Announcements from Peace & Social Concerns Committee A climate change summit is being held at the United Nations in New York City on Saturday and Sunday September 20-21. The organizers of a rally planned for Sunday are hoping to have massive, record-breaking...
WHITE PRIVILEGE: UNPACKING THE INVISIBLE KNAPSACK by PEGGY McINTOSH (Introduced by Marilyn Gilmore) (Edited by Pat Schenck) Peggy McIntosh, a White feminist scholar, identified a long list of societal privileges that she received simply because she was White. She did...
The Library Committee plans to feature periodically books that may be of particular interest to Friends. Currently featured are two books about Margaret Fell: Undaunted Zeal: The Letters of Margaret Fell, editor and introduction by Elsa F. Glines Margaret Fell and...
Baltimore Yearly Meeting Proposed Queries on Diversity Does your vision of a just society include people living their lives without fear of discrimination based on who they are, what they believe, and whom they love? Are we willing to be in communion with each other,...
Child Safety Policy: Criminal Background Checks Adopted by Richmond Friends Meeting on June 15, 2015 The purpose of this policy is to ensure child safety. BYM encouraged such a policy and the insurance company required it. One aspect of a child safety policy is...
Richmond Friends Meeting Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business First Month 19, 2014 Meeting began with silence at 11:00 am. Fifty-five (55) members and attenders were present. Barbara Myers was greeter. Ted Heck from Ministry and Worship sat on the facing...
On June 1, Sylvia Clute gave a talk at RFM on "Friends, Unitive Justice, Ending Mass Incarceration." Below is a brief introduction to her talk and a description of unitive justice. Common phrases, like “the punishment must fit the crime,” “I want to get even,”...
Religious Education Announcements Summer RE – There will be no RE on Sunday, August 31st, during the Labor Day holiday. June 1st to end of summer – Young Friends Book Sale Young Friends will be collecting book donations for their Book Sale, which begins June 1st and...
The following are the guidelines established by the Adult Spiritual Education Committee for funding scholarships to Quaker programs. Adult Spiritual Education Committee Guidelines for Funding Scholarships The Scholarship Fund intends to facilitate RFM’s adult...
The Baltimore Yearly Meeting Spiritual Formation Program