Note: Due to the forecasted cold weather, the in person option of this gathering has been moved to the Orchard Park Meetinghouse at 6924 E Quaker St, Orchard Park, NY 14127 and the tour of the Quaker House at Chautauqua Institution has been postponed to a later date.
Radical Faithfulness and Ways to Stand Up for Racial Justice
with Angela Hopkins, Friends Center for Racial Justice
The Buffalo Friends Fall Retreat will be held on Saturday, October 3rd, with options for participation in person at the Orchard Park Meetinghouse or online via Zoom. Angela Hopkins from Friends Center for Racial Justice in Ithaca will facilitate morning and afternoon discussion on Radical Faithfulness and Ways to Stand Up for Racial Justice.
Those joining in person will enjoy a potluck lunch. Following lunch, Dr J LanYe’ will present How Spirituals of the 18th-19th Centuries relate to the 21st Century Racial Struggles.
Buffalo Friends Meeting's Racial Justice Circle collected a wonderful list of resources that would be useful in preparation for the retreat. Please use the form below to register for the retreat.
Registration
Schedule
9:15 - 10:00 Check-in with bagels, muffins, tea, juice, and a Box of Joe
10:00 - 12:00 Radical Faithfulness and Ways to Stand Up for Racial Justice ~ Angela Hopkins, Friends Center for Racial Justice
12:00-1:00 Potluck Lunch ~ Meeting will provide juice and tea.
1:00 - 1:45 How Spirituals of the 18th-19th Centuries relate to the 21st Century Racial Struggles ~ Dr. J LanYe', D.M.A.
2:00 - 4:00 Where to from here? ~ Angela Hopkins, Friends Center for Racial Justice. Agreements to practice, speak out, and action… See Poplar Ridge Minute:
“Poplar Ridge Friends are grieved and disturbed by the public manifestation of the unequal lives of black people in America. The systemic racism that has led to the blatant examples of police brutality against the black community, has shocked us. Systemic racism has also led to the poverty, unequal educational opportunities and lack of adequate health care and therefore to disproportionate suffering in the black community. We cannot remain silent. We stand by our witness to the equality of all persons. We are led to reaffirm our commitment to advocacy for justice and equality for black people and for all people of color in the United States.
“We recognize that we have much to learn as to how best to advocate for equal treatment of persons of color and we need to start, as individuals and collectively, by seriously listening to those communities, as well to our inner guide, to see a way forward. We recognize that this will likely be an uncomfortable situation as we will need to face our own white privilege and complicity in the systems that oppress others. We commit ourselves to do this work.”