“… 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...
The Adult Spiritual Education committee will host a one-hour Reading Between the Lines, through Zoom, starting at 9 a.m. on First Day, July 7. We will discuss Mark 6:1-13: how one is received/perceived in one’s “hometown” (as different from how one is able to act and...
The RFM playground is closed effectively immediately and until further notice. Our sump pump, which is located underneath the playground, has stopped working and needs repair. Currently there is a big hole and 2 piles of gravel on the playground, which isn’t safe for...
After a successful art sale last year, the Peace and Social Concerns Committee will hold another art sale on November 10th at the rise of Meeting in the fellowship room. We are collecting art donations until November 1st. The art created by Richmond Friends sold the...
We, the members of the Richmond (VA) Friends Meeting are heartbroken and stricken with horror and grief at the recent renewed eruption of violence in Israel, Gaza, and the West Bank. We call for an immediate ceasefire by both Israel and Hamas, the prompt release...
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...
Reading Between the Lines will not meet in June. We'll resume on July 7.
The Peace and Social Concerns (PSC) Committee will host an info/fundraiser/lunch on June 9th, at rise of meeting, for Coming Together Virginia (comingtogetherva.org) A group that brings together people of different races and background totally and, in so doing,...
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...
Adult Spiritual Education invites all members and attenders, those new to Quakerism as well as seasoned Friends, to learn more about our history. Mark your calendars and plan on joining us on Saturday, June 22 at 9:30. Our topic will be Quaker History: Evolution and...