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To: Black peoples and our allies
The following is from the new Movement for Black Lives: Our Movement is under attack. Many want us to stop moving forward. Show them that we can’t stop. Stand with the Movement for Black Lives. Why is this important? … Continue reading
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Baton Rouge Illustrates a Divided America
Today’s excellent New York Times article, In Baton Rouge, A City Divided Faces Two Different Tragedies, describes the history of racial injustice and current tensions in that city. Although the situation is more desperate in many ways in Baton Rouge, … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Lives Matter, race
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Tensions and Black Lives Matter
I recently urged people to do things like put Black Lives Matter signs in their yards and windows. And told some related stories that had a positive ending. But now, especially in the light of Donald Trump falsely accusing Black … Continue reading
Posted in Arts, civil disobedience, peace, Quaker Meetings, race, Uncategorized
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Targeting BLM as Scapegoat
Following is why it is so important for Quakers and others to know and share the truth about Black Lives Matter (BLM). Because of the rising power and visibility of BLM, the movement is being used as a target to … Continue reading
Quakers and Black Lives Matter Update
I had several new experiences this weekend. The recent incidents involving police killings and the killing of police officers has kept racial injustices and Friends’ responses, or lack thereof, on my mind. I am disappointed that more Friends don’t seem … Continue reading
Graphics Matter
I think it is very interesting that since I posted this graphic on Facebook, many of my friends of color indicated that they “LIKED” it, including the state chairperson of the Indiana NAACP Environmental Justice committee, the local leader and … Continue reading
Military (police) Law, Free Speech Suspended
Today’s militarized police forces have far exceeded the idea of peace officers and law enforcement. Police forces stem from the police patrols that colonial empires created to control their colonies and enslaved populations. Police forces in the United States continue … Continue reading
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Quakers and Black Lives Matter
Friends, this is a pivotal moment. Silence means supporting the status quo, which means supporting white privilege and racial injustice. Black Lives Matter is a nonviolent movement seeking to correct these injustices. We are all aware of Friends’ history of … Continue reading
Support for Black Lives Matter
A large, diverse crowd gathered at the State Capitol building in downtown Indianapolis last evening. The protest was organized by several organizations, including the local Black Lives Matter group, Indy10. People were sad, discouraged, angry, tired and impatient. I have always … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Lives Matter, race, white
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Stop Killing Black People
This is my friend JR, who went to Ferguson just after Michael Brown was killed, and who was involved in getting Indy10 started, Indianapolis’ Black Lives Matter group. The photo was taken during one of the street demonstrations organized and … Continue reading
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Quakers, social justice and revolution 