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Shattering the Silence
Yesterday’s Poor People’s Campaign event focused on working to end racism. Our event in Iowa was a rally at the Shattering Silence sculpture. The sculpture is adjacent to the building that houses the Iowa Supreme Court and at the top … Continue reading
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Poor Peoples Campaign Des Moines Day 1
Des Moines, Iowa May 14, 2018
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Undoing Racism as a Spiritual Practice
Changing Systems, Changing Ourselves is a series of four e-courses related to anti-racist practice for sanctuary, accompaniment, and resistance. This is a collaboration with AFSC (Lucy Duncan) and other church groups. This is a pilot project whose process involves both … Continue reading
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We Are Responsible
I last wrote Seeking a People which was about a blog post by Hye Sung Francis, who describes looking for a spiritual home, and concluding it wasn’t in the Quaker meetings he experienced. My response was to try to express … Continue reading
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Avis Wanda McClinton
Avis Wanda McClinton is an African American Quaker. There are several parts to the story of her recent experiences with Friends. There isn’t space here to completely cover all of those experiences. What I’d like to do is tell some … Continue reading
National Memorial for Peace and Justice
The National Memorial for Peace and Justice opens today in Montgomery, Alabama. From that name you might be surprised that it is, as the New York Times calls it, A Lynching Memorial. That article begins: “In a plain brown building … Continue reading
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Should I Give Up on White People?
I cannot imagine how frustrating it is for people of color to constantly observe the behaviors of, and hear so many things people who consider themselves White say that reveal their unexamined, but wrong ideas related to race and privilege. … Continue reading
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Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative) 1966
I recently came across an article in Friends Journal, October 1, 1966, written by my uncle Bernard Standing. It was interesting to see how many similarities there were with Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative) today. That was the year I first … Continue reading
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Diop Is Going to London
I’ve written a lot about my experiences with the Kheprw Institute (KI), a Black youth mentoring and empowerment community in Indianapolis. A key person in that story and community is Diop Adisa, who became a very good friend of mine. … Continue reading
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Quakers and the Future of Racial Healing
Quaker rapper Sterling Duns speaks about Dreaming of Wholeness: Quakers and the Future of Racial Healing in a new QuakerSpeak video. “It feels simple and deeply radical to just say as a group that is committed to honoring that of … Continue reading
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Quakers, social justice and revolution 