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Discover how Irish Quakers stepped into the margins of a deeply divided Northern Ireland during the Troubles, using radical hospitality and a simple cup of tea to do the quiet, dangerous work of building peace.
Podcast producer Zack Jackson traveled to Ireland Yearly Meeting to learn, firsthand, how this diverse community has managed to have such an outsized impact on the island of Ireland. Tune in to hear what this small but mighty community can teach the rest of us.
Quakers believe in loving your neighbor, but what is a peace-loving Friend to do when their city is invaded by armed forces intent on violence? For this week’s episode, we bring you a special conversation with four Minneapolis Quakers who have been wrestling with just that.
A Quaker experiment to heal souls at Eastern State Penitentiary accidentally created a new form of torture: solitary confinement. This episode uncovers that complicated history and explores the modern fight to replace grand theories with one simple, revolutionary act.
A group of Quakers embark on a grueling 300-mile walk from New York to Washington D.C. to deliver a powerful message to a government that doesn’t want to hear it.
When the federal government rescinded a decades-old policy protecting houses of worship from immigration raids, a group of Quakers filed a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security.
A few months ago, twenty police officers smashed down the door of Westminster Quaker Meeting House and arrested a handful of young activists. When the very act of dissent is being criminalized, how do we stand up for what is right?
James Varner shares his passion to promote equality and love in Quaker circles and beyond.
Why would a virtually unknown Quaker entrepreneur attempt the impossible and run for president of the United States (in 2024)?
Friends schools are known for their holistic approach to education, and Friends Center for Children in New Haven, Connecticut, is no different. But this early childhood program has gone a few steps further.
What can Friends of different generations learn from each other?
What can we learn from Black Friends?
Take a peek behind the curtain of Thee Quaker Project.
Cultivating a farm and a spiritual awakening.
How do you trust a divine calling that seems to go against your community’s most cherished value: peace?
You've reached the end! (or is it the beginning?)
You've reached the end! (or is it the beginning?)
