Needed: Mesh bags that produce comes in at the store such as lemons and oranges. Can use any size, even if torn when opened. Pleases put in the “M” mailbox for my pick-up or nearby with my name on it. Need at least 20 bags for a project. Thanks, Linda Maynard
Our first refugee family will be arriving soon. They are a family of 7 children and 2 parents. Thanks to all for your generous support, donations, and hard work on this project.
Spring Lobby Day in Raleigh / March 22 Please join us for the 2023 FCNCL Lobby Day in Raleigh, Wednesday, March 22 and an advance training session by Zoom on March 15. • Meet your legislators for the 2023-24 Legislative Sessions • Help get Medicaid Expansion across the finish line • Get to know other Quakers around the state working with FCNCL. Hospitality for FCNCL Lobby Day Participants Friends traveling from western North Carolina for…
Piedmont Friends Yearly Meeting is holding a spring gathering, Sat. April 1, 10:30am-3:00pm / High Point City Lake, 601 W. Main St., High Point, and Mendenhall Homeplace, 603 W. Main St., High Point, NC. Friends will gather by HIgh Point City lake. Bring your own picnic. At 1:30pm, Friends will make their way to the Mendenhall Homeplace for a tour of the historic Quaker homeplace. Register here – https://www.emailmeform.com/builder/emf/PiedmontFriends/SpringGathering
Saturday, 18 February , 1 PM ET over Zoom Webinar / The Prep School Negro (2012): African American in Quakers Schools. This Saturday, the 2023 Black Quaker Lives Matter Film Festival & Forum continues with our second event, examining the challenges of African Americans in Quaker schools and honoring lifelong Quaker-educator Joan Countryman. On Saturday, 18 February, we will screen the 2012 documentary, The Prep School Negro, directed by trailblazing filmmaker André Robert Lee, and…
At our February monthly business meeting Friends paused to consider the wording on the new signage for our Little Free Library. Several Friends have expressed concern that the term “Antiracist” implies that we are against people who are racist, and that some people just bristle at the word. The word “Antiracism” was suggested as a softer alternative that could not be mistaken for animosity toward people. At the risk of muddying the waters instead of…
When we talk about migration, too often, the conversation overlooks the humanity and experiences of the people impacted. Popular rhetoric about the “border crisis” and political stunts like the busing of migrants only makes this worse. FCNL’s February Quaker Changemaker Event will feature a conversation about faith and community work on the border and across the nation. Register to join our conversation on Thursday Feb. 23 at 8:00 p.m. EST. Register here. Learn More. This…
Recent MacArthur Fellow Robin Wall Kimmerer will be giving a public lecture at Guilford on Wednesday, March 1 at 4:00 p.m. in Dana Auditorium. Kimmerer’s book, Braiding Sweetgrass, has been the College’s common read this year for first-year students, and we are very excited to have the opportunity to bring this amazing plant ecologist and writer to Guilford. Kimmerer’s writing, teaching, and research blends traditional ecological knowledge from her Native American heritage with contemporary science.…
Dear Friends, Many of you know that I’ve been involved in a documentary film project about Rosenwald Schools for a (very) long time. Several of you have generously supported the non-profit that Jere Snyder and I started (Longleaf Productions) to do this work. Now, at long last, we have something to show for it. “Unlocking the Doors of Opportunity / The Rosenwald Schools of North Carolina” was screened on Saturday, Feb. 4, at the High…
