Lee Stern papers, 1942-1992.

Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.)

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The Fellowship of Reconciliation was established in December of 1914, during a meeting at Cambridge, England. Its members believed that Christians were forbidden to wage war, and that instead they should work positively to establish a new world order of peace and justice. The F.O.R. had its office in London. It produced and distributed literature, including its monthly magazine Reconciliation; worked with youth; fostered groups of members throughout the country; and supported the work of the Int...

New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends

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New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends was formally organized in 1695. In the 1660s Friends' Meetings began to be held on Long Island. From that time through the eighteenth century and the first quarter of the nineteenth century, New York Yearly Meeting Friends began to spread to the north and west from the New York City area. In 1828, the Hicksite-Orthodox Separation took place in New York. Subsequent separations occurred in the 1840s and 1850s, with more radical Hicksites ...

Quaker Project on Community Conflict of the New York Yearly Meeting

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Swarthmore College. Peace Collection.

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Children's Creative Response to Conflict Program

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Stern, Lee, 1915-1992

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Lee Stern; Quaker pacifist; b. 1915 in Cleveland, Ohio; was a founder in 1940 of Ahimsa Farm (near Cleveland, Ohio) which promoted pacifism and racial integration; imprisoned as a conscientious objector during World War II; while in prison, he refused to follow rules on segregation and sat with black prisoners, which led to integration in that prison; Stern was a prominent member of New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), including its Peace Secretary and administr...

Alternatives to Violence Project

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Alternatives to Violence Project; AVP; founded in 1975 by inmates at Greenhaven Prison (New York) working with the Quaker Project on Community Conflict; now a nationwide and worldwide association of volunteer groups offering experiential workshops in conflict resolution, responses to violence, and personal growth; the workshops target prisons, communities, and schools. From the description of Alternatives to Violence Project records, 1982- (Swarthmore College, Peace Collection). Worl...

A Quaker Action Group

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Founded in Philadelphia in 1966 to apply nonviolent direct action as a witness against the war in Vietnam; not an official body of the Society of Friends; in 1971 transformed into Movement for a New Society. From the description of A Quaker Action Group records, 1965-1973. (Swarthmore College, Peace Collection). WorldCat record id: 20402069 ...

Ahimsa Farm

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Ahimsa Farm was an independent, self-sustaining project founded by six Antioch College students whose purpose was to practice "aggressive pacifism." Most participants were members of the Fellowship of Reconciliation. Projects included desegregation of a Cleveland, Ohio swimming pool, and the Non-Violent Expeditionary Force to India. From the description of Collection, 1940-1942. (Swarthmore College, Peace Collection). WorldCat record id: 26725795 ...

Axford, Roger W

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Friends Coordinating Committee on Peace (U.S.)

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Representatives from the following Quaker organizations: American Friends Service Committee; Friends Committee on National Legislation; Friends World Committee for Consultation; Board on Peace and Social Concerns (Five Years Meeting); Peace and Social Order Committee (Friends General Conference); and Friends Peace Committee (Philadelphia Yearly Meeting) formed the Friends Coordinating Committee. It served liaison, coordination, and clearinghouse purposes for the constituent groups. It worked for...

Peace and Social Action Program.

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