On First Day, April 16th, the Peace and Social Concerns Committee will host a letter writing event in the Fellowship Hall from 1:00 – 4:00. You may drop in for a while, or spend the whole afternoon. Choose a topic of your own leading or choose one or more of the topics for which we are providing sample letters and talking points provided by Friends Committee on National Legislation: Fair Treatment for Immigrants, Gun Violence,…
A great way to share your commitment to becoming antiracist is to give a child on your gift list a book written by or illustrated by an African American. There are countless ways of selecting such a book, but one good starting place is checking out the Coretta Scott King Book Award. This is an annual recognition by the American Library Association of outstanding children’s books. When I Googled this award, I recognized a book…
The Peace and Social Concerns Committee is happy to report we have provided warm comfort to many New Arrivals at the New Arrivals Institute (NAI) over the past few months of winter. The Meeting has donated 19 blankets to the New Arrival Institute for use to those needing the blankets to brave the cold winter days. This shows our warm commitment to New Arrivals Institute and warm hearts. This has been noted by Lynn Thompson,…
Join us for a screening of Babylon: Journeys of Refugees, followed by a discussion with the creators and light refreshments. The film runtime is 1 hour, and will start promptly at 6:00pm. Location is the Bryan Jr. Auditorium in the Frank Family Science Center at Guilford College. “Using puppets and moving panoramic scrolls, five actor/singer/puppeteers tell refugees’ stories in original four-part choral songs… Babylon looks at the relationship of refugees to their homelands, lost and…
The NCFF (NC Fellowship of Friends) Antiracism Working Group will meet on Thursday, March 30 at 7:00 p.m. via Zoom. Two guest speakers from the Friends Committee on North Carolina Legislation (FCNCL) will share with us about their Policy Committee and how FCNCL engages in antiracism work as part of their advocacy at the North Carolina legislature. Here is the link to their minute on racial justice and antiracism in case you would like to…
Dear Friends, It’s hard to believe that Easter is right around the corner. But it is! I hope you will all join us for our annual Easter Egg Hunt in the New Garden Friends Cemetery at the rise of Meeting for Worship (12 p.m.ish) on Easter Sunday (April 9th). Friends are invited to bring wrapped candy and small toys (think plastic egg size) to the Religious Education office next Sunday, April 2nd, for use as…
Can black people be racist? This is not for me to answer, but something that I have wondered about. In trying to find a definitive answer to this question I have become more confused. I think it depends on how you define “racism”. In the Pendle Hill Pamphlet that we all received in the mail during COVID isolation, author/scholar/activist Harold D. Weaver, Jr. says, “No”. According to Dr. Weaver, racism = power & discrimination/prejudice. Power…
The NCFF Anti-Racism Working Group will meet via Zoom on March 30 at 7pm to discuss the book To Drink From the Well. The book is in the New Garden Library, and Kate Seel ([email protected]) has an extra copy to give away. Contact Kate for the book and Margaret Rowlett ([email protected]) for the Zoom link.
