Come check out this month’s featured book and DVD to learn more about multiculturalism and diversity or browse the rest of our library, either in our office or online! Featured book for August – Spiritual Perspectives on Globalization: Making Sense of Economic and Cultural Upheaval – by Ira Rifkin (From the back cover:) The economic [...]
We should stop scapegoating immigrants Thursday, July 1, 2010 Counterpoint: By the Rev. Mark Sills Anti-immigrant feelings are nothing new. In the late-1700s, Benjamin Franklin complained about the influx of Germans, whom he described as dirty, lazy, unwilling to learn English and having a negative influence on our culture. In the mid-1800s, the “Know-Nothing” movement [...]
Looking for this session’s movies? You can find them at our Video Sharing Site, Vimeo HERE. Or you can visit the special page we’ve set up here. The Movies without Borders Project is blessed with an especially dedicated group of volunteers– a fact that most of the students in the class mentioned in their evaluations [...]
When: Saturday, June 26 What time: 3 pm Where: Greensboro Historical Museum 131 Summit Avenue Greensboro, NC Refreshments will be served after the show. Join us for a late afternoon extravaganza to celebrate the movies created by the seven students in the Movies without Borders Project. Our students for this round are from Iraq, Sudan, [...]
Movie-makers Arjun Kapur and Trish Perkins were at the studios of WFDD radio a few days ago to record an interview about our Movie-Making Gala and the course we’ve been conducting this spring in conjunction with the American Friends Service Committee. Click the link below to hear the interview. We’re about 3 minutes into the [...]
The Border and Greensboro from Patricia Perkins on Vimeo.
The events in the border region between the US and Mexico impact our our lives here in Greensboro, NC, the group gathered Monday night concluded. The more than 50 participants watched the documentary film, “Dying to Get In,” a project created by Brett Tolley, a senior at Elon University at the time, about the problems [...]
Silent Witness for Immigrant Rights from Patricia Perkins on Vimeo.
On Saturday, 200 Greensboro residents stood in solidarity with tens of thousands across the country who support immigration reform, oppose the recent draconian Arizona law and denounce the inefficient 287(g) program in Guilford County. We lined the sidewalk on Elm St and received appraising honks from cars and were covered by News 2 WFMY (with [...]
Global Music Night at Greensborough Coffee from Patricia Perkins on Vimeo. FaithAction was Charity of the Month in March for Greensboro Coffee. The last Friday of the month, we celebrated with music from around the globe with live performers from several countries and traditions over snacks and a cup of coffee.
