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Recently five Memphis Friends joined faculty and students from Penn Charter on Zoom to plan a joint meeting in late March. Penn Charter students will be in Memphis then to tour the National Civil Rights Museum, Slavehaven, Beale Street, and more as part of a civil rights visit tied to the school's Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice certificate program.

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Posted by Blake Burr on 02/21/2023 - 5:57pm

At the October 9, 2022, meeting for worship with attention to business, Memphis Friends approved our Clerk's signature for the Clergy Endorsement Statement in support of Amendment 3:

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Posted by Blake Burr on 10/09/2022 - 5:09pm

Folami Prescott-Adams, Atlanta Quaker and CEO of www.hticatalysts.net, joined Memphis Friends on 08/28 for a meeting for learning to continue and deepen our efforts to grow as a community in our commitment to racial justice. Folami shared insights from her work leading Listening 4 Justice workshops and took notes in the chat as Friends shared responses to her queries.

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Posted by Blake Burr on 09/05/2022 - 11:33pm

Dear Friend,

You are invited!!!

SAYMA is embarking on a new phase of its anti-racism work which will include ongoing, supported, small groups engaged in study, worship sharing, spiritual deepening, and discussion. White folks will be learning with other white folks, and Friends of Color will have their own Friends Center for Racial Justice-facilitated group to pursue their distinct needs in this work.

Small groups will meet monthly, via Zoom. (Additional meetings, either in person or online can be self-organized.)

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Posted by Blake Burr on 08/29/2022 - 9:47pm

New in the MFM library... These Walls Between Us: A Memoir of Friendship Across Race and Class

Here is an excerpt from the Racial Justice Ad Hoc Working Group's report to the June business meeting, which references the book:

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Posted by Blake Burr on 06/26/2022 - 7:03pm

The 04/09 presentation of the Paul Robeson documentary, I'm a Negro, I'm an American (1989, Kurt Tetzlaff, 1:27), and a follow-up panel discussion will provide a sweeping introduction to Black Quakers in American history. Paul Robeson's mother was a Pennsylvania Quaker educator. She was the granddaughter of Cyrus Bustill, a Quaker and a founder of Philadelphia's Free African Society.

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Posted by Blake Burr on 04/09/2022 - 2:42pm

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