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Climate Change Empowerment Handbook
Here is the link to the CLIMATE CHANGE EMPOWERMENT HANDBOOK: Psychological strategies to tackle climate change from the Australian Psychological Society. (Thanks to Lance Foster for posting the link. Social media has become a way to educate each other). Executive … Continue reading
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This is about taking your power back, and figuring out how we do it together
One of my favorite songwriters, performers and spiritual warriors is Nahko Bear of Nahko and Medicine for the people. He just released the song “Lifeguard” and tells the story of this song below. He also speaks of how we can … Continue reading
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It’s not if a pipeline will leak, it’s when
Battling the Black Snake The coming of the Dakota Access and Keystone XL pipelines have fulfilled the Lakota prophecy of a terrible black snake meant to bring harm to the people of Turtle Island. Our Native organizers stand on the … Continue reading
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Follow-up on Toward Right Relationships with Native Peoples
The following is from a message sent to those who participated in the Toward Right Relationships with Native Peoples events in July when Paula Palmer was able to be with us here in Iowa and Nebraska. But even if you … Continue reading
Enshrouded
For days we’ve watched the scenes from the devastating and expanding California wildfires. Apocalyptic images. (describing or prophesying the complete destruction of the world.) Monday morning dawned smoky across much of California, and it dawned scary – over the weekend … Continue reading
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Protest and Protect
Definitions Protest: a statement or action expressing disapproval of or objection to something. Demonstrate: take part in a public demonstration. synonyms: protest · rally · march · parade · sit in · vigil Vigil: a stationary, peaceful demonstration in support … Continue reading
RuralOrganizing.org Launch Party With Che Apalache and The Ruralists
Recently, I transitioned to the role of Executive Director at RuralOrganizing.org. One of the first projects we’re working on is challenging media stereotypes about rural Americans. A huge piece of this work is making sure undocumented folks in rural America … Continue reading
US Army Predicts Collapse Within 20 Years
It feels a bit like whiplash, going from yesterday’s post about healing and hope, to today’s about rapidly evolving environmental chaos. But whiplash seems to describe the times we are living in. A recent article on the Daily Kos, (US … Continue reading
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Healing – Decolonizing Quakers
I appreciate this quote from the “Decolonizing Quakers” website: “the decolonizing that needs to take place, both the educating and the healing, are matters of urgency to the survival of the human species and the health of the Earth as … Continue reading
Reflections — Decolonizing Quakers
Yesterday I wrote about the new website Decolonizing Quakers. I appreciate this quote from the site: “the decolonizing that needs to take place, both the educating and the healing, are matters of urgency to the survival of the human species … Continue reading
Quakers, social justice and revolution 