Forgiveness – A conversation with JoEllyn Jones, Esq. and invited guest Ryan Young – Held at Spring 2022 Salem Quarterly Meeting, held at Woodstown Friends Meeting house. “What is justice? What does it really look like? What does the phrase “restorative justice” mean and how it is practiced? What is lost and what is gained? what does it mean to begin to heal the world through small steps? How do we slow down, cast away fear of the other, and truly see the real person? How do we break out of the same old conversation? How do we forgive ourselves and each other? Thank you to Woodstown fo ..read more

  A conversation with Cumberland County Prosecutor Jennifer Webb-McRae at the September 12 Salem Quarterly Meeting, held at the Lower Greenwich Friends Meeting house. “Justice is a noun. But doing justice is a verb. As a prosecutor, I need to ensure that what we’re doing is fair, that people have confidence in our system, that it’s working well, and that it serves everyone” ~Jennifer Webb-McRae Music credit: “Old Greenwich Friends Meeting House (1771)” from Down Jersey Scenes by Paul Mack Somers — Michiko Otaki, piano. Here is the RSS for Clearly Quaker Podcast, for RSS clients: http://w ..read more

  George Lakey Speaks at Spring Quarterly Meeting 2021 Music credit: “Old Greenwich Friends Meeting House (1771)” from Down Jersey Scenes by Paul Mack Somers — Michiko Otaki, piano. Here is the RSS for Clearly Quaker Podcast, for RSS clients: http://www.salemquarter.net/feed/podcast ..read more

  Gary Smith talks via Zoom at Tri-Quarter 2020 about the history of Quakerism and answers questions at 37:50 Music credit: “Old Greenwich Friends Meeting House (1771)” from Down Jersey Scenes by Paul Mack Somers — Michiko Otaki, piano. Here is the RSS for Clearly Quaker Podcast, for RSS clients: http://www.salemquarter.net/feed/podcast ..read more

Martin Kelley speaks at Woodstown Friends Meeting during Quarterly Meeting about QuakerSpeak and Friends Journal Music credit: “Old Greenwich Friends Meeting House (1771)” from Down Jersey Scenes by Paul Mack Somers — Michiko Otaki, piano. Here is the RSS for Clearly Quaker Podcast, for RSS clients: http://www.salemquarter.net/feed/podcast ..read more

Melinda Wenner Bradley and Marty Smith give a talk about Quaker ministries in England, Africa, and South America at September 2019 Quarterly meeting at Woodbury. Music credit: “Old Greenwich Friends Meeting House (1771)” from Down Jersey Scenes by Paul Mack Somers — Michiko Otaki, piano. Here is the RSS for Clearly Quaker Podcast, for RSS clients: http://www.salemquarter.net/feed/podcast ..read more

Pat Stewart, Friends House Moscow Patricia Stewart from Friends House Moscow spoke at Mullica Hill Friends Meeting on December 9th as the program for Salem Quarterly Meeting. Patricia spoke eloquently on her personal challenges of being an American Quaker in Russia as well as the broader struggles of effective Quaker activism in Moscow. Music credit: “Old Greenwich Friends Meeting House (1771)” from Down Jersey Scenes by Paul Mack Somers — Michiko Otaki, piano ..read more

At the TriQuarter Gathering of Friends 2018 at Camp Ockanickon in Medford, Sarah Greenblatt, Carol Suplee, and Lynnette Davis provided an overview of outreach approaches for Quaker meetings, including “nuts and bolts” tips for contacting traditional media (newspapers, tv) and effectively navigating the new world of digital media (social media, blogs). The talk was entitled “Growing Our Family of Friends: Outreach Basics.” Bios of speakers: Sarah Greenblatt is currently the Director of Communications at the Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law, where she directs publicity, advertis ..read more

  Forgiveness – A conversation with JoEllyn Jones, Esq. and invited guest Ryan Young – Held at Spring 2022 Salem Quarterly Meeting, held at Woodstown Friends Meeting house. “What is justice? What does it really look like? What does the phrase “restorative justice” mean and how it is practiced? What is lost and what is gained? what does it mean to begin to heal the world through small steps? How do we slow down, cast away fear of the other, and truly see the real person? How do we break out of the same old conversation? How do we forgive ourselves and each other? Thank you to Woodstown fo ..read more

  A conversation with Cumberland County Prosecutor Jennifer Webb-McRae at the September 12 Salem Quarterly Meeting, held at the Lower Greenwich Friends Meeting house. “Justice is a noun. But doing justice is a verb. As a prosecutor, I need to ensure that what we’re doing is fair, that people have confidence in our system, that it’s working well, and that it serves everyone” ~Jennifer Webb-McRae Music credit: “Old Greenwich Friends Meeting House (1771)” from Down Jersey Scenes by Paul Mack Somers — Michiko Otaki, piano. Here is the RSS for Clearly Quaker Podcast, for RSS clients: http://w ..read more