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Author Archives: Jeff Kisling
Bear Creek Friends and Monteverde Friends School
I’ve written recently about the connections between Bear Creek Friends Meeting, in the countryside north of Earlham, Iowa, and the Monteverde Friends community in Costa Rica. A recent email conversation began when I expressed my appreciation for the hand drawn … Continue reading
Bear Creek Friends (Quaker) Meeting supports Green New Deal
December 16, 2018, Bear Creek Friends (Quaker) Meeting discussed the Green New Deal, as part of the Peace and Social Concerns Report (below) that was also approved. Minute Approved: Bear Creek Friends Meeting supports the idea of a Green New … Continue reading
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Sunrise Movement: Theory of Change
Our theory of change (the thinking behind the plan) Stopping climate change means completely updating our energy, transit and food systems. This will require aggressive action at every level of government, sustained for many years in a row. History shows … Continue reading
Quakers, Faith and First Nation-Farmer Climate Unity March
This video is about some of the ways faith played a role during the First Nation-Farmer Climate Unity March, a 94 mile March along the route of the Dakota Access pipeline in central Iowa. The transcript of the video is … Continue reading
Sunrise Principles
Sunrise Principles These are guidelines of our movement which we all commit to uphold. Any action that does not embody these principles is not a Sunrise action. We are a movement to stop climate change and create millions of good-paying … Continue reading
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Sunrise Movement and Green New Deal organizing
Yesterday I tried to provide an introduction to the Sunrise Movement, which is currently the organizing force behind the Green New Deal. What I didn’t do was convey why I feel such hope and interest in this movement. I’ve spent … Continue reading
Together, we will change this country and this world, sure as the sun rises each morning.
The title quotation is from the Sunrise Movement website. I am beginning to believe we might actually be moving toward solutions for our environmental crisis and dysfunctional economy, education, healthcare and political systems. That is a remarkable thing to say. I’ve … Continue reading
Love Knows No Borders
As I wrote yesterday, the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) is participating with others across the country for a week of action as we stand in solidarity with the migrant caravan and all who seek refuge in the U.S. Together, … Continue reading
Walls
Sheila Kennedy wrote about the “wall” this morning, sharing this poem by Robert Frost. Before I built a wall I’d ask to knowWhat I was walling in or walling out,And to whom I was like to give offence.Something there is … Continue reading
Quakers, social justice and revolution 