Unless otherwise noted, Quarterly Membership Meetings are held at 2:00 PM on the first Saturday of March, June, September and December. The December meeting is traditionally our Holiday Party, and the meeting where official business and election of officers takes place. Members, guests, and interested persons are invited to attend any of our meetings.
Unless otherwise stated, meetings will be held at the Vivian J. Lincoln Library, 8829 McCart Ave., Fort Worth, TX (click for map). Details will be published in the newsletter, and provided below.
Note the change in date and location! We are meeting one week later, due to the election.
Our program will be a 71 minute video entitled, Unlocking Voices: Bridging the Future. This video was commissioned by the Fort Worth Tarrant County NAACP. It presents stories of important people who have shaped this area in profound ways. They stories are presented in the subjects' own words. It features Mattie Peterson Compton, the late Judge L. Clifford Davis, Dr. Opal Lee, Hon. Lorraine C. Miller, Rev. Floyd Moody, Norma Roby , Judge Louis Sturns, and Estella Williams.
The film is moderated by local journalist and civil rights icon Bob Ray Sanders.
Guests and interested persons are always welcome. Light refreshments will be served.
Board meetings are often held immediately following our Ethnic Luncheon on the third Saturday of the month. Meetings may be online, in person, or a combination of in person and on line.
No Board meeting is scheduled for those months with a quarterly meeting.
Board meetings are open to any member who wishes to attend. Contact an officer or Board member at least 24 hours in advance, for information, if you wish to attend a Board meeting.
Our Ethnic Luncheons celebrate the rich ethnic diversity of North Texas. They are held at noon on the third Saturday of the month.
Please contact Judy Williams (817) 680-9316 [text, not voice] by Wednesday prior to the dinner, unless otherwise noted below, in order to assist in determining a reservation count.
Restaurants have come and gone. Do you know of a new ethnic restaurant or an old one that we haven't visited in a while? Contact Judy Williams and let her know. She would really like to have your suggestion.
Check back in early May for the location of our next Ethnc Luncheon.
Come join us for good food, good company and good conversation.
We have not been assigned an Inbound Journey for 2026.
Due to travel difficulties to the host club that we were assigned for 2026, we regretfully declined FFI's offer of an Ambassador Journey. Members are encouraged to check out the opportunities to join another club's Journey or visit an independent host through the FFI member portal
Sarasota, FloridaOur friends in Sarasota are (finally) going to be able to visit us this October, and we are really looking forward to showing them the area, just as they did a great job of showing us the Sarasota area in 2023.
At their request, we will attend the Texas State Fair on one day, traveling to Dallas on the TRE.Show your support for our club and Friendship Force by volunteering to assist in the journey. Please email Linda Doyle and let her know you are willing to help - home host, day host, provide transportation, assist with our welcome and farewell events, or in another way.
Your Board is researching opportunities for Domestic Journeys for 2026. Check back later.
You and your friends are invited to join Friendship Force of Fort Worth journey to the Meadows Museum of Art on the SMU campus - 5900 Bishop Blvd., Dallas on May 14, 2026.
You may choose to drive to Dallas or join our group going by public transportation. Those of us going by rail will leave from the Fort Worth T&P Station on the TRE at 10:28 AM to ride to EBJ Union Station, then transfer to the DART RED Line north (Parker Road Line) to the SMU/Mockingbird Station stop.
We will lunch at 12:15 PM at the Finch Restaurant (5307 E. Mockingbird Lane, Ste. 150 in the Mockingbird Shopping Center). From there, we will take the SMU Red Express Bus 440 for a ten minute ride to the SMU stop at Bishop Blvd. and Binckley. The museum is a 5 - 7 minute walk (1 block) from the stop.
Our tour of the Meadows Exhibition is scheduled from 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, followed by free time to
explore the main collection. For those wishing to stay longer, the museum is
open until 8:00 PM on Thursdays. Cost for the exhibit is $12 for adults and $10 for seniors.
We return by bus to catch the 4:55 pm DART from SMU/Mockingbird Station to the EBJ Union Station where we will transfer to the TRE 5:45 train, arriving at the FW T&P Station at 6:48.
PLEASE PHONE OR TEXT
JERI EDMUNDS, (682) 559-9335, BY MAY 7 if you plan to join us, and
note the number in your party as the museum needs time to line up tour guides.
Hope you can visit the Meadows Museum with us for this very special exhibit!
If you have an interesting place, within 150 miles or so, that you think our club would enjoy, and would be willing to help organize, contact Jeri Edmunds (682) 559-9335. We can put it on the list for this year or next.
None currently scheduled.