Albuquerque Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
1600 5th St., NW (PO Box 25462) , Albuquerque, NM 87125-5462
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
American Fiction - Film Viewing & Discussion
AMERICAN FICTION
FILM VIEWING & DISCUSSION
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 8, 2024
FROM 1:00 - 3:15 PM
ABQ Friends Meeting House
1600 5th St., NW
Albuquerque, NM
An African American novelist-professor writes an outlandish satire of stereotypical "Black" books, only for it to be viewed as serious literature and published to high sales and critical praise.
AMERICAN FICTION premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2023 where it won the People's Choice Award.
The film viewing will be followed by discussion based on a few queries/prompts.
Please register so we know how many are coming, and plan on bringing a snack to share with others. Thanks!
Brought to you by Upholding Racial Justice & Equity (URJE) of the Albuquerque Monthly Meeting of Friends (Quakers).
Further info - Email: info@abqfriends.org
Traces of the Trade - Film Viewing & Discussion
Back by Popular Demand!
Traces of the Trade - A Story from the Deep North (Full version)
Saturday, March 8, 2025 from 1-3:30 PM
First time documentarian, Katrina Browne, makes a troubling discovery - her New England ancestors were the largest slave trading family in U.S. history. She and 9 fellow descendants set off to retrace the Triangle Trade: From Rhode Island to slave forts in Ghana to sugar plantation ruins in Cuba. They uncover the vast complicity of the North in slavery while also stumbling and stretching their way towards greater awareness on issues of race/racism.
Following the October 26th, 2024 Film & Discussion facilitated by Upholding Racial Justice & Equity (URJE) of the ABQ Friends Meeting, members indicated an interest in sharing the film more broadly across faith communities and forming a short-term study group to consider the spiritual, practical, and personal implications of this film's message. This second viewing -- but of the full rather than abridged version -- offers us just this opportunity.
Further information or to RSVP: Email: info@abqfriends.org
Location:
ABQ Friends Meeting House
1600 5th St., NW
Albuquerque, NM
Understanding Homelessness
Sunday, October 27 from 1:30-3:30 PM
ABQ Friends Meeting House
1600 5th St., NW
Albuquerque, NM
Join us for a workshop on Understanding Homelessness: Challenging Misconceptions and Building Empathy facilitated by Jazmin Moreno, Priscilla Williams & Zoe Robb of the NM Coalition to End Homelessness, Built for Zero Project.
Learn about the causes of homelessness & the struggles of unsheltered people. Develop understanding, compassion and resolve to address homelessness in our community.
Please RSVP to: info@abqfriends.org
Registration deadline: October 20, 2024
Who We Are and What We Do
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.
We invite AMM members, attenders and friends to join us. Contact us at: info@abqfriends.org (Zoom links are provided in the weekly listserv).
Toward Becoming an Anti-Racist Multicultural Faith Community
At the January 2020 Meeting for Worship for Business, Albuquerque Monthly Meeting (AMM) responded to a recommendation by the 2018 Friends General Conference Institutional Assessment on Structural Racism that Quakers adopt a query prior to any gathering of the community: "How does the work of this gathering further the Meeting's Goal of becoming an actively anti-racism faith community?" We have since learned that the FGC query is intended to be answered following each AMM gathering.
URJE exists to participate in AMM's collective understanding of what this query means in our community, and to help bring it to fruition.
See "Our History" below for more information on AMM's history and minutes addressing racism/whiteness.
JOIN URJE 2nd Thursdays
JOIN US ON ZOOM FROM 6:30-8:00 PM
We welcome new members. Scroll down for a summary of our format. 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 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
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WEEKLY ONLINE WORSHIP FOR FRIENDS OF COLOR & FOR WHITE FRIENDS CONFRONTING RACISM
Friends General Conference (FGC) offers weekly worship opportunities online for both Friends of Color and for White Friends Confronting Racism. Learn more, including how to register, on the News/Events page.
Here's what an AMM member who regularly attends this gathering shared:
"The weekly Worship for White Friends Confronting Racism group is a space where I feel utterly safe in considering issues of internalized racism, experiences as a white person in bringing anti-racism consciousness and work to my meeting, and growing in my understanding of the spiritual aspects of this work. Breakout groups add to the opportunities for fellowship and mutual support. 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.
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!