Anti-Racism Update 12.19.25

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AR QUIZ

  • Ken Burns’ PBS series on the Revolutionary War reminds us that several of the nation’s founders enslaved people, including the one who famously penned the line in the Declaration of Independence that “We hold these truths to be self-evident…that all men are created equal.”  What is the Madison connection to this founder?

EDUCATION

  • Listen to this podcast by Kelly Hayes. How We’ve Resisted ICE: Street Lessons from Chicago. https://organizingmythoughts.org/how-weve-resisted-ice-street-lessons-from-chicago/
  • Reminder: Gathering Topic: Anti-Racism Query. December 28, 2025 9:45am Madison Monthly Meeting and Zoom. Several years ago, Madison Monthly Meeting adopted a practice of starting each Meeting for Business by reading an Anti-Racism Query. – How is Spirit leading us to consider the impact any decision made at the Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business may have on our goal for Madison Monthly Meeting to be an actively anti-racist community?” During this Forum, through Worship Sharing, we’ll revisit how alive the query is for us and reflect on the practice of the Anti-Racism query. Facilitated by Robin Lowney Lankton and Shel Gross. Zoom Link

ACTION

    • Save the Date – Families for Justice Martin Luther King Day Event. January 17th 10am – noon. Focus will be on Black History, linkages between social movements, and how collective action can bring us together. Consider reading Barrio Rising ahead of the event. More information and registration link to come.
    • As the year ends, practice self-care. Recognize all you have done this year. Take a few minutes to practice Bee Breathe from Yoga with Adriene and reset your nervous system. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHAa1B0XctU

      AR QUIZ ANSWER

      • Thomas Jefferson’s son by Sally Hemings, Eston Hemings Jefferson (1808-1856) is buried in the Forest Hill cemetery, half a mile from the Meetinghouse.

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