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Author Archives: Jeff Kisling
Beauty Destroyed
I have been blessed to have seen the awesome beauty of nature, especially our National Parks. It is sad to think of the contrast between that time of visionaries who set aside those wonders for the enjoyment of all, and … Continue reading
Unist’ot’en Healing Centre
The Unist’ot’en Healing Centre is described below. As important as it is in its own right, the Healing Centre is now the focus of attention regarding the approval of the Coastal Gaslink (CGL) pipeline. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (excerpts)Tues, January 21, … Continue reading
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Listen
Different cultures have different practices and language for the prayerful state of listening for and sharing spiritual messages. Many groups are guided by people who are identified as spiritual leaders. Weekly Quaker meetings for worship are a gathering of people … Continue reading
Posted in Black Lives, Kheprw Institute, Quaker, race, Uncategorized
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Wet’suwet’en Call for Legal Observers
Planning and executing a nonviolent direct action needs careful planning ahead of the event. An important part is to teach the significance of not responding to provocation. This is so important that training almost always uses role playing, so participants … Continue reading
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Imagining what Martin Luther King, Jr, might do today
As we pause to honor the life and work of Martin Luther King I am reflecting on what he might think and do if he were alive today. As I am doing that now, I hear John Lennon’s song “Imagine” … Continue reading
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#LANDBACK Update from Gidimt’en Territory
Gidimt’en Access Point exists at the direction of our Hereditary House Chiefs in support of their long standing position against oil and gas pipelines. We stand strong and continue to protect our territories. We can breathe again with industry off … Continue reading
Martin Luther King, Jr
The major threat of Martin Luther King Jr to us is a spiritual and moral one. Martin Luther King Jr turned away from popularity in his quest for spiritual and moral greatness – a greatness measured by what he was … Continue reading
Sunrise Movement 2020
I recently summarized my involvement with the Sunrise Movement, beginning when the Movement made national news in November, 2018, and the Sunrise youth staged a sit-in at Speaker Pelosi’s office, some arrested for nonviolent direct action. One of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s first … Continue reading
Mni Wiconi: water threatened again!
Following is from Chase Iron Eyes, Legal Counsel, The Lakota People’s Law Project: In 2016 and ‘17, you stood with Standing Rock because you knew the importance of the Lakota maxim: Mni Wiconi — water is life. Decades back, a … Continue reading
Sample Letter to John Horgan
Judy Todd has graciously given permission for us to use her letter below as a template for our own letters to British Columbia Premier, John Horgan, regarding the threatening situation in the unceded Wet’suwet’en territories. John Horgan, I am sad … Continue reading
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Quakers, social justice and revolution 