Emerson/Thoreau Room

GreeNest believes that everyone deserves a place to sleep, eat, and gather. We believe there are enough beds, blankets, pots and pans, and furnishings circulating in our community for everyone. We connect these donated household items to neighbors overcoming adversity, creating a stronger homes and brighter futures. Come learn how that couch you've thought of replacing could change a life.

On June 17, 1943, several hundred African American workers sat down at their jobs at RJ Reynolds Tobacco and refused to work until their pay and working conditions improved. Over the next few days, thousands walked off the job across multiple tobacco companies. This began a years-long struggle chronicled by historian Robert Rodgers Korstad in his prize-winning book, "Civil Rights Unionism: Tobacco Workers and the Struggle for Democracy in the Mid-Twentieth-Century South." "Love Songs from the Liberation Wars", the jazz opera that tells the moving story of the 1940's tobacco worker strikes in the Camel City, is coming to Winston-Salem as a one-night special showcase performance.

Join us for an enlightening discussion with Gayle Goldsmith as she shares her experience in the Planetary Stewardship Program in the Dominican Republic. Through hands-on learning, Gayle explored the devastating effects of deforestation on water resources and agriculture—discovering how environmental degradation threatens food security and community resilience.