Of Note
Welcome to Of Note, the blog of Stony Run Friends Meeting. In this space, you will find news and expanded information about the topics and events that are important to us as Quakers. We celebrate our spirit of community and the Quaker values of simplicity, peace, integrity, community, equality, and stewardship. Read more here.
Library Committee: Book Review – African American Leaders of MD a Portrait Gallery
Library Committee Book Review: African American Leaders of Maryland: A Portrait Gallery Submitted by the Stony Run Library Committee The first enslaved Africans arrived on our shores in 1619, before […]
Library Committee Book Review: Forgotten Founders
Library Committee: Book Review Forgotten Founders, by Mifflin Lowe with Illustrations by William Luong Submitted by the Library Committee This February, the Library is featuring a display for African […]
Library Committee: Carter G. Woodson and the Roots of Black History Month
Carter G. Woodson and the Roots of Black History Month Black History is American History Submitted by Library Committee As we enter the month of February, Stony Run Friends […]
Civil Rights are Human Rights
Civil Rights are Human Rights Submitted by the Stony Run Library Committee The Stony Run Library display for January features books about the civil rights of Black and Brown […]
Library Children’s Book Review: The Highest Tribute Thurgood Marshall’s Life, Leadership, and Legacy
Library Children’s Book Review- The Highest Tribute: Thurgood Marshall’s Life, Leadership, and Legacy Written by Kekla Magoon and illustrated by Laura Freeman Review submitted by the Library Committee This is […]
Library Book Review: Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation by John Lewis
Book Review for Young Adults: Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation by John Lewis Submitted by the Library Committee High School Students: The books marked YA on the top […]
Library Book Review: You Should Meet John Lewis
Library Book Review: You Should Meet John Lewis Submitted by the Library Committee You Should Meet John Lewis is a Ready-to-Read book written by Denise Lewis Parick and illustrated by […]
Following a Leading: Bill Miles and the Sweat Lodge Ministry in Maryland Prisons
Following a Leading: Bill Miles and the Sweat Lodge Ministry in Maryland Prisons By Library Committee “A concern arose to spend some time with the Indians, that I might feel […]
Library Committee: Baltimore American Indian Center
Stewardship and Solidarity: Connecting with the Baltimore American Indian Center by Library Committee Native American Heritage Month is a time for learning and acknowledging the vibrant Indigenous communities in our […]
Library Committee: The Lumbee Tribe in Baltimore
Honoring History, Celebrating Community: The Lumbee Tribe in Baltimore By Stony Run’s Library Committee Native American Heritage Month is a time for recognition, learning, and acknowledging the vibrant Indigenous communities […]
Library Committee: Native American Heritage
DO ALL INDIANS LIVE IN TIPIS? By Stony Run’s Library Committee Whether we use the term Native American, American Indian, or First Nation People, we designate November as a […]
Library Committee Book Review – William Penn: A Radical Conservative Quaker
Library Committee Book Review – William Penn: A Radical Conservative Quaker, by J. William Frost Submitted by Václav Zheng William Penn: A Radical Conservative Quaker is an exciting new book […]