O
Listening Each Other Into WholenessO invites Friends to consider listening as a spiritual practice — a way of recognizing, valuing, and responding to that of God in one another. In this QuakerSpeak video, O describes deep listening and deep speaking as pathways toward healing, blessing, wholeness, and creative possibility.
Dr. Harold D. "Hal" Weaver, Jr
Truth, Justice & RestorationDr. Weaver is a Quaker scholar, educator, and advocate whose work addresses race, systemic violence, and retrospective justice. Through the BlackQuaker Project, he works to restore the stories and contributions of Black Quakers — including Bayard Rustin and Quaker-descendant Paul Robeson — to their rightful places in world history.
FEATURED: Race, Systemic Violence, and Retrospective Justice
Lauren Brownlee
Naming Racial Wounding, Building Racial JusticeLauren Brownlee, with Zenaida Peterson, explores patterns of racial wounding and racial justice in Quaker communities. Their work examines harm and possibilities for repair, calling Friends toward honest reflection and courageous change.
EXPLORE: Patterns of Racial Wounding and Racial Justice in Quaker Communities
Deborah B. Ramsey
Dream ProtectorsIn "Dream Protectors," Deborah Ramsey expands the Quaker testimony of stewardship beyond material resources to the hopes and dreams entrusted to young people. She calls adults to hear, encourage, respect, and support young people's visions for their futures.
Daquanna Harrison
Prophetic Witness in ActionDaquanna serves as a catalyst for restorative work and the dismantling of dominant supremacy within spiritual spaces. She challenges institutions to move beyond comfort and toward "Simple, Brave, and Outlandish" acts of justice. A dedicated social justice champion, Daquanna has a storied history of creating protest movements alongside those most affected by systemic harm. She defines peace not as the absence of conflict, but as the active presence of justice. By weaving her ancestral Gullah connections with her justice and spiritual action, Daquanna models a form of Prophetic Witness that refuses to separate the soul from the system.
Vanessa Julye
Truth, Racism & TransformationIn Fit for Freedom, Not for Friendship, Vanessa Julye and Donna McDaniel examine the complicated history of race within the Religious Society of Friends and challenge the assumption that Quaker commitments to equality automatically resulted in racial justice. Vanessa also speaks widely on Quakers, racism, and the work of building a truly inclusive Beloved Community.
