Building the Future We Want
I wrote about the Rally for Reproductive Justice at the Iowa Women of Achievement bridge in downtown Des Moines last Friday. The event was a case study of how I hope and pray we find our way toward the goal of Beloved community. This is urgent now as the systems we have depended on continue … Continue reading Building the Future We Want
Whiteness and Quakers
[References to Quakers here pertain to White Quakers. There is little diversity among Quakers in this country.] There are several reasons I’m led to revisit this today. Our Quaker meetings have dwindling numbers of attenders. Most of those remaining are elderly and white. Many meetings do not have new people joining. I continue to hear … Continue reading Whiteness and Quakers
Buffalo Rebellion and Red/Green New Deal
The Sunrise Movement was launched as a national campaign for a Green New Deal (GND) in 2017. From the beginning I heard my native friends talk about the importance of a GND to be Indigenous led. In 2019 Sunrise’s Green New Deal tour began with a stop in Des Moines. There my friends Trisha Cax-Sep-Gu-Wiga Etringer … Continue reading Buffalo Rebellion and Red/Green New Deal
Grateful and humbled
I am grateful for many things this morning. For the waters falling from the sky. For my Mutual Aid friends who demonstrate what a Beloved community is. For the Buffalo Rebellion, growing a movement for climate action that centers racial and economic justice. Thankful for my Quaker communities. I give thanks to the Spirit. I … Continue reading Grateful and humbled
Building a coalition
I’m reflecting and praying about what happened this past weekend during the Climate Summit of the newly formed Buffalo Rebellion, a new coalition of Iowa organizations that are growing a movement for climate action that centers racial and economic justice. Buffalo Rebellion is a new coalition of Iowa organizations that are growing a movement for … Continue reading Building a coalition
Hazardous liquid carbon pipelines
There are many reasons why carbon, or CO2 pipelines, should not be built. Some I’ve written: https://quakersandreligioussocialism.com/?s=carbon+co2 My friend Mahmud Fitil maintains the Facebook group Iowa Carbon Pipeline Resistance Coalition @NoCCSIowa. Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is not the answer to the climate emergency. CCS is unproven, dangerous and delays real solutions to the climate … Continue reading Hazardous liquid carbon pipelines
Dare we hope?
I was searching for a way to describe what WE experienced during OUR Buffalo Rebellion Climate Summit this weekend. A moment reminiscent of the times of the civil rights and anti-war movements which brought together thousands of people and created change. This weekend a coalition of people and organizations came together to rise to the … Continue reading Dare we hope?
Earth Day Rally Des Moines
As I’ve written about recently, we held an Earth Day Rally in Des Moines yesterday. The rally was part of the three-day Climate Summit of the Buffalo Rebellion I’m attending. After a number of people spoke, we walked to the offices of MidAmerican Energy, which has been the focus of climate activists for some time … Continue reading Earth Day Rally Des Moines
Earth Day Rally
I’m excited about attending this Earth Day Rally organized by the Buffalo Rebellion. And attending the immersive training Saturday and Sunday. The organizations that make up this coalition can be found below. We believe that we must address the root of climate change, insatiable corporate greed and white supremacy, to make change happen. This will … Continue reading Earth Day Rally
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Quakers and Religious Socialism 