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NNA and Green New Deal
One of the main reasons I wanted to attend the National Network Assembly (NNA) was to see what other organizers might be doing about the climate emergency, the Sunrise Movement, and an Indigenous Led Green New Deal (GND). As I … Continue reading
My Tree Friend
I just returned from an amazing event, the National Network Assembly, held at the Des Moines YMCA Camp near Boone, Iowa. From information about the Assembly we received ahead of time, I knew I wouldn’t have WiFi or cell phone … Continue reading
Led to Take Risks
These blog posts being published on the Internet, I never know who might read them. I appreciate you who do. Despite how it might sometimes sound in what I write, I am a fairly shy person, and usually uncomfortable doing … Continue reading
Spiritual Warriors
I just finished a series of blog posts about James Allen’s essay, “Pontoon Archipelago or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Collapse”. I spent so much effort doing that because I found the essay to be the most … Continue reading
The Future Now
I realize the future now doesn’t seem to make sense, since the future is what happens after the present. Another way of thinking about time comes from the title of the book “How Soon is Now?” by Daniel Pinchbeck. One … Continue reading
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Imagination and Vision
imagination: the faculty or action of forming new ideas, or images or concepts of external objects not present to the senses. vision: a thought, concept, or object formed by the imagination We gain a vision of what our potential is … Continue reading
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Indigenous Led Green New Deal Public Photos
Helping bring about an Indigenous Led Green New Deal is my priority project now, for a number of reasons. I was surprised today when I did an internet search for information about that, and noticed one of my photos on … Continue reading
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Sunrise Movement Packs the Streets Outside the Detroit Democratic Debate
The Sunrise Movement, that I support, has been effective in drawing attention to the need for a Green New Deal. The sit-ins and arrests in Congressional offices last November resulted in Congress finally beginning to talk about climate change. On … Continue reading
URGENT: Stop Dakota Access Pipeline Expansion
The long struggle against the Black Snake, the Dakota Access Pipeline, is facing new threats. Your voice is needed. For though the resistance at Standing Rock has been forcibly paused and oil now flows through the Dakota Access pipeline, the … Continue reading
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And those who know and those who seek. Amidst the chaos, find your peace
I am so discouraged by the vicious and escalating racism of the president, and the enablers of his party who refuse to refute it. In a recent blog post the characteristics of fascism are articulated. https://kislingjeff.wordpress.com/2019/07/28/we-refuse-to-sit-idly-by/ Surely we won’t be … Continue reading
Quakers, social justice and revolution 