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Planning Next Steps for Sunrise Movement / Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement
The Iowa CCI / Sunrise Green New Deal Tour Stop in Des Moines was on April 24, 2019. An estimated 450 people and I attended. One of the next steps listed below is to join us at the Iowa CCI … Continue reading
A Minute to Repudiate the Doctrine Of Discovery
As I’ve been writing, we will be holding several workshops at Scattergood Friends School and Farm, and in Des Moines in early July, related to the topic “toward right relationships with Native peoples.” The workshop leader will be Paula Palmer … Continue reading
As I have shared my love of Nahko Bear and Medicine for the People, I have found few in my circles, at least, have heard of him and the band. I love the music and the lyrics, and the stories … Continue reading
A Letter to Faith Communities
This July, Paula Palmer will lead several workshops related to developing right relationships with Native peoples. Following is a letter to faith communities that introduces the history and topics related to the relationships between settler colonialists and Native people, relationships … Continue reading
Since Parkland
I can think of no greater failure of our society than the accelerating rate of school shootings. Protecting our children is our most sacred duty. And yet even the most common sense policies for gun control are shut down by … Continue reading
Tools to Help You Ask to Stop the March to War with Iran
Yesterday I wrote about some history related to how the U.S. got involved with the Vietnam and Iraq Wars. About how flimsy the rationale to start those wars was, and the parallels today as we see the same pattern developing, … Continue reading
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Glick Photography Selection 2013
I recently saw the tulips that Pella, Iowa, is famous for. They reminded me of the photograph below that was selected for the Glick Public Art Project. At the time I was working at Riley Hospital for Children, part of … Continue reading
Stop the March to War
We are clearly seeing yet another deliberate series of steps to provoke war. This time Iran seems to be the target. This video from the editors of History.com explains how President Lyndon Johnson used the alleged attack on U.S. Navy … Continue reading
Dual Threats at Pine Ridge
A new message from Chase Iron Eyes, Lead Counsel, Lakota People’s Law Project, describes the continued challenges from the flooding at Pine Ridge and a threat to the rights of anyone who protests in South Dakota, or supports those who … Continue reading
Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative) Friends and Indigenous Peoples
Following is a blog post I wrote a year ago. I’m sharing this again today because it provides a history of recent connections with Native Americans and Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative) Friends, up to when the post was written in … Continue reading
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