Are You Interested in Exploring Anti-racism and Confronting Racist Systems?

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American Friends Service Committee is offering a five-session monthly online course, “Changing Systems, Changing Ourselves” starting January 28 and ending March 24, with interactive sessions running from 8:00 to 9:30 p.m. each night. January 28, Intro session on anti-racist praxis in caucuses; February 25, Criminalization and immigration detention; March 24, Anti-Blackness and immigrant justice; April 28, Accompaniment as anti-racist practice; May 26, On the ground case study coaching sessions based on participant needs (times TBD)…

Piedmont Friends Fellowship Representative Body Meeting / January 26

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Winston- Salem Friends Meeting, 3151 Reynolda Rd., Winston Salem, NC / Piedmont Friends Fellowship is having a Representative Body meeting at Salem Creek Friends Meeting on Sunday, January 26. Worship begins at 10 a.m. followed by lunch. The business meeting is at 12:30 p.m. Final plans for the Spring Retreat will be discussed. Those needing a ride or having questions may contact Bob Mers at 336-288-4921.

Valentine Care Packages for Students / January 26

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It’s time to begin preparing Valentine care packages to send to our younger Friends who are studying away from home (and yes, this includes abroad!). If you would like to have a care package sent to your boarding school student and/or college student (undergraduate or graduate), please see the time-line below. Packages will again be prepared for the Guilford College’s Quaker Interfaith Members. Please email Karin Heller the following information (by Saturday, January 18): (1)…

Navigating Technology / Generation 2 Generation / January 25

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Fellowship Hall / 2-4 p.m. Does your smart phone make you feel… well, not so smart? Do you need help with your tablets, laptops, email, and social media? Whatever your daily technology needs, we can help! G2G, or Generation 2 Generation, is a program that is designed and sponsored by the Friends Community Partnership. Youth from FCP churches will join us to help older friends learn how to better navigate their technology. This is a…

Creating a Culture of Peace – Advanced AVP Workshop / Jan. 24 – 26

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Sponsored by the North Carolina Alternatives to Violence Project in partnership with the NC Peace Resource Center for anyone who has completed the Basic AVP training. The Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) helps us explore the power we all have to change hostility and destructiveness into cooperation, community, and justice to discover new ways to reduce conflict in your world, your community, organization, or personal life. Enjoy a hands-on, fun, activity-based experience (no need to…

Martin Luther King, Jr. Parade / January 20

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New Gardeners are invited again to watch or walk in the annual Martin Luther King, Jr. parade, a one-mile route, from Benbow Professional Plaza (on MLK Drive) to the railroad tracks where MLK meets downtown. We will join other walkers from Friendship Community Partnership at 10 a.m. to line up in our assigned spot, and 11 a.m. to start the celebration. Bring a sign honoring Dr. King, or just bring yourself. Just to have white…

Temple Emanuel’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Shabbat Service / January 17

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7:30 p.m. / Temple Emanuel, 1129 Jefferson Road, Greensboro, NC / Please join us for this moving service, featuring inspirational music that will ensure a memorable evening The purpose of this special service is not only to honor the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., but also to reach out and facilitate dialogue within the community. We will celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. King and lift up the work of fighting racism…

Brotherhood Forum / January 19

Fellowship, First Day, News, Social Concerns

9:45-10:45 a.m/ Parlor / David Fraccaro will lead Brotherhood Forum this Sunday. David is the Executive Director of FaithAction International House and is a graduate of Union Theological Seminary (Masters of Divinity) and Columbia University (Masters of Human Rights). He will be working loosely from the Illuminate Friends Bible Study, discussing the lesson “Freedom from the Law”, Romans 7:1-6, 14-25.

Adult Forum / “Resisting Empire: The Book of Revelation as Resistance” with Wes Daniels / January 5

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9:45 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. / Parlor /  “Resisting Empire: The Book of Revelation as Resistance” is about the book of Revelation in the New Testament, the one so often used to predict terror, the end of the world, and wild conspiracy theories. It offers a different way into understanding what Revelation is about. If you’re someone who has avoided this book, had it used against you, or are interested in a liberation theology reading…