Adult Forum / September 20, 2020 / Guilford County School Repairs

Community, Fellowship, First Day, Social Concerns

Do you want all kids in our community to have healthy, safe, and modern public school facilities for students to learn, grow, and thrive in? Do you know we have an opportunity this fall to impact the much needed Guilford County School facilities through two critical referendum’s on the November ballot? School buildings across Guilford County are falling apart and we can no longer delay fixing them. The Guilford County Board of Education has approved…

Friends Committee on National Legislation Urges Support

Community, Fellowship, News, Social Concerns

Friends Committee on National Legislation urges support of the Dream and Promise Act seeking an equitable society supported by policies that recognize the Light of God in each of us, no exceptions. Yet Congress has so far refused to reform the U.S. immigration system, leaving millions of immigrants in fear of family separation, deportation, and detention. Even though they came to this country as children and grew up in our communities, approximately 3 million Dreamers,…

Peace & Social Concerns Notes / September 9, 2020

Community, Fellowship, News, Social Concerns

The Peace and Social Concerns Committee is working to help New Garden Friends Meeting incorporate more immediate social and economic justice actions into our everyday lives. Thus, every weekly newsletter will include one Anti-Racist Action suggestion and one website whereby members can find minority-owned business to support, if they so choose. The Meeting is not endorsing or advertising these businesses; we just feel it’s important to spread dollars more equitably to all community members and…