Transformative Responses to Conflict and Violence: Islamic Perspectives / Nov. 4

5:30 p.m. Reception / 6:00 p.m. Presentation / Guilford College, Founders Hall, West Gallery / Join the Greensboro International Storytelling Festival: Stories for Peace and Justice for a reception and presentation by Amr Abdalla, PhD. Dr. Amr Abdalla’s presentation on Transformative Responses to Conflict and Violence: Islamic Perspectives continues the Greensboro International Storytelling Festival: Stories for Peace and Justice. Amr Abdalla’s presentation will explore peaceful approaches to conflict and violence by incorporating peace and conflict…

Author Fergus Bordewich to speak / Nov. 2

1 p.m. / Dana Auditorium, Guilford College / The lecture will be on “Still Bound for Canaan. The Underground Railroad, its History, and its Meaning for the Twenty-First Century.” This event is hosted by the North Carolina Friends Historical Society, in partnership with Guilford College and the Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro. The program will begin with the singing of African-American spirituals and is open to the public. It will also serve as a culmination…