Food Not Bombs: Modeling community, a meal at a time
posted: June 22, 2008 | category: community
tags: Food Not Bombs, free meals, Glenwood
Tina Firesheets’ excellent article about Greensboro’s Food Not Bombs is called “Community Cuisine,” and I love the title! My church has a weekly “community dinner” for the homeless (because it’s for the “community”), but Food Not Bombs really models what it means to build community with their three times weekly dinners and free-food distribution […]
Read More..>>Open House at the HIVE, April 26th
posted: April 14, 2008 | category: community
tags: events, Glenwood
From Liz:
WHAT: Open House at the HIVE — come find out more about what’s going on at Greensboro’s newest grassroots community space and how you can get involved!
WHEN: Saturday, April 26, 6:00-8:00 pm
WHERE: The HIVE, 1214 Grove Street (corner of Grove & McCormick)
***Bring your instruments for a musical potluck to follow!***
www.gsohive.org
“The HIVE is […]
The HIVE needs floor tile donations — please!
posted: April 8, 2008 | category: community, homelessness
tags: Glenwood, hunger, needs, you can help
From Liz:
We are ready to begin work on the Food Not Bombs kitchen at the HIVE (1214 Grove Street, www.gsohive.org) and we still need some more vinyl composition tile (VCT). Any color, any quantity would help — if you’ve redone a bathroom or kitchen floor and have some partial boxes of tile […]
Homeless man attacked in Glenwood
posted: April 1, 2008 | category: homelessness
tags: crime, Glenwood, homeless news
Fox8 reports that a homeless man was attacked and robbed early this morning while looking for a place to sleep in the Glenwood neighborhood in Greensboro. The man told police that two men approached him, attacked him with a chain and stole his backpack.
I checked the incident report and the man’s name, age and […]
The HIVE is looking for floor tile
posted: March 4, 2008 | category: community
tags: Glenwood, homeless news, hunger, you can help
Via email, from Liz Seymour:
The kitchen project has begun at the HIVE! Our first step is to put down a new floor, so we’re looking for 12″ x 12″ vinyl composition tile (VCT). Do you have leftovers from a flooring project at your home, business or organization? Any quantity, any color will […]
Really, really free market
posted: February 26, 2008 | category: community
tags: events, Glenwood
News about the next Really, Really Free Market, from Liz:
When: Sunday, March 2, 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Where: The HIVE, 1214 Grove St. (corner of Grove and McCormick streets; map)
How it works: It’s a little bit like a community yard sale, it’s a little bit like a potluck picnic, it’s a little bit like a […]
Glenwood: Two Views
posted: January 29, 2008 | category: Uncategorized
tags: Glenwood
Professor Wharton and Suzanne post about Glenwood. Dissonance.
Discussion & Movie on Gangs: “Bastards of the Party”
posted: January 4, 2008 | category: Uncategorized
tags: crime, events, Glenwood
Warning: Film clip contains graphic language.
Discussion & Movie on Gangs, Violence, Prevention & Solutions Featuring School Board Member Deena Hayes (see update below)
Thursday January 31st, 2008
7pm-9:30pm
The HIVE 1214 Grove Street, Greensboro, NC
(near downtown, the coliseum and UNCG, between Glenwood & McCormick)
www.gsohive.org
“Bastards of the Party” movie
As seen on HBO!!
Cle “Bone” Sloan, a longtime member of the […]
Whispers & Chatter: Growing the (Unsilent) Kingdom
posted: December 3, 2007 | category: community, faith
tags: Glenwood
From Suzanne’s new blog:
This is the around the 3rd or 4th Sunday that youth from Glenwood have come to sit with me in the “Big Service” at Grace after middle school Sunday school. I am so very happy that they are coming and can see that they are really learning about God.
But I have a […]
Are you urban enough?
posted: November 9, 2007 | category: faith
tags: Glenwood
Go GUPY, Spring Break 2008!
Music track: Urban Sophisticates, “Just Not Urban Enough“
