Addressing Racism
Moorestown Monthly Meeting: Movie & Pizza Night
Moorestown Monthly Meeting 118 E. Main St., Moorestown Monthly MeetingThe Anti-Racism Committee at Moorestown Monthly Meeting invites you to join us for Movie and Pizza night on May 18, 2024 at 5 pm for a showing of “Origin”. This movie, rated PG-13, will be shown in the D’Olier room of our Meetinghouse. A separate movie will be playing for younger children in our Library. […]
Media Meeting’s Courageous Conversation About Restorative Justice.
Zoom link https://bit.ly/3v6Fs1vMedia Meeting’s Courageous Conversation About Restorative Justice. Media Meeting’s Quaker Religious Education Committee is sponsoring a series of ‘Courageous Conversations’ on the topic of Restorative Justice in May. The Conversation will be held in three, one hour zoom meetings on May 8th, May 15th, and May 22nd from 7:00pm to 8:00pm. Each hour will be […]
A Conversation with Arch Street Friends Meeting about Africans Enslaved by Quakers
Quaker Avis Wanda McClinton founded the 339 Manumissions and Beyond Project to find out what happened to the people promised manumission (freedom) from slavery by enslavers from Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. There are 339 manumission documents signed by Quaker enslavers in the Quaker and Special Collections at the Haverford College Library, some of which were signed by members of […]
Crosswicks Friends Meeting Juneteenth Jubilee Event
Our Peace and Social Action Committee in Partnership with the Interfaith Community Builder's Host's the 3rd Juneteenth Jubilee
Rise up for Reparations Juneteenth Revival
Central Philadelphia Monthly Meeting 1515 Cherry St, Philadelphia, United StatesRise up for Reparations: a Multi-Faith Revival Join us in proclaiming the urgent call for reparations in Philadelphia! On Sunday, June 30th from 2 to 4 p.m. ET At: Friends Center, 1501 Cherry Street, downtown Philadelphia Hosted by Rev. Jackie Newsome, newly seated to the Philadelphia Reparations Task Force Speakers will include: Rev. Naomi Washington-Leapheart, Rise […]
Brenda Walker Beadenkopf presents: Quakers in Two Centuries, Part 2
Sadsbury Friends Meeting 1089 Simmontown Rd, Gap, PA, United StatesHer Philadelphia Quaker father in the 1950s and '60s: Charles Coates Walker worked with Dr. Martin Luther King, July 27, Sadsbury Friends Meeting 2 p.m. Along with celebrating George Fox's 400th Birthday in July of 1624
Annual Benjamin Lay Lecture: The Collective Reparations Responsibility
Abington Friends Meeting 520 Meetinghouse Rd, Jenkintown, PA, United StatesThis year’s lecture presented by Rashaun Williams, "The Collective Reparations Responsibility”, is a conversation and workshop on how different communities can play their part in reparative justice to Black Americans whose ancestors endured chattel slavery in the United States. Rashaun Williams is an all around altruist. He has been a community organizer and human services […]
The Exponential Impact of Historical and Ongoing Injustice: A Call To Action for Quakers
Pendle Hill 338 Plush Mill Rd, Wallingford, United StatesThe Exponential Impact of Historical and Ongoing Injustice: A Call To Action for Quakers Hybrid: Feb 3, 2025 A Black History Month First Monday Lecture with Dr. Harold D. (Hal) Weaver, Jr. and Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge 7:30pm-9pm Eastern Time (US & Canada) on campus and via Zoom. Free to the public. Registration required. https://pendlehill.org/events/first-monday-lecture-with-dr-harold-d-hal-weaver-jr-and-nozizwe-madlala-routledge/
Young Adult Friends (Ages 18-35) Celebrate Black History Month
Philadelphia Museum of Art 2600 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, United StatesCalling Young Adult Friends (ages 18-35) to gather together on Friday, February 7, in commemoration of Black History Month! We will be going to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, exploring many pieces of its general collection, along with The Time Is Always Now: Artists Reframe the Black Figure special exhibition. This exhibition features 28 Black […]
‘Liberating the Archives: Stories of Enslavement and Incarceration’ Webinar
Join Stenton, the 339 Manumissions Project and the Graterford Archive at Haverford College on Zoom for a moderated discussion, mapping the intertwined histories of enslavement and mass incarceration in Philadelphia and Quakers' involvement in these activities. Learn about what these organizations are doing to bring Black history out of the archives, and what you can […]
Third Tuesdays: Protect, Resist and Build with AFSC
Are you looking for ways to support your community while advocating for lasting social change? Join our new monthly webinar series every third Tuesday of the month. You'll hear directly from AFSC staff and partners and learn concrete ways we can all take action for migrant rights, economic justice, and peace. In February we will […]
Facing a History, Seeking a Path of Repair
Abington Friends Meeting 520 Meetinghouse Rd, Jenkintown, PA, United StatesAdult Education Class: Former member of Abington Friends Meeting, Martha Kemper, narrates a slide presentation sharing her research on her family's connection to slavery and a path toward Reparations.
Manumissions Within the Compass Of Haddonfield Friends Meeting
Haddonfield Friends Meeting 47 Friends Avenue, HaddonfieldJoin us in person or online. In 1754, Friends decided to end slavery within the PYM community. John Woolman of Mt Holly and others were appointed to labor with Quaker families “within the compass” of Haddonfield and other Meetings regarding the importance of releasing people of African heritage from bondage. It took four decades until […]
Third Tuesdays: Protect, Resist and Build with AFSC
Are you looking for ways to support your community while advocating for lasting social change? Join our new monthly webinar series every third Tuesday of the month. You'll hear directly from AFSC staff and partners and learn concrete ways we can all take action for migrant rights, economic justice, and peace. In February we will […]
