Meetinghouse | Winter 2023-2024

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FRIENDS SEMINARY 222 East 16th Street New York, NY 10003

WINTER 2023-2024

Meetinghouse THE MAGAZINE OF FRIENDS SEMINARY

Archives

In 2004, students in teacher Robin Bowman’s Upper School photography class created a portrait collage of Friends students. The 42 prints were made through the use of traditional darkroom techniques.

From Wonder to Witness Students and teachers travel to the front lines of the fossil fuel and emerging renewable energy industries.

+ Alumnus in the Field Matthew Ross '89 is combining law and business expertise to combat climate change.

+ In the Classroom See how Quaker concern for the Earth and the well-being of all who live in it is deeply rooted in our curriculum.

"In a portrait I'm looking for the silence in somebody." HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON

Notes on Silence

The 237th Year

What is Juneteenth?

Denman Tuzo writes on the privilege and blessing to share silence in the Fifteenth Street Meetinghouse.

A look back at the 20222023 academic year at Friends, including Reunion and Commencement.

Kirsti Peters tells the story of the holiday in a New York Times best-selling children’s book series.


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