Dear Friends,
Please circulate this message within your local Meeting prior to Dec. 3rd. The BYM Working Group on Racism is sending this special reminder from the Baltimore Yearly Meeting (BYM) weekly announcements inviting Friends to attend a Called Interim Meeting on December 3, 12 noon to 4 pm , Rising From the Ashes: A BYM Programmed Meeting Toward Connection and Repair of the Harms of Racism.
“Friends will gather on December 3rd to acknowledge and honor the pain of racism experienced by Friends of Color within our Yearly Meeting, to help White Friends see their complicity in that pain, and to take the next steps on the road to repair of our beloved community. The Meeting is for all Quakers who have the courage to face their complicity in the white dominated system of racism. Together we will be uncomfortable and afraid and have the courage to move forward anyway for the sake of humanity and for love of God’s world. The programmed agenda will include silent and spoken worship, music, movement and body practices, deep listening, and the sharing of Testimonies of Complicity. We expect to end on a gathered commitment to next bold steps in living into being an anti-racist faith community.”
Registration is required for both in-person and Zoom participation. Register here:
https://www.bym-rsf.org/events/special-events/rising-from-the-ashes.html
Peace,
Elizabeth DuVerlie
For the BYM Working Group on Racism