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Sacred Tree: Reflections on Native American Spirituality
How I look at social justice and spirituality has been profoundly affected by my recent experiences with Native Americans. These things are difficult to put into words, but similar to Quaker meetings for worship, there was a palpable sense of … Continue reading
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KHOI Radio Interviews-North Korea Exchange
Following up on recent articles in the Des Moines Register about Iowa and agricultural diplomacy, KHOI (89.1 FM) radio talk producer Susan Franzen created an episode titled “Citizen Diplomacy through agriculture from USSR to PRNC“. From the program’s website: Ambassador Kenneth … Continue reading
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Tagged AFSC, Bear Creek, North Korea
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Puerto Rico solar power
Although I don’t think the long term future of islands like Puerto Rico looks good because of rising sea levels and stronger hurricanes resulting from climate change, there is obviously a humanitarian crisis now. And it will probably be years … Continue reading
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U.S. doesn’t care about endless war
I have been upset since reading this article: How We Learned Not To Care About America’s Wars, Sixteen years of autopilot wars, but who’s counting? by Andrew Bacevich. Published on the Common Dreams website. As a Quaker and someone who … Continue reading
Posted in #NDAPL, civil disobedience, climate change, Indigenous, integral nonviolence, peace, Quaker Meetings, Uncategorized
Tagged war
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Reactions to Invitation to North Korea
As discussed here, Bear Creek Friends meeting wrote a letter to the Des Moines Register inviting another visit from a North Korean delegation to discuss agricultural practices. I was wondering what the reader comments would be. Following are what have … Continue reading
Help KI Win Funding for Food Coop
UPDATE: Click on the green arrow next to the Empowered to Serve box to go to voting for Community Food Initiative The Kheprw Institute (KI) youth empowerment community in Indianapolis that North Meadow Friends and I have been involved with … Continue reading
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Tagged food coop, Kheprw Institute
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Monteverde and Environmental Injustice
I was glad to receive this good news from Rick Juliusson from Monteverde Friends School in response to the recent blog post, Monteverde Friends suffer severe damage from storm. “Thank you so much for your support, Jeff. We appreciate the … Continue reading
Monteverde and Iowa Quakers’ peace concerns
Yesterday I briefly described how Quakers decided to leave the U.S. and move to Costa Rica because of increasing militarism. At the same time (late 1940’s) that Eston and Marvin Rockwell and Wolf Guindon were imprisoned for resisting peacetime conscription … Continue reading
Monteverde Friends suffer severe damage from storm
“Tropical Storm Nate created a state of emergency in Costa Rica and here in Monteverde. Cut off from the main town of Santa Elena by a washed out bridge, no electricity/internet/telephone, limited water and food supplies, and uncertainty about future … Continue reading
Building an environmental action movement
After venting my frustration about environmental inaction, I thought it could be helpful to hear about some of the ways you can get involved in fixing environmental problems. Following is the story of how I got involved with the Rainforest … Continue reading
Quakers, social justice and revolution 