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EARLY LIFE Fager was born in Kansas to a Roman Catholic family. He grew up on various United States Air Force bases. EDUCATION Fager was in the Air Force ROTC at Colorado State University . He eventually left the ROTC and earned a B. A. in Humanities . He attended Harvard Divinity School for four years, starting in 1967. ACTIVISM Fager was active in the Civil Rights movement in the 1960’s. He was on the staff of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in Selma, Alabama . During that time Fager was arrested three times and spent one night in a jail cell with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He later participated in several peaceful protests against the Vietnam War . During that time he was arrested twice. INVOLVEMENT WITH THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS Membership Fager made the acquaintance with some Friends who were involved in the new Friends World College in New York . He worked as a junior instructor at that college in 1966. In 1969 he joined the Friends Meeting at Cambridge, Massachusetts, while he was studying at Harvard Divinity School . Since then he has been a member of various Friends Meetings. Publications He founded Kimo Press in 1979, which publishes Quaker literature, most of which was written by Fager himself. He also edited a Quaker newsletter called ''A Friendly Letter'' for a few years and founded a journal entitled ''Quaker Theology'' in 1999. He established the Quaker Peace Web Page in response to the so-called war on terrorism. Organizations From 1994-1997 he worked at Pendle Hill , a Quaker center for study and meditation in Pennsylvania. He directed the Pendle Hill Issues Program. Fager also held the position of Clerk in the Fellowship of Quakers in the Arts . He also was Clerk for the 2001 Quaker Peace Roundtable. In 2002 he became the director of Quaker House in Fayetteville, North Carolina . SELECTED WORKS
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