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What are your answers?
I’ve been writing about the many ways “the contemporary political moment is defined by emergency.” Multiple global disasters means there isn’t anyone who doesn’t know this. In the face of these emergencies there is a growing feeling of hopelessness. But … Continue reading
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Urgency for Mutual Aid
My experience has always been how slowly justice related things change, even then the changes are incremental, often don’t persist. A lot of that is the disconnect between a committee (slowly) making decisions, which too often don’t have practical steps … Continue reading
Meet my friends
I realize I often preface a reference to someone by saying “my friend…”. Sometimes a bit too often. There are several reasons I do that. The main reason is to indicate that I respect this person, and believe what they … Continue reading
A Journey to Today
This day means many different things to those of us living in this country called the United States. It is difficult to imagine anyone believes the stories of a gathering where white colonizers expressed their gratitude to the Native peoples. … Continue reading
Truthsgiving Event 11/26/2020
Tomorrow being the colonial version of Thanksgiving with family gatherings you might not be thinking about attending an online Zoom meeting like the one below. If you can make the time, I’d love for you to get to know some … Continue reading
TRUTHSGIVING
I only recently heard about Truthsgiving, one of many things I learned from my new friends as we walked during the First Nation-Farmer Climate Unity March in September, 2018. The subject came up as we were eating dinner together in … Continue reading
Defending Protestors
Last night Drake University’s National Lawyers Guild held a Zoom panel discussion about Defending Protestors. The panel explored the role the legal community plays in defending activists and their rights to protest and organize. I found out about the event … Continue reading
The Red Nation Statement on the US Elections 2020
It’s been a stressful year as we’ve experienced the explosion of the COVID-19 pandemic. The consequences of which have provided further evidence of the failure of capitalist economic systems in a dramatic way. Recent years been stressful as politics and … Continue reading
What does it mean to be a truth teller?
I’ve recently heard about additional experiences of a friend of mine, a Quaker friend. A friend who is a person of color. She has had many experiences related to racism and White supremacy, in more than one Quaker meeting she … Continue reading
Flat or hierarchical world view?
[Note: Capitalization represents a hierarchy] Mutual Aid is: Making decisions by consensus rather than relying on authority or hierarchy. Mutual Aid 101 #WeGotOurBlock One of the most significant things I’ve been learning about Mutual Aid is the mutual part, that … Continue reading
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Quakers, social justice and revolution 