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Category Archives: First Nation-Farmer Climate Unity March
QEW and First Nation-Farmer Climate Unity March
QEW is the abbreviation for Quaker Earthcare Witness. One of the things QEW does is publish the newsletter Befriending Creation. Following is a link to the latest issue which includes short stories Peter Clay and I wrote about our experiences … Continue reading
Meeting to Discuss the SURVIVE Act
One of the goals of the First Nation-Climate Unity March that occurred during the first week of September was to make it possible for a group of Native and non-native people to get to know each other so we can … Continue reading
The Boy Who Cried ‘Wolf’
I’ve been talking about climate change for so many years, most people are so tired of hearing it, they don’t pay attention anymore. There was once a young Shepherd Boy who tended his sheep at the foot of a mountain … Continue reading
Marcher, Walker, Pilgrim
I am glad to have gotten to spend some time with Ed Fallon since I returned to Iowa last year. I went to Minneapolis last February on a trip he organized to take a group of water protectors to demonstrate … Continue reading
When one hurts, all hurt
This morning we learn of yet another mass shooting in our country. That hurt, hurts us all. Don’t you feel the pain? If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with … Continue reading
Discuss SURVIVE Act with Sen. Grassley’s staff
We are beginning to organize an FCNL Advocacy team in central Iowa. We will be focusing on Native American affairs. Our first action will be to meet with Senator Grassley’s staff at his Des Moines office on November 20th at … Continue reading
‘Nothing changes until you make yourself uncomfortable’
In my experience there has never been an election that has presented a clearer choice of which direction to go. It has been deeply concerning to see the current Republican administration’s policies that have attacked our democratic norms, consistently not … Continue reading
Quakers, a “guarded” society, and environmental destruction
“Guarded” was the term used by early Quakers to express avoiding too much of an integration with the larger society they lived in. The term was usually applied to education. Quakers created their own schools to teach Quaker beliefs and … Continue reading
Dust Bowl, Tar Sands and Prayer
As I learn more about Chief Arvol Looking Horse I find parallels to my own experiences related to our environment. It was a spiritual vision of the Rocky Mountains obscured by clouds of pollution that led me to give up … Continue reading
‘One Prayer’
The most powerful experiences I had during the First Nation-Famer Climate Unity March were spiritual. My experience as a Quaker was to try to live a Spirit led life. I had long had a desire to learn more about Native … Continue reading
Quakers, social justice and revolution 