[YAF-announce] Fit for Freedom, Not for Friendship: Quakers, African Americans, And the Myth of Racial Justice

[Sadie Forsythe]

Hi folks,

I just came back from Friends General Conference's Central Committee
weekend, and wanted to share the exciting news that the much anticipated
Quaker Press publication of "Fit For Freedom, Not for Friendship:
Quakers, African Americans, and the Myth of Racial Justice" by By Donna
McDaniel and Vanessa Julye will be released in February 2009. 

There is a common misconception that most Quakers assisted fugitive
slaves and involved themselves in civil rights activism because of their
belief in equality. While there were Friends committed to ending
enslavement and post-enslavement injustices, Fit for Freedom, Not for
Friendship reveals that racism has been as insidious, complex, and
pervasive among Friends as it has been generally among people of
European descent. The book documents the spiritual and practical impacts
of discrimination in the Religious Society of Friends in the belief that
understanding the truth of our past is vital to achieving a diverse,
inclusive community in the future.

 

They are now accepting pre-orders, with group discounts.  (More info in
attachement)

Maybe NEYM YAFs want to do an order together?  Or share this info with
Friends in your local area for easier coordination.  

 

Take care, Sadie

 

 

 

 

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Sadie Forsythe

Young Adult Friends Coordinator

Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the 

       Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)

1515 Cherry St, Philadelphia, PA, 19102

215-241-7075 or 800-220-0796, Ext. 7075

Fax:215-241-7045

sadief at pym.org

Check out the new YAF calender of events at: www.pym.org/education/yaf

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