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Climate Defenders Five Trial Today
DES MOINES, IOWA — The trial of the Iowa Climate Defenders Five (Todd Steichen, Martin Monroe, Miriam Kashia, Kathy Byrnes, and Ed Fallon) is scheduled to move forward on Tuesday, November 12 at 2:00 at the Polk County Justice Center, … Continue reading
Iowa climate activists go to trial
Miriam, Kathy, Ed and I walked together on the First Nation-Farmer Climate Unity March. My Friends, We’ve had four continuances (that’s legal speak for “postponements”) of our trial for our arrest on June 11, 2019 in West Des Moines at … Continue reading
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Protest, Protection, Spirit and Whiteness
From my teenage years I’ve been a student and tried to be a practitioner of the principles of nonviolence and civil disobedience. In the Quaker atmosphere of Scattergood Friends School I struggled with the decision every 18 year old male … Continue reading
Native and non-native peoples
I’ve been working on a PowerPoint slide presentation for an upcoming lecture. I’ve spent a lot of time trying to integrate and organize my experiences from the past several years. You can download the PDF version of this slide presentation … Continue reading
It’s not if a pipeline will leak, it’s when
Battling the Black Snake The coming of the Dakota Access and Keystone XL pipelines have fulfilled the Lakota prophecy of a terrible black snake meant to bring harm to the people of Turtle Island. Our Native organizers stand on the … Continue reading
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Protest and Protect
Definitions Protest: a statement or action expressing disapproval of or objection to something. Demonstrate: take part in a public demonstration. synonyms: protest · rally · march · parade · sit in · vigil Vigil: a stationary, peaceful demonstration in support … Continue reading
Attempts to Silence Pipeline Protestors
Silencing protest is crucial for establishing an authoritarian regime, as the current Republican party and administration are doing. As is suppressing media coverage of protests, or delegitimizing what reporting is done as “fake” news. Beginning in 2016 we witnessed the … Continue reading
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Practicing Hope
I’ve recently written about two people who were mentors for me, Sherry Hutchison and Don Laughlin. And that has led me to pray and wonder about what I have done, and might yet do, that could be a good influence … Continue reading
Another Mentor, Another Quaker Jailbird
Because of recent events involving Turkey and the Kurdish people, yesterday I wrote about my mentor, Sherry Hutchison. I was remembering her civil disobedience related to the Iowa National Guard being sent to the Middle East in 2002. I’ve been … Continue reading
Posted in civil disobedience, peace, Quaker, Quaker Meetings, Uncategorized
Tagged Don Laughlin, Scattergood Friends School
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My Mentor Was a Quaker Jailbird
As I’ve been studying the consequences of the abrupt withdrawal of U.S. military forces from northern Syria, I came across this fascinating article by Brian Terrell telling of a connection between Iowa Quakers and peace activists and events concerning Turkey … Continue reading
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Tagged Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative)
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Quakers, social justice and revolution 