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Book Discussion: “Caste” by Isabel Wilkerson

Written on: February 16, 2021

Join us for a discussion about “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontent” by Isabel Wilkerson, a New York Times Bestseller and Oprah’s Book Club Pick.  Hosted by Haddonfield Monthly Meeting, the discussion will be facilitated by Karriem Lateef Salaam, a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist at Friends Hospital, Philadelphia, and Clinical Assistant Professor, Drexel College of Medicine.   This event will be held on Tuesday, February 16, 2021, from 7-8:30 PM.

This is an online event. A link to Zoom will be emailed on the day prior to this event to all who have pre-registered.  Please use this link to pre-register:   https://www.southjerseyquakers.org/caste-registration/

This article mentions:Anti-Racism, BLM, Peace and Social Action, Racism, Social Justice

Book Discussion: “Caste” by Isabel Wilkerson

Written on: February 16, 2021

Join us for a discussion about “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontent” by Isabel Wilkerson, a New York Times Bestseller and Oprah’s Book Club Pick.  Hosted by Haddonfield Monthly Meeting, the discussion will be facilitated by Karriem Lateef Salaam, a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist at Friends Hospital, Philadelphia, and Clinical Assistant Professor, Drexel College of Medicine.   This event will be held on Tuesday, February 16, 2021, from 7-8:30 PM.

This is an online event. A link to Zoom will be emailed on the day prior to this event to all who have pre-registered.  Please use this link to pre-register:   https://www.southjerseyquakers.org/caste-registration/

This article mentions:Anti-Racism, BLM, Peace and Social Action, Racism, Social Justice

Let’s Talk About Inauguration 2020

Written on: January 28, 2021

The Anti-Racism Committee of Moorestown Friends Meeting invites you to a conversation about America’s journey toward equality as reflected in various events of inauguration day 2020. Click here to join us. Some useful resources you may like to review include:

President Biden’s inaugural address; transcript is here

National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman reads ‘The Hill We Climb’; transcript here

Many media outlets have reflected on the many ‘firsts’ related to this inauguration day; there’s a brief overview from Forbes magazine here.

Many of the proclamations and orders President Biden issued on his first day relate to racial justice.

Video of seven hours of the day’s events is here.

This article mentions:Advocacy, Anti-Racism, BLM, citizenship, decolonize, justice, Peace and Social Action, Racism, Social Change, Social Justice, Undoing Racism

Let’s Talk with Moore Unity

Written on: January 14, 2021

Moorestown Friends Meeting’s Anti-Racism Committee sponsors Let’s Talk with Karen Reiner and Meredith Butts, President and Vice President of Moorestown’s MooreUnity, about the group’s efforts “to raise awareness of divisive forces in our community and promote inclusion by building bridges across those divides.” Reiner and Butts formed MooreUnity after KKK materials were distributed in Cinnaminson and a Jewish community center in Cherry Hill received a bomb threat. Their efforts and experience are relevant far beyond Moorestown. To join the conversation, click here, or phone 646-558-8656 and enter meeting ID 815 8781 6369.

This article mentions:Anti-Racism, BLM, Community Engagement, Inclusivity, Peace and Social Action, Racism, Social Justice, Undoing Racism

Black Lives Matter: Quaker Schools Share Powerful Messages and Resources

Written on: June 10, 2020

Over the past week, people have been assembling in peace to express grief and voice concern over police brutality and racism in the killings of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota; Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Kentucky; and Ahmaud Arbery in Southeastern Georgia.

Like many monthly meetings, Friends School communities were deeply affected by these issues. As a result, school administrations and trustees at schools in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware published powerful messages on their websites that were centered in the Quaker belief that there is that of God in everyone and Friends’ testimony of Equality. These have been basic tenets of the faith since the time of Margaret Fell and George Fox.

[Read more…] about Black Lives Matter: Quaker Schools Share Powerful Messages and Resources

Filed Under: Addressing Racism, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, Quakers & Quakerism, Religious Education This article mentions:BLM, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, PYM, Quaker Schools, Resources, Schools

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