jane orion smith
@janeorion.bsky.social
quaker, justice seeker, live with a TBI, former artist (are we ever “former”?), Indigenous rights supporter, believe love is the first motion, treaty person in Treaty 1
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The best way to fight for our country against MAGA threats is to not vote for Canadian MAGA supporters.
February 19, 2025 at 4:48 PM
The best way to fight for our country against MAGA threats is to not vote for Canadian MAGA supporters.
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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‘I had a wonderful life despite all the hard stuff’
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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.
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February 19, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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’
www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
‘I had a wonderful life despite all the hard stuff’
www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
February 15, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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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.
January 27, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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.
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⚖️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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#Quakers #PrisonReform #RestorativeJustice #SentencingCrisis
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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.
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January 22, 2025 at 3:25 PM
⚖️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
www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
#Quakers #PrisonReform #RestorativeJustice #SentencingCrisis
www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
I would also recommend reading the book Tyranny by Timothy Snyder. It’s available in print, audio, and graphic novel.
Excellent advice. Don’t despair, and do not obey in advance! Not all his threats will come to fruition.
January 21, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I would also recommend reading the book Tyranny by Timothy Snyder. It’s available in print, audio, and graphic novel.
I love Winter! (good thing as it’s nippy out there this week)
January 20, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I love Winter! (good thing as it’s nippy out there this week)
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💡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.
Register here 👉 www.open.edu/openlearn/ed...
📜 Learn how to empower children to build peace.
Register here 👉 www.open.edu/openlearn/ed...
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 ...
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January 20, 2025 at 9:28 AM
💡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.
Register here 👉 www.open.edu/openlearn/ed...
📜 Learn how to empower children to build peace.
Register here 👉 www.open.edu/openlearn/ed...
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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
ZoomLink: ca01web.zoom.us/j/6362985992...
Meeting ID: 636 2985 9925
Code: 452032
Rally at Ontario Superior Court 9 AM
Join the court hearing online:
Monday 10 AM EST
ZoomLink: ca01web.zoom.us/j/6362985992...
Meeting ID: 636 2985 9925
Code: 452032
January 20, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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
ZoomLink: ca01web.zoom.us/j/6362985992...
Meeting ID: 636 2985 9925
Code: 452032
Rally at Ontario Superior Court 9 AM
Join the court hearing online:
Monday 10 AM EST
ZoomLink: ca01web.zoom.us/j/6362985992...
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).
From Canada, I hope folks are taking some time this Martin Luther King Jr. Day to reflect on the hope he had for America.
Here’s his lecture from the 1967 Massey Lecture in Canada - Conscience for Change - 1967 Massey
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#MLK
Here’s his lecture from the 1967 Massey Lecture in Canada - Conscience for Change - 1967 Massey
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
#MLK
MLK: Conscience for Change - 1967 Massey Lectures - YouTube
Conscience for Change features five lectures that Martin Luther King, Jr., delivered in November and December 1967 for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ...
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January 20, 2025 at 3:18 PM
“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!
January 20, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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!
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"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)
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January 20, 2025 at 3:01 PM
"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)
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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)
January 20, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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)
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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)
January 20, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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)
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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)
January 20, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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
November 14, 2024 at 5:54 PM
starting with beauty