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Category Archives: Kheprw Institute
Settler Colonialism
Continuing on the topic of Indigenous peoples that I’ve been writing about, the concept of settler colonialism came up in a radio interview I did last year with Ra Wyse and Aghilah Nadaraj, also associated with the Kheprw Institute (KI). I … Continue reading
Application for Spiritual Warriors
Yesterday I wrote about how my spiritual life had been radicalized. As the examples in that post, of the work at the Kheprw Institute and the global Indigenous peoples response to support the water protectors at Standing Rock show, a … 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
Bicycle
I’ve been writing about being led to explore using a bicycle for longer range transportation as one way to try to deal with my recent move to Iowa, where local public transportation does not exist. https://kislingjeff.wordpress.com/?s=bicycle My friends in Indianapolis … Continue reading
Posted in bicycles, Kheprw Institute, Quaker Meetings, Uncategorized
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Last First Day at North Meadow Friends (for the time being)
Early Friends used to refer to the days of the week by number, Sunday being First day. Yesterday was the last First day I will be attending North Meadow Circle of Friends Meeting for a while, since I am moving … Continue reading
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Renewal
As the days seem to get darker and darker in so many ways, it is easy to despair, and tempting to give up and retreat into ourselves. So I wondered about the following, “the Universe is going to help Warriors … Continue reading
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Auto Temptation
As those who know me probably guess, auto in this case refers to automobile. That just brought an epiphany–maybe I’m Don Quixote and cars are my windmills? I hope so. For those who don’t know me, living without a car … Continue reading
Diop Adisa
I’ve written a great deal about the Kheprw Institute (KI), who has partnered with North Meadow Circle of Friends on the AFSC program, Quaker Social Change Ministry. In the article below that was just published in NUVO magazine, Diop Adisa … Continue reading
Dakota elder leadership and Scaffold
I’ve written recently about the sculpture called Scaffold, that was being installed at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, and then about the mediation that occurred and resulted in the sculpture being removed from the art center. The story caught … Continue reading
Posted in #NDAPL, Arts, Black Lives, civil disobedience, Indigenous, Kheprw Institute, Uncategorized
Tagged cultural appropriation, elder, leadership
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Not Nearly Enough
We are not doing nearly enough to address our unfolding environmental disaster. As Ethan Hughes (Possibility Alliance) has written: If we glance forward just 30 years, our future outlook is shocking and unbelievable. The United Nations estimates that, due to … Continue reading
Posted in civil disobedience, climate change, Kheprw Institute, Uncategorized
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