Organizations Engaged in Anti-Racism 


As part of a discussion on May 24th 2026 held at Unami Friends Meeting on the book How to Be Less Stupid About Race: On Racism, White Supremacy, and the Racial Divide by Crystal M. Fleming, the Peace and Social Concerns Committee compiled and shared the following list of organizations and resources that are engaged in Anti-Racism work.
 
  • Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation Implementation Guidebook - Kellogg Foundation Guidebook 
  • Showing Up for Racial Justice 
  • Project Implicit
  • ACLU (Racial Justice) The ACLU Racial Justice Program aims to preserve and extend constitutionally guaranteed rights to people who have historically been denied their rights on the basis of race.
  • African American Policy Forum Founded in 1996, the African American Policy Forum (AAPF) is an innovative think tank that connects academics, activists and policy-makers to promote efforts to dismantle structural inequality.
  • Advancement Project  Advancement Project is a next generation, multi-racial civil rights organization. Rooted in the great human rights struggles for equality and justice, it exists to fulfill America’s promise of a caring, inclusive and just democracy.
  • Black Lives Matter
  • Crossroads Antiracism Organizing and Training Crossroads’ mission is to equip institutions with shared language, frameworks, practices and tools that will assist them in: diagnosing how their institutions are structured to uphold white supremacy culture and systemic racism and; deploying strategies aimed at animating antiracist ways of being that result in racially equitable institutional culture and practices.
  • Equal Justice Initiative The Equal Justice Initiative is committed to ending mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the United States, to challenging racial and economic injustice, and to protecting basic human rights for the most vulnerable people in American society.
  • Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) A non profit that stands with immigrant and refugee children alone throughout their journey to safety.
  • National Center for Civil and Human Rights  A museum and human rights organization in Atlanta that inspires people to tap their own power to change the world around them. The Center’s iconic exhibitions feature the papers and artifacts of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; the history of the civil rights movement in the United States; and stories from the struggle for human rights around the world today.
  • National Museum of African American History & Culture (Resources on Race) includes nearly 140 resources on different topics on race (e.g., definitions of power and privilege).
  • NAACP
  • Poor People's Campaign
  • Race Forward For more than 40 years Race Forward, founded in 1981 as the Applied Research Center, has worked to dismantle structural racism by building collective community power and transforming institutions.
  • Racial Justice and Unity Center The RJUC is a collaborative effort by hundreds of Christians across the U.S. We are working together to help the Body of Christ make progress toward biblical, racial justice and unity. The RJUC is facilitated by Renew Partnerships, a Christian ministry founded in 2006. Our organization has enjoyed helping thousands of individuals and organizations,
  • Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) SURJ-Faith works to organize a multi-tradition base of white faith/spiritual leaders into racial and economic justice campaigns taking concrete action rooted in our shared interest in ending white supremacy. Includes faith resources.
  • Talking about Race (National Museum of African American History and Culture)
5/26/2026
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Visiting Unami for the First Time?

If you've never attended a Meeting for Worship, we hope you will come worship with us -- give it a try.   

Many have found help in viewing the "introductory" videos (below) to answer questions that might arise in expectation of a Quaker Meeting for Worship.   


Here's what to expect

What do we do in silent worship?

We come together in silence:
To listen to the Spirit
To grow in our faith
To support each other
To help one another follow the Light within.


Our time together looks like:

Sitting quietly together, adults and children
Speaking as moved by the Spirit
Listening
Shaking hands when worship ends and greeting those around us

 

 

Quaker worship is based on silent waiting, where we expect to come into the presence of the Divine. In this living silence, we listen for the still, small voice that comes from the Divine through the Inward Light.

The essential experience of Friends is that of a direct, unmediated relationship with the Divine. Friends have used many terms or phrases to refer to the inner certainty of our faith: the Light Within, the Inner Light, and that of God in every person.

On Speaking in Friends Meeting for Worship:

  • Allow yourself time to settle into silence.
  • Refrain from preparing messages in advance. A message should come from the Spirit.
  • If a message comes to you, consider whether it is for you alone or to be shared with others.
  • Before you offer vocal ministry, allow time to elapse for a previous message to speak to the Light in others.
  • Speak briefly and from your personal spiritual experience.
  • Speak only once.
  • When you speak, speak so that all can hear you.
  • Be careful about speaking in reply to another's message. Forums and discussions can happen elsewhere. However, themes sometimes do emerge in Meeting for Worship.

Most Quaker meetings, at least in this part of country, are so-called "unprogrammed" meetings.
This means that our meetings for worship are not led by a minister, but are largely conducted in silence.  Typically, a Clerk or other Member of the Meeting will close worship with a simple "Good morning friends" but otherwise the meeting may be completely silent. 




Videos for Newcomers


 

My First Time at a Quaker Meeting
Quaker Silence QuakerSilence-Thumb-TITLE-862x
What Attracts Newcomers to a Quaker Meeting what-attracts-newcomers-quaker
What Do Quakers Believe
 
Glossary of Common Quaker Terms quaker-glossary-terms-FB3
How Quaker Meeting Changed My Life how-quaker-meeting-changed-my-


 

Insight Support, 10/15/2019