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LA Quaker: The latest Supreme Court ruling may reduce segregation and promote affordable housing
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Friday, July 24, 2015. The latest Supreme Court ruling may reduce segregation and promote affordable housing. Be used to justify requiring all white suburbs to allow, or even require, affordable housing for low income people. America’s fair housing backlash. By Jamelle Bouie (LA Times, July 22, 2015). Behind this dramatic language, not to say fear-mongering, are recent decisions from the Supreme Court and the Department of Housing and Urban Development that take aim at residential segregation. She was hu...
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LA Quaker: Scientists prove Jesus rose from the dead!
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Sunday, March 31, 2013. Scientists prove Jesus rose from the dead! Jerusalem, March 31, 2013. After two years of intensive study, a conference consisting of nearly one thousand leading historians, archaeologists, and bio-chemists have concluded that a recent cache of documents and artifacts found buried near the Dome of the Rock prove conclusively that a Jewish prophet named Jesus was crucified by the Romans and rose from the dead. 8220;Why should I? It’s like the unusual ability of the "resurrecti...
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LA Quaker: Supporting the right of Temecula Muslims to build a mosque
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Sunday, August 15, 2010. Supporting the right of Temecula Muslims to build a mosque. Islamophobia reared its ugly head not only in Manhattan, but also closer to home, in Temecula, CA, a bedroom suburb in the high desert of Riverside County between San Bernardino and San Diego. This community of 100,000 souls is best known for being conservative and fundamentalist Christian, but those of other faiths live there as well, including Mormons and Muslims. In fact, there is a thriving interfaith council. Stanfo...
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Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. Interfaith Youth Leadership Initiative. Interfaith in your backyard. Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice,. Los Angeles cluela.org. South Coast Interfaith Council,. Long Beach scinterfaith.org. Orange County Interfaith Coalition for the Environment. Southern California Committee for a Parliament of the World’s Religions. Calabasas www.vic-la.org. Interfaith Power and Light,. San Francisco interfaithpowerandlight.org. Out Clergy Los Angeles,.
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LA Quaker: Solar Powered Clothes Dryer and New Garden!
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Sunday, February 21, 2010. Solar Powered Clothes Dryer and New Garden! Today is a happy day: I planted a garden! I want to express my appreciation to my Australian Friends for inspiring me to be more earth-friendly. Every Australian Friend I stayed with had a garden and used a wind/solar powered clothes dryer. As a New Year's resolution, I am doing likewise. Enlivened by the Mystery: Quakers and God. In the backyard. My solar powered clothes dryer is simpler and more Quakerly, as you see. Of kids and car...
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LA Quaker: Prophecy and Quaker discernment: a biblical perspective
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Thursday, July 24, 2014. Prophecy and Quaker discernment: a biblical perspective. In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men [and women] will see visions, your old men [and women] will dream dreams. Even on my servants/slaves, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit and they will prophesy.”. Acts 2:17 and Joel 2:28. (. Marge Abbot has also become interested in the prophetic aspects of Quakerism and provides an excellent...
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LA Quaker: Activist Burnout: A Reflection by Dick Bunce
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Wednesday, July 29, 2015. Activist Burnout: A Reflection by Dick Bunce. Given July 24, 2015 to ICUJP Forum as the morning reflection. My reflection topic is activist burnout. What are some causes and symptoms of activist burnout, and what are we learning about self-care? This talk gets a bit dark. But trust me, I will get to the sunnier theme of self-care. When I returned to the States, I jumped into the flowing stream of urban anti-poverty, anti-racist activism. Pam and I were deeply moved in hearin...
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LA Quaker: August 2015
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Sunday, August 30, 2015. End the siege of Gaza and begin the reconstruction of this devastated country. Doni and Randy Heyn-Lamb. Of the Middle East Ministry of. All Saints Church, Pasadena,. Sent me a letter about Gaza which I am sharing with you. I totally support lifting the siege of Gaza and rebuilding this devastated country. What Israel is doing to Gaza is a crime against humanity, aided and abetted by the United States. I applaud All Saints for taking up this cause. Or open the copy we have attach...
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LA Quaker: Update on Greywater in Pasadena and beyond
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Friday, July 24, 2015. Update on Greywater in Pasadena and beyond. Interest in gray water systems is growing as the historic drought in California worsens. As we prepare for our presentation on gray water and sustainable living for the Arroyo Food Coop next Saturday, August 1, at 2:00 pm, we'd like to update you on what's happening with greywater systems at the state and local level. (For info about our presentation, see. More information will be available on our website by the end of this week. With an ...
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LA Quaker: Act locally and nationally for environmental justice and an earth restored
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Saturday, August 8, 2015. Act locally and nationally for environmental justice and an earth restored. Here is Joe's letter:. Please consider joining the historic Interfaith March on Climate Change on Thursday morning, September 24th, in Washington, D.C. O. N the National Mall in Washington, D.C., it may become the largest ever march and rally on climate change. It is scheduled to coincide with Pope Francis's address on September 24th to a joint session of Congress. If you wish to attend, check out their ...