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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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SHIFT the Narrative with Dr. Damita Brown
Dr. Damita Brown, a community-based educator specializing in racial justice work who has been teaching leadership, anti-racism, and allyship workshops for over 12 years. We will be discussing the George Floyd uprisings and the essential role of Black leadership during … Continue reading
Decolonize ALL The Things
It seems like a miracle to me, to witness millions of people around the world coming together to demand change, demand justice. To witness the sustained gatherings day after day. I have spent the past several years following leadings of … Continue reading
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Concepts of race, property and value
I found this video by Sonya Renee Taylor to be very thought provoking. “When capital is more valuable than black bodies, capital must be disrupted.” I continue to be uplifted by the masses of people going to the streets to … Continue reading
Two national Quaker organizations on racism
Racism and Whiteness Our hearts are broken as the fault lines of racism continue to be starkly exposed in the violence that ended the lives of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and uncounted numbers of African Americans, not only … Continue reading
Sorrow
I’m feeling a deep sadness this morning. And uncertain about what to do about it. This is one of the times I’m perhaps writing mainly for myself. I don’t believe we can make any progress on justice issues until we … Continue reading
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SHIFT the Narrative Episode 4
This is the 4th episode of the excellent SHIFT the Narrative series, a project of Seeding Sovereignty. The biographies of Owl and Kali Reis are at the end of this. Kali “K.O” Mequinonoag Reis, Seaconke Wampanoag and Cherokee Nations & … Continue reading
Moral Reckonings
As Krista Tippett says below, “it feels important to me, in a moment like this, to look below the radar of rupture — to see models and practices that work, and that in fact can take up the huge hard … Continue reading
Spiritual Warriors and Truthsgiving
Warrior 1. One who is engaged in or experienced in battle.2. One who is engaged aggressively or energetically in an activity, cause, or conflicthttp://www.thefreedictionary.com/warrior Warrior seems an unlikely term for Quakers to use, since the word is usually thought of in terms of battles and wars, which Quakers oppose and work against. I like the second definition above though, related … Continue reading
Enjoying Thanksgiving/Truthsgiving
Some of the responses to my recent blog posts ask why we can’t just enjoy being together and thankful at Thanksgiving (Truthsgiving) time? That, of course, is what should happen. In addition, though, if the circumstances allow, this holiday is … Continue reading
Quakers, social justice and revolution 