This is a review of some of the work I've been involved with during my life.
Category: peace
National Quaker Conference on the Draft 1968
As Friends we have for many years been granted privileged status within the draft system. This has often blinded us to the evil of the draft itself, and the treatment of those not so privileged. We are grateful for all those who by resolutely resisting the draft have quickened our conscience. We are called into the community of all who suffer for their refusal to perform unconscionable acts.
The NewCO: What, Why, and How?
The NewCO (New Conscientious Objector) framework provides a comprehensive strategic blueprint for the immediate cessation of systemic sin within the Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative) tradition. The NewCO is about a faithful response composed of three integrated pillars: LANDBACK, Mutual Aid, and Abolition.
Faith in a Time of Genocide
Colonization continues globally today and the genocide in the Middle East is a prime example. Kairos Palestine, the Palestinian Christian Initiative calls out "A Moment of Truth: Faith in a Time of Genocide."
The Unfinished Peace
I really like the children's books Storybook creates. They convey complicated subjects very well, I think. And, of course, they can bring children into these discussions.
Decolonial Path for Quakers 10 – Sensemaking
Some Friends have come to the conclusion that we must "conscientiously object to and resist capitalism and white supremacy" just as we have historically conscientiously objected to military service. To live faithfully requires us to seek and build alternatives that are rooted in our spiritual principles. The antidote is LANDBACK, Mutual Aid, and Abolition.
Earlham-Bear Creek Mutual Aid
This is an initial look into the ideas of Bear Creek Meeting developing mutual aid resources in the wider Earlham community.
A Revolutionary Act
Embracing mutual aid is not merely an act of service but a spiritual imperative for contemporary Quakers to live out their testimonies in transformative action.
Need new peace movement now
We can't allow our focus to be hijacked into dwelling on this atrocity. We must not only continue our peace efforts, but look around for others who share our beliefs that we haven't, for whatever reason, connected with, yet. Build a new peace movement, built on years of work we have already done. But now look more globally for peacemakers to join us, for us to join them, at this horrible time.
Peace
Reading Charles Eisenstein's recent post 'Peace' this morning has caused me to re-examine my life's work for peace.