acres in southern Frederick County between Friendly Financial Services. Let me help you prepare for Pocono Manor. Beautiful, rustic mountain house suitable for 1-270 and 1-70. Coed, pre-K to grade B. Strong academ- retirement or work out an estate plan. Socially responsible gatherings, retreats, and reunions. Seven bedrooms. Three ics, Quaker values, small classes, warm caring environ- full baths. Beds for 15. Fully equipped. Deck with mountain investments-my speciaky. Call Joyce Moore, LUTCF, Joyce ment, peace skills, Spanish, and extended day program. Moore Financial Services at (61 0) 966-6127 or e-mail . (Securities offered by Washington Square Se­ week, May through October. Contact Jonathan Snipes: (215) 79B-0288 . 736-1B56. curities, 20 Washington Square South, Minneapolis, MN 55401.) Retirement Living Celo Valley Books: Personal attention to all phases of book children, grades K-7Sohoot, w~h language-based A """"' "' production (25 to 5,000 copies). Typing, editing, layout, final Friends House, a Quaker-sponsored retirement commu­ 9 ""''""learning differe'""""'nces. 16 East Main Street, delivery. Free brochure. 346 Seven Mile Ridge Road, nity in Santa Rosa, California, offers one- and two-bedroom Moorestown, NJ OB057. Phone: (B56) Burnsville, NC 2B714. garden apartments or more spacious three-bedroom, two­ B02-2777. Fax: (B56) 802-0122. E-mail: We are a fellowship, Friends mostly, seeking to enrich and bath homes for independent living. Immediate occupancy . expand our spiritual experience. We seek to obey the prompt­ may be available. An assisted-living home, a skilled nursing ings of the Spirit, however named. We meet, publish, corre­ facility, and aduk day care services are also available on Frankford Fnends School: coed, K-6; serv~ng center City, spond. Inquiries welcome! Write Quaker Universalist Fel­ campus. Friends House is situated one hour north of San northeast, and most areas of Philadelphia. We provide lowship, 121 Watson Mill Road, Landenberg, PA 19350- Francisco with convenient access to the Pacific coast, red­ children with an affordable yet challenging academic pro­ 9344 wood forests, cultural events, medical services, and shop­ gram in a small, nurturing environment. Frankford Friends ping. Friends House, 684 Benicia Drive, Santa Rosa, CA School, 15000rlhodoxStreet, Philadelphia, PA 19124. (215) 95409. (707) 538-0152. . 533-536B. Foxdale Village, for Quaker-directed life care. A vibrant lt~ tudios and caring community that encourages and supports men Junior high boarding school for grades 7, B, 9. Small and women as they seek to live life fully and gracefully academic classes, challenging outdoor experiences, com­ in harmony with the principles of simplicity, diversity, equal­ munity service, consensus decision making, daily work ity, mutual respect, compassion, and personal involvement. projects in a small, caring, commun~ environment. Arthur Marriage certificates, announcements, invitations, etc. Spacious ground-floor apartments and community ameni­ Morgan School, 1901 Hannah Branch Road, Burnsville, Do justice to your event with our calligraphy and award- ties such as library, auditorium, wood shop, computer lab. NC 2B714. (B2B) 675-4262. winning graphic design. (BOO) 763-0053. CCAC Accredited. Reasonable fees include medical care. 500 East Marylyn Avenue, Department F, State College, PA Westbury Frie nds School-AcademiC excellence in a nur­ 16B01-6269. For more information, call Lenna Gill at (BOO) turing Quakerenvironmenlfor 170children, nursery-grade 6, 253-4951 on beautiful17-acre grounds. Small classes and highly quali­ 1501 East Main Street fied teachers. Music, art, computers, Spanish, French, gym. HENRY FREEMAN Centerville, IN 47330 Extended-day, vacation/holiday, summer programs. Han and Phone: 765-855-5405 full-day nursery, pre-K. Brochure: Westbury Friends School, ASSOCIATES E-mail: [email protected] 550 Post Avenue, Westbury, NY 11590. (516) 333-317B. Sandy Spring Friends School. Five-or seven-day boarding Consulting services for educational institutions and ~11 option for grades 9-12. Day school pre-K through 12. Col­ nonprofit organizations. Fund raising. Capital campaigns. SERVICES FOR OLDER PEOPLE lege preparatory, upper school AP courses. Strong arts and Planned giving. Recent clients include liberal arts academics, visual and performing arts, and team athletic colleges, seminaries, independent schools, social ser- programs. Coed. Approximately 480 students. 140-acre cam­ vice agencies, Pendie Hill, FGC, and many other Friends Kendal communities and services reflect sound manage­ pus less than an hour from Washington, D.C., and Baltimore, organizations. ment, adherence to Quaker values, and respect for each Md. International programs. Incorporating traditional Quaker individual. .. values. 16923 Norwood Road, Sandy Spring, MD 20B60. Mamage Certificates. F1ne calligraphy 1n trad1!10nal pla~n Continuing care retirement communities: (301 ) 774-7455, ext. 158. . styles or decorated with beautiful, custom-designed bor­ Kendal at Longwood; Crosslands • Kennett Square, Pa. ders. Also Family Trees for holiday gifts, births, anniversa­ Kendal at Hanover • Hanover, N.H. The Quaker School at Horsham, a value-centered el­ ementary and middle school for students with learning ries, family reunions. Call or write Carol Simon Sexton, Kendal at Oberlin • Oberlin, Ohio Clear Creek Design, B20 West Main Street, Richmond, IN Kendal at Ithaca • Ithaca, N.Y. differences. Small, remedial classes, qualified staff, serving 47374. (765) 962-1794. Kendal at Lexington • Lexington, Va. Philadelphia, Bucks, and Montgomery Counties. 31B Meet­ Communities under development: ing House Road, Horsham, PA 19044. (215) 674-2B75. Kendal on Hudson • Sleepy Hollow, N.Y. Come visit Olney Friends School on your cross-country Summer Camps Kendal at Granville • Granville, Ohio travels, six miles south of 1-70 in the green hills of eastern Independent living with residential services: Ohio. A residential high school and farm, next to Stillwater Pendle Hill's High School Youth Camp, for ages 15- Coniston and Cartmel • Kennett Square, Pa. Meetinghouse, Olney is college preparation built around 1B, July 7-14, 2002. Join 20 young people from all over Nursing care, residential and assisted living: truthful thinking, inward listening, loving community, and the country in service projects, Quaker community life, Barclay Friends • West Chester, Pa. useful work. 61830 Sandy Ridge Road, Barnesville, Ohio exploration of social justice issues, sessions in our art Advocacy/education programs: 43713. (740) 425-3655. studio, field trips, and fun. Call (61 0) 566-4507 I (BOO) Untie the Elderly • Pa. Restraint Reduction Initiative John Woolman School. Rural California, grades 9-12. 742-3150, extension 129; or w rite . For Information, call or write: Doris Lambert, The Kendal staff, work program, service projects; board, day. 13075 Corporation, P.O. Box 100, Kennett Square, PA 19348. Woolman Lane, Nevada City, CA 95959. (530) 273-3183. Camp Woodbrooke, W1sconsin. Make friends, experience community, develop (610) 388- 55B1. E-mail: . United Friends School: coed; preschool-S; emphasizing skills, and learn about the environment. Quaker integrated, developmentally appropriate curriculum, includ­ -;::: _. Leadership. Ages 7-12, 34 boys and girls, 2--3 wk ing whole language and manipulative math; serving upper Friends Homes, Inc., founded. by North Carol­ sessions. Brochure (608) 647-8703, . Also seeking staff. ina Yearly Meeting of the Society of Friends, has (215) 53B-1733. been providing retirement options since 1968. Make friends, make music at Friends Music Camp. Musi­ Lansdowne Friends School-a small Friends school for Both Friends Homes at Guilford and Friends cal growth, Quaker experience, caring commun~ . July 7- boys and girls three years of age through sixth grade, rooted Homes West are fee-for-service, continuing August 4. Ages 1 0-1B. Video, brochure: FMC, PO Box 427, care retirement communities offering independent living, in Quaker values. We provide children w~h a qual~ academic Yellow Springs. OH 453B7. (937) 767-1311 (or 1B1B). and a developmentally appropriate program in a nurturing assisted living, and skilled nursing care. Located in . Greensboro, North Carolina, both communities are close environment. Whole language, thematic education, conflict to Guilford College and several Friends meetings. Enjoy resolution, Spanish, after-school care, summer program. the beauty of four seasons, as well as outstanding cul­ 110 N. Lansdowne Avenue, Lansdowne, PA 19050. (610) Summer Rentals tural, intellectual, and spiritual opportunities in an area 623-254B. where Quaker roots run deep. For information please Prince Edward Island (Ceneda): Seaside Cottage. Three call: (336) 292-9952, or write: Friends Homes West, 6100 Services Offered bedrooms, two baths, large deck. Three acres. July and W. Friendly Avenue, Greensboro, NC 27410. Friends August: $700 per week. June and September: $500 per Homes, Inc. owns and operates communities dedicated Moving to North Carolina? Maybe David Brown, a Quaker week. Call (902) B38·5013 or(610) 520-9596. to the letter and spirit of Equal Housing Opportunity. real estate broker, can help. Contact him at 120B Pinewood .com/vrtx>/1 0301.htm>. Dr., Greensboro, NC 27410. (336) 294-2095.

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Dear Friends. As clerk of the Friends United Meeting General Board. it is my privilege to invite you to attend the 2002 FUM Triennial Sessions. They will be held July 10-IS, 2002, at the Kenya College of Communication Technology in Nairobi, Kenya. This promises to be a very interesting Triennial. For the first time the Triennial will be held outside the United States. We will also be 1 celebrating the I00 h anniversary of Friends work In Kenya. The Program Committee and staff in the United States, as well as the Host Committee in Kenya. have been working diligently in preparation for this uniQ.ue event, a task that has obviously been more difficult than usual. A very interesting program is being plaMed, Involving Friends from around the world. You are also being offered several options for additional travel after the conference to tour Kenya to give you a better sense of Friends ministry there. For those who may have concerns about traveling In Africa, let me assure you. you will be well cared for. The College provides excellent facilities for meeting. dining and housing.

Please p~ for these Triennial Sessions and. If po.s$1ble, Join lJS; In 1Cef!Y3 In July 2002.

FRIENDS ]OVRNAL j anuary 2002 51 ILL A QUAKER CENTER FOR A Campaign for a New Century STUDY AND CONTEMPLATION Pendle Hill Is Now Accepting Applications for 2002-2003 Endowed Scholarships in the Resident Program

Several supporters of Pendle Hill have established special scholarships to assist recipients with specific projects while they are students in Pendle Hill's resident program.

The Henry J. Cadbury Scholarship was established to support a Quaker scholar with serious interest in Quaker faith, practice or history to work at Pendle Hill for three terms on a project of significance to the Religious Society of Friends. Applicants wi ll offer a specific research or writing proposal.

The Kenneth L. Carroll Scholarship is for an active member of the Religious Society of Friends to concentrate on Biblical and Quaker studies for the benefit of their local meetings. Applicants must be endorsed by their meetings Pendle Hill's Resident Program provides an opportunity and will offer a description of their projected plans for to participate in a community of study, work, worship, their period of residence at Pendle Hill. dialogue, and exploration into the life of the Spirit.

Both ofthese special scholarships were established by Pendle Hill Resident Term Dates Kenneth Carroll to further Quaker studies at Pendle Hill. Autumn Term: September 27, 2002 to December 14, 2002. Ken Carroll, a Quaker historian, writer, and active Frienr.L Winter Term: January 3, 2003 to March 15, 2003. has been a long time board member ofPend le Hill and Spring Term: March 28, 2003 to June 7, 2003. was a resident in the 60's. People interested in applying for one of the scholarships The Dorothy and Douglas Steere Scholarship is should contact Bobbi Kelly, at 1-800-742-3150, extension 137 available to people applying to Pendle Hill for three terms or email [email protected]. The application deadline of study, work, and worship in the Resident Program. The for 2002-2003 scholanhips is March 1, 2002. scholarship was established by the Steere family to honor the lives and work of Dorothy and Douglas Steere.

The Nancy and Scott Crom Scholarship will fund one For information on how you can honor a special term in the Resident Program. Preference for this scholar­ person by making an investment in Pendle Hill, ship will be given to an applicant who has been deeply please contact: involved in social justice movements, who is preparing for Barbara Parsons service for peace and social justice, or who plans to study Director of Development in depth a major religious or social issue. The scholarship Pendle Hill was funded by Steve Crom and his wife Nike S. Beckman, 338 Plush Mill Road in honor ofSteve's parents, Scott and Nancy Crom. Wallingford, PA 19086 1-800-742-3150, ext. 132 or E-mail: [email protected]