Lucy served as Director of Friends Relations for AFSC. She writes, teaches, and organizes Quakers to work for justice.

Madeline served as the Friends Relations Associate.

Noah Baker Merrill is a member of Putney Friends Meeting in Vermont. He travels widely in the ministry, offering messages at Friends' gatherings and beyond; seeking to encourage faithfulness; and nurturing the integration of worship and witness in the Quaker movement. In this service, Noah leads workshops on spiritual activism, "prophetic service", deepening worship, traveling ministry, and the future of the Religious Society of Friends.

Cara Curtis is a lifelong Quaker who currently lives and worships in West Philadelphia.   She is a listener, sometimes writer, researcher, woman-encourager, triathlon finisher, mashed potato maker, Frisbee player, and believer in stories.  She is currently participating in the Word and World mentoring program and was one of the editors of Spirit Rising: Young Quaker Voices, published by Friends General Conference.  Cara is unsure of w

Paul Lacey earned a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and was awarded a Ph.D. by Harvard University. He taught in the English Department at Earlham from 1960-2003 and is Professor Emeritus of English. Well-known on an international level, Lacey has shared his wisdom through extensive writing and speaking.

Angelina Conti lives in Philadelphia and works in higher education. She taught Peace Studies for two years at the Woolman Semester. This piece also appears on her blog:www.notafraidofthunder.com.

George Lakey has been a leader in the field of nonviolent social change since the 1960s and has published extensively for both activist and academic readers. He was the founder and executive director of Training for Change, a Philadelphia-based organization internationally known for its leadership in creating and teaching strategies for nonviolent social change.

Kathleen Wooten is a member of Lawrence Monthly Meeting in Massachusetts, and serves as co-clerk for Salem (MA) Quarterly Meeting's Ministry and Counsel.  She currently travels among Friends within New England as part of the NEYM intervisitation committee, and her travel minute names a concern for encouraging intervisitation among Friends.  Kathleen is also a music educator in the NH public schools, where she seeks to create and nurture community through arts-based learning experiences.  

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Wade Hudson