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THE BELOVED COMMUNITY CENTEROF GREENSBORO, NC

2004 was a very challenging but a very good year!

The Beloved Community Center House

served as a warm, welcoming place of

hospitality for many in 2004. Many services

were provided and encouragement was offered

in the spirit of community. Over 10,000

breakfasts and hundreds of Friday evening fish

dinners were served. Pictured are Nelson

Johnson dialoging with homeless neighbors

and Homeless Hospitality Coordinator, Terry

Speed, preparing to serve a meal.

. Holler led a discussion in the spring of 2004 around

conomic empowerment during the Pilgrimage for Justicend Peace, which advocated for workers in North Carolina

nd Latin America. The BCC will open a Workers Centern 2005 that offers support for low income workers,

specially immigrants.

The Community Dialogue on Education (CDE) met nearly evweek in 2004, including during the summer. On November 14,

CDE sponsored its third Town Hall Meeting at Gillespie P

Elementary School. The BCC, together with others, plays a major r

in supporting the CDE.

In May 2004 the BCC sponsored a free Family, Friends and

Community Breakfast for all BCC working groups and thelarger community network of groups and individuals who work

to make Greensboro and Guilford County a more just and

peaceful society. Attending were those actively involved in and

impacted by issues related to education, youth, peace, prison

reform and criminal justice, housing, immigrant rights, labor,

homelessness, and economic justice. Student Interns and the

young people of BCC led the diverse group in song and dance.

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In January of 2004 Constance Lane (in white), Greensboro

and one of the BCC Women of the Village, was honored special program that recognized her contributions to the cul

and community-building spirit of Greensboro. Constance pa

in July of 2004.

tudents from San Diego were one of many youth tour groups that

arned of Greensboros rich civil rights and grassroots movements

om BCCs Coordinator ofGrassroots History and Hall of Fame

roject, Lewis A. Brandon, III.

he daughter of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Ms. Naomi Tutu (in

ed) was among the more than 1,000 people that participated in the

5th Anniversary Commemoration March, From Tragedy to

riumph, one of the most diverse, spirited and dignified marchesn Greensboros history. This event was the culmination of more

han two weeks of activities organized to reflect on the 1979illings of five labor and community organizers, to support the new

reensboro TRC, and to stand for racial justice, economic justice

nd the right to dissent.

On June 12, 2004, over 500 people gathered in Greensb

train station for the historic Swearing-In of the First Truth

Reconciliation Commission of its Kind in the United S

(Greensboro TRC). Judge Lawrence McSwain, Former MCarolyn Allen and Congressman Mel Watt led the sweari

ceremony.

Make a contribution to forging a beloved community culture.

The Beloved Community Center P. O. Box 875 Greensboro, NC 27402

(336) 230-0001 www.belovedcommunitycenter.org

Photos by Lewis A. Brandon, III