Noticing Patterns of Oppression and Faithfulness Working Group

The Noticing Patterns of Oppression and Faithfulness Working Group was formed under a charge from Sessions to Ministry and Counsel to “develop a practice to appoint people who will observe, name, and reflect back to us long-standing, unseen patterns and practices that result in our complicity in oppression” (Minute 2018-53). The working group is now under the care of Permanent Board.

Elders were present during meeting for business at Annual Sessions 2019 and 2020 and reported back to Friends what they observed and what other Friends reported (see Minutes from 2019 Annual Sessions and 2020 Annual Sessions).

Lisa Graustein’s article in Friends Journal (4/27/2020) describes the first year of the Yearly Meeting's experiment with noticing patterns.

To see the faces of the Friends serving on the working group for Annual Sessions 2021, click here.

News articles:
2021 FCNL Interview with NPWG
Noticing
Noticing Patterns of Oppression & Faithfulness