The Barbara Reynolds Memorial Archives at the Peace Resource Center contain the most extensive collection in the United States of interdisciplinary materials related to nuclear war. Each year, the PRC BRMA receives between 400–450 visitors, including researchers, students, and members of the public. The archive holds documents; creative responses to the atomic bombings, such as poetry, plays, and artistic works; historic poster collections; historic photos; slides; scrapbooks; photo albums; 16-mm films; reel-to-reel audio; cassette tapes; and other artifacts. The PRC and BRMA marked their 50th anniversary in commemoration in August and September. They are housed at Wilmington College, a Quaker college in southwestern Ohio, affiliated with Wilmington Yearly Meeting.
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Girls in Mt. Elgon miss up to five days of school each month due to the lack of sanitary pads. This has led many girls to drop out of school, and enter early marriages, which shifts the financial responsibility of providing for them from their mother to their spouse. Other girls who cannot support themselves are exposed to sexual exploitation. For these reasons, Friends United Meeting Africa Ministries Programme Officer Getry Agizah, funded by a generous donation from USFW, rolled out a training program in Kenya, at the Chebyuk Peace Centre in the Mt. Elgon area, to teach women how to sew reusable menstrual pads.
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In Samburu, Kenya, pastor Christopher Leduma, from Samburu Friends Mission, facilitated a one-day transformative dialogue called by Samburu community members who are tired of bandits from rival Samburu communities attacking familes and stealing their animals.
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As a barista, mornings now bid me rise at 4 a.m. to fill enough carafes with liquid motivation for the 6 a.m. rush. Before the sun peeks over earth I’ve heard, “Thanks, hon” from the construction foreman with a gravelly, Sam Elliot-like voice; said, “Have a great day,” to half the hospital’s nurses as they caffeinate before their rounds; and poured refills for the jogging club whose daily circuit ends at the espresso machine.
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Not being much of a television watcher, I confess I’ve never actually seen the show Survivor. I understand many people really enjoy it. I simply cannot get my head around why it is so appealing. As with so many other things, I’m probably just missing something.
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The characters in the parable present several classic dichotomies: greed and generosity, carelessness and faithfulness, anger and joy. Recently, my spirit is quickened by another contrasting component found in the story—scarcity and abundance.
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Throughout our history, the people known as Friends (or Quakers) keep rediscovering an essential and enduring truth: There is one who speaks to our most basic needs and most significant hopes—Christ Jesus the Lord. Both individually and communally, we are learning to know and follow the Voice that guides us in the way we should go. Together, we seek to understand and obey that truth which sets us free. As a people, we share in the experience of that powerful life which makes all things new. Maybe you are searching for an authentic and transforming faith and community to call home—if so, come in and join us as we seek to know and follow Christ.
Friends United Meeting commits itself to energize and equip Friends through the power of the Holy Spirit to gather people into fellowships where Jesus Christ is known, loved, and obeyed as Teacher and Lord.
