International Friends

Feb 13th the world-famous Alvin Ailey Dance Company will be performing at UNC’s Memorial Hall.  See more about them here.  For students, tickets are only $10 with your OneCard.  This will be an amazing evening of dance, and we want you to come with us!  A group from International Friends will have dinner first and then go to the show together.  If you would like to go, tickets are selling fast so you need to buy your ticket at the Box Office of Memorial Hall now for the Feb 13th show.  (Our group won’t be able to sit together, so just buy any ticket available. But we will go to dinner before the show together).  For more info or if you are going, email Wendy at songw@live.unc.edu.

This Friday we have another Free Friday Night Dinner coming up, Jan 27 at 6pm in the School of Public Health. We will be providing a free meal of chili and bread.  After dinner we will do a game night and have our usual coffee house with desserts, coffee and tea, so it’s a great place to make new friends!  The Hooker Building is located near the Health Science Library on South Columbia St.  See it on the map here.

Also wanted to remind you about our new Bible Discussion Group that kicks off tomorrow called Christianity Explored!  Is it possible there is a God?  Did Jesus claim to be God?  What difference would God make in my life?  Join us as we explore Christianity together in a friendly discussion group.  We will meet on campus Wednesdays from 5-6pm in the School of Public Health Hooker Building, room 3100.  Email Katelyn at katelyn.m.dougherty@gmail.com for more information.

Welcome back to a new semester! We hope you all had a great holiday and are refreshed for the New Year. We’ve missed you! But we wanted to let you know about our first Friday Night Dinner of the year, this Friday, Jan 13 at 6pm in the School of Public Health. We will be providing a free meal of lasagna, bread and salad.

As you may know, Monday Jan 16 is a national holiday when we celebrate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, an African American who was very influential in fighting for justice for black people during America’s civil rights movement. We will have a special guest speaker with us, Fred Williams who works with an African American Christian ministry in Raleigh. He vividly remembers Dr Martin Luther King and was profoundly impacted by him growing up in segregated NC where black people did not have the same rights as white people. He will share about his experience during this time, about Dr King, and about why racial reconciliation is important for all of us now, no matter what country we live in. We hope you will join us to learn about this important aspect of American society.

We will also have our usual coffee house with desserts, coffee and tea, so it’s a great place to make new friends! The Hooker Building is located near the Health Science Library on South Columbia St. See it on the map here.

Dear wives of students and scholars: Join us once a month for a Ladies’ Tea. Each month we will meet to enjoy tea and snacks while learning about a craft, art or style of cooking.  This is a great chance to meet other women, practice English, and learn about other cultures.  The Tea will be on Tuesday, Dec 6 from 2:30 – 4:30 PM. Tea will be provided and we will decorate Christmas cookies; feel free to bring a snack or dessert to share. The location is the Chapel of the Cross Church on the corner of Franklin Street and Hillsborough St (near the Planetarium).  You can see the location on this google map.  Please email Alisa at rajakumari007@msn.com for further details.

International Ladies Tea, Tues Nov 15, 2:30-4:30pm

Dear wives of students and scholars: Join us once a month for a Ladies’ Tea. Each month we will meet to enjoy tea and snacks while learning about a craft, art or style of cooking.  This is a great chance to meet other women, practice English, and learn about other cultures.  The Tea will be on Tuesday, Nov 15 from 2:30 – 4:30 PM. Tea will be provided; feel free to bring a snack or dessert to share. The location is the Chapel of the Cross Church on the corner of Franklin Street and Hillsborough St (near the Planetarium).  You can see the location on this google map.  Please email Alisa at rajakumari007@msn.com for further details.

This is sponsored by the UNC Intramural League.  If anyone from International Friends enters, please email Kate at Kate.Hagborg@gmail.com to let us know so we can come cheer you on!

Come join us in the Underground of the Student Union on November 15th, 16th, and potentially 17th (depending on the number of participants) for the IM Table Tennis Tournament.  Register now on www.imleagues.com/unc/registration through Tuesday, November 8th.

Email Tori Hooker (tleighc@email.unc.edu) with any questions!

You are invited to the International Friends Thanksgiving Dinner Party! It will be Friday Nov 11 at 6:30pm in the School of Public Health Atrium (Hooker Building). The Hooker Building is located near the Health Science Library on South Columbia St. See it on the map here.

Several local churches will be providing all the traditional foods: turkey, graving, stuffing, green bean casserole, mashed potatoes, salad, bread, and of course lots of pumpkin pie! it will be a delicious feast and a chance to learn about this famous American holiday!

To know how much food to prepare, we need you to RSVP!  Please click this link and tell us how many people in your group will be attending the party (include spouses, children, friends, etc).  Only one person per group needs to respond for everyone:  http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/BV72YW6

After the meal we will have a short play put on by other international students about the origin of the Thanksgiving holiday, and then we will have dance lessons! We will be learning a traditional American folk dance called the Gallop Qaudrille (think Pride and Prejudice kind of dancing, you can see it here).  No dancing experience necessary, it will be fun for all of us to learn this old folk dance together! We hope you can join us!

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If you are interested in learning more about Jesus, want to make some new friends, and experience Washington DC, come with us to the Vision Conference Dec 28-Jan 1. See more details on our page “Vision 2011 in DC” above and email kate.hagborg@gmail.com for more information.