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Category Archives: Black Lives
The most shameful and tragic problem is silence
Since our trip to Minneapolis last Saturday as water protectors, I’ve been thinking about activism, yet again. Wondering, again, why so few people come out to the streets with us, though it was heartening to find that around 500 or … Continue reading
The Artistic Excellence of Black Music
“So how do we respond to our dark times? The greatest tradition of prophetic fightback in the American empire is the black freedom struggle. The greatest tradition of moral and spiritual fortitude in the American empire is the black musical … Continue reading
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Women’s March and Privilege
I’m glad that again this year so many people turned out for the Women’s Marches across the country. Guys, when are we going to become as well organized and have Men’s Marches? Something with additional significance happened at the Women’s … Continue reading
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MLK Day and Race Today
On this Martin Luther King, Jr, Day, I’m happy I can share part of the eloquent post Mat Davis just wrote about the successful resolution to issues he has been struggling with recently. I was fortunate to meet Mat at … Continue reading
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King, Ali, the Kheprw Institute Taught Me
Yesterday I discussed some reflections as Martin Luther King Day approaches. I can’t help but be saddened as I remember the moral integrity and leadership of Martin Luther King, Jr, Muhammad Ali, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and all … Continue reading
Revising Queries 2
The Ministry and Counsel Committee of Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative) is asking our monthly meetings to consider possible revisions to our advices and queries. During the online Facebook discussion about this, Marshall Massey wrote: Just speaking for myself, I do not think … Continue reading
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Civil Disobedience and the Civil Rights Movement
If you’ve read recent posts from this blog, you know I’ve been using the journal I started when I was a Senior at Scattergood Friends School to share what was going on at a particularly significant and chaotic time in … Continue reading
What Actually Changed?
I’ve been writing a lot about the Quaker queries related to civic responsibility, and this one in particular: How do we share our convictions with others? Do we express our opinions with courage, yet with love, mindful of the Divine … Continue reading
Civic Responsibility
The queries we will be considering this month at Bear Creek meeting are about civic responsibility. CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY ADVICE Because Friends believe there is that of God in all people, we strive for a world of freedom, justice and equality … Continue reading
Medicine Wheel, Connections and Balance
As I have been learning from The Sacred Tree: Reflections on Native American Spirituality which these figures are from, the Medicine Wheel symbol is used by many native people in North and South America to represent many different things that are … Continue reading
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Quakers, social justice and revolution 