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Dakota elder leadership and Scaffold
I’ve written recently about the sculpture called Scaffold, that was being installed at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, and then about the mediation that occurred and resulted in the sculpture being removed from the art center. The story caught … Continue reading
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Tagged cultural appropriation, elder, leadership
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Scaffold Mediation and Deconstruction
Yesterday the meeting described below occurred to mediate how to deal with the issues around the statue Scaffold, that was being installed at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. The link to this blog post describes that meeting, and announces the … Continue reading
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Scaffold
A sculpture, called Scaffold, that was being installed at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, has created such controversy, especially in Native communities, that it is going to be removed. A little known episode in United States history was the … Continue reading
Out of the Mountain of Despair, a Stone of Hope
This is the first time in Washington, DC, that I have been able to visit the Martin Luther King, Jr, Memorial. I walked there last night, but was in a hurry, and there were a lot of other visitors around, … Continue reading
100 Days
As the political world focuses on what the new Republican administration has and has not accomplished in its first 100 days, I’m reposting something I wrote last May, during the primary election season, as my own benchmark. There were a … Continue reading
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Silence and Icebergs
I have been carrying a deep, spiritual hurt since learning about, and writing about the scope, depth and complexity of the propaganda machines being used and further developed today. To learn of the extremes to which many are willing to … Continue reading
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Tagged propaganda, truth
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Reese Hamilton – Trailblazer
Over 300 members of the Indianapolis community came together at the Kennedy King Park today, for our annual celebration of the remarkable speech Robert Kennedy gave 49 years ago, announcing the death of Martin Luther King, Jr. This story is captured … Continue reading
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Death of Martin Luther King, Jr
This is the sad anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr, in Memphis, Tennessee, April 4, 1968. The New York Times has an article today about King’s opposition to the Vietnam War. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/04/opinion/when-martin-luther-king-came-out-against-vietnam.html?_r=0 Online photo album of Kennedy … Continue reading
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Gay Stories
In these times when “others” of any kind are under attack by the Republican administration and its supporters, I appreciate it even more when stories appear that embrace diversity, instead. As I’ve written, I just love the movie “Moonlight“. I’m really … Continue reading
Quakers, social justice and revolution 