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Welcome

Upholding Racial Justice & Equity (URJE)

URJE is a self-created group of AMM members/attenders with a dedication to  understanding and erasing racism in ourselves, our Meeting, community, country and  world.

Becoming An Anti-Racism Faith Community

Sugarcane - Film Viewing & Discussion

SUGARCANE

Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary

Produced by National Geographic & Directed by Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emilly Kassie, this film is an investigation into abuse & missing children at the Indian residential school, which sparks a reckoning on the nearby Sugarcane Reservation.


Saturday, June 28, 2025 from 1:00 - 3:30 PM


Group Discussion following the film.

Hosted by Upholding Racial Justice & Equity (URJE) of the Albuquerque Friends Meeting.


Please arrive early and bring a snack to share.


Location:

ABQ Friends Meeting House

1600 5th St., NW

Albuquerque, NM 

Toward Becoming an Anti-Racist Multicultural Faith Community

 In January 2020 Albuquerque Monthly Meeting (AMM) responded to a recommendation by the 2018 Friends General Conference Institutional Assessment on Structural Racism that Quakers answer the following query following any gathering of the community:  "How does the work of this gathering further the Meeting's goal of becoming an actively anti-racist  faith community?


URJE exists to participate in AMM's collective understanding of what this query means in our community, and to help bring it to fruition.  A facilitated gathering in August 2024 helped to address what ABQ Meeting envisions in becoming actively anti-racist.


Additionally, Albuquerque Monthly Meeting provides a unique Native Land Acknowledgement at the beginning of each Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business, acknowledging that the Meeting House stands on unceded lands of Indigenous peoples, formerly home of the Tewa peoples.


See "Our History" for more information on AMM's history and minutes addressing racism/whiteness. 

How URJE Meetings Work

At each monthly meeting we share personal challenges and insights on the impacts of systemic racism on our lives, thoughts, feelings, and actions.  Participants may request feedback or suggestions from others, or not, without pressure or judgment.  


URJE collaborates with the work of the Sanctuary Working Group in its outreach to unhoused neighbors.


We rotate clerking of the monthly gatherings and may provide a salient reading/film for advance review to enrich the group's learning and growth.  Click HERE for a copy of our meeting format.


We invite AMM members, attenders and  friends to join us.  Contact us at: info@abqfriends.org  (Zoom links are provided in the weekly listserv).

JOIN URJE: 4th Wednesday 6-7:30 PM

JOIN US FROM 6:00-7:30 PM (IN PERSON OR HYBRID)

We welcome new members.  To obtain a link and to RSVP contact:   info@abqfriends.org

LET'S LEARN TOGETHER

DOWNLOAD BELOW a copy of the Continuum on Becoming an Anti-Racist Faith Community that helps guide faith communities such as ours as well as a summary of AMM's history on addressing this topic.


Scroll down further for additional resources, including the FGC's weekly gatherings online, and a  larger library of articles/videos on these subjects.   We will continue to add to this library of anti-racism resources to explore.


We welcome your favorite articles, too.  Send them to: info@abqfriends.org attention WSG.


If you missed reviewing the FGC Institutional Assessment, links are provided below:

FGC Institutional Assessment Full Report

FGC Institutional Assessment Executive Summary

Quakers, Racism & Blessed Community

A New Quaker Speak Video

 

Vanessa Julye, co-author of Fit For Freedom, Not For Friendship: Quakers, African Americans, and the Myth of Racial Justice discusses overcoming racism in the Religious Society of Friends in this newly released Quaker Speak video.  To view 5 minute video click HERE

confronting white privilege

Quaker Speak Video

 All White people benefit from systems of oppression and exploitation simply by living in a culture created in their favor. We spoke with several White Quakers about what it means to acknowledge their privilege, and how that awareness informs their efforts to live in a way that fully honors that of God in all of us.  (Quaker Speak Video Season 7)

As Tom Hoopes says, “For Quakers in the early 21st century, to take on this challenge is unbelievably difficult, heartbreaking on a daily basis, and exactly what we need to be doing.”

 https://quakerspeak.com/white-privilege/  

Weekly worship sharing for friends confronting racism

FGC Worship for White Friends Confronting Racism

The Friends General Conference (FGC) Ministry on Racism hosts a weekly Meeting for Worship for Friends of European Descent confronting racism and white supremacy.  It will be held every Thursday evening at 6 PM MDT and Friday at 10 AM MDT. It is in the care of a rotating team of co-facilitators.

FGC requires that all attendees registered to participate.   All attendees agree to treat each other with respect. Like at all FGC events, we have a no-harassment policy in place during our time together.  

If you are white/of European descent and would like to join, please click HERE to complete a registration form (needed only once) to receive weekly emails about the event.


 From an AMM regular participant:  "I mark my calendar now by the weekly Worship for White Friends Confronting Racism group.  It is a space  in which I can consider issues of internalized racism, experiences as a white person in bringing anti-racism consciousness and work to my meeting, and growth in my understanding of the spiritual aspects of this work.  I find it discouraging that the number of attendees is small -- with this offering extending to Quakers across the country.  It begs the question as to where is everyone else? As one participant said, "We have to find ways to talk with other white people about race!"  Join us!" 

FGC Worship for Friends of Color

 

FGC provides weekly virtual worships for People of Color on Zoom. These worships are provided as a place for Friends of Color to come together in community and worship in an environment with Friends who experience marginalization in their lives and Quaker meetings because they are a Person of Color.

Wednesdays midday at 6 PM MDT.  There are also monthly meetings for worship, which happen on the third Sunday of each month at 6 PM MDT

Registration is required.  Go to: 

https://www.fgcquaker.org/fgcprograms/ministry-on-racism/programs/virtual-worship-for-friends-of-color/

NEW LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES!

Tema Okun revisits "White Supremacy Culture"

Tema Okun, the author of the landmark paper on the characteristics of White Supremacy Culture, revisits the original article, how it has been misused, and even weaponized, since she wrote it.  Included in the following links are:

* An interview with Tema Okun

* Updated article from 2021/Racial Equity principles

* Link to Tema's website: whitesupremacy.culture.info


 https://theintercept.com/2023/02/03/deconstructed-tema-okun-white-supremacy/ 


https://www.whitesupremacyculture.info/racial-equity-principles.html


www.whitesupremacyculture.info



National Museum of African American History and Culture (Smithsonian Institution) Talking About Race

The National Museum of African American History and Culture, part of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., has produced extensive learning modules for any level or type of interest in anti-racist training.  This website is another very rich resource for self-guided learning.


 https://nmaahc.si.edu/learn/talking-about-race?referringSource=articleShare 

Fabulous Self-Study Module - The Stages of Becoming an Anti-Racist

The Whiteness Study Group will soon begin a monthly online discussion based on the stages of becoming an Anti-Racist as identified in the following link.  Open it - explore - go at your own pace.  Watch for updated information on this new AMM series!


 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PrAq4iBNb4nVIcTsLcNlW8zjaQXBLkWayL8EaPlh0bc/preview?pru=AAABcrY-m6Q*5-8-1SCdwoOXkzoNhbSKmw 

Checkout AMM Books on Racism/email: info@abqfriends.org

BooksWhitenessRacism2020.docx (pdf)

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articles of interest on whiteness/anti-racism

Denormalizing Whiteness for Racial Justice from FGC

Posts on Whiteness and Racial Justice from AFC Acting in Faith plus

10 More things to Watch/Read/Listen to About Whiteness

Workshops and Activities about Whiteness

Examining Whiteness: An Anti-Racist Curriculum

Whiteness & Racial Justice

Queries for Worship Sharing

Where to go from here

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LINKS TO ARTICLES OF INTEREST ON RACISM/WHITENESS

New York Times 1619 Project

White Fragility with Robin Di-Angelo

New York Times article on Whiteness

  Click on this link to obtain a fully copy of the New York Times 1619 Project:


https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/1619-america-slavery.html?action=click&module=RelatedLinks&pgtype=Article

New York Times article on Whiteness

White Fragility with Robin Di-Angelo

New York Times article on Whiteness

  Click on this link to access 2018 article on Whiteness.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/13/magazine/white-people-are-noticing-something-new-their-own-whiteness.html

White Fragility with Robin Di-Angelo

White Fragility with Robin Di-Angelo

White Fragility with Robin Di-Angelo

Follow this link for information on White Fragility (Robin Di-Angelo's book, which is in the AMM library)

 https://www.theconsciouskid.org/white-fragility 

Anti-Racism Defined

White Fragility is Racial Violence

White Fragility with Robin Di-Angelo

This link to the University of Calgary site on Anti-Racism Education provides a definition of Anti-Racism.

 http://www.aclrc.com/antiracism-defined 

Understanding Whiteness

White Fragility is Racial Violence

White Fragility is Racial Violence

This link to the University of Calgary site on Anti-Racism Education provides information on Whiteness.

 http://www.aclrc.com/whiteness 

White Fragility is Racial Violence

White Fragility is Racial Violence

White Fragility is Racial Violence

This is an interesting article from the Huffington Post.

 https://www.huffpost.com/entry/white-fragility-is-racial_b_8151054 

MORE ARTICLES OF INTEREST ON RACISM/WHITENESS

Linguistics of White Supremacy and How White Liberals Perpetuate Racism

People of Color are in an Abusive Relationship with White America - Daily Kos

People of Color are in an Abusive Relationship with White America - Daily Kos

 https://notesfromanaspiringhumanitarian.com/the-subtle-linguistics-of-white-supremacy-and-10-ways-white-liberals-perpetuate-racism-blogs-you-should-read/ 

People of Color are in an Abusive Relationship with White America - Daily Kos

People of Color are in an Abusive Relationship with White America - Daily Kos

People of Color are in an Abusive Relationship with White America - Daily Kos

 https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2015/9/8/1419445/-How-White-America-Emotionally-Abuses-Black-People 

Discussion Guide to Deconstructing White Privilege with Robin DiAngelo

People of Color are in an Abusive Relationship with White America - Daily Kos

Discussion Guide to Deconstructing White Privilege with Robin DiAngelo

The following link takes you both to a discussion guide to Robin Di-Angelo's video (included below on this page), as well as a link to the video itself.

 http://www.gcorr.org/deconstruction-white-privilege-a-discussion-guide/ 


How to be a real Anti-Racist Ally

Waking Up in a White Garden from the Friends' Journal

Discussion Guide to Deconstructing White Privilege with Robin DiAngelo

 https://www.alternet.org/2015/04/11-things-white-people-can-do-be-real-anti-racist-allies/ 

Race Related - NYT Magazine

Waking Up in a White Garden from the Friends' Journal

Waking Up in a White Garden from the Friends' Journal

Subscribe to the Free weekly NYT news magazine on race:

https://www.nytimes.com/spotlight/race

Waking Up in a White Garden from the Friends' Journal

Waking Up in a White Garden from the Friends' Journal

Waking Up in a White Garden from the Friends' Journal

 https://www.friendsjournal.org/white-garden/ 

2019-2020 MATERIALS ON WHITENESS, ANTI-RACISM

Layla F. Asaad on White Women & White Supremacy - Part 1

Layla F. Asaad on White Women & White Supremacy - Part 2

Layla F. Asaad on White Women & White Supremacy - Part 2

 Open this link to learn more about White Women & White Supremacy through the work of Layla Saad, author of Me and White Supremacy, Source Books, 2020.

http://laylafsaad.com/poetry-prose/white-women-white-supremacy-1

Layla F. Asaad on White Women & White Supremacy - Part 2

Layla F. Asaad on White Women & White Supremacy - Part 2

Layla F. Asaad on White Women & White Supremacy - Part 2

 Open this link to Part 2 of Layla Saad's open letter about White Women & White Supremacy.     

http://laylafsaad.com/poetry-prose/white-women-white-supremacy-2

Friends Journal - Slavery in the Quaker World

Layla F. Asaad on White Women & White Supremacy - Part 2

Friends Journal - Slavery in the Quaker World

This informative and thought provoking article from the September 2019 issue of Friends Journal reviews the history of slave holding and selling among early Friends.  Katherine Gerbner is author of Christian Slavery:  Conversion and Race in the Protestant Atlantic World,University of Pa. Press 2018.  

Gerbner writes, "Looking carefully at this Quaker past can teach us a lesson about social justice. It shows us that it’s not enough to be radical; we also have to be vigilantly aware of history and the complexities of inequality. It’s not enough to have good intentions. We must be critically engaged with the past to understand the influence it continues to exert in the present. "

 https://www.friendsjournal.org/slavery-in-the-quaker-world/

Friends Journal - Antiracism with Friends

Friends Journal - Antiracism with Friends

Friends Journal - Slavery in the Quaker World

The following link takes you to a number of relevant articles on the topic of whiteness and racism within Friends written by Vanessa Juyle, Coordinator of FGC's Ministry on Racism and co-author, with Donna McDaniel, of the groundbreaking work, Fit For Freedom, Not Friendship: Quakers, African Americans, and the Myth of Racial Justice, Quaker Press, 2009.

 https://www.friendsjournal.org/search/Vanessa+Julye 

Healing Racism 3 Part Series

Friends Journal - Antiracism with Friends

Healing Racism 3 Part Series

 Follow this link from Sounds True to participate in a 3-Part Training Series titled HEALING RACISM with Dr. Tiffany Jana, moderated by Sounds True founder, Tami Simon.  Each series is an hour-long.  Quite informative and approachable.   FREE.

 https://product.soundstrue.com/walking-together/?utm_campaign=S200824-WT-Announcement%20(WExrF9)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Customer%20Service&_ke=eyJrbF9lbWFpbCI6ICJsaXpAc3Rvcnljb25uZWN0aW9uLmNvbSIsICJrbF9jb21wYW55X2lkIjogIkpNRGdhcSJ9 

365 Brothers Podcast

Friends Journal - Antiracism with Friends

Healing Racism 3 Part Series

Join Rahbin Shyne in her groundbreaking 365 Brothers Podcast in which she interviews Black men, gathering & sharing their stories.  In her own words:  


I woke up one morning and realized that I only learned the names, the stories of Black men after tragedy or due to celebrity. Black men’s lives are larger than sound bites, tropes, or reinforced stereotypes. 


Join me as I engage 365 Brothers in an intimate, meaningful conversation about their lives. I’ll ask each guest, each Brother, the same eleven questions. We’ll discover their names, their stories and the ways they contribute to their families, their communities, this nation and this world.


 https://365brothers.com/ 

Martin Luther King's Letter from a Birmingham Jail

Note: This letter is also available through the AMM library, currently on the Whteness/Racism shelf.

Letter_Birmingham_Jail (pdf)

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videos of interest

Check out this great video on Implicit Bias

Video

Check out this video on microaggressions

Video

Join Robin DiAngelo for a very helpful video about white privilege.

Video

Structural Racism, by John A. Power (Structural Racism Discussion Guide)

Upholding Racial Justice & Equity Group Format

Download below the format we adopted at our April 2019  URJE meeting.

Whiteness Study Group Format adopted April 2019 (pdf)

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BECOMING AN ANTI-RACIST MULTICULTURAL FAITH COMMUNITY DOCS

Continuum on Becoming an Anti-Racist Multicultural Faith Community and Our History 

AntiRacismContinuumRevised (PDF)

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Our History (pdf)

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