New website
I recently created a new website that focuses on long term work I’ve been doing related to abolition, decolonization, and mutual aid. https://quakersmutualaidandabolition.blog/
‘Learn About’ abolition, Quakers and Mutual Aid
I recently learned about another Google Application name “Learn About”. As the name implies, it is designed to help anyone learn about a subject they are interested in.
Fourth of He Lies
On July 4th, stand with Great Plains Action Society, Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement, Ní Btháska Stand Collective, Des Moines Black Liberation Movement, Humanize My Hoodie, Revolutionary Action Party, Quad Cities Interfaith, Iowa Coalition for Collective Change, and Des Moines Mutual Aid!
Join us on “Fourth of He Lies” to demand that the Iowa legislators remove whitewashed monuments…
Global Decolonial Repair
In A Unified Path to Decolonization, I showed the results of analysis of two diagrams, the Great Plains Action Society’s Theory of Change and the Decolonial Repair Network’s diagram. The following was created by adding the graphic I created to describe global colonialism with those two graphics, using all three diagrams.
A Unified Path to Decolonization
Decolonization is a transformative and deeply complex process requiring coordinated effort from all positions within our societies. It is not a single act, but a sustained movement.
Settler-colonialism parallels
I had asked to talk about the parallels between US and Israeli settler-colonialism at the monthly meeting of our Decolonial Repair Network. I think of those parallels more as the Israeli settler-colonists escalate violence and killing in Palestine. And reminds me more frequently of this country’s genocide of Native Americans.
New orientation of this blog
I am going to begin sharing a lot of the analysis I obtain from doing research with two relatively new Google artificial intelligence (AI) applications, Gemini and NotebookLM. I realize many people have negative experiences or ideas about AI. What follows is an explanation of two philosophies of artificial intelligence. I’m using NotebookLM because it…
Bridging Mutual Aid and Decolonial Justice
For years, the annual Prairie Awakening event at Kuehn Conservation Area has been a vibrant celebration of Native American culture, a place where the land’s memory is honored through traditional music, dance, and storytelling.1 But for my meeting, Bear Creek Friends Meeting of Iowa Yearly Meeting Conservative, this event has evolved into something far more…
The Enduring Call
I continue to do research and discuss ways to convince Quakers to more fully embrace mutual aid. Those discussions usually lead to more questions and ideas. I did speak at Bear Creek meeting again, yesterday, and suggested we have a Mutual Aid Workgroup, which I plan to develop.
New Era of AI Research
A new era of AI research. Leveraging Gemini Flash and NotebookLM for Secure, Targeted, and Verifiable Workflow. In today’s flood of information, finding accurate, relevant data is a critical challenge. The solution lies not in a single tool, but in a synergistic AI stack that combines broad, intelligent discovery with deep, factual analysis.
Consolidated history of IYMC Mutual Aid
This report provides a comprehensive historical analysis of the Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative) (IYM(C)), examining its past social welfare activities through the specific conceptual framework of mutual aid versus traditional charity. The primary objective is to discern the prevailing patterns of support historically practiced by IYM(C) and to identify instances that exemplify either charity or…
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.
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