Ending racism

Systems that marginalize people of color also confer privileges on white people—privileges that are hard for those who benefit to see or acknowledge. AFSC works with young people and adults across racial lines to promote understanding and healing and to challenge the systems that perpetuate racism.

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Anti-racism resources-

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Addressing racism in the U.S. justice system: An analysis

After the spate of killings of unarmed black men in 2014, a working group of AFSC staff have gathered to assess what can be done to assure justice is achieved and to further examine how AFSC can best support solving this critical issue.

Person from Youth Undoing Institutional Racism presents at the front of a class

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Help eradicate racism through learning and reflection

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Framing your anti-racist organizing: 3 tips from the Tyree Scott Freedom School

Marcel Purnell at Friends Center in Philadelphia

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Curriculum for racial justice

White privilege-

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On being good

AFSC’s Sharon Goens-Bradley says that the desire to be seen as “good” causes much of the harm in the world, and that the difficulty of hearing when we’ve caused harm can cover up opportunities to truly heal.

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Schooled in disconnection: Waking up and struggling for racial justice

Community agreements created by the participants of the Dec. 27-28, 2013 Freedom

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A hollow power: Reclaiming our humanity by letting go

#BlackLivesMatter protest in Baltimore, MD by Susan Melklsethlan

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#BlackLivesMatter: Why we can't wait

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Freedom School, Part I: Speaking truths to undo racism

In Seattle, AFSC’s Tyree Scott Freedom School brings together young adults to discuss issues of institutional racism, systemic poverty, and the prison-industrial complex, and to learn organizing skills to tackle these issues.