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Author Archives: Jeff Kisling
The answer to “What can I do?”
I have been wondering about the convergence of several things lately. I was blessed to have participated on the First Nation-Farmer Climate Unity March in 2018. That was the experience I had been searching for. The opportunity to develop friendships … Continue reading
Posted in #NDAPL, climate change, Indigenous, Spiritual Warrior, Uncategorized
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Working towards right relationship with Indigenous Peoples
My intention in writing yesterday’s blog post, Urgency to Decolonize, was to bring attention to the concepts of decolonization. I don’t think many White people are very familiar with that topic. And below I include an excerpt from the article … Continue reading
Urgency to Decolonize
I believe we need to stop our fragmented and ineffective responses to the chaos we are living in within the context of our current economic, social and political systems. These systems are broken. Capitalism is broken. Our political system is … Continue reading
“A system that was built by stolen bodies on stolen land for the benefit of a few is a system that is not repairable”
So many things that used to work no longer do. I think most White people are hoping their pre-COVID-19 ways of living will return if and when the pandemic is brought under some level of control. A growing number of … Continue reading
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We’re here to create peace
Sustained protests have occurred all over the country and around the world since the public killing of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis, May 25, 2020. The demonstrations represent anger from years of deaths of hundreds of people, disproportionately people … Continue reading
Posted in Black Lives, civil disobedience, race, Uncategorized
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De-escalation
I received some pushback regarding yesterday’s post, Non violence / No violence. The objections related to this: “As expressed in many ways in the following, the point of nonviolence is to de-escalate situations. The goal is to create a space, … Continue reading
Nonviolence / No violence
Protesters in the streets who are clashing with law enforcement are making a huge mistake. For weeks the public protests related to the killing of George Floyd and more broadly against police brutality and systemic racism were peaceful and there … Continue reading
Posted in #NDAPL, civil disobedience, Keystone Pledge of Resistance, peace, Uncategorized
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All that we are is story
Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative) is holding our Annual Session this weekend. In this age of the COVID-19 pandemic, we, as so many others, are using Zoom (an online meeting app) to connect with each other. When we resume, we re-Zoom. … Continue reading
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Let our lives speak for our convictions
The annual sessions of Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative) begin today. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, our meetings this year will occur remotely using Zoom, a video and audio online meeting application. The following is from the Yearly Meeting’s website https://www.iymc.org/ … Continue reading
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SHIFT the Narrative 7/23/2020
Today was another excellent episode of the SHIFT the Narrative series. Christine Nobiss and S.A. Lawrence-Welch discussed issues surrounding voter engagement and what that means to People of the Global Majority. “This is another interactive episode where we want to … Continue reading
Quakers, social justice and revolution 