{"id":3152,"date":"2022-06-28T15:27:42","date_gmt":"2022-06-28T14:27:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/?page_id=3152"},"modified":"2022-06-30T02:14:49","modified_gmt":"2022-06-30T01:14:49","slug":"quakers-in-costa-rica","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/july-2022\/quakers-in-costa-rica\/","title":{"rendered":"Quakers in Costa Rica"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-MNKBTlKkNw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\">In the 1950s, when there was still a draft forcing many young men into military service, a group of Quakers, mostly from Alabama, decided their religious commitment to nonviolence forced them to leave the US rather than bear arms. They moved to Costa Rica in Central America, and helped that country preserve and develop its forests\u2014so much so it is now among the world\u2019s most popular destinations for eco-tourists. Correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports from the Quaker community in Monteverde, Costa Rica. <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\">Religion &amp; Ethics NewsWeekly<br \/>\n<\/span><a class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\" spellcheck=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbnZ0NzZqN196ZnM3UlhaMHlMVFYyUlNGWnA5QXxBQ3Jtc0ttRmJQRUV2N3dha1kyZ1ZHMVhoSG5TYUVDRWRwNkhDb3ZPR0ZZTDNvU1RBSU84dzVjYzVvQl85Nkg5UG82LWJENk1iNXU3SjVhTWdLMldTMGtza0lVSi16ZXZfcDFjMmVQc3F6SzBsTFMzWlFoeW8zMA&amp;q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pbs.org%2Freligionethics&amp;v=-MNKBTlKkNw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/religionethics<\/a><\/p>\n<p>7 Minutes<\/p>\n<hr>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\" width=\"312\"><a class=\"fasc-button fasc-size-medium fasc-type-glossy fasc-rounded-medium fasc-ico-before dashicons-arrow-left-alt fasc-style-bold\" style=\"background-color: #0315a3; color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/july-2022\/hozier-shares-thoughts-on-his-quaker-upbringing\/\">Previous Article<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\" width=\"312\"><a class=\"fasc-button fasc-size-medium fasc-type-glossy fasc-rounded-medium fasc-ico-before dashicons-arrow-right-alt fasc-style-bold\" style=\"background-color: #0315a3; color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/july-2022\/quaker-beliefs\/\">Next Article<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"fasc-button fasc-size-medium fasc-type-glossy fasc-rounded-medium fasc-ico-before dashicons-arrow-up-alt fasc-style-bold\" style=\"background-color: #0315a3; color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/july-2022\/\">Back to July 2022 Newsletter Main Page<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Forty-Three<\/em> Newsletter \u2022 Number 519 \u2022 July 2022<br \/>\n<\/strong>Oxford Friends Meeting<br \/>\n43 St Giles, Oxford OX1 3LW<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"mailto:newsletter@oxfordquakers.org\">newsletter@oxfordquakers.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Copyright 2022, Oxford Quakers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the 1950s, when there was still a draft forcing many young men into military service, a group of Quakers, mostly from Alabama, decided their religious commitment to nonviolence forced them to leave the US rather than bear arms. 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