BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//www.bym-rsf.org//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.30.10// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH UID:44400690-aaed-4fcb-9364-289b7ce7e156 X-WR-CALDESC:It was decades ago when I first heard the phrase white privile ge\, or its earlier equivalent. My first response was confusion – certain ly I wasn’t guilty of prejudice. Certainly I wasn’t part of a plot to kee p African-Americans down. I supported civil rights. People like Martin L uther King\, Jr\, John Lewis\, Diane Nash\, and Ella Baker were heroes to me. ‘Equal rights under the law’ was part of my genetic code – since from whenever I could remember. But I grew older\, and I saw that terms like white privilege were not aimed at allies and proponents of civil rights: W hite privilege and its companion terms were aimed at a system\, a society- wide system which is stacked against Blacks\, Hispanics\, and Native Ameri cans\, anyone not a w.a.s.p. And stuck in the mire of it were its victims \, a mire which slowly\, steadily\, inexorably diminished\, controlled\, a nd circumscribed them. I made up my mind then that I was going to learn e verything I could about white privilege and do everything in my power to r id it from my life.\n\nQuakers have a grand tradition of education\, a tra dition which requires them to learn all that they can about a condition an d pass those lessons onto ourselves and onto our society. We work to bring light into dark places. That’s why I’m elated that this February 12 – 14 the Washington Friends Conference on Religion and Psychology is presenting White Privilege: Naming It and Its Complex and Confronting It to Build an Equitable Society. The conference will be virtual\, start a bit later in the morning to encourage a national audience\, and feature as our plenary speaker\, Sean Fitzpatrick\, head of the Jungian Society of Houston. Jane Byerley\, our WFCRP co-clerk\, has heard Sean and attests to his keen expe rtise in this area. We’ll still have interest groups which will augment an d support the plenary sessions.\n\nOur website – fcrp-quaker.org – is open for registrations. The cost of the conference will be $40.00 if you regi ster either by check or on website. We’d love to see you as we address th is ever-so important issue of our times. Mark your calendar now.\n\nTo re gister for the conference\, go to fcrp-quaker.org. Hit the WFCRP button a nd go through the dropdown menu. When you decide to register\, visit the registration page (again of the WFCRP drop down menu) and follow direction s. If you decide to pay via a credit card on the website\, go back to the home page\, hit contribute and pay $40.00. The registrar will read that contribution as your payment. You may contact the registrar directly by e mail rdixonbell@aol.com or phone 304-268-8510. Also\, please sign up for an interest group\, an experience intended to augment the plenary sessions . X-WR-RELCALID:c4e5bd2f572b4effebae176b114d864f X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RDATE:20211107T020000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RDATE:20210314T020000 RDATE:20220313T020000 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9d8d0998-d9b3-483a-8965-93c4dc208bbf DTSTAMP:20260407T104046Z DESCRIPTION:It was decades ago when I first heard the phrase white privileg e\, or its earlier equivalent. My first response was confusion – certainl y I wasn’t guilty of prejudice. Certainly I wasn’t part of a plot to keep African-Americans down. I supported civil rights. People like Martin Lu ther King\, Jr\, John Lewis\, Diane Nash\, and Ella Baker were heroes to m e. ‘Equal rights under the law’ was part of my genetic code – since from whenever I could remember. But I grew older\, and I saw that terms like w hite privilege were not aimed at allies and proponents of civil rights: Wh ite privilege and its companion terms were aimed at a system\, a society-w ide system which is stacked against Blacks\, Hispanics\, and Native Americ ans\, anyone not a w.a.s.p. And stuck in the mire of it were its victims\ , a mire which slowly\, steadily\, inexorably diminished\, controlled\, an d circumscribed them. I made up my mind then that I was going to learn ev erything I could about white privilege and do everything in my power to ri d it from my life.\n\nQuakers have a grand tradition of education\, a trad ition which requires them to learn all that they can about a condition and pass those lessons onto ourselves and onto our society. We work to bring light into dark places. That’s why I’m elated that this February 12 – 14 t he Washington Friends Conference on Religion and Psychology is presenting White Privilege: Naming It and Its Complex and Confronting It to Build an Equitable Society. The conference will be virtual\, start a bit later in t he morning to encourage a national audience\, and feature as our plenary s peaker\, Sean Fitzpatrick\, head of the Jungian Society of Houston. Jane B yerley\, our WFCRP co-clerk\, has heard Sean and attests to his keen exper tise in this area. We’ll still have interest groups which will augment and support the plenary sessions.\n\nOur website – fcrp-quaker.org – is open for registrations. The cost of the conference will be $40.00 if you regis ter either by check or on website. We’d love to see you as we address thi s ever-so important issue of our times. Mark your calendar now.\n\nTo reg ister for the conference\, go to fcrp-quaker.org. Hit the WFCRP button an d go through the dropdown menu. When you decide to register\, visit the r egistration page (again of the WFCRP drop down menu) and follow directions . If you decide to pay via a credit card on the website\, go back to the home page\, hit contribute and pay $40.00. The registrar will read that c ontribution as your payment. You may contact the registrar directly by em ail rdixonbell@aol.com or phone 304-268-8510. Also\, please sign up for a n interest group\, an experience intended to augment the plenary sessions. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210212T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210214T235900 LOCATION: SUMMARY:Washington Friends Conference on Religion and Psychology Virtual Co nference END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR