Yearly meeting work on anti-racism takes many forms across North America. Many yearly meetings affiliated with Friends General Conference actively challenge racism in their communities. This page gathers anti-oppression resources and documents showing how Quaker communities put the testimony of equality into practice through yearly meeting work on anti-racism.
Why Yearly Meeting Antiracism Work Matters
Yearly meetings play a vital role in guiding local meetings toward racial justice. They develop resources, pass minutes, and create committees focused on this work. Additionally, yearly meetings share what they learn with other Quaker bodies. This collaboration strengthens anti-racism efforts across the Religious Society of Friends.
The resources below represent different approaches to yearly meeting work on anti-racism. Some yearly meetings focus on historical accountability, such as formal apologies to Indigenous peoples or Afro-descendants. Others create ongoing committees that support local meetings in their anti-racism journeys. Furthermore, several yearly meetings have developed toolkits and educational resources that any meeting can use.
How to Use These Resources
Friends can explore these resources in several ways. First, meetings just beginning anti-racism work might look for toolkits and educational materials. Second, meetings ready for deeper accountability might examine how other yearly meetings have crafted apology statements or reparations minutes. Third, clerks and committee members might connect with counterparts in other yearly meetings to share experiences and learn from one another.
The Ministry on Racism program can help meetings identify which of these resources may best align with their needs and provide additional resources to support their work. Staff serve as thought partners and can connect meetings with Friends doing similar work in other yearly (and monthly) meetings.
Anti-Racism Resources by Yearly Meeting
Alaska Friends Conference
Baltimore Yearly Meeting
- Becoming an Anti-Racist Faith Community
- BYM Anti-Racism Roadmap
- Global Majority Friends Caucus
- Indigenous Affairs Committee
- Working Group on Racism
Canadian Yearly Meeting
Lake Erie Yearly Meeting
New England Yearly Meeting
New York Yearly Meeting
- Black Concerns Committee
- European American Quakers Working to End Racism
- Indigenous Affairs Committee
- Apology to Afro-Descendants
- Actions We Have Taken
- Resources for Youth and Adults
Northern Yearly Meeting
North Pacific Yearly Meeting
Pacific Yearly Meeting
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting
Piedmont Friends Fellowship and Yearly Meeting
South Central Yearly Meeting
Southeastern Yearly Meeting
Share Your Yearly Meeting’s Work
This list grows as yearly meetings share their resources. If your yearly or monthly meeting has anti-racist resources not listed here, please contact the Ministry on Racism program by emailing alician@fgcquaker.org or shainar@fgcquaker.org. Sharing resources helps all Friends learn from one another’s experiences.
To learn more about how the Ministry on Racism can support your yearly (or monthly) meeting’s anti-racism work, please contact the Ministry on Racism program.
Last updated by FGC Ministry on Racism Staff on December 15, 2025.