July 20, 2012
Dear Fellow Meeting Members and Attenders in Berkeley and Manhattan, and to Vanessa Julye FGC,
When I attended the FGC conference in Grinnell, I learned that FGC was encouraging Quakers to participate in the White Privilege Conference. So I attended the 13th White Privilege Conference in spring, 2012. It was like going into a lively, open city where everyone was talking about all aspects of privilege.
by Jamie Newton
"In the beginning was darkness—and it wasn't good enough." This heart wrenching comment on Genesis 1 burst forth from a middle aged African American man in a class on Racism and the Bible. Instinctively I knew this wasn't true, and as a white person I had never thought of reading the text in this way; I could think of nothing to say.
This resource presents some queries to help Friends live the truth of their testimony to equality, discerned by the Religious Education Committee's Subcommittee on Ending Racism and Privilege among Friends
This resource is a copy of a Pendle Hill lecture given by Margaret Hope Bacon.
This resource is an article by Vanessa Julye
This resource is an article on racial assumptions by Joan Broadfield
This resource is an interview with Anita Mendes-Lopes discussing how meetings can nurture Friends of color
This resource details the work of the Friends General Conference Committee for Ministry on Racism
This resource is a conversatoin with the authors of the book Fit For Freedom, Not for Friendship, Vanessa Julye and Donna McDaniel.
The conversation is a combination the Baltimore Yearly Meeting opening lecture, July 27, 2004 and the New England Yearly Meeting keynote address, August 7, 2004.
This file is 24 pages long.
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