Challenging Racism / July 6, 2022

From the Black Quaker Project – INDEPENDENCE DAY, RETROSPECTIVE JUSTICE, & QUAKERS: REMEMBERING THE WORDS OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS Dear F/friends, For this Independence Day, the Black Quaker Project invites you to reflect on the words of Frederick Douglass, whose tireless advocacy for African American liberation and Women’s Rights as an abolitionist, orator, author, and statesman often goes overlooked by historians and remains unknown to the general public. Among Douglass’s most famous words was his speech,…

Challenging Racism / June 28, 2022

Last Saturday 23 of us – Friends, along with members of the Friendship Community Partnership, were led by James Shields on the trail to the Underground Railroad Tree in the Guilford Woods. One of the spirituals he sang briefly was, “Walk Together, Children; Don’t You Get Weary!” He often sings that on the trail with children, he said, and reminds them that a journey on the Underground Railroad involved great discomfort and led to pure…

Medical Advisory Covid Update / June 28, 2022

Weekly metrics by the CDC are still updated every Thursday by 8 pm ET at CDC.gov or (800-CDC-INFO). Helpfully, they  have a quarantine calculator  at the same site to help people determine how long to isolate if they have a positive Covid test or are exposed to someone who has Covid.  In Guilford County, community level risk of Covid transmission is  back to Low with cases reported to the NC HHS  slightly decreased /stable ,  hospitalizations  and early warning indicators ( like wastewater viral particle…

Underground Railroad Tour / June 25, 2022

New Garden Meeting, as part of the celebration of 350 years of Quakers in North Carolina, invites nearby Friends to experience a special Underground Railroad Tour in the Guilford Woods, led by James Shields. James is a graduate of Guilford College, former Director of the Bonner Center at Guilford and a longtime actor and singer in theatre productions at Snow Camp, most notably Pathway to Freedom. He is well-versed in African American as well as…

Challenging Racism / June 20, 2022

From the Black Quaker Project, on June 17, 2022: “The Black Quaker Project is happy to celebrate Juneteenth. . . commemorating the end of slavery in the USA. Although the Emancipation Proclamation (1/1/1863) outlawed slavery in seceding states during the Civil War and the 13th Amendment (1/31/1865) officially ended the practice of chattel slavery across the country, its abolition could not be enforced until after the war’s end. Texas, like all Southern states, refused to…

Meet Rania Maayeh, Head of the Ramallah Friends School / July 6, 2022

Head of the Ramallah Friends School Will Speak at Jamestown Friends July 6, 2022 / 7:00 p.m. Friends United Meeting is sponsoring a visit in N.C. (July 5 – 10) by the new head of the Ramallah Friends School, Rania Maayeh. In 2021, Rania Maayeh was appointed by Friends United Meeting to be the head of the Ramallah Friends School, a pre-K to 12th grade co-educational Quaker school in Ramallah, Palestine. Serving 1,500 students, the…

Stand With Ukraine / June 18, 2022

You are invited to join the Benefit for the World Central Kitchen on Saturday, June 18 from 2 – 7 p.m. a The Deck, 118 East Main Street, Jamestown, NC. There will be a food truck – Ukrainian art, crafts, desserts, children’s activities, raffle prizes and dance lessons provided by Fred Astaire Dance Studios. Live Performances by: Gypsy Soul Band, Whiskey Cove Band, Carol Leigh and DJ Jeremy Fox. Tickets are $20 in advance at:…