Category Archives: civil disobedience

Scattergood Journal–May/June, 1970

Posted on December 5, 2017 by Jeff Kisling

Journal, May 26, 1970 I have been reading about civil disobedience lately. Many people set up all sorts of criteria to judge what is civil disobedience and what is not.  One of the most important ideas, to me, though, was … Continue reading →

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Nonviolence today

Posted on December 5, 2017 by Jeff Kisling

Reading the letter I wrote to Senator Harold Hughes when I was a Senior at Scattergood Friends School in 1970 was both a little embarrassing and quite a bit discouraging.  I had forgotten he gave the nominating speech for Eugene … Continue reading →

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Scattergood Journal–May 17, 1970

Posted on December 4, 2017 by Jeff Kisling

Dear Senator Harold Hughes, First I would like to say I strongly support you and Amendment 609 to cut off funds for the war in Indochina. I know not the effect of writing this letter. It will provide you with … Continue reading →

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Scattergood Journal–March 1970

Posted on November 27, 2017 by Jeff Kisling

Journal, March 18, 1970 Finished first of two dress rehearsals tonight for “The Dybbuk” by S. Anski. That may be one reason I haven’t written more lately. It’s been very hard work. I had many lines to learn and a … Continue reading →

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Scattergood Journal — February 1970

Posted on November 26, 2017 by Jeff Kisling

February 1, 1970 I finished reading Dag Hammarskjold, a Spiritual Portrait by Sven Stolpe. The book increased my interest in and admiration of the man who I can identify with in part. Not in his apparently vast intellectual capacities and … Continue reading →

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Thanksgiving 2017

Posted on November 21, 2017 by Jeff Kisling

One of the things I’m most thankful for this Thanksgiving is having been able to make connections with Native Americans.  I’m not going to go into the false, sanitized versions of the Thanksgiving story and our settler-colonial history. Rather, I’d … Continue reading →

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Silence = Death

Posted on November 20, 2017 by Jeff Kisling

“SILENCE = DEATH” was used by the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power(ACT UP), a group committed to the use of direct action to end the AIDS crisis, which is still active 30 years later.  From the website:  “For meeting the … Continue reading →

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Keystone Pipeline Spill

Posted on November 18, 2017 by Jeff Kisling

I am in deep mourning today at the news of yet another oil spill.  This one from the Keystone pipeline network that I’ve invested so much time and energy and prayer resisting. I am at a loss. I have faith, … Continue reading →

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Civil Disobedience – Keystone Pipeline

Posted on November 16, 2017 by Jeff Kisling

Having concluded my draft resistance story, yesterday I briefly discussed nonviolence and the civil rights movement of the 1960s that was occurring at that same time. Nonviolence is not simply a political strategy, but meant to be how you live … Continue reading →

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Civil Disobedience and the Civil Rights Movement

Posted on November 15, 2017 by Jeff Kisling

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 →

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