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2015-01-16T09:12:15-07:00

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Disturbing the Peace

Last updated on: January 16, 2015 at 9:12 am By T. Thorn Coyle

Talk of peace all too often fails to become talk of justice. Read more

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2014-12-18T07:25:39-07:00

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Disruption / Recommitment

Last updated on: December 18, 2014 at 7:25 am By T. Thorn Coyle

Whether it is personal spiritual practice, community building, or justice of all kinds, we can stop thinking “Go big or go home” and start thinking “What is one thing I can do today?” Read more

2014-12-01T21:03:41-07:00

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An Open Letter to White America

Last updated on: December 1, 2014 at 9:03 pm By T. Thorn Coyle

The rallying cry of "Black Lives Matter" is important because, within these systems, they clearly don’t. Black lives, in the United States, only matter to the systems of capitalism and imperialism as resources to be exploited and cast off. Read more

2014-11-14T08:54:41-07:00

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Challengers in Community are Necessary

Last updated on: November 14, 2014 at 8:54 am By T. Thorn Coyle

Challengers hold up a mirror so we can reflect upon whether or not we are living our mission, or whether we have gone astray. Challengers help us to examine our assumptions and see what else may be possible. Read more

2014-10-22T21:04:03-07:00

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The Fires of Liberation: #NJC ch6

Last updated on: October 22, 2014 at 9:04 pm By T. Thorn Coyle

Welcome to the 6 month study group on Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness. All comments are screened. Disagreement is fine. Incivility will not be tolerated. Subscribing via RSS and subscribing to comments is recommended. You may join the group at any time. For more information please read this linked post. Discussion on the Introduction and Chapter One is here. Scroll through my blog entries for the remaining chapter readings and discussions. “To act is to be... Read more

2014-10-10T07:14:35-07:00

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Confronting Empire Takes Us All

Last updated on: October 10, 2014 at 7:14 am By T. Thorn Coyle

Acting toward justice is dangerous. To act toward justice is to willingly put our hands in the wolf’s mouth... Read more

2014-10-01T04:49:39-07:00

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Broken Families, Broken Lives: #NJC Ch5

Last updated on: October 1, 2014 at 4:49 am By T. Thorn Coyle

“The mass incarceration of people of color is a big part of the reason that a black child born today is less likely to be raised by both parents than a child born during slavery.” - Michelle Alexander Read more

2014-09-12T10:35:38-07:00

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Becoming Leaders

Last updated on: September 12, 2014 at 10:35 am By T. Thorn Coyle

We have to allow ourselves, continuously, to re-enter the state of becoming, with open eyes and open arms, with courage, and as much grace as we can muster. Read more

2014-08-29T06:45:10-07:00

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Creating the Outcast: #NJC Ch 4

Last updated on: August 29, 2014 at 6:45 am By T. Thorn Coyle

Instead of treating the formerly incarcerated as outcasts and outlaws, how can we find ways to change our communities and welcome them home? Read more

New Jim Crow

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New Jim Crow

2014-08-19T15:48:55-07:00

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Yearning To Be Free

Last updated on: August 19, 2014 at 3:48 pm By T. Thorn Coyle

We’ve forgotten we can love one another. We’ve forgotten that we, too, are outsiders. We must hold out our hands to each other across racial and other divides, or our souls will continue to harden and slowly crack. The rifts between us will widen, and then swallow us all whole. Read more

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