Peace & Social Concerns Notes / August 19, 2020

Community, News, Social Concerns

The Peace & Social Concerns Committee is working to help NGFM 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 entrepreneurs. Suggestions for…

Sign Up Now for GI Rights New Counselor Training / Fall 2020

Community, News, Social Concerns

One of the ways individuals support the GI Rights Network is by becoming volunteer GI Rights Counselors with one of our member groups and helping to staff the GI Rights Hotline. Becoming a GI Rights counselor takes a significant amount of training in order to be a helpful resource to the people calling the hotline for services. We are currently planning an online training this fall to bring in new counselors. This virtual training will…

Greensboro Earth Quakers To Meet / August 24

Community, News, Social Concerns

You are Invited to “The Pandemic and the Climate Crisis” Please join the Greensboro Earth Quakers for a program on the current state of the climate on Monday, August 24, 7 p.m. to discuss research on the impact of the pandemic on climate change. What has the effect been of so many people staying home during the pandemic and driving less? Has the rate of change in the climate slowed any? What is happening with…

Recycling Sty’foam

Community, News, Social Concerns

Are take-out containers, egg cartons and other foam packaging building up at your house? A local place to recycle foam is in the works. Environmental Stewardship Greensboro, Greensboro Beautiful, Tiny House, Emerging Ecology and local faith congregations are mobilizing to establish a local drop-off site to recycle foam products. Planned for the Tiny House Training Center on W. Gate City Boulevard, the site will be equipped with a ‘densifier’ to compress foam into ‘ingots’ for…

North Carolina Fellowship of Friends Annual Meeting / August 15

Community, News, Social Concerns

Friends are invited to attend the annual meeting of North Carolina Friends Fellowship – virtually – on August 15, 2020. Please register here to save a place, and a link will be sent to registrants closer to the time of the meeting. The theme is “What’s Next?” and will include: • Worship with Robin Mohr, FWCC General Secretary • Worship sharing • Business Meeting • Workshops – Friends Committee on National Legislation, Friends Committee on…

Peace & Social Concerns Notes / August 12

Community, 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…

Solar+ Projects Moving Forward / August 12

Community, News, Social Concerns

Many thanks to those of you who have contributed or pledged so generously to our Solar+ Project! Besides adding solar power on the Meeting house roof, we will make a significant gift to Community Housing Solutions to improve the energy efficiency of homes of low-income families. We will reduce our community’s dependence on carbon based fuels! There is still time to make a donation to this project, but we expect to wrap up active fundraising…

Meeting for Worship / Aug. 16

Community, Fellowship, First Day, Worship

Sunday 11 a.m. Meeting for Worship livestream on Facebook Live: www.facebook.com/NewGardenFriendsMeeting/ Prepared messages are posted at: www.ngfm.org/media. Sunday, August 16 – Speaker: Karin Heller “Summer Program 2020/Activism: Because the World Won’t Change Itself” “We need, in every community, a group of angelic troublemakers.”-Bayard Rustin “It is good people who make good places.” ― Anna Sewell, Black Beauty.

Helping New Arrivals / August 5th to 9th

Community, News, Social Concerns, Volunteer

From this Wednesday, August 5 to Sunday, August 9 there will be a food and supplies drive for New Arrivals Institute by the benches outside the meeting house. New Arrivals Institute provides resources and support to immigrants and refugees in Greensboro. They are requesting: – Cleaning Spray and Wipes – Spaghetti and Ramen Noodles – Canned tomatoes – Canned tuna – Bags of Dried Beans Please drop off items any time before 6 p.m. so…