Anti-Racism Update 6.25.25

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AR QUIZ

  • Which musician was active during the civil rights movement, spoke out against the Vietnam War and racism,  and founded a group called the Harmonettes? 

EDUCATION

  • How to Identify and Unlearn Implicit Bias. While this article from Dr. Jennifer Edgoose and other family physicians is specific to identifying bias in health care, they share a practical tool called IMPLICIT with steps to slow down and undo bias in our daily lives: https://www.aafp.org/pubs/fpm/issues/2019/0700/p29.html 

ACTION 

  • Friday, July 11, 5:30-7 pm: Community Meal with Allied Drive Neighbors Come meet residents of the Allied Drive-Dunns Marsh neighborhood at a meal sponsored by Allied Partners. Meeting’s contribution will consist of vegetables: vegetable platters, casseroles, etc. We expect about 50 guests, so please be generous! Please contact Mary Collet, mpcollet@sbcglobal.net, 608-238-0921. You need not attend the picnic to contribute.
  • Madison 5K and 10K Gospel Walk/Run. Saturday, July 12, 2025 8:15 –10:30 am. This 5k and 10k fundraiser for health care has been one action Madison Meeting has taken in order to be an actively anti-racist faith community. From the 5k Gospel website: “For we can all IMPACT our community. We can all ASPIRE* others and ourselves to be our best.  Lastly, we all can MOTIVATE each other to achieve greatness. When you put it all together you get I.A.M. …  We must continue in faith and in fellowship to shift our mental space to a better place.” As in past years,  Meeting will put together a team and walk together.  Register on the MG5k website: https://runsignup.com/Race/WI/Madison/MadisonGospel5K MMM Team: Madison Quakers
    Contact Sita Diehl or Bob Newbery to join.

AR QUIZ ANSWER

  • Dorothy Love Coates founded the Harmonettes, who were famous for gospel music, performing at Carnegie Hall and the Apollo Theatre. She was active in the Civil Rights Movement, marching with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr and participating in  voter registration drives, along with many other accomplishments over her life. Learn more and listen to her music here: https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/coates-dorothy-love-1928-2002/ 

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