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Global Climate Strike

Yesterday thousands of students in over 100 countries went into the streets to demand action on climate change instead of going to classes. The following statement from the Sunrise Movement describes why this is a youth-led and youth-centered movement. The … Continue reading

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Global Climate Strikes

News of today’s climate strikes are beginning to come in from around the globe. Iowa Climate Strike will occur at the Iowa State Capitol tomorrow (3/15/2019) from 2-4 pm. https://www.facebook.com/events/2564757000232326/ This event is hosted by Iowa Climate Strike. A massive … Continue reading

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Youth Climate Strike and Quakers

Tomorrow students around the world will strike to demand actions to support a Green New Deal to address our environmental crises. Tens of thousands of youth have participated in #FridaysForFuture demonstrations in Europe and Australia over the past several months. … Continue reading

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Support criminal justice reform for Native people

Chase Iron Eyes, Lead Counsel of the Lakota People’s Law Project, is asking us to spread awareness about the need for criminal justice reform for Native people. The video below is made from three talking circles, one in Rapid City, … Continue reading

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Sunrise comes to Rhode Island

On March 7th, students, all members of the Sunrise Movement, ages 15-26, spoke at a rally at the Rhode Island statehouse, asking for the passage of the Rhode Island Green New Deal Resolution. Each student spoke about why passage of … Continue reading

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The photo that changed my life

In January I read the blog post 1:1000, A Picture is Worth 1000 Words by Julianna Whalen on her site, Streets and Streams. Her idea is to write 1,000 words about one photo. Shortly after reading that, I wrote a blog post … Continue reading

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FCNL: Advocacy training on promoting legislation to safeguard the health and safety of our Native American siblings

I recently attended an excellent online (via ZOOM) presentation from the Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) titled “advocacy training on promoting legislation to safeguard the health and safety of our Native American siblings” with Lacina Tangnaqudo Onco and Christine … Continue reading

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Youth Climate Strike

What is education? How and where do our youth learn? What responsibility should youth have in the world today? I spent my High School years at Scattergood Friends (Quaker) School and Farm just east of West Branch, Iowa. The work … Continue reading

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Green New Deal vote is back on Senate schedule

The latest news about a Senate vote on the Green New Deal, S.Res.59, according to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), is that a vote is planned to take place in the next few weeks. Originally there had been a … Continue reading

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“Normal’s Gone”

One tactic of the Sunrise Movement is to bring attention to the role of climate change when extreme weather events occur. These past few weeks have seen prolonged bitter cold, with many low temperature records broken over a wide area … Continue reading

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