Category Archives: Quaker Social Change Ministry

Thankful for Water Protectors and Quakers Supporting Them

Posted on November 24, 2016 by Jeff Kisling

Thanksgiving is the one day of the year when the general public might give some thought to Native Americans.  Unfortunately we know the long history of betrayal as settlers killed many Native Americans and forcibly took over the land of … Continue reading →

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Interconnections

Posted on October 12, 2016 by Jeff Kisling

In this time of increasing recognition of and actions on a wide range of social justice issues, by a rapidly increasing number of people, there comes a growing awareness of how  interrelated these things are. Each summer Quakers in the … Continue reading →

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Visual Presentation – Activism

Posted on October 8, 2016 by Jeff Kisling

Here is a link to a SWAY presentation I created and named Peacebuilding, which is a visual presentation of many of the things I’ve written about recently regarding activism. https://docs.com/jeff-kisling/3889/peacebuilding

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Police abuse cited by court

Posted on September 22, 2016 by Jeff Kisling

How can our commitment to the principles of nonviolence be used in these days where police violence is out of control? The nonviolent protests related to not standing for the National Anthem are one way, and because of the risks … Continue reading →

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Quaker Public Engagement

Posted on August 21, 2016 by Jeff Kisling

I write a lot, in a lot of places.  This is a spiritual calling for me.  I am led to share what the Inner Light says to me.   Years ago that was done mainly via email, since the people I … Continue reading →

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Sacred Water

Posted on August 19, 2016 by Jeff Kisling

Once again Native Americans are on the front lines, trying to save our water from the greed of  the fossil fuel industry. We are trying to find ways, perhaps via the Keystone Pledge of Resistance and/or Quaker Social Change Ministry … Continue reading →

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Build Bridges

Posted on July 16, 2016 by Jeff Kisling

As simplistic as this sounds, my experiences over the past several years lead me to the conclusion that many of the problems we are facing today stem from our continued, voluntary segregation.  Most of us end up living in neighborhoods of … Continue reading →

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Graphics Matter

Posted on July 15, 2016 by Jeff Kisling

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 →

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Stop Killing Black People

Posted on July 7, 2016 by Jeff Kisling

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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Future Scattergood

Posted on June 22, 2016 by Jeff Kisling

(NOTE:  for non Quaker readers of this blog, Scattergood Friends School and Farm is a Quaker boarding high school in rural Iowa that many members of my family and I attended). Scattergood School and Farm’s financial crisis is stimulating a … Continue reading →

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