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Climate Change on NBC
I’ve been frustrated that the mainstream news media has continued to remain silent on climate change, even in the face of record temperatures, massive wildfires, flooding, and changing precipitation patterns. Finally yesterday NBC’s weatherman Al Roker delivered a lecture on … Continue reading
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Doing vs Talking
Brad Ogilvie, who I know from my connections to William Penn House, wrote: “A few years ago, I cut short a trip to Pine Ridge, S.D., so that I could lead a workshop at Baltimore Yearly Meeting annual sessions. The Pine … Continue reading
Living the Change
As I wrote yesterday, I heard from Susanna Mattingly, the Sustainability Communication Officer for the Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC). FWCC is joining a multi-faith campaign to work for sustainable living, called Living the Change. This encourages us to … Continue reading
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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
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
Prospects for Peace
As others have expressed, I have had times when I’ve been overwhelmed by the nearly daily onslaughts against democratic norms, institutions and governance, or lack thereof, of the current Republican administration and Congress. This continuous series of attacks on governing … Continue reading
Posted in climate change, peace, Poor Peoples Campaign, race, Uncategorized
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Universal Basic Income
Stockton, California, was a bankrupt city. It is expected more and more cities will file for bankruptcy as taxable revenues dry up and property values plummet. And as an increasing number of communities are impacted by more severe storms, fire, … Continue reading
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Tagged living wage, poverty, Universal Basic Income
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Air conditioning and catalytic converters
Or how to be an ostrich and keep your head in the sand. I used to hope that the time would (eventually) come when so many changes in our environment and climate would finally force people to acknowledge that climate … 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
Fear Not
My niece Alice graduated from the University of Wisconsin this year, so I got to hear the wonderful commencement address by ABC News anchor, David Muir. His message was that the graduates were about to face a number of new … Continue reading
Quakers, social justice and revolution 