Flea Market / October 19 & 26
Sale dates are October 19, 8 a.m. -1 p.m., and October 26, 8 a.m. – noon. If you would like to volunteer please contact Erin Allred. The last day to bring donations to the flea market is October 14.
Greensboro International Storytelling Festival: Stories for Peace and Justice / November 4
5:30 p.m. / Guilford College Founders Hall, West Gallery / Join the Greensboro International Storytelling Festival: Stories for Peace and Justice for a reception and presentation by Amr Abdalla, PhD. Dr. Amr Abdalla’s presentation on Transformative Responses to Conflict and Violence: Islamic Perspectives continues the Greensboro International Storytelling Festival: Stories for Peace and Justice. Amr Abdalla’s presentation will explore peaceful approaches to conflict and violence by incorporating peace and conflict resolution frameworks grounded in Islam’s…
Still Bound for Canaan / The Underground Railroad, its History, and its Meaning for the Twenty-First Century / November 2
1 p.m. / Dana Auditorium, Guilford College / Author Fergus Bordewich will present “Still Bound for Canaan. The Underground Railroad, its History, and its Meaning for the Twenty-First Century.” This event is hosted by the North Carolina Friends Historical Society, in partnership with Guilford College and the Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro. The program will begin with the singing of African-American spirituals and is open to the public. It will also serve as a culmination to…
Alternatives to Violence Project Basic Training / October 25 – 27
Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) BASIC training (no prerequisites) will be held at Jamestown Friends Meeting. The cost is $25.00 and includes lunch and snacks. All supplies are included. Financial assistance is available and donations for the scholarship fund are greatly appreciated. Reserve space no later than October 1 by emailing ([email protected]). Sponsored by the NC Alternatives to Violence Project in partnership with the NC Peace Resource Center.
Volunteer Actors Needed for the Hallowe’en Graveyard Tour / Deadline October 11
Max Carter is expecting 75-100 people for the 8:00 p.m. lantern tour of the New Garden graveyard on Hallowe’en night, and would like to treat them to living “interpreters” of some of the fascinating people residing in our cemetery. Script will be provided. Contact Max Carter if you are interested (before October 11) at 336-292-7316 or email at [email protected]).
Vestal Coffin Commemoration Day / Events All Day – October 10
As part of the ongoing observance of the bicentennial of the UGRR in Guilford County, a day of commemoration for Vestal Coffin, the First “Conductor” on the Underground R.R. in Guilford County, will be held on October 10, Coffin’s birth and death date (1792-1826). Activity schedule (all free and open to the public): 9:30 a.m. “Origins of the Underground R.R.: African Americans, Native Americans, and Quakers,” Arwin Smallwood, Chair of the History and Political Science…
Volunteers Needed for Greensboro Urban Ministry Food Drive / October 18
It is time to sign up to participate in the next semi-annual Greensboro Urban Ministries’ food drive. Again, NGFM is assigned to the Harris Teeter at 701 Francis King Street, across the street from our meeting house on Friday, October 18. Please consider signing up for one of the 2-hour time slots. You will be paired with at least one other New Gardener. This event is a major resource for replenishing the food pantry, and…
Proposals for Funds Deadline / October 5
New Garden’s Peace and Social Concerns Committee provides small grants to organizations for projects that address priority issues through the Meeting’s Broader Concerns budget. Priorities for 2019 include: • Peace and conflict prevention/resolution • Poverty, homelessness, and hunger • Youth engagement • Clean energy and climate change crisis • Social, racial, and economic justice • Refugee crisis and immigrant rights. If you know an organization with a project or program that advances any of these…
Signup deadline for Friendly 8 Groups / September 27
“Friendly 8” are groups of Friends from New Garden Friends Meeting who meet monthly for food and fellowship. They offer an opportunity to get to know other members of New Garden Friends Meeting and are wonderful for both newcomers and long-time members alike. Complete and return the Friendly-8-Sign-Up Form and you will be paired with other Friends. Friendly 8 groups will begin to meet starting in October!
Moral Monday March and Mass Meeting / September 30
5 – 8 p.m. / We will gather at 5 p.m. New Zion Missionary Baptist Church, 408 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, and march (bring your signs!) to Shiloh Baptist Church at 1210 S. Eugene Street, where at 6 p.m. we will hear from Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II and Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, Co-Chairs of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival. Sisters and brothers directly impacted by the unjust…