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Author Archives: Jeff Kisling
Truthsgiving
I often think about the concept of learning from my mistakes. We learn the most by making mistakes. In photography I purposely look for images that will be difficult to capture because of lighting, contrast, depth of field, or complex … Continue reading
GUILTY OR NOT-GUILTY: YOU DECIDE
Following is the statement written by my friend Miriam Kashia. This statement was written to be delivered during yesterday’s trial of the Climate Defenders Five (detailed here). She wasn’t permitted to read the entire statement then, so it is published … Continue reading
Climate Necessity Defense by Bold Iowa
Yesterday’s article, Climate Defenders Five Trial, gives the background for the case that was heard at the Polk County Justice Center yesterday. The trial was about the simple misdemeanor trespass charges against Todd Steichen, Martin Monroe, Miriam Kashia, Kathy Byrnes, and … Continue reading
Defend DACA Rally Today
A DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) solidarity event happening today at 12:15pm in Des Moines at the Shattering Silence monument near the Iowa Supreme Court building. Please join us if you are able to mark the US Supreme Court’s … Continue reading
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Tagged DACA, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
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Climate Defenders Five Trial Today
DES MOINES, IOWA — The trial of the Iowa Climate Defenders Five (Todd Steichen, Martin Monroe, Miriam Kashia, Kathy Byrnes, and Ed Fallon) is scheduled to move forward on Tuesday, November 12 at 2:00 at the Polk County Justice Center, … Continue reading
Iowa climate activists go to trial
Miriam, Kathy, Ed and I walked together on the First Nation-Farmer Climate Unity March. My Friends, We’ve had four continuances (that’s legal speak for “postponements”) of our trial for our arrest on June 11, 2019 in West Des Moines at … Continue reading
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Will your children be happy with what you have left for them?
How we live our lives reflects (or should reflect) our beliefs. Quakers try to be attentive to what the Spirit is saying to us at all times, though we often lose our focus. One of the reasons I treasured my … Continue reading
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Protest, Protection, Spirit and Whiteness
From my teenage years I’ve been a student and tried to be a practitioner of the principles of nonviolence and civil disobedience. In the Quaker atmosphere of Scattergood Friends School I struggled with the decision every 18 year old male … Continue reading
Effective Model for Social Change
Last night I was honored to be able to share some of my experiences in building relationships with Native peoples with the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF). You can see my slide presentation here: https://kislingjeff.wordpress.com/2019/11/02/native-and-non-native-peoples/ In the … Continue reading
Native and non-native peoples
I’ve been working on a PowerPoint slide presentation for an upcoming lecture. I’ve spent a lot of time trying to integrate and organize my experiences from the past several years. You can download the PDF version of this slide presentation … Continue reading
Quakers, social justice and revolution 