SAVE THE DATES

First Friend’s Peace Festival at 2100 W Friendly Ave, Greensboro

Sunday September 25th, 12-2:30 PM Food Trucks, Singing, Dancing, Exhibitions, Creative art pro-

jects for all ages, Adoptable puppies and more! Come join

your local Quakers as we celebrate peace!

Speakers from the B'Hai, Muslim, Hindu and Quaker faiths

will offer a 4-5 minute answers to the question: How does

your faith tradition honor diversity in a way that creates

peace?

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NC Peace Action Awards Dinner Peace Action will be hosting their Peacemaker Award

on September 23rd. Their mission is to abolish war par-

ticularly as an instrument of U.S. policy, and build a cul-

ture of peace through personal responsibility and wit-

ness, education and promotion of human needs over

militarism . If you are interested in attending please

contact Toni Etheridge at tetheridge@afsc.org

Peace Festivals Happening Near You! Greensboro Peace Festival at 110 S. Greene St, Greensboro

Sunday September 18th, 5 PM The Greensboro Peace Festival is an international and in-

terfaith event held in downtown Greensboro that is free and

open to the public. The aim of the festival is to celebrate

Greensboro’s diverse interfaith community and to promote

community dialogue, understanding, and engagement.

Contact AFSC: 529– D College Rd. Greensboro, NC 27410 336-854-0633 facebook.com/afscnc September 2016

In lieu of our regular newsletter, we are sharing some important upcoming events

Stop Police Brutality! Protest October 22nd is a day that people around the nation have mobilized

every year since 1996for a National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality,

Repression and the Criminalization of a Generation. It is crucial that we

bring forward a powerful National Day of Protest in cities and towns across

the U.S. to challenge the ongoing violence against the people. This October

22nd, stand with thousands across the country to express our collec-

tive outrage, creativity, and resistance in response to the crimes of this sys-

tem. Our Peace and Economic Justice Program will be collaborating with

other local organizations to coordinate a united message against police

brutality. Contact our office (336) 854-0633 for more information or Toni

Etheridge at tehteridge@afsc.org.

PACHSI Meeting October 27th On Thursday Oct. 27 at 6:30pm PACHSI (Police Accountability Community

Safety Healing Initiatives) will hold a community meeting at the Beloved

Community Center located at 417 Arlington St. in Greensboro. A progress

report to the community about local work on policing issues will be on the

agenda. Come Join Us!

Guilford County Candidate Event

October: Date to be Announced

American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), League of Women Voters of the Piedmont Triad (LWV), and YWCA High Point will host a candidate event for county commissioners, board of education, and judges to interact with con-stituents and have an opportunity to address policy issues and plans for our city’s future. Our judicial candidates will engage informally and share infor-mation about their professional career choice.

Event is free and open to the public. Event will be held at YWCA located at 112 Gatewood Ave. High Point, NC.