Tag: Native Americans
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The Quaker Indian Boarding Schools: Facing our History and Ourselves
“The Quaker Indian Boarding Schools: Facing our History and Ourselves” A presentation by Paula Palmer, Friend in Residence at Haverford College Thursday, November 6 4:30-6:00 p.m. Scheuer Room, Kohlberg Hall Swarthmore College Paula Palmer is a sociologist, writer, and activist for human rights, social justice, and environmental protection. Since 2012 she travels in Quaker ministry,…
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Quaker Indian Boarding Schools and Moral Economies at Pendle Hill
It’s an exciting fall semester of programming across Crum Woods at Pendle Hill Quaker Retreat Center. Check out these events coming up in November and December! The Quaker Indian Boarding Schools: Facing our History and Ourselves Monday, November 7, 2016 Free 7:00pm-9:00pm in the barn, livestreaming available In the 1800s, Quakers and other Christian denominations collaborated…
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TODAY: Learn about Joshua Evansc an active Quaker abolitionist
Joshua Evans Event at Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College Wednesday, April 9, 4:30 PM Ralph Greene of New England Yearly Meeting will present a program on Joshua Evans (1741-1798). Evans was considered “singular” even by the Quakers. He was an early and active abolitionist, traveling as far South Carolina to bear testimony against enslavement,…