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Each Child is Sacred
For some time the Spirit has led me to think about children. While I don’t have children of my own, I was strongly connected with the children of my best friend, Randy Porter, at times living in part of the … Continue reading
Should I Give Up on White People?
I cannot imagine how frustrating it is for people of color to constantly observe the behaviors of, and hear so many things people who consider themselves White say that reveal their unexamined, but wrong ideas related to race and privilege. … Continue reading
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Diop Is Going to London
I’ve written a lot about my experiences with the Kheprw Institute (KI), a Black youth mentoring and empowerment community in Indianapolis. A key person in that story and community is Diop Adisa, who became a very good friend of mine. … Continue reading
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Lyle Smith
Wednesday evenings here in Indianola a group of about ten Quakers gather for meeting for worship. Most I have known for much of my life. Someone I hadn’t known is Lyle Smith, and since he doesn’t often say much, I … Continue reading
Building Communities 2
I don’t know to interpret the lack of response to yesterday’s post about creating and building self sufficient communities for the massive influx of climate refugees to the Midwest. Whether people don’t think there will be such a migration, or … Continue reading
Leadings and racial justice
Many of you had already heard one version or another of the story about not having a personal automobile that I wrote about again yesterday. Many Friends have also heard the story of how I became connected to the Kheprw … Continue reading
Environmental Justice
As part of its series on environmental justice in America, the article the Guardian published today is about a study of 90,000 schools across the US, Air pollution: black, Hispanic and poor students most at risk from toxins – study. … Continue reading
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Tagged environmental justice, environmental racism, NAACP
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Women’s March and Privilege
I’m glad that again this year so many people turned out for the Women’s Marches across the country. Guys, when are we going to become as well organized and have Men’s Marches? Something with additional significance happened at the Women’s … Continue reading
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Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative) and our Environment
Yesterday I wrote about the message from the Friends World Committee for Consultation’s efforts to promote sustainability action in the global Quaker community. Following is my response, which included the Minutes related to our environment that have been approved by … Continue reading
MLK Day and Race Today
On this Martin Luther King, Jr, Day, I’m happy I can share part of the eloquent post Mat Davis just wrote about the successful resolution to issues he has been struggling with recently. I was fortunate to meet Mat at … Continue reading
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Quakers, social justice and revolution 