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Planning Next Steps for Sunrise Movement / Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement
The Iowa CCI / Sunrise Green New Deal Tour Stop in Des Moines was on April 24, 2019. An estimated 450 people and I attended. One of the next steps listed below is to join us at the Iowa CCI … Continue reading
A Minute to Repudiate the Doctrine Of Discovery
As I’ve been writing, we will be holding several workshops at Scattergood Friends School and Farm, and in Des Moines in early July, related to the topic “toward right relationships with Native peoples.” The workshop leader will be Paula Palmer … Continue reading
As I have shared my love of Nahko Bear and Medicine for the People, I have found few in my circles, at least, have heard of him and the band. I love the music and the lyrics, and the stories … Continue reading
A Letter to Faith Communities
This July, Paula Palmer will lead several workshops related to developing right relationships with Native peoples. Following is a letter to faith communities that introduces the history and topics related to the relationships between settler colonialists and Native people, relationships … Continue reading
Dual Threats at Pine Ridge
A new message from Chase Iron Eyes, Lead Counsel, Lakota People’s Law Project, describes the continued challenges from the flooding at Pine Ridge and a threat to the rights of anyone who protests in South Dakota, or supports those who … Continue reading
Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative) Friends and Indigenous Peoples
Following is a blog post I wrote a year ago. I’m sharing this again today because it provides a history of recent connections with Native Americans and Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative) Friends, up to when the post was written in … Continue reading
Reports Related to National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
The Billings Gazette has an amazing collection of photos from the Line the Rim event yesterday, where hundreds gathered along the edge of the Billings Rimrocks to honor missing and murdered indigenous people. The event was organized by Montana State … Continue reading
National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
I feel badly that it was merely two years ago when I began to learn about the epidemic of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) in the United States, Canada and other countries with indigenous communities. Over 90 percent of … Continue reading
One Water, One Air, One Mother Earth
This summer Paula Palmer will be leading a series of workshops related to “Toward Right Relationship with Native Peoples”. My experiences over the past several years working with people of color and indigenous people on environmental issues has reinforced my … Continue reading
Save the Date
Some of you may have heard of, or participated in workshops related to the “Toward Right Relationship with Native Peoples” project. Paula Palmer is the director of this, a project of the Indigenous Peoples Concerns committee of the Boulder Friends … Continue reading
Quakers, social justice and revolution 