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AFSC’s work in North Korea
Jon Krieg, AFSC, recorded the following video of the presentation about AFSC’s work in North Korea at Des Moines Valley Friends Meeting on March 18, 2018. Linda Lewis and Daniel Jasper, both of whom have been to North Korea, describe … Continue reading
AFSC, North Korea, and Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative) Friends
Video message about the meetings this weekend with American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) staff who work in North Korea, Linda Lewis and Daniel Jasper, to discuss how we might arrange for another visit by a North Korean delegation to Iowa, … Continue reading
Protest
Following are various thoughts about protest. I have been very moved by the widespread and massive protests related to gun violence in general and school shootings specifically, including yesterday’s actions. I was especially saddened to see that even elementary school … Continue reading
Engaging North Korea
AFSC staff who work in North Korea, Linda Lewis and Daniel Jasper, will be talking about their work. Des Moines Valley Friends Meeting, 42nd and Grand, this Sunday, March 18th, at 4:00 pm. They will also be exploring ways that … Continue reading
Iowa visit related to North Korea
Daniel Jasper and Linda Lewis, AFSC staff members who are involved with North Korea, will be visiting us in Iowa this weekend. We have been communicating with them for some months about the possibility of building on the history of … Continue reading
Engaging North Korea: Quaker Work for Peace on the Korean Peninsula
Sunday March 18, 2018 4:00 PM Des Moines Valley Friends Meeting, 42nd and Grand, Des Moines, Iowa The Quaker-affiliated American Friends Service Committee has been working in North Korea for over three decades; by 1998, AFSC had established an on-going … Continue reading
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Opening Humanitarian Channels with North Korea
Please share the following information about a presentation by Daniel Jasper and Linda Lewis, from the American Friends Service Committee’s (AFSC), about Opening Humanitarian Channels with North Korea. The meeting will be Sunday, March 18, at 4:00 PM at Des … Continue reading
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Peace vs a culture of guns
Living in the United States, with our gun culture, is difficult for those who believe in peace and nonviolence. The debates quickly become partisan and generate deeply emotional responses. There is a reason so much of these debates are simply … Continue reading
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Overground Railroad
In response to my recent posts concerning how we in the Midwest might deal with the massive inland migration of climate refugees, I received the following interesting response from Jane Peers. As a member of the coastal Quakers, I wonder … Continue reading
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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
Quakers, social justice and revolution 