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Ingrid comments on Police Report

Ingrid — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 14:10:31 +0000

There are a lot of people who feel so discouraged that they've become cynical or numb. This action was the opposite. I really appreciated the range of people who got arrested. Of course it was the stars (Daryl Hannah, Robert Kennedy Jr, Julian Bond etc) who got most of the attention from the press, but I was most moved by the presence of the people who came from Nebraska and Texas who are from frontline communities as well as folks like Eileen and others who experienced their first arrest. It was a powerful way to spend Ash Wednesday. Thank you!

Amy Ward Brimmer comments on Police Report

Amy Ward Brimmer — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 01:06:11 +0000

Thank you a thousand times over, Eileen! Your faithfulness, determination, and good humor were very easy to support, and EQAT is blessed by your sacrifice. Looking forward to marching with you on Sunday to stop the pipeline, and continuing our march together as we work to stop PNC's bankrolling of mountaintop removal. <3

Eileen Flanagan comments on I’m ready to risk arrest. Will you support me?

Eileen Flanagan — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 00:49:17 +0000

Thanks, Dion! The date of the actual CD is not being announced for strategic reasons, but Kathy Miller will be sending out an email to those who want to hold me in the Light that day. I think there will also be a small group worshipping at the meetinghouse.

Dion Lerman comments on I’m ready to risk arrest. Will you support me?

Dion Lerman — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 22:24:19 +0000

Eileen - this an exciting step! Congratulations! I am unable to join that weekend, but I will be holding you in the light! The actual CD will be when?

Walter Hjelt Sullivan comments on Thoughts from South Africa

Walter Hjelt Sullivan — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 13:20:01 +0000

Dear Eileen,
What a wonderful direct way to get to the heart of your trip in just a few words. I pray that these seeds find fertile ground in your heart and divine tending in community upon your return. Looking forward to the harvest seasons to come. Much love.
Walter

Ingrid comments on How to Stop Abuse

Ingrid — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 02:39:58 +0000

Amen! This is so, so right on. Why isn't it as newsworthy when a mountain is blown up to get at the coal and a community suffers the health and economic consequences of mountaintop removal coal mining?! Why isn't it newsworthy when 2 Earth Quaker Action Team (www.eqat.org) members get convicted of trespassing at a PNC Bank for defending the Appalachian people? As for Rio, what is it going to take to make our world leaders take responsibility for the downward slide to climate catastrophe? It's time to wake up.

Amy Ward Brimmer comments on How to Stop Abuse

Amy Ward Brimmer — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 00:37:15 +0000

I really like your logic here, Eileen. As a society, we are often looking in the wrong (or less right) direction, missing the most urgent, dire situation because we're too busy shaking our fingers in disapproval or being morbidly fascinated by our own sicknesses. Abusers thrive best when those around them remian in denial and silence. Every time someone faces the truth about what we are doing to our biosphere and speaks up about it, we are one step closer to ending the madness. Thanks for speaking up through your activism and your wonderful writing.

Fiona Burtt comments on Earth Quaker Activism

Fiona Burtt — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 21:23:52 +0000

If you're interested, remind me to tell you about the pan-african climate change hearings I organised in Cape Town a couple of years ago...

Amy Ward Brimmer comments on Earth Quaker Activism

Amy Ward Brimmer — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 20:44:54 +0000

Eileen, your experience parallels mine in many ways. Earth Quaker Action Team has become the heart of my work and the way I continually revive myself when i feel discouraged. It is such a great group, and many are at the peak of their careers and knowledge and experience, so I always feel like I am learning so much!
I am thrilled to have your deepening involvement--you are an amazing asset, and one of the "terrific group of people" that makes being a member of EQAT so rewarding.

Eileen Flanagan comments on Earth Quaker Activism

Eileen Flanagan — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 18:21:58 +0000

Thanks, Walter. You, too.