Worship to Hold Guilford Board of Education In the Light / June 14, 2022

Join Greensboro EarthQuakers in a worship circle outside the Guilford County Board of Education meeting on Tuesday, June 14, 3:45-4:30 pm. As part of the Solar Power Now Coalition’s Green Schools Now! Campaign for sustainable energy practices in Guilford County schools, Greensboro EarthQuakers will hold a Quakerstyle meeting for worship to hold the Board of Education in the Light as they consider future plans for constructing new schools. Following voters’ recent approval of a $1.7…

Anti-Racism Group Feedback / June 01, 2022

This Sunday, June 5, based on feedback from many in our community, other committee efforts, and insights from literature, the Anti-racism group at NGFM would like to recommend the following points for approval of Monthly Meeting. Art needs to be curated and possibly rearranged with an antiracism lens and evaluated to be kept or explained (e.g. mosaics, William Penn picture, Hicks picture some of which have problematic images of indigenous Americans, etc.). Meeting history needs…

Challenging Racism / May 25, 2022

Just 10 days ago there was another horrendous mass shooting in Buffalo, New York. I found a very interesting online article in Politico magazine: How the Buffalo Massacre Proves There’s No ‘Great Replacement’ by Sheryll Cashin on 5/21/2022. The last three paragraphs offer an excellent summary: “For decades, East Buffalo didn’t even have its own supermarket, but after a long campaign, East Side descendants succeeded in getting the Tops Friendly Market. The fact that a…

Anti-Racism Updates / May, 2022

New Garden Friends Meeting Anti-racism group agreed that our work falls into two categories: Examine and learn more about our racism as a faith community, and as Quakers. Guide New Gardeners towards information that will enable all of us to better understand our institutional racism and apply this knowledge to improving our function and work as a faith community that is committed to equality. Our goal in this work is to live into our testimony…

350th Anniversary of Quaker Communities in the Carolinas / May 28-30, 2022

Saturday, May 28, 2022 In conjunction with the New Garden/Guilford College Community Alliance, there will be a 9 a.m. visit to the graves of John, Mary, and Waldo Woody in the New Garden graveyard to share about their history and their involvement in establishing the African American community of Woodyside. Following that presentation, participants will drive to Woodyside (at Hibler off of Guilford College Rd.) for a brief walking tour. At 11 a.m., the program…

Ride the Bus to the Moral March in Washington / June 18, 2022

On June 18 the Poor Peoples Campaign is organizing a Moral March on Washington DC to rally for an end to systemic racism, the endless war economy, voter suppression, generational poverty, and ecological devastation. Join with others from Greensboro on a bus that will leave from Shiloh Baptist Church at 2 a.m. and return around 10:30 p.m. Find details at https://tinyurl.com/bdhyered For more information or to reserve your seat on the bus, contact Bill Mc-…

New Gardeners did a good deed in 1996, and look what happened / May 18, 2022

By Tom Lassiter / We never know how taking a risk and lending a hand will turn out.  Sometimes the result is beyond imagination. Some 25 years ago, New Garden Friends Meeting helped a Somali refugee family resettle in Greensboro. The family of Sharif Ali and his wife, Bibi, arrived with seven children. Ahmed, the oldest, was 10. Faduma, the youngest, was a baby. We had learned about the great need for resettlement sponsors during…

Challenging Racism / May 18, 2022

Have you ever visited the Ruth Wicker Tribute to Women in the Barber Park Event Center in east Greensboro? It is worth seeing! Ruth Wicker was a local resident who made this possible with her estate gift. It honors women educators, researchers, activists, advocates, journalists, nonprofit leaders, a musician and a pilot who called Greensboro home. – KHS ([email protected]) A Greensboro News article (2019) is copied below; “New exhibit commemorates Greensboro women who made a…

Challenging Racism / May 10, 2022

When Bryan Stevenson, Director of the Equal Justice Initiative, speaks he notes how important “proximity” is, if we really want to understand racism and to dismantle it. He is talking about being physically close to people and their situations. As I think about my anti-racism work I realize that this is a challenge for people like me, who live, work and worship in majority white areas and have fostered primarily white relationships. I am trying…

How to Help Ukraine / May 4, 2022

Drop donations at Trinity Church: 5200 W Friendly Ave, Greensboro, Monday- Friday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. First aid and first aid kits Nonperishable foods Batteries Bandages Women’s hygiene products Diapers, wipes Disposable gloves Pain medicine Antiseptic wipes Gauze pads and rolls Bandages Antibiotic Ointment Burn Aid Sleeping bags Blankets and Bedding Thermal underwear Disposable utensils, tableware Items for newborn babies Clothing and footwear for women, men, children Checks (made out to “Living Water”…