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Quaker and Peace Web Archives

Collected by: Bryn Mawr, Haverford, and Swarthmore College

Archived since: Sep, 2005

Description:

Contains Swarthmore College and Haverford College websites as well as organizational websites of Society of Friends (Quaker) groups and peace groups.

Subject:   Society & Culture Arts & Humanities Swarthmore College Haverford College Society of Friends, Quakerism Peace

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Title: Tweet from DrAliceWood

URL: https://twitter.com/DrAliceWood/status/1238413827974344705/

Description: Tweet made by Alice Wood in response to the impact COVID-19 has had on Quaker gatherings. Wood comments that Quakers stopped shaking hands and were enouraged to bow or nod at the end of meetings.

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Subject:   Quakers -- Social conditions

Title: Tweet from FCNL

URL: https://twitter.com/FCNL/status/1258490583263428610

Description: This tweet from FCNL includes a quote from FCNL's lead Native issues lobbyist, Kerri Colfer, who comments on the way Native Americans and Alaskan Natives have been affected by the pandemic. The tweet also includes an image containing information about and a link to Thursdays for Friends virtual meetings.

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Subject:   Friends Committee on National Legislation (U.S.)

Title: Tweet from the Friends Committee on National Legislation

URL: https://twitter.com/FCNL/status/1298401031471144961

Description: Tweet from the Friends Committee on National Legislation in August 2020, after government COVID-19 aid started drying up, calling for lawmakers to provide more government aid during a very difficult time.

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Subject:   COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- Consumer protection--Law and legislation Public welfare Government aid

Title: Tweet from FCNL (Quakers) Press Office

URL: https://twitter.com/FCNL_Media/status/1298986926054060037

Description: In August 2020, the media office of the Friends Committee on National Legislation shared and summarized a politico article describing delays in COVID relief legislation.

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Subject:   Government aid Public welfare COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-

Title: Tweet from the Ramallah Friends School

URL: https://twitter.com/FriendsRamallah/status/1272814897420795906

Description: A tweet from June 2020, well into the COVID-19 pandemic, with the hashtag "Missing_our_students" and pictures of various staff wearing masks and holding signs that together say "We miss you! Stay home and stay safe."

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Subject:   Society of Friends--Education COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-

Title: Tweet from the Ramallah Friends School

URL: https://twitter.com/FriendsRamallah/status/1303362023670140929

Description: A tweet from September 2020, well into the COVID-19 pandemic, with a back to school hashtag and photos of students back in school in person wearing masks.

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Subject:   Society of Friends--Education COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-

Title: Tweet from InezTexas

URL: https://twitter.com/InezTexas/status/1238194329354530816/

Description: This tweet by Inez Newton quotes the Shakers, an offshoot of Quakers, when they proclaimed, "Hands to Works, Hearts to God," in reponse to the Philadelphia yellow fever epidemic of 1783. Inez Newton invokes this quote in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and the quarantining of families.

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Subject:   Quakers -- Social conditions

Title: Tweet from Laurahwagner

URL: https://twitter.com/Laurahwagner/status/1249087737698942978

Description: This tweet from student, Laura Wagner, expresses the student's wish to prepare for the honors exam in Swarthmore McCabe library.

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Subject:   Swarthmore College

Title: Tweet from Laurahwagner

URL: https://twitter.com/Laurahwagner/status/1251308867931299845

Description: This tweet from Swarthmore sudent, Laura Wagner, comments on the campus reaction to the faculty's vote to go by a Credit/No Credit grading policy over Universal Pass. In the thread, the student comments that the students should have presented the Universal Pass grading system before the faculty voted.

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Subject:   Swarthmore College

Title: Tweet from LeSharples

URL: https://twitter.com/LeSharples/status/1238215719197827073

Description: This tweet from the LeSharpes parody account, posted after students were mandated to evacuate campus, includes an invitation to dinner at Sharples that references COVID-19 in the menu, the reference in question being the dish being served: "disease."

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Subject:   Swarthmore College -- Students

Title: Tweet from NYCQuakers

URL: https://twitter.com/NYCQuakers/status/1238858694957445122

Description: This tweet by NYC Quakers announces the suspension of all committee meetings, events, and programs for health and safety reasons. Meetings for worship, however, are announced to remain open.

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Subject:   Quakers -- Social conditions

Title: Tweet from NYCQuakers

URL: https://twitter.com/NYCQuakers/status/1241489874752024579

Description: This tweet by NYC Quakers announces that worship meetings will be done remotely. The tweet includes an image of a sign on Fifteenth Street Quaker Meeting annoucing virtual worship and the closure of Rutherford Place as well.

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Subject:   Quakers -- Social conditions

Title: Tweet from the New York City Quarterly Meeting

URL: https://twitter.com/NYCQuakers/status/1298716861471760384

Description: Tweet from the New York City Quartly Meeting in August 2020, several months into the COVID-19 pandemic, announcing a resumption of in person meetings in the form of outdoor meetings.

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Subject:   COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- Quaker church buildings

Title: Tweet from QuakersF

URL: https://twitter.com/QuakersF/status/1238360207278964736/

Description: This tweet by the Quaker Society of Friends group in Florence confirms that Friends are quarantined but adds that meetings for worship are conducted virtually in collaboration with the Woodbrooke Quaker Study Center based in Birmingham, UK.

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Subject:   Quakers -- Social conditions

Title: Tweet from ariba_na

URL: https://twitter.com/ariba_na/status/1239975504368656386

Description: This tweet by a Swarthmore student reponds negatively to Swarthmore's evacuation of campus. The student comments on how the evacuation of campus has disrupted connections and friendships between students.

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Subject:   Swarthmore College

Title: Tweet from aurokinesis

URL: https://twitter.com/aurokinesis/status/1238244947670839296

Description: This Swarthmore student's tweet is responding to Swarthmore's evacuation of campus ciritically, commenting that Swarthmore's commitment to helping students and providing them with resources has proven untrue in light on the pandemic. The student is referencing the instances in which Swarthmore denied homeless students housing despite the college implying guaranteed housing for all students in need.

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Subject:   Swarthmore College -- Students

Title: Tweet from khaveleh

URL: https://twitter.com/khaveleh/status/1240043345130504192

Description: This Swarthmore student tweets in reaction to Swarthmore's graduation for class of 2020 being postponed due to COVID-19. The student comments that while the disruption to graduation has upset other senior students, the Twitter user in question jokes that they are most most upset about no longer being able to eat at Swarthmore's Crumb Cafe.

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Subject:   Swarthmore College

Title: Tweet from martin_kelly

URL: https://twitter.com/martin_kelley/status/1238253589732175874/

Description: This tweet by Martin Kelly includes an image of two teenagers in an 1808 meetinghouse elbow-bumping instead of hand-shaking as a safe measure to stop the spread of COVID-19.

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Subject:   Quakers -- Social conditions

Title: Tweet from quakerworker

URL: https://twitter.com/quakerworker/status/1258848875563175936

Description: This tweet from quakerworker comments on the treatment of workers during the crisis, particularly on the unequal pay cuts between workers and managers. The Twitter user writes that the way Quaker organizations treat workers will reflect their values, and tags the American Friends Service Committee and FCNL in the tweet.

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Subject:   Social justice -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends

Title: Tweet from raycharizard

URL: https://twitter.com/raycharizard/status/1238426332863881216

Description: This tweet by a Swartmore student contains a meme image in response to Swarthmore's evacuation of students due to COVID-19. As the meme suggests, students were not happy about leaving Swarthmore for the semester, as they were separated from their friends and would be back in their potentially isolating hometowns.

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Subject:   Swarthmore College

Title: Tweet from swatlibrary

URL: https://twitter.com/swatlibrary/status/1238630600967241729

Description: This COVID-19 tweet update from the Swarthmore College Library account announces the closure of library facilities to all faculty, students, and community members with the exception of library staff.

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Subject:   Swarthmore College

Title: Tweet from swatlibrary

URL: https://twitter.com/swatlibrary/status/1245051834420600833

Description: This tweet from the Swarthmore College Libraries announces the virtual celebration of Quarantine Halloween. A live reading of Edgar Allen Poe poems and stories and a screening of the Edgar Allen Poe: Buried Alive are scheduled for the celebration. The virtual are to be streamed via Instagram and Facebook respectively. The tweet includes a Halloween GIF.

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Subject:   Swarthmore College

Title: Tweet from ussbrandywine

URL: https://twitter.com/ussbrandywine/status/1248051053687451649

Description: This tweet from an anonymous Swarthmore student expresses skepticism over Student Government Organization (SGO) election campaigns promising COVID-19 relief to students.

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Subject:   Swarthmore College

Title: Tweet from ussbrandywine

URL: https://twitter.com/ussbrandywine/status/1249525977677529095

Description: This tweet from Swarthmore student, Anatole, comments on certain students' demand that Swarthmore reimburse students for tuition costs. In particular, the student expresses frustration that students demanding reimbursement are treating Swarthmore's endowment as a liquid asset.

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Subject:   Swarthmore College

Title: Tweet from ussbrandywine

URL: https://twitter.com/ussbrandywine/status/1251286376437424129

Description: This tweet from an anonymous Swarthmore student comments on the college's decision to pass a Cedit/No Credit grading policy with no opportunity for students to uncover grades. The student expresses that while Credit/No Credit is not perfect like a Universal Pass policy, it is more equitable than other schools' grading policies during the pandemic.

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Subject:   Swarthmore College

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