The Ad Hoc Committee on Reparations to Indigenous Peoples was formed in February 2025 and charged with recommending a financial contribution of no less than $5,000 as a form of reparations to one or more indigenous tribes. The charge listed multiple items to be...
News and Activities
Race and Racial Justice Team
The Racial Justice Team is planning a two-session workshop on “Learning to Have Courageous Conversations in Multi-Racial Settings.” A team from Coming Together Virginia, one of our partner organizations for 2025 and 2026, will lead the sessions on the mornings of Jan....
Thinking about Race (March 2024)
…[F]requent encounters with White people leave many [people of color (PoC)] feeling like they don’t have the mental capacity to engage with one more White person about racism. Because when they do try to convey how racism is real it often requires sharing how...
No Potluck in December
Thinking About Race (December 2023) — “The Work of Christmas”
When the song of the angels is stilled,When the star in the sky is gone,When the kings and the princes are home, When the shepherds are back with their flock, The work of Christmas begins:To find the lost,To heal the broken,To feed the hungry,To release the...
A New Committee Model
Nominating Committee wants to draw your attention to a committee model using auxiliary helpers who are not committee members. The model provides a way to extend the work of a committee without increasing the demands on committee members. And it provides a way for...
The Photo Board!
The Care & Counsel committee is updating the photo board outside of the community room. If you have a recent photo, no larger than 41/4 square inches of you or you with your family, please give it to Sally Rugg or Charlotte Davenport, or place it in the mailbox...
Library Committee
Friends, as you are making preparations in your home for the upcoming holidays, please check around to see if you have any books from the Library that you've finished and overlooked returning. Many thanks! Friends, as you are making preparations in your home for the...
Congratulations Elliot and Jessica Rose!
Denna Joy and Stephen Rutherford are delighted to share the news that their son Elliott and Jessica Rose were married on November 11 in a small, simple outdoor ceremony.
Race and Racism Ad Hoc: Minute and Meeting for Discernment
The Ad Hoc Committee on Race and Racism is presenting to the RFM community a Proposed Minute on Race and Racism. The minute has its origins in the following query that the committee had posed to the RFM community: "What should Richmond Friends Meeting do...
