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The best way to fight for our country against MAGA threats is to not vote for Canadian MAGA supporters.

Opinion: Chronically ill, disabled Free Press columnist Shawna Forester Smith died last week, three months after writing this Compass for Living Someone I knew left a Compass for Living when she died and I thought it was brilliant, so I am stealing her idea. Thanks, JoAnn — may your memory be a blessing. So here it is.

Though incredibly different situations, we were joined by chronic illness. her columns were amazing. An incredible human. Your memory is and will be a blessing. Thank you, Shawna.

‘I had a wonderful life despite all the hard stuff’
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Beauty break ❤️ #TheLeaf #Winnipeg #Orchids

On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, I reflect on the six million Jewish People who were murdered by the Nazis, including members of my own family. I remember the millions who were persecuted and killed because of their ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, or political beliefs.

Quakers Call for Radical Overhaul of Sentencing The government must focus on reforming and rehabilitating offenders and addressing the root causes of crime if it is to fix the prison system, Quakers in Criminal Justice (QICJ) said.

⚖️Our prisons are in crisis. Overcrowding shows "tough on crime" policies don’t work. Real safety comes from helping people change. Let’s build a justice system rooted in hope and humanity. ❤️

#Quakers #PrisonReform #RestorativeJustice #SentencingCrisis
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Whoops. It’s called On Tyranny. Has new book called On Freedom. Was interviewed a while back by I think Matt Galloway.

I would also recommend reading the book Tyranny by Timothy Snyder. It’s available in print, audio, and graphic novel.

Look up a book called Tyranny. It really has great analysis. Quite short. There’s also a graphic novel version.

I love Winter! (good thing as it’s nippy out there this week)

safe travels tomorrow! did you get a hunk of volcanic rock to fry stuff in?

Principles and practices of peace education Principles and practices of peace education explores how peace might be built in everyday classroom practice. It can be used as individual study or as a basis for CPD with a larger group. It ...

💡Exciting educational opportunity! Register for the ‘Principles and Practices of Peace Education’ by The Open University and Quakers in Britain (@britishquakers.bsky.social)!

📜 Learn how to empower children to build peace.

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Please support survivors of St. Anne's in pushing the government to turn over documents of the crimes committed against the children.
Rally at Ontario Superior Court 9 AM
Join the court hearing online:
Monday 10 AM EST
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Meeting ID: 636 2985 9925
Code: 452032

“Canadian content” for MLK day. Loved his critique of hippies. So much more though … Also check out Bob Hunter’s Lecture being hosted by Pendle Hill and Earlham College tonight (look up PH or EC for details).

I figure the only way I will get onto Bluesky is if I get on Bluesky. Meta boycott week seems the perfect transition time! Hi, Friends!

"I call upon you to be maladjusted to each of these things." Martin Luther King Jr. urged #Quakers in the July 26, 1958 edition of @friendsjournal.org . In our archives. (4/4)

MLK Jr: " I never intend to adjust myself to economic conditions which take necessities from the masses to give luxuries to the classes. I never intend to ad just myself to the madness of militarism and the self-defeating effects of physical violence." (3/4)

MKL Jr: "There are certain things within our social order to which I am proud to be maladjusted, and I call upon you to be maladjusted to all of these things. I never intend to become adjusted to seg­regation and discrimination.I never intend to adjust myself to the vicious­ness of mob rule." (2/4)

A excerpt from Martin Luther King Jr.'s article in the July 26, 1958 issue of "Friends Journal" magazine. Some of this is included in the thread.

Martin Luther King Jr, in @friendsjournal.org, 1958: "Let us be maladjusted. As maladjusted as the prophet Amos, who in the midst of the injustices of his day could cry out in words that echo across the generations, ‘Let judgment run down like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream.’” (1/4)

starting with beauty