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Strike DC Press Release
Contact press@strikedc.org for inquiries Facebook: facebook.com/StrikeDC/Twitter: @shutdown_dc Instagram: shutdowndc923 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: SEPTEMBER 23 Washington, D.C., September 23 – Hundreds of people have shut down the center of decision-making in the U.S. to demand the government immediately ends fossil fuel production, … Continue reading
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Have you no sense of decency?
Mackinac Island is a special place for me. It epitomizes the idea of living without personal automobiles, something I’ve done and advocated for most of my life. I am very glad I was able to visit the island during a … Continue reading
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A Quaker and Native peoples
This morning I have the opportunity to talk about my experiences with Native peoples. As I was preparing for this, I realized my spiritual environmental journey led me to Indigenous peoples. Some recent experiences have helped me move along the … Continue reading
China And The Prospects For A Global Ecological Civilization
It was great to see millions of students and others across the globe striking for climate change yesterday. I also feel deeply discouraged, believing a conglomerate of conditions seem to indicate we are past the point where we could have … Continue reading
Working for the Iran Deal 2015
Increasing tensions with Iran now remind me of the work we did in 2015 to get the Iran Nuclear Deal approved. Tensions today are the direct result of the withdrawal of the United States from that deal. The work began … Continue reading
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Tagged FCNL, Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative), Iran
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Youth Led Movement
“We have not come here to beg world leaders to care, you have ignored us in the past and you will ignore us again. We have run out of excuses and we are running out of time. We have come … Continue reading
Iowa and Global Climate Strike
Having written a lot recently about choosing between continuing to fight for climate change or, instead, preparing for the climate chaos that we’ll continue to experience, I’m a little ambivalent about things like this climate strike. Global strikes like these … Continue reading
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White and Privileged Climate Movement
I’ve taken advantage of every opportunity to build relationships with Indigenous Peoples for several reasons. The primary being white supremacist, capitalistic cultures have raped Mother Earth for centuries and brought us to the brink of our own extinction. Indigenous peoples … Continue reading
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Iowa Young Friends’ Giving Voice Epistle
As I read with great joy and gratitude the following “giving voice” epistle of the Young Friends of Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative) this year, I wanted to share it with those beyond our yearly meeting who would not see it … Continue reading
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House of Cards
As I’ve been thinking and writing about environmental catastrophe, and seeing that unfolding now, most recently with the total destruction of the Bahamas, I keep seeing a vision of our communities as houses of cards. I think most of us … Continue reading
Quakers, social justice and revolution 