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Race
How Much Diversity?
When Friends Journal announced last fall our intention to publish a special issue on Diversity among Friends, we gave the…
Why Do Friends Need Diversity?
The discernment of God’s will is not easy. A person’s hearing of the "still, small voice" in silent worship is…
Moving toward Wholeness: Addressing Race among Friends
George Fox admonished Friends "to know one another in that which is eternal." In building our communities and in providing…
Addressing Race in Red Cedar Meeting
In the early 1990s I began attending Red Cedar Meeting in East Lansing, Michigan, with my then partner Deborah, an…
Nine Suggestions to White Friends for Addressing Racism
Acknowledge your own racism and the racism in the Religious Society of Friends. Acknowledge your own goodness and that of…
Racial Inequality: Painfully Present among Friends
We believe there is that of God in every person, and thus we believe in human equality before God. Friends…
Discovering Fellowship among African American Friends
In 1992, shortly after I joined Sandy Spring (Md.) Meeting and officially became a Quaker, it was announced on public…
The Role of White Quakers in Ending Racism
I know of at least three people who believe it is possible to end racism in this century. Most of…
A Workshop Experience
It was the first day. We were going around the group, each sharing feedback. I was feeling shy about my…
Friends, Race, and Systemic Change
In preparation for being a part of your discussion on the important work against racism, I have read the material…
The Christiana Resistance
In the early morning hours of September 11, 1851—ten years before the Civil War and exactly 150 years to the…
Racial Wounding at the Gathering
I arrived in Bloomington/Normal, Illinois, excited to be attending Friends General Conference’s Gathering and looking forward to a week filled…
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