One thing that wasn't made clear enough was the interdependence of the three parts the circle: Bear Creek Quaker meeting, the Great Plains Action Society (GPAS) and the Decolonial Repair Network (DRN).
Category: spirituality
Poster for the New Conscientious Objector
A poster illustrating the concepts of the NewCO (New Conscientious Objector)
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."
NewCO slides and storybook
I plan to discuss this more thoroughly soon, but if you are wondering how you can become a NewCO, you become a NewCO as soon as you begin to RESHAPE your thinking about the state of the world and what we can do. It is a positive concept and a way to have hope again.
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 12 – Our other colonial projects
Does the world make sense to you? As economic and political systems collapse around us, isn’t this time for Quakers to speak out? Isn’t this the time to replace unjust systems with those that serve justice, i.e., LANDBACK, Mutual Aid, and the abolition of police and prisons?
A Discussion Guide: Will we change?
Discussion Guide based on Jeff Kisling’s blog post Decolonial Path for Quakers 11 – Will we change?. This guide is designed to help Quaker communities or other spiritually grounded groups reflect on the themes of decolonization, environmental witness, and systemic change.
Decolonial Path for Quakers 11 – Will we change?
If you believe, as I do, in the need for decolonization, the question becomes how do you change what is currently the status quo?
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.
Decolonial Path for Quakers 9 – Asking the right questions
It became clear that many of our queries make assumptions about the legitimacy and ongoing presence of our current systems of Christian colonial capitalist violence. I recently wrote about settler futurity, which is the idea that settler colonialism isn’t just about taking land in the present, but also about controlling the very idea of the future. It’s a way of thinking that presents the settler society as the only possible future—as a permanent and natural reality.