Lunch & Learn: What Puts The ‘E’ in ‘Spices’? / June 17

Brotherhood Room / 12:15 – 2:30 p.m. The Social Concerns committee invites adults to bring a bag lunch and join us monthly – every third Sunday – for a discussion series on the Quaker testimony of Equality. The June movie is, WE THE PEOPLE: Conversations On Being American, narrated by Danny Glover. This is a conversation between a group of different races, religions, gay & straight, teachers, activists, artists, ministers, and more on their sometimes painful…

Registration for Friends General Conference / July 1-7

The Friends General Conference (FGC) gathering will be in Toledo, Ohio, July 1-7, 2018. Registration opened April 2.  Register online at www.FGCgathering.org.   Questions?  Go to [email protected] or call, (215)561-1700 option 2. Financial aid scholarships, work grants, travel grants, and discounts may be available. Apply for scholarships first to your monthly meeting, then to PFF, and then to FGC. Go to the FGC website for more information on cost and speakers.

What Puts the “E” in “SPICES”? / May 20

Brotherhood Room / 12 – 1:30 p.m. Starting May 20, the Social Concerns committee invites adults to bring a bag lunch and join us monthly – every third Sunday – for a discussion series on the Quaker testimony of Equality. Let’s meet in the Brotherhood Room with our sandwiches right after worship, and watch a movie (or read a short article) on an aspect of equality (race, sex, gender, religion, class, for example) and finish…

Doing Our Work 3: White People in Solidarity Against Racism / May 9

7 – 8:30 p.m. at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 2105 West Market Street, Greensboro, NC. You are invited to a monthly series of workshops using visual media to focus on dialog, community-building and actions “standing up for racial justice”. “White People in Solidarity Against Racism,” (Dara Silverman & Chris Crass). Using videos, we’ll go deeper discussing personal and institutional racism.    – A program of the Guilford Anti-Racism Alliance (GARA) – White Caucus Questions: [email protected] 

Doing Our Work 3: The Future of Race in America / April 17

7 – 8:30 p.m. at New Garden Friends Meeting. Addressing Racial Inequity Head-On Towards Organizing for Justice;  You are invited to a monthly series of workshops using visual media to focus on dialog, community-building and actions “standing up for racial justice”. “The Future of Race in America,” (Michelle Alexander, Tedtalk).  – A program of the Guilford Anti-Racism Alliance (GARA) – White Caucus Questions: [email protected] 

“Gazing Prayer” Bus Tour / April 21

Join Rev. Donald McCoy of Raleigh’s Crossroads UMC invites Friendship Community Partnership to join in a prayerful bus tour of Greensboro. Meet him at RCRUMC on Guilford College Road at 9:30 a.m. The group will catch a City bus at shelter nearby, and ride to the Depot downtown. Rev. McCoy will guide us in riding different buses for a tour of selected areas of the city you may never have seen before. Riders will offer…