Category Archives: decolonize

Sensemaking

Posted on April 26, 2021 by Jeff Kisling

Over the years I’ve often thought about the concept of sensemaking, the action or process of making sense of or giving meaning to something, especially new developments and experiences. sensemaking | Search Results It is increasingly difficult to make sense … Continue reading →

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#NoDAPL IOWA 7 years

Posted on April 2, 2021 by Jeff Kisling

I am grateful for the video at the end of this that my friend Christine Nobiss and the Great Plains Action Society created about the work of so many to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL). A decision is expected … Continue reading →

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Decolonizing, Soul Repair and Mutual Aid

Posted on April 1, 2021 by Jeff Kisling

One of the concepts Vanesse Julye spoke about during Quaker meetings last weekend was that in order for healing among groups to occur, there needs to be acknowledgement of the common history among those involved in the trauma. Between those … Continue reading →

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A path away from racism

Posted on March 31, 2021 by Jeff Kisling

This past weekend I participated, via Zoom, in a series of sessions where mainly White Quakers heard presentations by an African American Quaker woman, Vanessa Julye. Her presentations, and our small group discussions were on the subject of Quakers and … Continue reading →

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Standing Rock Youth Council to Washington, DC to #ShutdownDAPL and #StopLine3

Posted on March 30, 2021 by Jeff Kisling

Indigenous youth are on the way to Washington, DC, to #ShutdownDAPL and #StopLine3. In a photo below are three of my friends, Mahmud Fitil, Trisha CaxSep GuWiga Etringer, and Donnielle Wanatee, who walked on the First Nation-Farmer Climate Unity March … Continue reading →

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Choice and Change

Posted on March 29, 2021 by Jeff Kisling

How is it there are things that seem obvious to me, that other people don’t see at all? There have been times when I find some things I once believed ended up not being correct. What is correct or right? … Continue reading →

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A Review of the White Quaker Series

Posted on March 18, 2021 by Jeff Kisling

I’m afraid I am not being clear about what I’m trying to do with this series of articles about White Quakers. I say White Quakers because Black, Indigenous and other people of color (BIPOC), including BIPOC Quakers, are the victims … Continue reading →

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White Quakers and Native Peoples

Posted on March 10, 2021 by Jeff Kisling

Recently I find myself wondering more often, thinking more deeply about what white Quakers, such as myself, were, are and might become. This questioning comes from a variety of experiences over the past fifty years. Being blessed to have become … Continue reading →

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Abolish White Supremacist Monuments in Iowa

Posted on March 7, 2021 by Jeff Kisling

Yesterday I saw some of my friends speaking in an online conversation about removing monuments to white supremacy in the state of Iowa. This is something they have been teaching me about over the past year. Links to those posts … Continue reading →

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Crossing the Divide

Posted on March 4, 2021 by Jeff Kisling

My friend Ed Fallon, and Bold Iowa are engaged in an important project to bridge the extreme polarization in this country today. NOTE: The following is from a blog post related to this I wrote in 2018. I’m thinking more … Continue reading →

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