On Sunday, Pastor Margaret read an excerpt from Martin Luther King’s “Letter From Birmingham Jail,” and I felt convicted as a “white moderate,” in whom Dr. King was deeply disappointed. He stated that “the Negro’s great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is not the White Citizens “Councilor” or the Ku Klux Klanner but the white moderate who is more devoted to “order” than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the…
North Carolina has seen a dramatic increase in COVID-19 cases in recent weeks and, increasingly, in the more highly contagious omicron variant. Hospitals and the healthcare workforce are strained. As weary as we all are of the restrictions and inconvenience COVID has caused us, we hope you will not let down your guard. Case rates have not been updated on the NC Health Department site due to the holiday weekend but continue to be at…
Piedmont Friends Fellowship and Piedmont Friends Yearly Meeting have become aware of various challenges maintaining our separate organizational structure, including difficulties finding members able to serve in leadership roles on committees, clerkships and as representatives. In response to this challenging situation, the clerks of PFF and PFYM, have met to consider the best way forward. We feel that the current situation cannot continue and that we should adopt a new approach to how PFF and…
The zoom workshop will be held January 20, 7 – 8:30 p.m. Join Friends Committee on North Carolina Legislation for an evening of learning and lobby planning which will include: basics of the legislative process; state of the N.C. General Assembly; and how we can continue advocating for legislation we have engaged with over the past year. Register for this free workshop at (www.fcncl.org) in order to receive the Zoom link.