Quaker Cupboard Seeking Food & Hygiene Donations for Guilford College Students / January 18, 2023

Community, News, Social Concerns, Volunteer

Hi friends, this update comes from Jack and Quinn Finnegan in relation to our efforts to help those experiencing food shortage at Guilford College. Through our Quaker cupboard program we are asking for donations of items such as Ramen, pasta and sauce, nut butter, dried fruits, pop tarts, Gatorade, tortillas, chips, KIND bars, alternative shelf stable milks, other non perishable food items and hygiene products. There is a collection box on a table in the…

2023 Black Quaker Lives Matter Film Festival & Forum / February – April 2023

Art, Community, News, Social Concerns

The American Friends Service Committee & The BlackQuaker Project Present: The 2023 Black Quaker Lives Matter Film Festival & Forum Screening & Discussion Every Other Saturday / 4 February 2023 to 8 April 2023, 1 PM Eastern Time. The BlackQuaker Project (BQP) is proud to announce the 2023 Black Quaker Lives Matter Film Festival & Forum, a groundbreaking exploration of Black Friends who made a difference throughout both USA and world history. This year’s festival-forum…

Challenging Racism / January 13, 2023

Community, News, Social Concerns

I came across a book review that looks like a good read for myself and a good book for our Little Free Antiracist Library. It is entitled, “The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together”. It is written by Heather McGhee, an African American woman who has coined an expression, “Drained Pool Politics”. She uses the drained pool as a metaphor for many policies and actions that white people…

Quaker Cupboard Seeking Food & Hygiene Donations for Guilford College Students / January 13, 2022

Community, News, Social Concerns

Hi friends, this update comes from Jack and Quinn Finnegan in relation to our efforts to help those experiencing food shortage at Guilford College. Through our Quaker cupboard program we are asking for donations of items such as Ramen, pasta and sauce, nut butter, dried fruits, pop tarts, Gatorade, tortillas, chips, KIND bars, alternative shelf stable milks, other non perishable food items and hygiene products.

Quaker Activist George Lakey Coming to North Carolina / January 2023

Community, News, Social Concerns

This January longtime Quaker activist George Lakey is coming to North Carolina to promote his new memoir Dancing with History: A Life for Peace and Justice. He will also be sharing from his last book How We Win: A Guide to Nonviolent Direct Action Campaigning. We invite you to join us for two virtual and in-person opportunities in the piedmont. • Tuesday, January 17 at 6pm Durham Friends Meeting 404 Alexander Dr. ––Registration required for attending in-person:…

Challenging Racism / January 4, 2023

News, Social Concerns

I am sure that many of you join me in gratitude to Kate Seel for her informative weekly articles in the newsletter. I personally learned a lot from her reflections and appreciated her “non-preachy” style of relaying information. It is my hope that Kate may feel led to return to penning this article after her new advocacy duties are no longer as demanding. In the meantime, I will try to follow in Kate’s footsteps. If…

Parsonage Workday / January 7, 2023

Community, News, Social Concerns, Volunteer

Saturday, January 7, from 9:00 a.m. till 4:00 p.m. will be a workday at the Parsonage! Our temporary refugee housing ministry is starting to take shape. Bring a lunch and a drink and join your Friends for a day of fellowship and service. We need able bodies to ride with a truck and move furniture  and persons with some interior design sense to help arrange items in the parsonage rooms and kitchen. We will be…

Challenging Racism / December 27, 2022

Community, News, Social Concerns

Friends, I have some other important advocacy work to tackle in 2023, and it is probably time for a different voice. This is my final CHALLENGING RACISM column for now. It is clearly the responsibility of white people to educate ourselves about ways to dismantle racism and then to take appropriate action. How do we do that effectively? Some ideas: • Read books and watch movies, documentaries, etc. about the experiences of people of color…

Donations Needed for the Refugee Parsonage Project / December 26, 2022

Community, News, Social Concerns

The parsonage will soon be used to temporarily house newly arrived refugee families. In order to make the parsonage ready, we are requesting your assistance in collecting a large amount of furniture and housewares. See list below. For large furniture donations, please contact Roger Seel at [email protected] to arrange drop off or, if you’ll need pick up, to let him know. We will plan a day in early January to pick up all donated furniture…

Keep Up the Pressure for Congress to Act on Yemen! Help to End the Devastating War / December 21, 2022

News, Social Concerns

Our legislators need to hear from us this week. Urge Sen. Tillis and Burr, and Rep. Manning to support the Yemen War Powers Resolution (S.J. Res. 56/H.J Res 87). For nearly eight years, unauthorized U.S. military support and weapons sales have enabled the Saudi-led coalition’s participation in a horrific civil war in Yemen. In Feb. of 2021, President Biden announced the U.S. would end its support for the Saudi-led coalition, but important aspects of U.S.…