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Two Quaker guests from Cuba come to quarterly meeting at Smith Neck Friends in Rhode Island.
South Coast Today, August 21, 2010
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Westfield (Indians) Friends Church celebrates its 175th anniversary.
Westfield Star, August 17, 2010
Ashley leaves the D.C. rat race behind
The new Head of School at Scattergood Friends School is moving from urban life to rural life.
Iowa City Press-Citizen, August 9, 2010
Earlham College president announced retirement
Earlham College President Douglas Bennett, who has served since 1997, announced he will retire next year.
Indianapolis Star, August 4, 2010
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The top executive of Britain Yearly Meeting has resigned, the second senior official of the Yearly Meeting to step down in a period of several days.
Ekklesia, August 3, 2010
Hill Friends plan new meetinghouse
Chestnut Hill (Pennsylvania) Friends plan an innovative new meetinghouse to be built near their old one.
The Chestnut Hill Local, July 22, 2010
New head of school wanted to join Scattergood’s ‘cutting edge’ teaching
Christine Ashely becomes head of Scattergood Friends School.
West Branch (Iowa) Times, July 15, 2010
Big Changes at Mary McDowell: A New Name and a New High School
The former Mary McDowell Center for Learning, which is expanding to include high school, changed its name to Mary McDowell Friends School to emphasize its Quaker identity.
Brooklyn Eagle, July 8, 2010
Come-to-Good Quaker house given £175,000 facelift
Thatched Quaker meeting house in Cornwall gets refurbished before its 300th anniversary.
BBC, July 4, 2010
Elise Boulding, Peace Scholar, Dies at 89
Noted leader in the peace research movement and active Quaker Elise Boulding dies.
New York Times, July 1, 2010
British Quakers face controversy over £0.5 million BP investment
The biggest investment of Britain Yearly Meeting is BP, and it is getting a lot of flak for that.
Digital Journal, July 1, 2010
Modern Quakers to meet in building from 1822
Building originally built as a Quaker meetinghouse becomes one again.
Bangor Daily News, June 18, 2010
Restoration gives iconic Quaker Meeting House new lease of life
Thatched roof replaced on historic Quaker meeting house on the outskirts of Truro, in Cornwal, England.
This Is Cornwall, June 10, 2010
Painful cuts for American Friends Service Committee
American Friends Service Committee has been forced to make drastic cuts, including laying off 40% of its staff.
The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 5, 2010
Quakers to break tradition and allow journalists at annual meeting
Britain Yearly Meeting decides to allow non-Quaker journalists to report on their annual sessions.
Ekklesia, June 3, 2010
Palestinian pacifist gets Sweden's Anna Lindh award
Palestinian Quaker activist Jean Zaru is awarded the Anna Lindh prize for her lifetime of non-violent work.
Yahoo News, June 1, 2010
Home at last - after 60 years
Red Cedar Friends Meeting completes construction of a meeting house in Lansing, Michigan.
CityPulse, May 13, 2010
The silence of the Quakers
Oread Friends Meeting is 60 years old.
Lawrence (Kansas) Journal-World, May 8, 2010
Pulpit: Continuing revelation
Co-Clerk of Rochester (New York) Friends Meeting explains Quakerism.
The Post-Bulletin, May 8, 2010
Mary Spruance Alden
Lifelong Quaker Mary Spruance Alden dies at 98.
Bucks County Courier Times, May 2, 2010
We must not punish the children
The Quaker Asylum and Refugee Network argues against detaining migrant children in Britain.
The Guardian, May 1, 2010
Quakers expand Community Gardens on Vine
Fort Collins (Colorado) Friends expand their Community Gardens.
Fort Collins Coloradoan, April 20, 2010
Marriage license proves hard to come by for couple in New Haven
Quaker has trouble getting a marriage license in New Haven, Connecticut, due to her conscientious refusal to take an oath.
New Haven Register, April 17, 2010
Quakers meditate in prayer
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The Daily Times (Salisbury, MD), April 17, 2010
Quaker maps
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Quaker Maps, April 12, 2010
Adelbert Mason, innovative, 'revered' Quaker educator
Quaker educator Adelbert Mason dies at 87.
The Philadelphia Inquirer, April 9, 2010
Kingston's Quakers looking for families as they prepare to move graves
As Kingston Friends prepare to move from their 1773 meetinghouse to a new site, they are looking to find families of those buried in their graveyard.
Surrey Comet (U.K.), April 7, 2010
New Kendal Quaker Tapestry display to open
The Quaker Tapestry opens a display on Quakers and railways.
The Westmorland Gazette (U.K.), March 27, 2010
New First Friend's Church pastor has open ear, open mind
Becky Rees Memmelaar came from North Carolina to serve First Friends Whittier as pastor.
Whittier Daily News, March 11, 2010
Chicago Quaker school would be the state’s first
When Chicago Friends School opens this fall, it will become the first Quaker school in the state of Illinois.
The Chicago Tribune, March 3, 2010
Susan B. Anthony house opens
The museum at the birthplace of Quaker social justice activist Susan B. Anthony in North Adams, Massachusetts opens.
The Berkshire Eagle, February 11, 2010
The listening place
A Baptist pastor writes of his experiences with Quakers.
The Christian Century, February 9, 2010
George Willoughby, 95, peace activist
Inveterate Quaker peace activist George Willoughby dies.
The Philadelphia Inquirer, February 4, 2010
How did Quakers conquer the British sweet shop?
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BBC, January 20, 2010
Australian Quakers back same-sex marriage
Quakers in Australia are asking their government to allow marriage of same-sex couples.
Ekklesia, January 19, 2010
Quaker school finds home in Burlington
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Burlington Free Press, January 18, 2010
George Wiloughby, longtime peace activist, dies at 95
Legendary Quaker peace activist George Willoughby dies.
Philadelphia Daily News, January 15, 2010
Quakers call for equal marriage
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Blaze, January 11, 2010
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The Friend, January 6, 2010
Former MTI teacher sues School Board
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Ocala Star Banner, January 5, 2010
Saint Ann’s Head to Move to B’klyn Friends School
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Brooklyn Daily Eagle, December 30, 2009
Quaker Indian Committee disavows Doctrine of Discovery, affirms Declaration
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Indian Committee renounces the Doctrine of Discovery used to oppress native peoples, and affirms the U.N. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
Indian Country Today, December 14, 2009
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British Quakers commissioned a poll to find out public awareness of Quakers.
Ekklesia, December 6, 2009
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Greensboro News & Record, November 29, 2009
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The Register, November 6, 2009
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Wooing Quakers back to George Fox
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Reading Eagle, October 5, 2009
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African Studies Professor Later Worked at Red Cross
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The Washington Post, September 27, 2009
Statue honors Wilmington heritage
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San Francisco Friends School is remodeling the oldest Levi Strauss denim factory into a school building that reflects its principles.
MissionLoc@l.org, September 18, 2009
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Michigan Friends Center offers a variety of activities.
The Jackson Citizen-Patriot, September 8, 2009
NI celebrates Quaker Service Northern Ireland’s 40th Anniversary
Northern Ireland clebrates 40 years of Quakers bringing their testimonies to bear on the situation there.
the Gov Monitor, September 8, 2009

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