by WebPost | Nov 18, 2024 | Announcement, Business Meeting, Current, Race & Racism ad hoc, Social justice
Come learn and contribute to RFM’s on-going discernment around race and racism. After a two-year process involving deep listening, study, and prayerful reflection, the Ad Hoc Committee on Race & Racism presented a proposed action/implementation plan at the...
by WebPost | Nov 17, 2024 | Activity, Current, Fundraiser, Peace and Social Concerns, Social justice
Peace and Social Concerns Committee expresses our deep appreciation to all the artists who contributed to the art auction for World Central Kitchen. The energy, fellowship, food and art made for a wonderful gathering. Between donations and sale of art, we raised...
by WebPost | Jun 30, 2024 | Baltimore Yearly Meeting, History - Quaker, Indigenous Affairs, Social justice
“… Quakers could begin to make reparations by funding Indigenous language schools. [As suggested by a member of Twin Cities Meeting] “An important step Friends can take, both individually and collectively to address the deep harms caused by boarding schools is to...
by WebPost | May 20, 2024 | Baltimore Yearly Meeting, Social justice
The Southern Poverty Law Center’s Learning for Justice program recently released a new publication to help teach high school-age students about Black Americans’ struggle for equality and civil rights. The Teaching the Civil Rights Movement framework offers five...
by WebPost | May 19, 2024 | African American heritage, Announcement, Business Meeting, Minuted Decisions, Richmond Community Hospital, Social justice
Richmond Friends Meeting recognizes that inequality and injustice on race are deeply rooted in our society. Our faith community continues to deliberatively examine this cruel history and to face the on-going realities of systemic racism. We are committed to work with...
