New Garden recently received a request from African Services Coalition to help with a Rohingya family being resettled in Greensboro. We do not have the family’s info nor arrival date yet. We will need a group of New Gardeners to love and support them as they begin their new lives in the United States. They would need to have friends who could help them feel welcome in their new home. They would need guidance as…
Cases of COVID and hospitalizations continued to significantly increase in the last week, with the more infectious Delta variant now constituting about 80 % of the cases. There was a nearly 66% increase in cases since last week and a doubling of hospitalizations in the last two weeks. The state’s positivity rate of COVID tests performed has inched up to 8.3%. Vaccination rates stayed stubbornly stable with 46% of the NC’s total population and 47%…
This Thursday, July 22, New Gardeners, other Friends and allies will deliver a letter to Rep. Manning’s office in downtown Greensboro, calling on Congress to keep climate justice in the forefront as they draft infrastructure legislation and vote this summer. This resets the time for our visit from last week when Rep. Manning’s office was closed. Come join with us to push for clean energy, modernizing the electric grid, electrified transportation, and clean water investments.…
Friends World Committee for Consultation will hold its Executive Committee Meeting at New Garden Friends Meeting (October 13-17). New Garden meeting was to host this meeting in the fall of 2020, but the in-person meeting was cancelled due to the virus. The committee is composed of approximately 16 members. These members will need housing, meals, and transportation during their stay. Customarily, host families provide breakfast and transportation to and from the Meetinghouse. Given Covid restrictions…
Cases of COVID and hospitalizations continued to significantly increase in the last week, believed to be due to the more infectious Delta variant. According to the Greensboro News and Record Tuesday morning, the portion of people tested for the virus who were found to be positive jumped to 5.8%, above the 5% benchmark at which the virus is thought to be contained. Vaccination rates increased only slightly last week with 46% of the NC’s total…
About a month ago Juneteenth was first celebrated as a federal holiday. This commemorates June 19, 1865, when word finally reached ALL enslaved persons that President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 had set them free. At a celebration of this momentous day in history in downtown Greensboro, it was a real joy to watch a sea of happy faces, feeling pride in the day, and welcome in our city. There was food, music and dancing.…
The Annual meeting for North Carolina Fellowship of Friends is August 21, at Quaker Lake. All New Gardeners are welcome and encouraged to attend. Worship sharing and workshops will be included, in addition to a business session. The planning group asks that you register for this at: https://www.ncfriends.org/ which includes registration and a brief agenda. Contact: Kate Seel ([email protected]) Additional Info / FEMAP (Friends Emergency Material Assistance Program) volunteers would like the support of N.C. Fellowship…
Dear Members of Congress, More than 3,400 faith leaders across the United States recently sent a letter to Congress calling for a bold economic recovery and infrastructure package that creates family and community sustaining jobs while caring for our climate and our neighbors. They called on Congress to use this opportunity to invest in the clean energy future while addressing the injustices of the past through: Expanding clean, renewable energy and modernizing our electric grid…
Hello- My name is Megan Scales, I am Program Director for AmeriCorps, Partnership to End Homelessness. AmeriCorps brings out the best in America by working directly with nonprofits to take on our nation’s most pressing challenges. Our programs focus is to interrupt and alleviate homelessness and hunger. AmeriCorps, Partnership to End Homelessness is recruiting members who are passionate about service. We are recruiting 6 full-time and 23 part-time AmeriCorps members for one year of service at agencies…
Friends Committee on National Legislation is calling on Friends and others to encourage Congress to pass JUST recovery legislation with an emphasis on Earned Income Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit, which could cut child poverty in the U.S. in half. Without congressional action, these tax credits which were included in earlier recovery legislation will expire on December 31. Go to the FCNL web sight, www.fcnl.org; click UPDATES and RESOURCES, click ACT, Take Action; scan…