Click on the photo to see a whole album of photos from the World Religion Day celebration that took place January 17th at the Presbyterian Church of the Covenant in Greensboro, NC. World Religion Day, a brainchild of the Baha’i National Spiritual Assembly, is celebrated in about 100 countries in the world. Here in Greensboro, [...]
DUE TO WINTER WEATHER FORECASTS, THE OPENING HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12th. What: Photography Exhibit of Portraits of Muslims from North Carolina Where: FaithAction International House, 705 N. Greene St., Greensboro, NC 27401 When: Feb. 5 – Mar. 3, 2010 Opening Reception: 6 – 9pm, Friday, Feb. 5, 2010 6-9pm, Friday, Feb. 12, [...]
National Conference for Community and Justice The Greensboro Chapter of the National Conference for Community and Justice produced a video to showcase the two men they honored for their commitment to equity and inclusion. The theme of the 2009 NCCJ Brotherhood/Sisterhood Citation Award Dinner was “Living the Golden Rule.” We’re proud that our Executive Director [...]
7th Annual Multicultural Thanksgiving Dinner There were more than 300 people who shared their favorite dishes and a lovely program of dance and music at FaithAction’s Multi-Cultural Potluck Thanksgiving Dinner on the first Monday of November. This was our 7th Annual celebration of Thanksgiving. We selected Thanksgiving as an event that does not belong to [...]
We co-sponsored a town hall meeting on immigration reform back in September. Here is one video that has come out of that. We had hoped that Senator Kay Hagen would come. Then we hoped that her “Senior Advisor” would stay long enough to really hear the voices of the undocumented immigrants. Maybe next time.
The movies are made! You can see them here. The Gala Premiere was held and nearly 200 folk turned out to enjoy the small but powerful films made by our refugee and immigrant students. Our nine students, from Burma, Mexico, Bhutan, Togo, Niger, Liberia and Spain,all created short (1-3 minute) movies on the theme of “My [...]
The Southern Coalition for Social Justice has given FaithAction International House a small grant of $3,000 to help us reach into refugee and immigrant communities with information about the importance of being counted during the upcoming US Census 2010. We will use the funds to make sure that accurate information about the Census and how [...]
