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Monthly Archives: April 2018
#noDAPL Summary
I hesitate to share things I don’t now the origin of, but the following image summarizes the struggle to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline so well. Many people didn’t follow what was going on related to this last year. Text … Continue reading
Posted in #NDAPL, Indigenous, Uncategorized
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North Korea Update 4/18/2018
Last month Linda Lewis and Daniel Jasper, AFSC staff who have been working in North Korea, visited us in Iowa for a number of events (https://kislingjeff.wordpress.com/?s=north+korea). We have been wondering what, if anything, might happen next. I’ve been telling people … Continue reading
Burt Kisling remembered
Tomorrow will be the memorial service for my father, Burt Kisling, who died March 21, 2018, after a three week struggle with pneumonia, which triggered heart and kidney failure. He was an awesome father, teacher and role model. I’m thinking … Continue reading
Memorial to Victims of Lynching
“Inside the Memorial to Victims of Lynching” is a recent 60 Minutes (CBS) story by Oprah Winfrey. https://www.cbsnews.com/video/inside-the-memorial-to-victims-of-lynching/ The story begins “there is a reckoning taking place in America over how we remember our history. Much of the focus … Continue reading
Posted in Black Lives, Uncategorized
Tagged lynching, North Meadow Friends, racial terror
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Lyle Smith
Wednesday evenings here in Indianola a group of about ten Quakers gather for meeting for worship. Most I have known for much of my life. Someone I hadn’t known is Lyle Smith, and since he doesn’t often say much, I … Continue reading
Spiritual Warriors Gather
I like to think of this past weekend’s Midyear Meeting as a gathering of Spiritual Warriors. I have enjoyed pondering the writings of Paulo Coelho, specifically Warrior of the Light: A Manual. I have spent a lot of time trying … Continue reading
Posted in #NDAPL, Quaker Meetings, Spiritual Warrior, Uncategorized
Tagged Bear Creek, Midyear Meeting
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Midyear Meeting 2018
Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative) of Friends (Quakers) meets twice a year. Midyear meeting occurs in March or April. It is a time to hear speakers on Quaker or peace and justice subjects, usually with a lot of audience participation, sharing … Continue reading
Indigenous Resistance to the Dakota Access Pipeline: Criminalization of dissent and suppression of protest
The link below is to the report to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, prepared by faculty and students of the International Human Rights Advocacy Workshop at the University of Arizona Rogers College … Continue reading
Posted in #NDAPL, civil disobedience, Uncategorized
Tagged criminalize protest, totalitarian, water protectors
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Martin Luther King Jr was a Radical
Martin Luther King Jr was a radical is the title of Cornel West’s article in the Guardian on the 50th anniversary of King’s assassination: The major threat of Martin Luther King Jr to us is a spiritual and moral one. … Continue reading
Posted in #NDAPL, Indigenous, peace, Quaker Meetings, spiritual seekers, Uncategorized
Tagged Martin Luther King
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Where to we go from here?
Where to we go from here? This question, and the related statement below are from Indiana Black Expo President Tanya Bell on this, the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Following that is a minute … Continue reading
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Quakers, social justice and revolution 