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Since Parkland
I can think of no greater failure of our society than the accelerating rate of school shootings. Protecting our children is our most sacred duty. And yet even the most common sense policies for gun control are shut down by … Continue reading
Tools to Help You Ask to Stop the March to War with Iran
Yesterday I wrote about some history related to how the U.S. got involved with the Vietnam and Iraq Wars. About how flimsy the rationale to start those wars was, and the parallels today as we see the same pattern developing, … Continue reading
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Glick Photography Selection 2013
I recently saw the tulips that Pella, Iowa, is famous for. They reminded me of the photograph below that was selected for the Glick Public Art Project. At the time I was working at Riley Hospital for Children, part of … Continue reading
Stop the March to War
We are clearly seeing yet another deliberate series of steps to provoke war. This time Iran seems to be the target. This video from the editors of History.com explains how President Lyndon Johnson used the alleged attack on U.S. Navy … Continue reading
Dual Threats at Pine Ridge
A new message from Chase Iron Eyes, Lead Counsel, Lakota People’s Law Project, describes the continued challenges from the flooding at Pine Ridge and a threat to the rights of anyone who protests in South Dakota, or supports those who … Continue reading
Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative) Friends and Indigenous Peoples
Following is a blog post I wrote a year ago. I’m sharing this again today because it provides a history of recent connections with Native Americans and Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative) Friends, up to when the post was written in … Continue reading
Reports Related to National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
The Billings Gazette has an amazing collection of photos from the Line the Rim event yesterday, where hundreds gathered along the edge of the Billings Rimrocks to honor missing and murdered indigenous people. The event was organized by Montana State … Continue reading
National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
I feel badly that it was merely two years ago when I began to learn about the epidemic of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) in the United States, Canada and other countries with indigenous communities. Over 90 percent of … Continue reading
One Water, One Air, One Mother Earth
This summer Paula Palmer will be leading a series of workshops related to “Toward Right Relationship with Native Peoples”. My experiences over the past several years working with people of color and indigenous people on environmental issues has reinforced my … Continue reading
4 Dead in Ohio, May 4, 1970
I clearly remember May 4, 1970, when Alison Krause, William Schroeder, Sandra Scheuer, and Jeffrey Miller were shot and killed by Ohio National Guard troops at Kent State University while protesting against the Vietnam War. I was a Senior at … Continue reading
Quakers, social justice and revolution 