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Articles by Judy Leasure

Resolutions on Racial Justice
March 6, 2021 Judy Leasure Comment

How do we move beyond concern, prayer, and writing Minutes that express our Quaker commitment to racial justice and equality? How do we act beyond prayer and writing? One answer came during Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business on February 14, when five resolutions on racial justice were introduced

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Virtual Game Nights Relieve Pandemic Fatigue
March 4, 2021 Judy Leasure 1 Comment

Dark winter evenings and forced isolation sparked a new social opportunity for Cincinnati Friends Meeting in January. As Ministry and Counsel considered novel ways to encourage connection in the days of COVID, member Carole Barnhart suggested online game nights. “It was really kind of a selfish suggestion,” said Carole. “I’d

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Reflections on the Black Keys
March 2, 2021 Judy Leasure 3 Comments

As February unfolded around us, I was struck by the images—30-second public service announcements on television, short segments on talk shows and the like—reminding us that we are still in such a place in our nation that we must use public media to learn about the role of people of

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The Ministry of Permaganic
November 22, 2020 Judy Leasure 1 Comment

It was with great joy that we at Cincinnati Friends Meeting (CFM) were able to allocate additional undesignated funds to Permaganic, the ministry of Luke and Angela Ebner. Permaganic was founded in 2010 to continue the legacy of the EcoGarden, Over-the-Rhine’s 22-year-old community vegetable garden and orchard located in downtown

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Would You Do What They Did for Equality?
November 18, 2020 Judy Leasure 2 Comments

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the amendment that gave women the right to vote. In 1920, the state of Tennessee became the last state needed to ratify it and make it the law of the land. As with

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