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Vintage Books, believed to have the largest collection of Quaker material in the United States, is closing but is hoping for a buyer who would continue selling the Quaker items. Milford Daily News, May 5, 2013
A feature story on the Ramallah Friends School, currently engaged in a year-long campaign to establish a North American development program for the School. Ecumenical News, April 22, 2013
A memorial to the Friends Ambulance Unit, in which British conscientious objectors served during World War II, has been built in the National Memorial Arobretum. The Guardian, April 16, 2013
Yorba Linda Friends Church makes feature film to highlight the issue of global trafficking affecting the Dalit people of India, with whom the Church works. CNN, April 13, 2013
Gretchen Castle, General Secretary of the Friends World Committee for Consultation, had a front row seat at the mass formally installing Pope Francis. phillyBurbs.com, March 21, 2013
Historical Commission of Massachusetts town founded by Quakers steps in to provide today's Quaker group in that town a place to meet. Boston Globe, March 20, 2013
Muriel Hiatt's 64 years of service to Wilmington College (a Quaker school) and the community of Wilmington, Ohio are honored. Wilmington News Journal, February 21, 2013
The new Directors of Quaker House in Fayetteville, North Carolina, have a vision of making a difference in the lives of soldiers at Fort Bragg. The Fayetteville Observer, February 4, 2013
Architecture critic writes about the design and contractor selection process for the new Chestnut Hill Meeting House, and the arson of the construction site. Philadelphia Inquirer, January 4, 2013
Davidson (North Carolina) Friends Meeting have a permanent meetinghouse after moving from place to place over the years. DavidsonNews.net, November 5, 2012
Friends Community School in Greenbelt, Maryland is expanding only five years after moving onto its current property. Gazette Newspapers, November 1, 2012
Friends Fiduciary Corporation dropped Veolia Environment and Hewlett-Packard from their portfolio because of their involvement in the Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands. JTA, September 28, 2012
American Friends Service Committee joined in a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of severe restrictions placed against a man the U.S. government labeled a “specially designated terrorist.” Chicago Tribune, September 22, 2012
Sidwell Friends School in Washington, DC converted an old gymnasium into an environmentally friendly building for worship. earthtechling.com, September 19, 2012
Vermilion Groves Friends Church, the oldest church in continual use in Vermilion County, Illinois, celebrates 190 years on September 2. The Commercial News, August 31, 2012
Two Friends newly named as official representatives of Quaker Council on European Affairs to the European Union and other European agencies. Ekklesia, June 14, 2012
Earth Quaker Action Team completes its walk from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh to protest PNC Bank's financing of mountaintop removal. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 17, 2012
British authorities drop census refusal case against Stroud Mayor John Marjoram, a Quaker who joined numerous other Quakers in refusing to cooperate with the census. Stroud News & Journal, May 14, 2012
Earth Quaker Action Team walks across Pennsylvania to protest PNC Bank financing of mining companies doing mountaintop removal. The Patriot-News, May 7, 2012
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