Category Archives: police

#NoDAPL IOWA 7 years

Posted on April 2, 2021 by Jeff Kisling

I am grateful for the video at the end of this that my friend Christine Nobiss and the Great Plains Action Society created about the work of so many to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL). A decision is expected … Continue reading →

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A Community-Centered Response to Violence Against Asian American Communities

Posted on March 25, 2021 by Jeff Kisling

I was glad to find this collective statement by Asian Americans who are suffering this violence. To hear how they are doing and what they are asking us to do to support them. They rightly point out violence against their … Continue reading →

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How Is White Supremacy Keeping Us from Hearing God’s Voice?

Posted on March 24, 2021 by Jeff Kisling

How Is White Supremacy Keeping Us from Hearing God’s Voice? This will be the topic of discussion this weekend at the Midyear meeting of Iowa Quakers in the Midwest. I really like this title because it puts the emphasis on … Continue reading →

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What does abolition look like in Iowa?

Posted on March 16, 2021 by Jeff Kisling

I have joined the Quaker Abolition Network, a new national network of Friends working toward the abolition of police and prisons. I used to think of abolition in terms of the institution of slavery, the death penalty, or nuclear weapons. … Continue reading →

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White Quakers Part 2

Posted on March 11, 2021 by Jeff Kisling

This is the second in a series of articles I plan to write about White Quakers. Yesterday I began by writing about White Quakers and Native Peoples, specifically about land theft and settler colonization. I strongly feel there is an … Continue reading →

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Mutual Aid and Black Liberation

Posted on February 25, 2021 by Jeff Kisling

As I was learning about Mutual Aid over the past year, one of the things that impressed me was in addition to work related to food and shelter, Des Moines Mutual Aid also manages a bail fund. I was glad … Continue reading →

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Introduction to abolition and Quakers today

Posted on February 24, 2021 by Jeff Kisling

I used to think of abolition in terms of slavery, or the death penalty, or nuclear weapons. Today discussions about abolition are more commonly about abolishing police and prisons. I’m just beginning to learn how that might come about. This … Continue reading →

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