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. The stories are presented in the subjects' own words. The video 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 July for the location of our next Ethnc Luncheon.
Come join us for good food, good company and good conversation.
Victoria and Vancouver IslandIT'S A MATCH! Our 2027 outbound journey has been coordinated. We will be travelling to the scenic northwest to visit the Friendship Force of Victoria and Vancouver Island, some time in June.
Check back here for more details when we work out details with the host club.
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.
The docent-led tour included two important artistic dynasties of Spain. Raimundo de Madrazo (1841-1920) was a renowned genre and portrait painter. Fernando Yanez de la Almedina (1475-1537) was Spain's foremost renaissance painter.
Lunch was at the Finch Restaurant (5307 E. Mockingbird Lane, Ste. 150 in the Mockingbird Shopping Center).
Our tour of the Meadows Exhibition was from 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, followed by free time to
explore the main collection
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.