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Category Archives: Keystone Pledge of Resistance
Thanksgiving 2017
One of the things I’m most thankful for this Thanksgiving is having been able to make connections with Native Americans. I’m not going to go into the false, sanitized versions of the Thanksgiving story and our settler-colonial history. Rather, I’d … Continue reading
Civil Disobedience – Keystone Pipeline
Having concluded my draft resistance story, yesterday I briefly discussed nonviolence and the civil rights movement of the 1960s that was occurring at that same time. Nonviolence is not simply a political strategy, but meant to be how you live … Continue reading
What Actually Changed?
I’ve been writing a lot about the Quaker queries related to civic responsibility, and this one in particular: How do we share our convictions with others? Do we express our opinions with courage, yet with love, mindful of the Divine … Continue reading
Civic Responsibility – Dakota Access Pipeline
Continuing with the queries I’ve been discussing recently about civic responsibility, following are my experiences related to water protectors and the Dakota Access Pipeline resistance in Indianapolis. The introduction to these queries includes: “Speaking out on a personal level in … Continue reading
Civic Responsibility 3 – Environment
Continuing to think about the Quaker queries we are considering regarding civic responsibility (Civic Responsibility and Civic Responsibility 2), I earlier wrote about peace vigils and marches. The primary query I am referring to is: How do we share our … Continue reading
Civic Responsibility 2 – Public Vigils
One of the reasons I love the Quaker use of queries is how they stimulate me/us to reflect on our lives, beliefs, and encourage us to do more. Yesterday’s post was about the queries related to civic responsibility. One of … Continue reading
Building an environmental action movement
After venting my frustration about environmental inaction, I thought it could be helpful to hear about some of the ways you can get involved in fixing environmental problems. Following is the story of how I got involved with the Rainforest … Continue reading
Engage
I realize how fortunate I have been to have had experiences with diverse communities over the past six or seven years in Indianapolis. These have been immensely educational. When I said as much during one of my last meetings with … Continue reading
A Radical Spiritual Evolution to Revolution
There was evidently a reason I was led to name my blog Quakers, Social Justice and Revolution when I was called to wrestle with issues publicly. Writing a blog and sharing those writings on social media helped me clarify many … Continue reading
Quaker Biker
As I wrote yesterday, I’m beginning to work on plans to promote bicycling. Since links to this blog appear in several places, many readers don’t know me, so here is a brief history. When I arrived in Indianapolis in 1971, … Continue reading
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