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Category Archives: civil disobedience
Who am I?
My Quaker meeting, Bear Creek, is part of Iowa Yearly Meeting of Friends (Conservative). As the name implies, people who belong to this group of Quaker meetings come together annually for business, worship, learning and spending time with each other. … Continue reading
“We Will Be Waiting”
The Keystone XL pipeline is back in the news. Wednesday, July 11, the Cheyenne Sioux River Nation in South Dakota received the following letter from TransCanada.The Cheyenne River tribe has opposed the Keystone pipeline since it was first proposed in … Continue reading
Posted in #NDAPL, civil disobedience, Indigenous, Uncategorized
Tagged Cheyenne Sioux River Nation, Keystone Pipeline
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Two-eyed Seeing
Two-eyed seeing “recognizes the benefits of seeing from one eye with the strengths of Indigenous ways of knowing, from the other eye the strengths of the Western ways of knowing, and using both of these eyes together to create new … Continue reading
Audit: The Souls of Poor Folk
“WE COME TO YOU AS REPRESENTATIVES OF BLACK, INDIAN, MEXICAN-AMERICAN, PUERTO RICAN AND WHITE-AMERICANS WHO ARE THE TOO LONG FORGOTTEN, HUNGRY AND JOBLESS OUTCASTS IN THIS LAND OF PLENTY. WE COME BECAUSE POOR FATHERS AND MOTHERS WANT A HOUSE TO … Continue reading
Quakers and the Poor People’s Campaign
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
Activism
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
Posted in Black Lives, civil disobedience, integral nonviolence, peace, Quaker Meetings, Uncategorized
Tagged activism
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Lessons Learned from the Keystone Pledge of Resistance
It’s hard to believe that five years have passed since I signed the Keystone Pledge of Resistance and was trained as an Action Leader. I learned a great deal, and connected with a large number of people during the years … Continue reading
Draft resistance and conscientious objection
The Selective Service System still requires males aged 18-25 to register for the Selective Service System. In addition, “The National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service was created by Congress to consider and develop recommendations concerning the need for a … Continue reading
Posted in civil disobedience, peace, Quaker Meetings, Uncategorized
Tagged draft resistance, Vietnam War, war
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Poor People’s Campaign Week 2 and Plans for Week 3
This video by Rodger Routh is about week two of the Poor People’s Campaign in Iowa regarding systemic racial injustice. WHO-TV Political Reporter Dave Price interviews Stephen Blobaum about the Iowa Poor People’s Campaign: http://whotv.com/2018/05/20/the-insiders-may-20th-edition-the-iowa-poor-peoples-campaign/ According to Medium.com nearly 321 … Continue reading
Posted in civil disobedience, Poor Peoples Campaign, Uncategorized
Tagged gun violence, Iowa
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Iowa Schools, Free Speech and Peace
As so often happens, I had no idea I would be writing about this today. I was looking for information about the Shattering Silence sculpture in Des Moines, where today’s Poor People’s Campaign will take place, when I saw this … Continue reading
Posted in civil disobedience, peace, Quaker Meetings, Uncategorized
Tagged Scattergood Friends School, Vietnam War
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Quakers, social justice and revolution 