-
Join 349 other subscribers
Archives
Search
Tag Archives: FCNL
#CloseTheCamps
We have watched with mounting horror as details and images of the inhumane treatment of children in the detention centers at our southern border continue to emerge. Tomorrow there will be protest rallies across the country demanding that the camps … Continue reading
Posted in immigration, Uncategorized
Tagged #CloseTheCamps, AFSC, detention centers, FCNL, MoveOn
Leave a comment
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
Posted in peace, Quaker, Uncategorized
Tagged FCNL, Friends Committee on National Legislation, Iran, lobby
Leave a comment
Resisting Authoritarianism
As history shows, the slide into an authoritarian regime occurs very slowly over time. The people would, hopefully, rise up if all the repression occurred at once. Rather, the assault on freedom occurs with one change followed by another. Concern … Continue reading
Fallon Forum, AFSC and FCNL
Today’s message in the book “365 Days of Walking the Red Road” by Terri Jean is: You must speak straight so that your words may go as sunlight to our hearts. —COCHISE, CHIRICAHUA APACHE TRIBAL LEADER, 1812–1874 Jean, Terri. 365 … Continue reading
Sen. Grassley and “so-called” Green New Deal
Below is the response I got from Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley after I asked him to support the Green New Deal. In my letter I talked about the advantages the Green New Deal could bring to Iowa, including many jobs … Continue reading
Posted in climate change, Green New Deal, Sunrise Movement, Uncategorized
Tagged FCNL
Leave a comment
H.Res.109/S.Res.59 – Green New Deal
The Green New Deal began to attract national attention on November 13, 2018, when over 250 Sunrise Movement protesters staged a sit-in at Speaker Pelosi’s office. They were joined by Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who later spoke about how nervous she … Continue reading
Posted in #NDAPL, climate change, Green New Deal, Indigenous, Sunrise Movement, Uncategorized
Tagged FCNL
Leave a comment
Love Knows No Borders
As I wrote yesterday, the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) is participating with others across the country for a week of action as we stand in solidarity with the migrant caravan and all who seek refuge in the U.S. Together, … Continue reading
Savanna’s Act Passed in the U.S. Senate
One of the things I learned from my Native friends as we walked together on the First Nation-Farmer Climate Unity March the first week of September, was about the epidemic of missing and murdered indigenous women. Many of the marchers … Continue reading
Love Knows No Borders
The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) is helping organize “Love Knows No Borders: A moral call for migrant justice”. Thursday, December 13, 9:00am Hosted by AFSC Iowa 4211 Grand Ave. Des Moines, IA 50312 For weeks now, President Trump has … Continue reading
Ask Congress to Preserve SNAP
Congressional leaders are in the midst of final negotiations on the farm bill (H.R.2) and the future of SNAP, the largest source of food assistance for millions of families struggling with hunger in our country. The biggest hurdle remains the … Continue reading
Quakers, social justice and revolution 