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Marches for Peace and our Environment
Recently my friend Ed Fallon (Bold Iowa) wrote, “Often when there’s a crisis, people respond by traveling great distances on foot. Marches often transform the participants, and have changed my life, too. (Stay tuned for the upcoming release of my … Continue reading
Posted in #NDAPL, climate change, Indigenous, peace, Quaker Meetings, Uncategorized
Tagged Earth walk, Peace Walk, Scattergood Friends School
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Lessons Learned from the Keystone Pledge of Resistance
It’s hard to believe that five years have passed since I signed the Keystone Pledge of Resistance and was trained as an Action Leader. I learned a great deal, and connected with a large number of people during the years … Continue reading
Past, present and future
For many years I have been learning about the past and thinking about the future, related to a number of topics. Mainly trying to understand the true history of our country and its cultures. One of the first lessons I … Continue reading
Posted in #NDAPL, climate change, Indigenous, peace, Quaker Meetings, Uncategorized
Tagged justice
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Kinder Morgan pipeline spill
Kanahus Manuel provides this video related to the Kinder Morgan pipeline spill at the Deerfield Station north of Kamloops, British Columbia on May 27, 2018. She asks to be admitted to the site to monitor the spill, and blocks a … Continue reading
Posted in #NDAPL, climate change, Indigenous, Uncategorized
Tagged Kinder Morgan, Trans Mountain pipeline, water protectors
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Poor Peoples Campaign Des Moines Day 1
Des Moines, Iowa May 14, 2018
Posted in #NDAPL, Black Lives, climate change, Indigenous, integral nonviolence, peace, race, revolution, Uncategorized
Tagged Poor Peoples Campaign
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The answer to “What can I do?”
Last night I was blessed to hear Arkan Lushwala speak about “Indigenous Ways of Restoring the World” during a call sponsored by the Pachamama Alliance. “Arkan Lushwala is a rare indigenous bridge of the global north and south, carrying spiritual … Continue reading
Posted in #NDAPL, climate change, Indigenous, Spiritual Warrior, Uncategorized
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We Need Spiritual Warriors Now
I’ve been thinking more about Spiritual Warriors since writing yesterday’s article. I realized I hadn’t written about the first time I was called a warrior, which led me to think of myself and other activists in those terms. During my … Continue reading
Cultural Appropriation and Photography
“Cultural appropriation is a concept in sociology dealing with the adoption of the elements of a minority culture by members of the dominant culture. It is distinguished from equal cultural exchange due to the presence of a colonial element and imbalance of power. Cultural appropriation is often portrayed as … Continue reading
Overground Railroad Update
I have been writing about the likelihood of the migration of millions of people, climate refugees, from coastal areas to the middle of the country when the oceans rise, calling this the Overground Railroad. I began thinking about this in … Continue reading
#noDAPL Summary
I hesitate to share things I don’t now the origin of, but the following image summarizes the struggle to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline so well. Many people didn’t follow what was going on related to this last year. Text … Continue reading
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Quakers, social justice and revolution 