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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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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
Climate Strike Iowa September 2019
After so many years of working and hoping for attention to climate change, the climate strikes across the world are so wonderful to see. Even though it might be too late in the long run, building community is never a … Continue reading
Iowa and Global Climate Strike
Having written a lot recently about choosing between continuing to fight for climate change or, instead, preparing for the climate chaos that we’ll continue to experience, I’m a little ambivalent about things like this climate strike. Global strikes like these … Continue reading
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Sculpture Park 10th Anniversary
As part of the 10th Anniversary of the Sculpture Garden in downtown Des Moines, people were invited to submit one piece of art. Those selected were displayed at the Sculpture Park this afternoon. https://www.desmoinesartcenter.org/visit/pappajohn-sculpture-park I was having trouble deciding which … Continue reading
Still Shinin: The Documentary
I’ve written a great deal about the Kheprw Institute (KI), who has partnered with North Meadow Circle of Friends on the AFSC program, Quaker Social Change Ministry. In this article that was published in NUVO magazine, Diop Adisa talks about … Continue reading
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Muddling along at sea
“Muddling along at sea” is the title of the final section of the essay I’ve been writing about for the past week, Pontoon Archipelago or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Collapse. by James Allen. This section is … Continue reading
Posted in Arts, bicycles, climate change, climate refugees, Quaker, renewable energy, Uncategorized
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Sensemaking
A lifelong struggle for me has been the frustration that people don’t make the changes needed to address justice, peace, social and environmental problems. One of the most troubling, for example, is the direct connection between gas burning cars and … Continue reading
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Justin Bieber ‘can you also let those kids out of cages?’
Justin Bieber Calls on President Trump to ‘Let Those Kids Out of Cages,’ While Thanking Him for Helping A$AP Rocky by Josiah Bates, TIME, July 20, 2019 Justin Bieber has weighed in on the border crises and A$AP Rocky’s Swedish … Continue reading
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Silence
I don’t know what I might be led to write when I sit in front of my computer and try to move into a place where I can hear the Inner Light. What I’m hearing this morning seems disjointed, but … Continue reading
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Quakers, social justice and revolution 