It’s fall, y’all – and that means that holidays will be coming up soon. As we think about planning our typical New Garden holiday activities, we want to consider how we will do these safely and inclusively again this year. We want to gather suggestions for new ways of doing our usual activities, and also new things that we can do to connect, be joyful and celebrate. Let’s get creative! A suggestion example is having…
Afghan Families are Coming to Greensboro and NGFM is helping in a number of ways. We will be co-sponsoring a family. We will need a group of New Gardeners to love and support them as they begin their new lives in the United States. They will need to have friends who could help them feel welcome in their new home. They will need guidance as they make their way through an unfamiliar land. They need…
From Vanessa Julye, in her pamphlet entitled The Seed Cracked Open (2005) on p. 10: Henry Cadbury writes that the first African-American Quaker was permitted to join Philadelphia Yearly Meeting in 1784. He noted that Quakers of European descent took up the subject of African-American membership in their meetings after freeing the enslaved in 1785. But ten years later, Joseph Drinker, a Philadelphia Friend, wrote with regret that prominent Friends objected to admitting African-Americans: “Preferring…
Join with others and lobby for peace and justice in our community, in our state, in our country, and in our world. There are two upcoming opportunities to get involved with Quakers in North Carolina through Friends Committee on North Carolina Legislation. Join FCNCL’s Annual Meeting Friends Committee on North Carolina Legislation website: https://fcncl.org/ Saturday, October 2, 9:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., online Join us to discuss: how does my faith lead me in advocacy…
Kendi Book Study meeting on Thursday, September 23, 2021 at 7 p.m. via Zoom. We will be discussing queries written by Ibram Kendi this coming Thursday related to chapter 14, Gender, and chapter 15, Sexuality, from the book, How To Be an Antiracist. Kendi’s queries (which are found in his companion book, Be Antiracist) ask each of us to look within ourselves and question our long-held assumptions. Feel free to join us whether or not…
September Meeting of the St. James/Westminster/First Presbyterian Partnership; Last week Peace & Social Concerns announced a new social justice ministry partnership with St. James, Westminster, and First Presbyterian churches. If you want to see what this is all about, come to the September meeting of the partnership on Monday, September 27 at 6:30 p.m. under the tent in the parking lot of Westminster Presbyterian Church, 3906 W. Friendly Ave., Greensboro, NC. Please wear a mask.…
AVP/ NC Basic Workshop / Join us and/or share with others who may be interested! While we aren’t able to offer traditional weekend workshops in person, we’ve come up with a way to offer a similar experience online using Zoom. Many of you have participated with us in one or more workshops – others have expressed an interest in our program. Here’s your chance to experience an AVP Basic Workshop online! Friday Night: October 1,…
New Garden Friends Meeting Peace & Social Concerns committee announces a new social-justice ministry partnership with St. James, Westminster, and First Presbyterian churches. The partnership is focusing on voting rights and voter suppression for the foreseeable future. The goal is to do social justice work together while developing fellowship within the partnership. NGFM was asked to join this partnership after a co-leader of the partnership noticed NGFM’s Black Lives Matter sign and listened to Pastor…
Join with others and lobby for peace and justice in our community, in our state, in our country, and in our world. There are two upcoming opportunities to get involved with Quakers in North Carolina through Friends Committee on North Carolina Legislation. Join Friends Committee on North Carolina Legislation‘s Annual Meeting / Saturday, October 2, 2021 / 9:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m./ online. Join us to discuss: How does my faith lead me in advocacy…
Thank you, Charles Drew. “Every two seconds, a blood transfusion is required in the United States. An eminent pioneer in the field was [African American] Charles Richard Drew [1904-1950], whose work on the banking of blood products and the logistics of collecting and distributing blood saved countless lives in the trenches of World War II and the wards of military and civilian hospitals. Equally important to his legacy was Drew’s dedication to racial equality in…