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Using our truth against their guns. We walk softly.
Yesterday I was blessed to attend a Zoom meeting to hear people talk about what is going on now in the Wet’suwet’en territories and their calls for solidarity. We White settlers are being asked to spread awareness in solidarity because … Continue reading
Alton’s Photos from First Nation-Farmer Climate Unity March
When some of us were fortunate to be able to get together in April for a reunion of the First Nation-Farmer Climate Unity Marchers, Alton and Foxy Onefeather mentioned they had photos from the March, and were willing to share … Continue reading
Goodbye, Green New Deal?
I found the March 27, 2020 article by Kevin Williamson in the National Review, Goodbye, Green New Deal fascinating. He writes about the many sacrifices we are being forced to make because of the Covid-19 pandemic. I had to convince … Continue reading
Bad News for Oil
It has been a long, difficult struggle to attempt to protect Mother Earth from the devastation of fossil fuel extraction and burning. Indigenous peoples have been doing this work for centuries. “The coronavirus is telling the world what Indigenous Peoples … Continue reading
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Online Film Screening & Discussion of The Condor & The Eagle
RSVP Here WHAT: Join the UU Ministry for Earth (UUMFE) & UUA Green Sanctuary Program’s Environmental Justice Practitioners Network webinar series for an online screening & film discussion of the award-winning feature documentary, The Condor & The Eagle. WHEN: Thursday, March 26th. The film screening will … Continue reading
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#ShutDownKKR day of online action
Putting pressure on banks and investment firms like KKR has sometimes been successful in stopping the funding for fossil fuel projects. Often this pressure is applied by scheduling a specific date to coordinate actions across the country or world. There … Continue reading
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#LISTEN: A Letter from the Virus
This morning I’m thinking about listening. As a Quaker, our worship is to gather on Sunday mornings, to sit together in silence for an hour. This time of group prayer or mediation with a minimum of distraction is intended to … Continue reading
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Once the World Was Perfect
Once the World Was Perfect Once the world was perfect, and we were happy in that world.Then we took it for granted.Discontent began a small rumble in the earthly mind.Then Doubt pushed through with its spiked head.And once Doubt ruptured … Continue reading
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Affirmation of traditional territories
Wet’suwet’en Access Point on Gidimt’en Territory March 14 at 5:09 PM · The Wet’suwet’en started the preliminary work on the affirmation of our traditional territories, in 1974 – for Delgamuukw & Gisday’wa v the Queen. 23 years later, the Supreme Court … Continue reading
International Solidarity Actions. NO PIPELINES! CALL TO ACTION!
Although several of us were able to attend the vigil in solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en last month, we decided not to get together today in support of the International Solidarity Actions as a precaution related to the spread of coronavirus. … Continue reading
Quakers, social justice and revolution 