Category Archives: race

Protest Art: Caged baby Jesus

Posted on July 9, 2018 by Jeff Kisling

The Nativity scene was put up early this year at Christ Church Cathedral, an Episcopalian church on the Circle in the center of downtown Indianapolis. The Episcopalian church’s dean and rector, the Rev. Stephen Carlsen, says the display that’s part of … Continue reading →

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Audit: The Souls of Poor Folk

Posted on July 7, 2018 by Jeff Kisling

“WE COME TO YOU AS REPRESENTATIVES OF BLACK, INDIAN, MEXICAN-AMERICAN, PUERTO RICAN AND WHITE-AMERICANS WHO ARE THE TOO LONG FORGOTTEN, HUNGRY AND JOBLESS OUTCASTS IN THIS LAND OF PLENTY. WE COME BECAUSE POOR FATHERS AND MOTHERS WANT A HOUSE TO … Continue reading →

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Quakers and the Poor People’s Campaign

Posted on July 6, 2018 by Jeff Kisling

Last night Rev. William Barber spoke to Quakers gathered for this year’s meetings of the Friends General Conference at the University of Toledo. He mentioned attending Quaker meetings as a child. He spoke about two Quaker abolitionists who are heroes/sheroes … Continue reading →

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Quakers and Peace Today

Posted on July 1, 2018 by Jeff Kisling

Much has been written about the role of some Quakers in the Underground Railroad, that network of safe places where those escaping enslavement found help on their journey northward. It seems not as many Friends were involved as we might … Continue reading →

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Reclaiming the Moral Narrative

Posted on June 21, 2018 by Jeff Kisling

Last Monday’s rally at the Des Moines capitol building was week 6 of the Poor People’s Campaign, with the theme “Reclaiming the Moral Narrative”. From the Poor People’s Campaign handout: As Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., prophetically described 50 … Continue reading →

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Poor Peoples Campaign-Week 5

Posted on June 9, 2018 by Jeff Kisling

Everybody’s Got the Right to Live: Education, Living Wage Jobs, Income, Housing This is the fifth of six weeks of nonviolent moral fusion direct action across the country to show our elected leaders we will no longer allow attention violence … Continue reading →

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Robert F. Kennedy

Posted on June 6, 2018 by Jeff Kisling

Today is the 50th anniversary of the death of Robert Kennedy. I’ve been thinking about a number of things related to him. NBC commentator Chris Matthews titled his recent book Bobby Kennedy: A Raging Spirit, an apt description of the … Continue reading →

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A Radical Turning

Posted on June 4, 2018 by Jeff Kisling

Yesterday’s post includes the Minute about the intersectionality of problems. It says “only radical turning will save the world.” Radical turning is a phrase some authors have used to express completely changing direction from the current path. I’ve mainly seen this … Continue reading →

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NFL Black0ut

Posted on June 2, 2018 by Jeff Kisling

#blackout “It’s time to Blackout the NFL. They have shown that they do not care about people of color and we must stop spending our time, efforts, energy, money and resources where it is clear that we do not have … Continue reading →

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