Rashid Darden

In this video, Dr. Harold D. Weaver, Jr. and Dr. Emma Lapsansky-Werner share about the making of “Black Fire.” In the process, they explore topics like segregation in Quaker spaces, liberation, and direct repair for slavery.

This week, my colleague Johanna alerted me to a poem written by Langston Hughes. It reads, in part: I swear to the LordI still can’t seeWhy Democracy meansEverybody but me. It reminded me of a speech from Frederick Douglass that I am quite familiar with, in which he asks “What, to the slave, is the Fourth of July?” I…

I want to hear from you! Outreach is one of the many things I do with FGC, and I want to hear what you have to say about it. Many Friends confide in me that they are concerned about the future of Quakerism in North America. They say their meetings are shrinking. Well, it’s time…

It’s Pride Month! I am grateful to be a member of a meeting that has wrestled with how to become more welcoming to the LGBTQIA+ community over the years. As a result of years of discernment, my meeting is now a place where I have never doubted whether my sexual orientation would be counted against…

Many of you know by now that I have written a novel called A Peculiar Legacy. It is available at QuakerBooks, which I hope you are already in the habit of supporting. Part of the novel depicts a fictionalized version of Jennie Mustapha, a very real, and very fascinating Black Quaker woman. She spent over 40 years in…

An update on Mennonite Church USA v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security from Friends General Conference.

QuakerPress of Friends General Conference (FGC) proudly announces the release of the audiobook edition of Black Fire: African American Quakers on Spirituality and Human Rights. This groundbreaking anthology, originally edited by Dr. Harold D. Weaver, Jr., brings to life the voices of African Americans within and adjacent to the Quaker community, offering profound insights into…

As evening approached, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who had himself become a disciple of Jesus. Going to Pilate, he asked for Jesus’ body, and Pilate ordered that it be given to him. Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, and placed it in his own new tomb that he had…

YAY, FGC’s young adult, youth, and family gathering is open for registration! The Young Adult & Youth (YAY) Gathering is a five-day, in-person event hosted by Friends General Conference from Wednesday, July 2, 2025, through Sunday, July 6, 2025, at the Colombiere Retreat Center in Clarkston, Michigan (about 50 minutes outside of Detroit). Children, teens,…

The objective of the Events Coordinator shall be to develop and implement exemplary events for the Religious Society of Friends through FGC.

The coordinator will develop a culture in which anti-racist practice is centered as an essential part of spiritual formation.

Friends General Conference has joined a multifaith coalition and the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection (ICAP) in opposition to the rescission of ICE’s sensitive locations policy.