Africans Suffer More Under Climate Change than Countries Responsible for Damage / August 10, 2022

Environment, News, Social Concerns

From the Carolina Peacemaker, 8/4/2022: “The African continent of 1.2 billion people, which represents 17 percent of the world’s population, contributes less than 4 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions but suffers from extreme weather events which scientists have warned will become more frequent due to climate change. Researchers in a new study have now put an actual dollar figure on economic harm caused by the countries most responsible for the climate crisis, and the…

Learn to Play Bridge in a Day / August 27, 2022

Community, News

Are you interested in learning bridge? New Garden has been the site for weekly duplicate bridge games on Friday afternoons. Several people have asked about how to learn bridge. Here is an opportunity: “Learn Bridge in a Day”! Greensboro will host the one day training on Saturday, August 27 10-4:00. The local duplicate bridge group is sponsoring this training, the instructor is Patty Tucker, (Bridge Hall of Fame and Master Teacher) . Pre-registration cost is…

Racism Blamed for Paltry U.S. Government Benefits / August 2, 2022

Community, News, Social Concerns

Thanks to Jo Poole for sharing an entry from Chuck Fager’s A Friendly Letter from July 21, 2022. (It’s actually excerpts from the New York Times: There’s a Reason We Can’t Have Nice Things by Bryce Covert) “. . . Why is it so much harder — right now, seemingly impossible — for our country to enact new programs that are customary in much of the rest of the world? It’s easy to blame one…

Learn To Play Bridge in a Day / August 27, 2022

Community, News

Are you interested in learning bridge? New Garden has been the site for weekly duplicate bridge games on Friday afternoons. Several people have asked about how to learn bridge. Here is an opportunity: “Learn Bridge in a Day”! Greensboro will host the one day training on Saturday, August 27 10-4:00. The local duplicate bridge group is sponsoring this training, the instructor is Patty Tucker, (Bridge Hall of Fame and Master Teacher) . Pre-registration cost is…

News from Religious Education / August 2, 2022

Adult Forum, News, Religious Education, Youth

Summer Adult Forum Series This Summer we have been using Quakerspeak videos and discussion questions to learn more about Quakerism. All are welcome. Unsurprisingly, we have fallen behind schedule. Maybe we can get caught up next week. Please find the video links we have yet to watch, and those for next week. We will watch the videos together, but Friends may choose to watch them independently as well. • Quaker Spaces https://bit.ly/3oMnJWr • Understanding Quaker…

Climate Crisis , Anti-racism, Democratic Rights Top the List of Concerns / August 2, 2022

Community, Environment, News, Social Concerns

Results from the Peace and Social Concerns Spring Survey The Peace and Social Concerns committee requested New Gardeners to respond to an on-line survey to help us discern what were the priorities of the Meeting for study, advocacy, coordinated activities and use of our limited resources in awarding small grants to local non-profits. We asked people to rank a series of 14 issues from 1 (highest priority) to 5 (lowest priority) for the Meeting. (We…

Greensboro Urban Ministry’s Food Pantry is Running Out of Food / August 2, 2022

Community, Families, News, Social Concerns, Volunteer

The demand for food assistance is so high that over 100 household come each day, five days a week, to receive groceries from the Food Pantry. While the amount of donations have gone up over the last week, much more food is needed to continue meeting the weekly demand. The economy has driven many families to the pantry that have never had to as for food assistance before. Greensboro has always been a generous community…

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…