Category Archives: Black Lives

Quakers and the 1968 Poor People’s Campaign

Posted on August 14, 2018 by Jeff Kisling

Some Friends and I have been involved in this year’s launch of the Poor People’s Campaign. I have been wondering about Quaker’s involvement in the 1968 Poor People’s Campaign. I knew Quaker Bayard Rustin had been involved in the 1963 … Continue reading →

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Doing vs Talking

Posted on August 1, 2018 by Jeff Kisling

Brad Ogilvie, who I know from my connections to William Penn House, wrote: “A few years ago, I cut short a trip to Pine Ridge, S.D., so that I could lead a workshop at Baltimore Yearly Meeting annual sessions. The Pine … Continue reading →

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Photography as spiritual practice

Posted on July 21, 2018 by Jeff Kisling

As I wrote a month ago, the theme of the upcoming annual meeting of Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative) is “Being Centered in an Uncentered World.” The first evening session will be “Finding Truth and Beauty” where I will share my … Continue reading →

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Protest Art: Caged baby Jesus

Posted on July 9, 2018 by Jeff Kisling

The Nativity scene was put up early this year at Christ Church Cathedral, an Episcopalian church on the Circle in the center of downtown Indianapolis. The Episcopalian church’s dean and rector, the Rev. Stephen Carlsen, says the display that’s part of … Continue reading →

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Quakers and the Poor People’s Campaign

Posted on July 6, 2018 by Jeff Kisling

Last night Rev. William Barber spoke to Quakers gathered for this year’s meetings of the Friends General Conference at the University of Toledo. He mentioned attending Quaker meetings as a child. He spoke about two Quaker abolitionists who are heroes/sheroes … Continue reading →

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Fourth of July

Posted on July 4, 2018 by Jeff Kisling

Concerning Fourth of July celebrations, James West Davidson writes, “But the best orators who have marked the day have understood that our nation’s laurels are not meant to be rested on. Fourth of July speeches tend to divide into two … Continue reading →

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Race, Culture and Ideology

Posted on June 26, 2018 by Jeff Kisling

In a review of the book The Great Alignment: Race, Party Transformation, and the Rise of Donald Trump,” Paul Rosen writes: Emory University political scientist Alan Abramowitz argues that Trump is the product of an ongoing multigenerational process that has reshaped … Continue reading →

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Babies alone in concentration camps

Posted on June 20, 2018 by Jeff Kisling

Rachel Maddow breaks down trying to report on “tender age” shelters. Concentration Camp: a guarded compound for the detention or imprisonment of aliens, members of ethnic minorities, political opponents, etc., especially any of the camps established by the Nazis prior … Continue reading →

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Activism

Posted on June 11, 2018 by Jeff Kisling

   Activism consists of efforts to promote, impede, or direct social, political, economic, or environmental reform or stasis with the desire to make improvements in society. Forms of activism range from writing letters to newspapers or to politicians, political campaigning, … Continue reading →

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Poor Peoples Campaign-Week 5

Posted on June 9, 2018 by Jeff Kisling

Everybody’s Got the Right to Live: Education, Living Wage Jobs, Income, Housing This is the fifth of six weeks of nonviolent moral fusion direct action across the country to show our elected leaders we will no longer allow attention violence … Continue reading →

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