Vital Friends: How Intersectional Theory informs what FGC means by “an anti-racist faith community”
FGC’s Institutional Assessment Implementation Committee is approaching our work with a commitment to pay attention to the implication of intersectionality.
Welcome to FGC: Olivia Pandolfi
This Fall, FGC welcomed Olivia Pandolfi as its Ministry on Racism Program Fellow.
Vital Friends: A Letter from the Co-Clerk of the Institutional Assessment Working Group
I am pleased to write with a sense of joy and grace to Friends everywhere that the Implementation Group has been fully formed and is ready to take this work forward.
Vital Friends: November 2019 Report from the Institutional Assessment Implementation Group
The Institutional Assessment Implementation Group recently gathered at Pendle Hill for our first annual face-to-face meeting.
Vital Friends: Why do we need to keep talking about the Institutional Assessment on Racism?
A lot needs to be done to become a truly welcoming and inclusive association of Quaker meetings and churches.
New at FGC: Experiencing the Light workshop, Religious Education resources for children, an update from the Anti-Racism Implementation Group, and Fall Fellowship & Learning Events
What’s new and what opportunities are coming soon for friends in the FGC community? Find out in our updates for September 2019!
FGC’s Institutional Assessment on Racism – June 2019 Update
During this year’s FGC Gathering in Grinnell, IA the Institutional Assessment Working Group and the Ministry on Racism are offering a series of opportunities.
Institutional Assessment on Racism Update: April 2019
The Institutional Assessment Working Group has continued its work as a Naming body for the assessment’s Implementation Group that was created at the last FGC Central Committee meeting.
FGC’s Institutional Assessment on Systemic Racism: March 2019 Update
Last month, FGC’s Vital Friends eNewsletter reported the winter Executive Committee approval of Friends to serve on the Implementation Group.
FGC’s Institutional Assessment on Systemic Racism: Next Steps
What’s next for FGC’s Institutional Assessment on Systemic Racism?
October Report from the Institutional Assessment on Systemic Racism Task Force: Recommendations & FGC Central Committee 2018 Discernment
Two years after Friends General Conference’s governing body approved the initiation of an institutional assessment on systemic racism, a full report and summary with recommendations are now available.
Vanessa Julye’s Uprooting Racism Keynote Address Featured in Western Friend
This summer, Vanessa Julye, the Coordinator of FGC’s Ministry on Racism program, delivered an honest, inspirational keynote address to Friends at North Pacific Yearly Meeting.