2023 NOAH banquet
The 2023 NOAH banquet will be held on Thursday August 17, from 6:30-8:30pm, at the Millennium Maxwell House Hotel. Our keynote speaker will be Dr. Adrian Wilson, Vice-President Youth Opportunity Programs; Executive Director – My Brothers’ Keeper Alliance, an initiative under President Obama. This year's theme is In Times like These. Join us by becoming a sponsor of the event, purchasing an ad, a table of 10, or tickets.
Payment for sponsorships, ads, and tickets can be made electronically by scrolling to the bottom of the page at noahtn.org/donate by Thursday, August 3. For information on ads or sponsorships, contact Brian Zralek (bzralek@noahtn.org). For information about tickets or tables, contact Rev. Linda Brown-Saffore (615-513-7599).
Since 2014, Belmont UMC (along with 68 other congregations) has been working together with Nashville Organized for Action and Hope (NOAH) to bring about meaningful change in our city. We've accomplished this by listening to each other in "one-on-ones" and discerning our "burning bush" issues - things we're most passionate about. This is our chance to shape priorities and policies for change in Nashville.
Download the NOAH banquet flyer.
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You are invited to participate in the NOAH Issues Convention
Belmont UMC is a member of NOAH (Nashville Organized for Action and Hope), which works to change unjust, oppressive and racist systems, structures, and policies. We organize, advocate, and equip people to take public actions through our coalition of interfaith, multiethnic, multigenerational, and labor partners. Every four years, NOAH conducts a listening campaign within its member organizations to update the focus issues. Belmont UMC's top five concerns (along with the top 5 concerns of the other 68 member organizations) will be voted on.
This year, after interviewing sixty-five Belmonters about their hopes and concerns for Nashville, Belmont UMC's top concerns were: Affordable housing with public transportation, public education, state legislative overreach, stopping gun violence, and poverty/economic equity.
On Saturday, May 20, from 3:00-5:00pm, you are invited to be part of Belmont UMC's delegation at the NOAH Issues Convention, which will be held at Greater Bethel AME Church on 12th Avenue South. Member organizations will nominate the issues they selected for focus, and votes will be counted. Please join us as we set our path for the important work of making Nashville the best city it can be. Click here to sign up.
To learn more about NOAH, click here.