To: Friends of FCNCL / Friends, we are seeking help from you in filling two positions. We hope that some of you are able to step forward or that you might recommend someone from your meeting who would be interested in filling one of these positions. Treasurer: We seek a Friend who is committed to the work of FCNCL and who has skills and experience in electronic banking and in the use of spreadsheets to manage…
This is the beginning of Black History Month, but celebrating this can be controversial. Why? Because Black History happens all the time, and some believe that confining discussion of it to one month of the year does not do it justice. Others believe focusing a specific time on it is important. Something to think about . . . A Friendly Reminder: The Black Quaker Lives Matter Film Festival is beginning this month, as reported in…
Feb 1 / Chinese New Year Feb 4 / Rosa Parks Day Feb 12 / NAACP founded in NY City 1909 Feb 12 / International Day Against the Use of Child Soldiers Feb 16 / Frederick Douglass elected president of Freedman’s Bank and Trust 1874 Feb 20 / World Day of Social Justice
Dear NCFF Monthly Meetings: The North Carolina Fellowship of Friends (NCFF) Antiracism Working Group is interested in the work being done around race and racism in the monthly meetings of NCFF and has put together a survey for individuals to complete. The responses will be anonymous, but we are asking for respondents to identify their monthly meetings. The results will be aggregated and reported to a future NCFF Gathering, hopefully this March. We will also…
Current guidelines for gathering at New Garden Friends Meeting All group activities at NGFM are structured to be as inclusive and COVID-safe as possible. Nevertheless, we urge all New Gardeners to be mindful of the update above from our COVID medical advisers. Please make decisions about gathering at New Garden Friends Meeting and elsewhere based on your personal level of risk for serious COVID disease and the risks that your exposure to COVID could pose for…
9:30 a.m-10:30 a.m. / Forum meets on Zoom: Check your email for a Zoom link, or contact [email protected] to receive a link. We look forward to seeing you online. January 30: Bayard Rustin was a Quaker Civil Rights activist, a close advisor to Martin Luther King, Jr., and the chief organizer of the March on Washington. This week, Friends are invited to listen to the podcast linked below, and join us for a discussion on Sunday.…
Case positively (the number of positive tests of all the test results reported not including in-home tests) is still 37.8%, an alarming percentage, and the number of COVID hospitalizations remains extremely high. Although the omicron variant is seemingly less severe, particularly in fully vaccinated individuals, the astounding number of cases recently diagnosed (with a small percentage still getting very ill) has filled up the hospitals and a high percentage of all ICU beds. We learned…
This comes from the Black Quaker Project: We are thrilled to announce the Black Quaker Lives Matter Film Festival, a first-of-its-kind film festival that endeavors to educate all about the importance of Quakers of Color who for too long have remained within the margins of the Society of Friends and the wider world. From 12 February 2022, during Black History Month, until Paul Robeson’s birthday on 9 April 2022 we will screen a film centered…
Seekers classes will happen on Zoom on Sundays, February 6, 13, 20, and 27 from 4-6 p.m. These classes are a wonderful opportunity for newcomers and long-time members to learn more about Quakerism and New Garden Friends Meeting. We will cover the basics of Quaker history, Quaker faith, Quaker community practices and business practices and variations among different branches of Quakers. If you are interested in participating in Seekers classes please email Margaret Webb at…
New Garden’s donation collection and distribution area for the Afghan resettlement effort continues to help establish households for our new Afghan friends. Here is our updated list of donations–items we are and aren’t accepting as well as our hours for the rest of January. The basement is at capacity for storage so our donations list has changed (temporarily) to include only items in high demand: mattresses and box springs, irons, ironing boards, juicers and blenders,…