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PENDLE HILL MONDAY NIGHT FORUM
Racial Justice in America: Realities and Possibilities

The Pendle Hill Religion and Social Issues Forum
in cooperation with
The Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends
invites you to join a year-long discussion around the important issue of racial justice

" What counts as justice in our racially divided society?
" How do we move toward it?
" What do we need to understand? To confess? To sacrifice?
" What are the spiritual dimensions of race in America?

This lecture series will explore these and related questions over an eight-month period. We begin in the Quaker tradition of peacemaking and reconciliation, and we hope to begin a sustained and deep conversation on these issues among concerned people from many racial and ethnic locations.

It is our conviction that racism in all its forms - personal and systemic, overt and unconscious - must be overcome. Oppressive social structures must be recognized as oppressive and then dismantled. The spiritual wounds suffered by people within all groups need to be healed. This is the work of discernment and analysis, protest and prayer. It is the work of all of us, together.

We invite you to join us in our ongoing work of discernment, and we hope you will reserve May 2-4 for the conference on the Economics of Racial Justice that will culminate our community forum.

December 2, 2002, Arch Street Meeting House

Race in America Beyond Black and White In ordinary discussions, people too often speak of "American" as if it means "white," and "minority" as if it means "black." But we must look beyond the black-white dichotomy if we are to achieve a lasting racial justice.

Frank H. Wu is professor of law at Howard University School of Law in Washington, D.C., and a visiting professor at the University of Michigan in 2002-03. His book Yellow: Race in America Beyond Black and White, was published in January of 2002 and is already in a second printing. He has co-authored a textbook on Race, Rights and Reparation, and written more than 200 articles for journals such as the Chronicle of Higher Education, National Law Journal, and Progressive magazine. He has also appeared on many television talk shows, and is member of the D.C. Human Rights Commission.

January 6, 2003, Arch Street Meeting House

Broadening the Dialogue: Religion, Race and Gender How is racism related to other forms of oppression such as sexism and homophobia? What do we have to learn about these connections if we are to achieve racial justice in our society? What is the role of religion in these issues, and how can we best use our spiritual resources in the struggle for justice?

Rev. Irene Monroe is an AfricanAmerican feminist theologian who speaks for a sector of society that is frequently invisible. Profiled in the September 2001 issue of O, Oprah Magazine, she has written extensively on African American gay and lesbian history, African American sexuality, and anti-Semitism. Her columns appear in several journals, including The Witness magazine, an Episcopalian journal that examines church and society in light of faith and conscience, Newsweekly, a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender newspaper, and Venus magazine, for people of African descent. She is a graduate of Union Theologian Seminary and a doctoral candidate in the Religion, Gender and Society program at Harvard Divinity School.

January 20, 2003, Pendle Hill

Justice in the Local Community How can our discussion of racial justice be carried forward into actual programs in struggling communities? What kinds of cooperative efforts can be created? What can we learn from the experience of Chester, one of the most economically depressed cities in the United States?

Bernice Warren grew up in the old Bennett Homes projects in Chester. She taught G.E.D. preparation courses before leaving Chester to pursue theological studies, and has served churches in Baltimore and Wilmington, Delaware. Rev. Warren returned to Chester in 1995 to become pastor and director of Chester East Side Ministries, a community ministry serving low-income families in Chester.

February 3, 2003, Arch Street Meeting House

Racism by Design: White Racial Profiling in America Learn about the hidden race and class problem in America and what you can do about it.

Thandeka is professor of theology and culture at Meadville/Lombard School of Theology in Chicago and author of Learning to Be White: Money, Race and God in America. Prior to her theological studies, she was an Emmy-award winning television producer, journalist and talk show host. Her name, given to her by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, means "one who is loved by God." She is also a Unitarian Universalist minister.