Merion Friends Meeting and Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church are jointly sponsoring a month of events to raise awareness of the problem of mass incarceration in the US. The lead off…
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“Washington lobbyist” carries very negative connotations, but all citizens can petition the government, and those who are organized can do it more effectively. The Friends Committee on National Legislation lobbies…
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Is someone more thoroughly punished by 50 years in prison than by 25? Or at some point are they simply made less fit for re-entry into society? Are people more…
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Merion Friends Meeting will be co-hosting a series of lectures and events regarding prison reform issues in March 2014, and our Adult First Day Discussion Group is reading The New…
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Merion Friends Meeting and Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church will be hosting a series of lectures in March, 2014 to discuss specific problems in the US prison system. Please save the…
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Friends House Moscow (Дом Друзей в Москве) has sent Merion Meeting a copy of their Winter 2013 newsletter. The articles describe their efforts at improving parenting skills to avoid children…
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The Earth Quaker Action Team will be holding a program “Honoring our Elders: Lifetimes of Nonviolent Activism” celebrating senior members who have devoted their lives to nonviolent activism. It will…
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“‘Come, O blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty…
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We all pay a lot of money in taxes. We pay state, federal and local taxes. We pay income, sales, and property taxes. We pay invisible taxes in terms of…
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I would like to recommend reading Leonard Pitts’ recent column on the death of former KKK supporter Elwin Wilson, “50 years after Birmingham: bigot released from crippling burden of hate.”…
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