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Category Archives: Black Lives
Quakers and the Future of Racial Healing
Quaker rapper Sterling Duns speaks about Dreaming of Wholeness: Quakers and the Future of Racial Healing in a new QuakerSpeak video. “It feels simple and deeply radical to just say as a group that is committed to honoring that of … Continue reading
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Memorial to Victims of Lynching
“Inside the Memorial to Victims of Lynching” is a recent 60 Minutes (CBS) story by Oprah Winfrey. https://www.cbsnews.com/video/inside-the-memorial-to-victims-of-lynching/ The story begins “there is a reckoning taking place in America over how we remember our history. Much of the focus … Continue reading
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Tagged lynching, North Meadow Friends, racial terror
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Where to we go from here?
Where to we go from here? This question, and the related statement below are from Indiana Black Expo President Tanya Bell on this, the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Following that is a minute … Continue reading
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Black Lives Matter: NRA is a terrorist organization
The National Rifle Association (NRA) again pushes its extreme interpretation of the Second Amendment by trying to undo Florida’s recent, small move in the direction of sensible gun safety legislation. “The Black Lives Matter movement slammed the National Rifle Association … Continue reading
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Lynch Quilts Artist Explains
The reason for sharing the disturbing photo I took of one of the quilts in The Lynch Quilts Project was because a friend of mine, Jeff Howell and the artist, LaShawnda Crowe Storm were hosting a discussion about the project … Continue reading
Lynch Quilts Project
Here is a link to information about the Lynch Quilts Project. “The Lynch Quilts Project is a community based effort, which explores the history and ramifications of racial violence, specifically lynching, in the United States through the textile tradition of quilting. … Continue reading
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Peace vs a culture of guns
Living in the United States, with our gun culture, is difficult for those who believe in peace and nonviolence. The debates quickly become partisan and generate deeply emotional responses. There is a reason so much of these debates are simply … Continue reading
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Leadings and racial justice
Many of you had already heard one version or another of the story about not having a personal automobile that I wrote about again yesterday. Many Friends have also heard the story of how I became connected to the Kheprw … Continue reading
“We were all humans until…”
“We were all humans until race disconnected us, religion separated us, and wealth classified us.” Pravinee Hurbungs My friends Diop Adisa and Ra Wyse from the Kheprw Institute (KI) in Indianapolis let me know about the short film “Bluebird” by … Continue reading
Public Stories
Yesterday’s post about speaking out against injustice generated some interesting discussion on the unofficial Facebook page of my yearly meeting. As I said, I tend to agree that protests that just involve carrying signs aren’t useful for a number of reasons. … Continue reading
Quakers, social justice and revolution 