New Gardeners did a good deed in 1996, and look what happened / May 18, 2022

By Tom Lassiter / We never know how taking a risk and lending a hand will turn out.  Sometimes the result is beyond imagination. Some 25 years ago, New Garden Friends Meeting helped a Somali refugee family resettle in Greensboro. The family of Sharif Ali and his wife, Bibi, arrived with seven children. Ahmed, the oldest, was 10. Faduma, the youngest, was a baby. We had learned about the great need for resettlement sponsors during…

Medical Covid Advisory Update / May 18, 2022

The CDC continues to publish weekly metrics, updated every Thursday by 8 pm ET at CDC.gov or (800-CDC-INFO). 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, but cases ,hospitalizations  and early warning indicators are all gradually  increasing. The NC Health and Human Services Dashboard is…

Challenging Racism / May 18, 2022

Have you ever visited the Ruth Wicker Tribute to Women in the Barber Park Event Center in east Greensboro? It is worth seeing! Ruth Wicker was a local resident who made this possible with her estate gift. It honors women educators, researchers, activists, advocates, journalists, nonprofit leaders, a musician and a pilot who called Greensboro home. – KHS ([email protected]) A Greensboro News article (2019) is copied below; “New exhibit commemorates Greensboro women who made a…

Equity Calendar / May 2022

May is Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month, and Jewish American Heritage Month May 1 – May Day May 2 – World Ukulele Day May 3 – Natl Teacher Day May 5 – Cinco de Mayo May 8 – Mothers’ Day May 30 – Memorial Day: National Military Appreciation May 31 – Anniversary of Tulsa Massacre — (submitted by AntiRacism Group)

Important Message from Friends Committee on North Carolina Legislation (FCNCL) / May 15, 2022

Friends Committee on North Carolina Legislation (FCNCL) is seeking participation by Friends in North Carolina in developing legislative priorities to guide our advocacy in the 2023 – 24 state legislative session.  We hope that a large cross-section of New Garden Friends will participate in this discernment process. Please carefully consider state legislative issues to which we can apply Quaker values as we interact with our legislators.  You may send a list of your top priorities…

Challenging Racism / May 10, 2022

When Bryan Stevenson, Director of the Equal Justice Initiative, speaks he notes how important “proximity” is, if we really want to understand racism and to dismantle it. He is talking about being physically close to people and their situations. As I think about my anti-racism work I realize that this is a challenge for people like me, who live, work and worship in majority white areas and have fostered primarily white relationships. I am trying…

Medical Covid Advisory / Update May 3, 2022

The CDC continues to publish weekly metrics, updated every Thursday by 8 pm ET at CDC.gov or (800-CDC-INFO).   In Guilford County, community level risk of COVID transmission continues to be LOW, and hospitalizations are stable.   The NC Health and Human Services Dashboard is updated weekly on Wednesdays, using updated metrics (including wastewater samples, which are now considered more accurate than case counts).  The dashboard this morning shows that the BA.2 variant currently is present in about 87% of cases that have been checked in…

North Carolina Men Spring Fling / May 5, 2022

Thursday, May 5 at 5:57 p.m. at The Depot at Cody Creek [US 601, 1 mile south of Dobson, NC 27017 Phone: 336.386.8222 Website: https://www.codycreek.org/ Restaurant Meal: $16+ tax Our speakers: Bob and Hope Carter are medical missionaries who began their career in 1985 serving FUM at Friends Lugulu Hospital in Western Kenya. After Bob earned his master’s degree in public health at UNC-Chapel Hill, they returned to Africa in 1997, serving in Zambia with…

Stew Makers Needed / May 4, 2022

One of our wonderful Cowboy Stew preparers for our monthly meal for Urban Ministries is moving away and will no longer be able to provide us with stew. Thank you to Rick Tunkel and Cheryl Buehler for the gallons of stew and hundreds of brownies they have contributed over the years! We would like to get a few more volunteers (we will provide the recipe) so all cooks get an occasional break! If you would…

Celebrate Women of Greensboro Picnic / May 10, 2022

The Friendship Community Partnership’s Mother’s Day Tour and Picnic is set for Tuesday, May 10 at 1 p.m. at the Ruth Wicker Center for Women (at Barber Park…follow the road past the amphitheater, etc., to the top of the hill on the right – the Women’s Center building, parking is adjacent. The tour: is short. Bring a personal picnic lunch, we’ll use the tables there to gather and share what we learned. (We can go…