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We are the land speaking for itself
The COVID-19 pandemic has slowed actions related to the Wet’suwet’en people’s efforts to stop the Coastal GasLink natural gas pipeline from being built on their territories. Unfortunately the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) were recently seen patrolling a Wet’suwet’en cultural … Continue reading
The Eyes of the Future are looking back at us
“The Eyes of the Future are looking back at us and they are praying for us to see beyond our own time.” ― Terry Tempest Williams, Red: Passion and Patience in the Desert I recently wrote the following. As a teenager trying … Continue reading
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What are you bypassing spiritually?
“…we say many things about the changing aspects of our lives. We say that since change is inevitable, we should direct the change rather than simply continue to go through the change.” –Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson, Delta Man This … Continue reading
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Spiritual bypass and avoidance
In the previous post, I wrote about a concept that is new to me, Spiritual Bypass. In simpler terms, spiritual bypassing is characterized by an active avoidance of pain and reality. It is deliberately deciding to cut out the discomforts … Continue reading
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Spiritual bypassing
Every once in a while I come across a concept that helps me understand or more clearly express some of those things that seem to float at the edges of my consciousness. This morning I was led to read about … Continue reading
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What part of systemic do you not understand?
The phrase “what part of CONCEPT do you not understand?” is used to try to get someone to stop and think about whatever CONCEPT it is that you are talking about. This happens when someone is uncritically taking something (CONCEPT) … Continue reading
United Nations Filing on Missing Children
Following is information about a coalition that filed a submission with the United Nations Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances (UNWGEID). The mission of the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition (NABS) is to lead in the pursuit … Continue reading
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Our history books conveniently left the truth out
My friend Foxy Onefeather recently posted this message and the photo/comments. Our history books conveniently left the truth out. It breaks my heart and this is why I find it important for me to show up to testify to extend … Continue reading
State Violence
When I think of recent state violence I think of the killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson. I remember how shocked I was to see military equipment in the streets and pictures of police who looked like soldiers. And the … Continue reading
What’s going on?
What’s going on? We had lockdown, we’ve got jailbreak. But the prisoners aren’t running away; they’re marching, chanting, getting rearrested for the cause of justice. They’re risking infection, in fact, they’re embracing a new infection — people power. Their risk … Continue reading
Quakers, social justice and revolution 