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North Carolina Fellowship of Friends Meeting
Springfield Friends Meeting 555 East Springfield Road, High Point, NCThe next North Carolina Fellowship of Friends meeting will be held at Springfield Friends Meeting, 555 East Springfield Road, High Point, NC 27263. Schedule:10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Committees and Working Groups / 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Meeting for Worship with a Concern for Business. All New Gardeners are invited to attend. Contact Kate Hood Seel, New Garden’s representative with questions.
Annual Community Partnership Harvest Festival
New Garden Friends Meeting 801 New Garden Road, Greensboro, North CarolinaJoin members of five churches in the Friendship Community Partnership at New Garden for a great time! We’ll have lunch, participate in table games, including a sweet potato “beauty” contest, and enjoy a talent/variety show. We’ll also have sweet potato dishes for sale – cakes, pies, breads, salads – anything as long as it contains sweet potatoes! All ages welcome. What to bring: – a lunch dish to share – a sweet potato dish to…
Explore Effects of Gentrification
Embassy Suites, 460N. Cherry Street, Winston-Salem, NC / Explore the effects of gentrification across the Triad through a fair housing lens. "The Many Faces of Gentrification" is an event sponsored by Winston-Salem Human Relations Commission/New Horizons Fair Housing Committee. Experts from Greensboro, High Point and Winston-Salem’s housing, municipal, non-profit, banking, and educational communities are collaborating to represent a few perspectives for the day's discussions. Breakout sessions will include Seniors and Aging, Health, Working Wage vs. Market…
Ali Askerov at Guilford College
Guilford College 5800 West Friendly Avenue, Greensboro, North CarolinaThe Department of Peace and Conflict Studies and CRRC is pleased to host a talk on “The Problems Associated with Arbitrary Jurisdiction: The Nagorny Karabakh Case” by Dr. Ali Askerov from 6 to 8 p.m. November 14 at West Gallery, Founders Hall at Guilford College. The event is part of the James Fleming Lecture Series. All are welcome to attend! The event is open to public.
A&T Performance of “Dot”
North Carolina A&T State University Greensboro, North CarolinaPaul Robeson Theater on the campus of A&T University / The Friendship Community Partnership is organizing a group to attend the comedy Dot which is about a family whose mother has Alzheimer’s. The play will be presented at the A&T State University Theater on Saturday, December 1 at 3 p.m. If we get 10 or more folks to go, prices will be under $10. We want to attend the matinee at 3 p.m. on Saturday. Please…
Simple Christmas
Fellowship Hall / Meat and vegetarian chili are provided by the Miller's, so no one needs to bring food. But, Friends often bring cash should they feel led to contribute. Also, there are occasionally craft items for sale. Most years, activities include paper making, gift tag embossing, jewelry making, cookie decorating, and stories in the parlor.
Cookie Bake & Share
Bring your own cookie dough. Bake in the Meeting House kitchen. Hang out with Friends and decorate. Then share cookies for a spectacular holiday assortment.
Alternative Christmas
New Garden Friends Meeting 801 New Garden Road, Greensboro, North CarolinaWe invite refugees and non-profits to display their valuable work and offer us ways to give to friends and family by buying gifts and honor cards. This then helps refugees support themselves and organizations to help others. Lunch and treats will also be available for purchase. Those participating include; Taste The World, Ten Thousand Villages, Nana’s Treats, Biz Kids, Gate City Quilt Guild, Quaker House,Turkish Crafts, Urban Ministry, Renaissance Cooperative, Juana’s Items, AFSC, and Ecuadorian Crafts.