In response to the most recent school shooting in Uvalde, Texas there will be simultaneous rallies across the country on June 11. This link is for anyone interested in attending one of those rallies. https://tinyurl.com/up4t82x9 Our message is simple: yes this is a multifaceted problem but we MUST institute sensible gun laws.
In response to the most recent school shooting in Uvalde, Texas there will be simultaneous rallies across the country on June 11. This link is for anyone interested in attending one of those rallies. https://tinyurl.com/up4t82x9 Our message is simple: yes this is a multifaceted problem but we MUST institute sensible gun laws.
(Caribbean American Heritage Month) (Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender & Questioning History Month)19 Juneteenth (1865) – Months after the Emancipation Proclamation was passed to abolish slavery, enslaved people in Texas are informed by Union soldiers that they are free. 20 Juneteenth observed 20 World Refugee Day 28 LGBTQ Pride Day – submitted by NG AntiRacism Working Group
All I can think of this week is how distressing the latest mass shooting in the Uvalde, Texas elementary school is. Gun violence is another systemic American issue that is way too often entangled with racism. . . Leonard Pitts wrote an excellent column (see below) that speaks better than I can to all of this. My belief is that Thoughts and Prayers + Action can bring about badly needed change. – KHS Who Will…
The Peace & Social Concerns Committee requests one-page-proposals on how the committee should spend grant money in the “Broader Concerns” portion of our budget. We award $250- $500 grants to projects and organizations that normally do not receive much financial support, and reflect Quaker values, including our commitment to becoming an antiracist community. If you have questions/wish to submit a proposal, contact Janet Inmon or Patricia Gutzwiller by June 19. Proposals should briefly describe the…
This Sunday, June 5, based on feedback from many in our community, other committee efforts, and insights from literature, the Anti-racism group at NGFM would like to recommend the following points for approval of Monthly Meeting. Art needs to be curated and possibly rearranged with an antiracism lens and evaluated to be kept or explained (e.g. mosaics, William Penn picture, Hicks picture some of which have problematic images of indigenous Americans, etc.). Meeting history needs…
Weekly metrics by the CDC are still updated every Thursday by 8 pm ET at CDC.gov or (800-CDC-INFO), though the Holiday weekend has delayed updating of the metrics this week. They now 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 continues to be LOW, however cases, hospitalizations and early warning indicators( like wastewater…
New Garden Friends Meeting Anti-racism group agreed that our work falls into two categories: Examine and learn more about our racism as a faith community, and as Quakers. Guide New Gardeners towards information that will enable all of us to better understand our institutional racism and apply this knowledge to improving our function and work as a faith community that is committed to equality. Our goal in this work is to live into our testimony…
Scholarship applications can be obtained by email from the meeting office. Completed applications are due May 31. Each year New Garden Meeting awards scholarship assistance to students from several established funds. And this year a new fund has been added for people of color, indigenous people, or members of the LGBTQIA+ community. Applications are available from the Meeting office and are due May 31, 2022. The Scholarship Committee meets in June to make awards. New…
On June 18 the Poor Peoples Campaign is organizing a Moral March on Washington DC to rally for an end to systemic racism, the endless war economy, voter suppression, generational poverty, and ecological devastation. Join with others from Greensboro on a bus that will leave from Shiloh Baptist Church at 2 a.m. and return around 10:30 p.m. Find details at https://tinyurl.com/bdhyered For more information or to reserve your seat on the bus, contact Bill Mc-…