Friends Committee on North Carolina Legislation / Draft Priorities for 2023-24

Community, Environment, FCNL, News, Social Concerns

Equal Access to Quality Public Education Led by our testimonies of Equality, Integrity, and Community, we value the importance of education in realizing the inherent potential of all people. We support legislation that supports equal access to quality public education for all residents, through instruction which centers integrity and truth-seeking, provided by instructors, support services, and infrastructure that ensure the mental and physical health, safety, and dignity of every student, teacher, administrator, and school board.…

350 Years of Quakers in North Carolina / October 13, 2022

News

We hope you will join us at Guilford College for a plenary session exploring the topic of “Reassessing George Fox: 350+ Years of Quakers in NC.” The evening keynote address will be delivered at 7pm Thursday, October 13 in the Carnegie Room at Hege Library on Guilford’s campus by Dr. Noeleen McIlvenna, Professor of History at Wright State University and author of “A Very Mutinous People: The Struggle for North Carolina, 1660-1713.” The event will…

Keep Up the Pressure for Congress to Act on Yemen! / July 24, 2022

FCNL, News, Social Concerns

Help to End the Devastating War. Over the last two weeks Friends across NC, including folks at New Garden, have met with staff in Sen. Tillis & Sen. Burr’s offices. We are urging our Senators and Representatives to co-sponsor S.J. Res. 56/H.J Res 87 – the Yemen War Powers Resolution. We need your help to build on that momentum – they need to hear from you! Let them know that North Carolinians care about what…

North Carolina Fellowship of Friends Annual Gathering August 20, 2022

Fellowship, News

Friends are warmly invited to participate in the North Carolina Fellowship of Friends Annual Meeting on August 20, 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. The theme is Let Your Life Speak. There will be music led by Dr. Meredeth Summers and a keynote address by Dr. Adrienne Israel, Professor Emerita of History. The meeting will be held in hybrid fashion at Jamestown Friends Meeting, 509 Guilford Road, Jamestown, NC 27282 and on Zoom. Registration is open…

Join New Garden’s Quaker Relations Committee on a “Quaker Pilgrimage” / September 16-18, 2022

News, Quaker Relations

Friends are invited to join in celebrating 350 years of Friends in North Carolina on a pilgrimage to eastern North Carolina and Virginia, where the first Friends meetings in NC were established. We will explore early Quaker sites and meetings in Pasquotank and Perquimans counties, NC, including Up River, Piney Woods and Little River Meetings, visit the Newbold-White House, and, not to be forgotten, Wolfman Jack’s grave! We will wrap up with Meeting for Worship…