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Dear Friends, Your face is in this picture – literally, or spiritually. Please forward it to everyone who was there, and to everyone who needs to know that … – – We will honor Native American rights, dignity, treaties, and sacred lands; – – We will unify all our efforts to protect water, other species, … Read more…
JOBS & SOLAR POWER = A BRIGHT FUTURE Promoted by Oklahoma Interfaith Power and Light The Oklahoma United Methodist Environmental Coalition, Peace House, Environmental Committee, Oklahoma Conference of Churches Sierra Club, Oklahoma Catching The Sun docu-movie 6/9 at Penn Square Mall 7:00 pm – Introduction to film by Sierra Club 7:30 pm – Movie at … Read more…
Vote No On SQ 776 By Rev. Don Heath, with the Vote No on SQ 776 campaign The criminal justice system in Oklahoma is broken. A bipartisan effort to get tough on crime and impose harsh sentences has increased our prison population from 7,000 in 1983 to 28,000 today. Forty-seven percent of state prisoners are … Read more…
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS TO DECLASSIFY 28 PAGES OF THE CONGRESSIONAL 9/11 JOINT INQUIRY June 2, 2015 · Washington, D.C. S.1471 – – – On June 2, 2015, at a press conference in Washington, D.C., Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), flanked by former Sen. Bob Graham (D-FL), Reps. Walter Jones (R-NC), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Thomas Massie (R-KY), … Read more…
Republican Presidential Candidates All Deny Climate Change (from Truthout) But here’s my view: Is Humanity Simply Overwhelming Nature? Zoologists tell us that we are, right now, living in the sixth great extinction of species on earth. The previous five all had natural causes, the most recent being 65 million years ago when an enormous asteroid … Read more…
Peace House Director Nathaniel Batchelder has an op-ed in the current issue of the Oklahoma Gazette entitled “Of climate marches and extinctions.” Global Climate Marches took place in Oklahoma City and around the world on the weekend before the Paris Climate Summit began Nov. 30. According to the Global Climate March website, 780,000 people participated … Read more…
This commentary was published in the October 15, 2015 issue of The Oklahoma Gazette. For thousands of years, women have passed along secrets of how to end a pregnancy or how to prevent one. Until birth control, there was no sure defense against pregnancy; and until legalized abortion, there was no safe way to end … Read more…
By Dr. Nyla Ali Khan, University of Oklahoma The road to Kabul from India and Pakistan runs through Kashmir, my homeland. A crucial step to winning the peace in Afghanistan is to ensure the empowerment and stability of Kashmir’s culture, economy, and democratic institutions. This is because Central and Southern Kashmir shares borders with India, … Read more…