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Author Archives: Jeff Kisling
Memorial Tree Planting
I didn’t know what people would think about my recent blog post, My Tree Friend. For most of my life I thought of spiritual experience mainly in terms of human beings and the Spirit. Vertebrates have nervous systems of various … Continue reading
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Ethical Transportation
I am tremendously pleased by 16 year old Greta Thunberg’s decision to travel to the United States via a zero carbon sailboat instead of taking an airplane from Sweden. “This is a fight across borders.” Asked what she would miss … Continue reading
Disabilities and Community Building
Another just amazing presentation and discussion at the first National Network Assembly was the Keynote on Saturday, August 24, 2019, led by Reyma McCoy McDeid, the Executive Director of Central Iowa Center for Independent Living (CICIL). Reyma McCoy McDeid, MA, … Continue reading
NNA, Race and Community Building
Shanise Williams I, Black Voters Matter Fund, received a standing ovation after her eloquent and passionate keynote presentation at the National Network Assembly (NNA). https://www.facebook.com/ShaniseThe1st From her bio, “Shanise Williams I is a published poet, entrepreneur, blacktivist, feminist, and founder … Continue reading
NNA and Green New Deal
One of the main reasons I wanted to attend the National Network Assembly (NNA) was to see what other organizers might be doing about the climate emergency, the Sunrise Movement, and an Indigenous Led Green New Deal (GND). As I … Continue reading
Direct Action Blocked by Train
Several of the planned sessions I attended at the National Network Assembly related to direct action. I also participated in the unplanned event. This began Friday (8/23/2019) morning with “Our Story: The Movement Vision and Values Project.” The speakers were … Continue reading
My Tree Friend
I just returned from an amazing event, the National Network Assembly, held at the Des Moines YMCA Camp near Boone, Iowa. From information about the Assembly we received ahead of time, I knew I wouldn’t have WiFi or cell phone … Continue reading
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National Network Assembly – Registration and Schedule
I probably wrote my most recent blog post, Led to Take Risks, with myself in mind. I wrote about my friend Christine Nobiss suggesting I attend the first National Network Assembly at the Des Moines YMCA Camp near Boone, Iowa, … Continue reading
Led to Take Risks
These blog posts being published on the Internet, I never know who might read them. I appreciate you who do. Despite how it might sometimes sound in what I write, I am a fairly shy person, and usually uncomfortable doing … Continue reading
Quakers, social justice and revolution 