Eileen Flanagan
@eileenflanagan.bsky.social
Activist, Quaker, Author of the forthcoming book Common Ground
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It's been a long road, but I feel like I'm where I'm meant to be--sharing lessons from the #climate movement that are relevant to the struggle against #authoritarianism.
Please see the comments for my blog post on my new book! #commonground
Please see the comments for my blog post on my new book! #commonground
Reposted by Eileen Flanagan
“If signs and symbols didn’t matter, authoritarians wouldn’t strive so desperately to erase history, ban books, remove flags, paint over crosswalks, and suppress any visible sign of diversity.”
@riverasun.bsky.social @wagingnonviolence.org
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@riverasun.bsky.social @wagingnonviolence.org
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Inflatables, rainbow crosswalks, flooding snitch lines — creative action was off the charts in 2025
In the face of rising authoritarianism, creativity is an enduring movement superpower that helped us break through the stranglehold of fear this year.
wagingnonviolence.org
January 29, 2026 at 6:35 PM
“If signs and symbols didn’t matter, authoritarians wouldn’t strive so desperately to erase history, ban books, remove flags, paint over crosswalks, and suppress any visible sign of diversity.”
@riverasun.bsky.social @wagingnonviolence.org
wagingnonviolence.org/2025/12/crea...
@riverasun.bsky.social @wagingnonviolence.org
wagingnonviolence.org/2025/12/crea...
We need to keep talking about climate. People are increasingly understanding.
December 17, 2025 at 11:29 PM
We need to keep talking about climate. People are increasingly understanding.
People power matters.
The NYC Comptroller has formally recommended to 3 public pension boards that they search for a replacement to BlackRock to manage their $42 billion in pensioners' savings because BlackRock is failing on investing for a safe and healthy future. We love to see it!
🚨BREAKING: @bradlander.bsky.social today announced recommendations to end $42+ billion in investment with BlackRock, as it leads funding of fossil fuels.
It’s now time for our pension trustees to follow Comptroller Brad Lander and deliver pension funds that don’t invest in our city’s destruction.
It’s now time for our pension trustees to follow Comptroller Brad Lander and deliver pension funds that don’t invest in our city’s destruction.
December 1, 2025 at 7:21 PM
People power matters.
I’m honored to be speaking at “Faith-Based Organizing in the Age of Authoritarianism” on Nov. 23 in NYC — a free interfaith event bringing together activists, clergy, and organizers to unite faith and justice.
🕐 1–4 PM | 📍15 Rutherford Place | 🥗 Free Lunch Included tinyurl.com/faithbasedor...
🕐 1–4 PM | 📍15 Rutherford Place | 🥗 Free Lunch Included tinyurl.com/faithbasedor...
November 17, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I’m honored to be speaking at “Faith-Based Organizing in the Age of Authoritarianism” on Nov. 23 in NYC — a free interfaith event bringing together activists, clergy, and organizers to unite faith and justice.
🕐 1–4 PM | 📍15 Rutherford Place | 🥗 Free Lunch Included tinyurl.com/faithbasedor...
🕐 1–4 PM | 📍15 Rutherford Place | 🥗 Free Lunch Included tinyurl.com/faithbasedor...
Great to speak at @pendlehillusa.bsky.social where folks sang together and asked deep questions. Video link below.
If you haven't ordered the book CommonGround yet, the Pendle Hill bookstore still has copies: pendlehill.org/product/comm...
If you haven't ordered the book CommonGround yet, the Pendle Hill bookstore still has copies: pendlehill.org/product/comm...
November 5, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Great to speak at @pendlehillusa.bsky.social where folks sang together and asked deep questions. Video link below.
If you haven't ordered the book CommonGround yet, the Pendle Hill bookstore still has copies: pendlehill.org/product/comm...
If you haven't ordered the book CommonGround yet, the Pendle Hill bookstore still has copies: pendlehill.org/product/comm...
Reposted by Eileen Flanagan
Quaker author and activist Eileen Flanagan talks about activism and how Quaker Meetings help us in overcoming fear.
Hear or watch Quakers Today podcast: www.friendsjournal.org/podcast/quak...
@eileenflanagan.bsky.social @friendsjournal.org
Hear or watch Quakers Today podcast: www.friendsjournal.org/podcast/quak...
@eileenflanagan.bsky.social @friendsjournal.org
October 20, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Quaker author and activist Eileen Flanagan talks about activism and how Quaker Meetings help us in overcoming fear.
Hear or watch Quakers Today podcast: www.friendsjournal.org/podcast/quak...
@eileenflanagan.bsky.social @friendsjournal.org
Hear or watch Quakers Today podcast: www.friendsjournal.org/podcast/quak...
@eileenflanagan.bsky.social @friendsjournal.org
@pendlehillusa.bsky.social is where I went to figure out if I was a writer and/or a Quaker. (It's also where I met my husband.) Looking forward to giving the Monday night lecture on November 3.
Join Eileen Flanagan for the November First Monday Lecture on "Building Common Ground in Polarized Times." This lecture will pull from Eileen's new book, "Common Ground: How the Crisis of the Earth Is Saving Us from Our Illusion of Separation." pendlehill.org/calendar/bui...
October 11, 2025 at 2:22 PM
@pendlehillusa.bsky.social is where I went to figure out if I was a writer and/or a Quaker. (It's also where I met my husband.) Looking forward to giving the Monday night lecture on November 3.
Reposted by Eileen Flanagan
Common Ground is Quaker activist Eileen Flanagan's account of her experience in the climate justice movement, a collection of “lessons in resistance and solidarity” that Flanagan has picked up along the way in her life-changing journey to protect the earth.
REVIEWED: Common Ground: How the Crisis of the Earth Is Saving Us from Our Illusion of Separation
"Lessons in resistance and solidarity” learned over the course of Eileen Flanagan's life-changing journey to protect the earth.
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September 2, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Common Ground is Quaker activist Eileen Flanagan's account of her experience in the climate justice movement, a collection of “lessons in resistance and solidarity” that Flanagan has picked up along the way in her life-changing journey to protect the earth.
Was great to see @thirdactwisconsin.bsky.social folks in Madison and Milwaukee readings of Common Ground!
September 16, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Was great to see @thirdactwisconsin.bsky.social folks in Madison and Milwaukee readings of Common Ground!
Reposted by Eileen Flanagan
Happy pub day to COMMON GROUND by @eileenflanagan.bsky.social! Flanagan weaves together stories of hard won successes in the climate change movement, including against a multinational bank in one case, and a heavily polluting fossil fuel company in another, based on grassroots organizing.
August 26, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Happy pub day to COMMON GROUND by @eileenflanagan.bsky.social! Flanagan weaves together stories of hard won successes in the climate change movement, including against a multinational bank in one case, and a heavily polluting fossil fuel company in another, based on grassroots organizing.
As pub date approaches, I'm grateful for this review from #Quaker activist and mentor George Lakey: wagingnonviolence.org/2025/08/a-ve...
A veteran climate organizer's new book shares lessons from the frontlines
In “Common Ground,” author Eileen Flanagan takes readers inside hard-fought climate victories, exploring the importance of acting in solidarity.
wagingnonviolence.org
August 15, 2025 at 1:03 PM
As pub date approaches, I'm grateful for this review from #Quaker activist and mentor George Lakey: wagingnonviolence.org/2025/08/a-ve...
It's been a long road, but I feel like I'm where I'm meant to be--sharing lessons from the #climate movement that are relevant to the struggle against #authoritarianism.
Please see the comments for my blog post on my new book! #commonground
Please see the comments for my blog post on my new book! #commonground
August 5, 2025 at 4:48 PM
It's been a long road, but I feel like I'm where I'm meant to be--sharing lessons from the #climate movement that are relevant to the struggle against #authoritarianism.
Please see the comments for my blog post on my new book! #commonground
Please see the comments for my blog post on my new book! #commonground
Research from the Yale Program on Climate Communication shows:
June 17, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Research from the Yale Program on Climate Communication shows:
It's been such a busy week preparing for 6/14 I forgot to post this piece I wrote on peacekeeping in the streets: wagingnonviolence.org/2025/06/time...
Timely lessons for keeping people safe in the streets
As Trump looks to increase repression, a new training guide explains how peacekeepers reduce fear and build solidarity.
wagingnonviolence.org
June 13, 2025 at 12:10 PM
It's been such a busy week preparing for 6/14 I forgot to post this piece I wrote on peacekeeping in the streets: wagingnonviolence.org/2025/06/time...
Excited for this review of Common Ground! www.publishersweekly.com/9781644214787
Common Ground: How the Crisis of the Earth Is Saving Us from Our Illusion of Separation by Eileen Flanagan
Flanagan, a Quaker and environmental activist, weighs in on the underlying causes of the climate crisis and offers nonviolent st...
www.publishersweekly.com
June 13, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Excited for this review of Common Ground! www.publishersweekly.com/9781644214787
What ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ teaches about resisting authoritarianism wagingnonviolence.org/2025/05/the-...
What ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ teaches about resisting authoritarianism
With ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ coming to an end, here are seven timely lessons from the TV series for resistance movements today.
wagingnonviolence.org
May 23, 2025 at 6:39 PM
What ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ teaches about resisting authoritarianism wagingnonviolence.org/2025/05/the-...
Loving spring! Have to celebrate lilacs, which will last longer than our current administration.
May 1, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Loving spring! Have to celebrate lilacs, which will last longer than our current administration.
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Repeating "deport" in understandable exhortations "do not deport X" "stop deportations" "end mass deportations" traps us in the opposition's frame and actually reinforces the logic of...deportations. We must say what we're for: "here to stay" "[PLACE] is our home" etc presuppose immigrants belong.
January 21, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Repeating "deport" in understandable exhortations "do not deport X" "stop deportations" "end mass deportations" traps us in the opposition's frame and actually reinforces the logic of...deportations. We must say what we're for: "here to stay" "[PLACE] is our home" etc presuppose immigrants belong.
I was just saying this today. Part of Dr King's legacy is that he taught people that they could do more than they thought they could. #MLKDay
January 20, 2025 at 10:40 PM
I was just saying this today. Part of Dr King's legacy is that he taught people that they could do more than they thought they could. #MLKDay
Here are my thoughts on what we need the serenity to accept and the courage to change: eileenflanagan.com/serenity-cou...
Serenity, Courage, and Maybe Even Wisdom
The New York Times observes that the “resistance” is quieter this inauguration day, foregoing the pink hats and large marches of eight years ago. For some, this may be a sign of acquiescence to the ag...
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January 20, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Here are my thoughts on what we need the serenity to accept and the courage to change: eileenflanagan.com/serenity-cou...
Well, I made it over here to BlueSky. Who else is here? And is it any different?
January 16, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Well, I made it over here to BlueSky. Who else is here? And is it any different?