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Enshrouded
For days we’ve watched the scenes from the devastating and expanding California wildfires. Apocalyptic images. (describing or prophesying the complete destruction of the world.) Monday morning dawned smoky across much of California, and it dawned scary – over the weekend … Continue reading
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Protest and Protect
Definitions Protest: a statement or action expressing disapproval of or objection to something. Demonstrate: take part in a public demonstration. synonyms: protest · rally · march · parade · sit in · vigil Vigil: a stationary, peaceful demonstration in support … Continue reading
RuralOrganizing.org Launch Party With Che Apalache and The Ruralists
Recently, I transitioned to the role of Executive Director at RuralOrganizing.org. One of the first projects we’re working on is challenging media stereotypes about rural Americans. A huge piece of this work is making sure undocumented folks in rural America … Continue reading
US Army Predicts Collapse Within 20 Years
It feels a bit like whiplash, going from yesterday’s post about healing and hope, to today’s about rapidly evolving environmental chaos. But whiplash seems to describe the times we are living in. A recent article on the Daily Kos, (US … Continue reading
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Healing – Decolonizing Quakers
I appreciate this quote from the “Decolonizing Quakers” website: “the decolonizing that needs to take place, both the educating and the healing, are matters of urgency to the survival of the human species and the health of the Earth as … Continue reading
Reflections — Decolonizing Quakers
Yesterday I wrote about the new website Decolonizing Quakers. I appreciate this quote from the site: “the decolonizing that needs to take place, both the educating and the healing, are matters of urgency to the survival of the human species … Continue reading
Decolonizing Quakers
For decades I’ve watched the failure of white dominant society to address the increasingly dire threats to Mother Earth. So I began looking for ways to learn more about Native peoples, who have always known of the sacredness of our … Continue reading
Attempts to Silence Pipeline Protestors
Silencing protest is crucial for establishing an authoritarian regime, as the current Republican party and administration are doing. As is suppressing media coverage of protests, or delegitimizing what reporting is done as “fake” news. Beginning in 2016 we witnessed the … Continue reading
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Native Peoples and Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL)
Columbus Day overlooks a painful colonial history and minimizes the important contributions made by Indigenous peoples throughout this continent’s history. That’s why FCNL has chosen to celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day instead. I attended (10/23/19) the Friends Committee on National Legislation … Continue reading
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Practicing Hope
I’ve recently written about two people who were mentors for me, Sherry Hutchison and Don Laughlin. And that has led me to pray and wonder about what I have done, and might yet do, that could be a good influence … Continue reading
Quakers, social justice and revolution 