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Fossil Fuel Infrastructure
It is a struggle to get decision makers to stop investing in fossil fuel infrastructure and development. Unfortunately, time is not on the side of our environment. The utilities commission in Indiana will soon be making a decision regarding investing … Continue reading
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Keystone’s Legacy and #NoDAPL
A fascinating REUTERS story this morning explains the role of the Obama Administration in recent events related to the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL). I wondered how three Federal agencies could come up with their statement and decision so quickly. The … Continue reading
Treaty Alliance Against Tar Sands Extraction
One of the most significant events for environmental justice and human rights occurred Thursday, September 24, when over 50 tribes and First Nations in Canada and the U.S. signed the Treaty Alliance Against Tar Sands Extraction. Since then the number … Continue reading
Public Square 3
In this September’s issue of Friends Journal, Rev William Barber writes “Quakers, it’s time to get back into the public square. If you believe that there’s life above the snake line, it’s time to get back in the public square.” … Continue reading
NODAPL Indy Ceremony
Thanks so much to everyone who came to downtown Indianapolis this morning to stand in solidarity with the Standing Rock Tribe as they try to protect our water from the Dakota Access Pipeline. We felt the prayers many of you … Continue reading
Posted in #NDAPL, Arts, climate change, Uncategorized
Tagged environmental justice, Keystone Pledge of Resistance, Native Americans
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It is your choice
Activists often wonder why more people don’t get involved with the issues that affect everyone’s life. It is so easy to find excuses not to engage. People say they are consumed with their own lives–work, family… But we all know … Continue reading
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Tagged environmental justice, moral issue, Native Americans
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Important Message from Keeper of Sacred White Buffalo Calf Pipe
“I, Chief Arvol Looking Horse, of the Lakota, Dakota, and Nakota Nations, ask you to understand an Indigenous perspective on what has happened in America, what we call “Turtle Island.” My words seek to unite the global community through a … Continue reading
“Is That Not Genocide?”
In an article with that title published on Common Dreams, tribal member and activist Linda Black Elk asks, “If we allow an oil company to dig through and destroy our histories, our ancestors, our hearts and souls as a people, is … Continue reading
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Tagged environmental justice, Genocide, Native Americans
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Water Protectors Attacked
“On September 3, the Dakota Access pipeline company attacked Native Americans with dogs and pepper spray as they protested against the $3.8 billion pipeline’s construction.” Amy Goodman, Democracy Now It is very fortunate the Democracy Now crew was at the … Continue reading
It’s time to get back into the public square
“Quakers, it’s time to get back into the public square. If you believe that there’s life above the snake line, it’s time to get back in the public square.” Rev. William Barber, The Third Reconstruction, Friends Journal, September 1, 2016. … Continue reading
Quakers, social justice and revolution 