Please join us at New Garden Friends Meeting for the 2026 annual meeting of the North Carolina Friends Historical Society. The date is November 7, 2026, and the address is 801 New Garden Road, Greensboro, NC 27410. Come at 9:30 AM for meet and mingle, then stay for the business meeting at 10:00.  Light fare and beverages will be served. At the conclusion of the business session, noted North Carolina native historian Dr. Alvis Dunn will deliver the keynote address. His presentation will highlight the Quaker influence in the development of North Carolina and the United States as we commemorate 250 years of our nation’s independence.

Associate Professor Alvis Dunn teaches North Carolina History, U.S. History, Historiography, Humanities, Latin American History, and Geography at UNC Asheville. He earned his doctorate at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and taught for 15 years at Guilford College in Greensboro before coming to UNCA in 2013.

At UNC Asheville Dr. Dunn has served as the Coordinator of Humanities 324 since 2022. He also currently coordinates the Foundations of American Democracy curriculum at UNC Asheville. In 2020 he earned the Award for Teaching Excellence in University Programs.

Alvis was born and raised in rural Chatham County, North Carolina, and is the son of postal employees who also farmed and ran a hardware store.