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Learnin' to soften my soul

Posted on March 24, 2020 by Jeff Kisling

I have long appreciated Nahko and Medicine for the People. I like the idea of music as medicine. The only time I’ve seen Nahko in person, I didn’t know who he was. The photo below was taken during one of … Continue reading →

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Learnin’ to soften my soul

Posted on March 24, 2020 by Jeff Kisling

I have long appreciated Nahko and Medicine for the People. I like the idea of music as medicine. The only time I’ve seen Nahko in person, I didn’t know who he was. The photo below was taken during one of … Continue reading →

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Medical Ignorance

Posted on March 24, 2020 by Jeff Kisling

Despite whether you approve of the current president or not, there is no excuse for him to use the power of his office to promote his own medical advice. It has already been proven to be lethal. A Phoenix-area man … Continue reading →

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Online Film Screening & Discussion of The Condor & The Eagle

Posted on March 24, 2020 by Jeff Kisling

RSVP Here WHAT: Join the UU Ministry for Earth (UUMFE) & UUA Green Sanctuary Program’s Environmental Justice Practitioners Network webinar series for an online screening & film discussion of the award-winning feature documentary, The Condor & The Eagle. WHEN: Thursday, March 26th. The film screening will … Continue reading →

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#ShutDownKKR day of online action

Posted on March 23, 2020 by Jeff Kisling

Putting pressure on banks and investment firms like KKR has sometimes been successful in stopping the funding for fossil fuel projects. Often this pressure is applied by scheduling a specific date to coordinate actions across the country or world. There … Continue reading →

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#LISTEN: A Letter from the Virus

Posted on March 22, 2020 by Jeff Kisling

This morning I’m thinking about listening. As a Quaker, our worship is to gather on Sunday mornings, to sit together in silence for an hour. This time of group prayer or mediation with a minimum of distraction is intended to … Continue reading →

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COVID-19 and Wet’suwet’en

Posted on March 21, 2020 by Jeff Kisling

#covid_19 #MotherNature #takecare #AnotherWorldisPossible #ProtectTheSacred This is the perfect time to enact the reprieve we have received on pollution and climate destruction. There is Beautiful evidence of a fossil free world exemplified in China who could finally see blue sky or the canals in … Continue reading →

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COVID-19 and Wet'suwet'en

Posted on March 21, 2020 by Jeff Kisling

#covid_19 #MotherNature #takecare #AnotherWorldisPossible #ProtectTheSacred This is the perfect time to enact the reprieve we have received on pollution and climate destruction. There is Beautiful evidence of a fossil free world exemplified in China who could finally see blue sky or the canals in … Continue reading →

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Uncompromising Racism

Posted on March 20, 2020 by Jeff Kisling

The economic and social meltdown from the COVID-19 pandemic exposes how successful the White, wealthy, and privileged in the United States have been in subverting the government for their purposes. A process that began the moment European explorers arrived. A … Continue reading →

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Quaker Indian Residential/Boarding Schools

Posted on March 19, 2020 by Jeff Kisling

For the past five or six years I’ve searched for and found opportunities to be engaged with and learn from Indigenous peoples. This grew out of working together to bring attention to the Dakota Access pipeline (DAPL) in Indianapolis, beginning … Continue reading →

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