Spirit in Action

By Northern Spirit Radio

Each week, Spirit In Action brings you stories of people living lives of fruitful service, of peace, community, compassion, creative action and progressive efforts. We will trace the spiritual roots t... more

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October 30, 2020 A Few Thousand Dollars & Transformation
Robert Friedman, founder of Prosperity Now, & author of A Few Thousand Dollars: Sparking Prosperity for Everyone, says, "Given a chance, low-income people do amazing things and can be, not just beneficiaries, trainees, employees, but entrepreneurs, home-owners, college material, skilled workers, creators of wealth".
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October 29, 2020 A Few Thousand Dollars & Transformation
Robert Friedman, founder of Prosperity Now, & author of A Few Thousand Dollars: Sparking Prosperity for Everyone, says, "Given a chance, low-income people do amazing things and can be, not just beneficiaries, trainees, employees, but entrepreneurs, home-owners, college material, skilled workers, creators of wealth". He shares the proof and the means to reversing income inequality and increasing prosperity for our nation.
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October 24, 2020 Empowering Egyptian Women - Reda Eldanbouki
The women's rights effort in Egypt looks different from that of the USA, with some overlap, addressing things like FGM (Female Genital Mutilation) and child marriage, but also economic, employment, & other civil rights. Reda Eldanbouki is the founder & executive director of the Womens Center for Guidance and Legal Awareness (WCGLA), working to ensure that women enjoy all of their human rights. Reda has faced attacks & violence because of his support for women & women's rights, and is currently seeking asylum in the USA. Ran Meir, formerly of the Clarion Project, both provides input & acts as translator for this interview.
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October 23, 2020 Empowering Egyptian Women - Reda Eldanbouki
The women's rights effort in Egypt looks different from that of the USA, with some overlap, addressing things like FGM (Female Genital Mutilation) and child marriage, but also economic, employment, & other civil rights. Reda Eldanbouki is the founder & executive director of the Women’s Center for Guidance and Legal Awareness (WCGLA), working to ensure that women enjoy all of their human rights. Reda has faced attacks & violence because of his support for women & women's rights.
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October 17, 2020 Sing Out The Vote & MVP (Movement Voter Project)
In an effort to support MVP (Movement Voter Project), Annie Patterson & Peter Blood of RiseUpAndSing.org organized 5 on-line benefit concerts to raise funds, consciousness, & energy to Sing Out The Vote. Focusing their concerts on particular "battleground" states & regions, they educated about the issues & organizations involved in the upcoming election, combining edification for the minds & electrifying for the spirits of their listeners. Some of the 5 concerts included music by Si Kahn of FolkVOTE, Pat & Sandy of Emma's Revolution, and Reggie Harris, enriched by commentary from Ann Nugent (Massachusetts organizer with MVP), and LaTosha Brown co-founder of Black Voters Matter. All the songs in this program, except the last, are performed by Annie Patterson & Peter Blood of RiseUpAndSing.org as part of their 9/25/20 Sing Out The Vote concert, and the songwriter is noted with each song: Which Side Are You On? - written by Florence Reece Put One Foot In Front Of The Other - written by Melanie DeMore You're No Good - written by Clint Ballard Jr. Woke Up This Morning - revamp of an old gospel song, written by Reverend Robert Wesby Still On The Bridge - written by Claudia Schmidt (see the video here) Gonna Vote Your Asses Out - written & performed by Emma's Revolution (see the video here
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October 16, 2020 Sing Out The Vote & MVP (Movement Voter Project)
In an effort to support MVP (Movement Voter Project), Annie Patterson & Peter Blood of RiseUpAndSing.org organized 5 on-line benefit concerts to raise funds, consciousness, & energy to Sing Out The Vote.
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October 10, 2020 Celebrating Peace
Jan Frase & the Community Coalition for Nonviolence helped us celebrate the U.N. International Day of Peace by a gathering of artists & activists hosted virtually by the Pablo Center at the Confluence. Presenters & performers included poet & Pastor Kathryn Reid Walker, musician Humbird/Siri, Professor Selika Ducksworth-Lawton, poet Kavon Cortez Jones, writer Michael Perry, poet Max Garland, musician Randall Adams, and MC Frank Reineke. Featured performances include: When - by Kathryn Reid Walker On The Day We Are Together - by Humbird/Siri The Battle of Birmingham - performed by Selika Ducksworth-Lawton Love Letter to Milwaukee - by Kavon Cortez Jones Gratitude - by Michael Perry Aria for the U.S. Mail and Social Distancing - by Max Garland - Un Clamor En La Noche and Imagine - Randall Adams
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October 09, 2020 Celebrating Peace
Jan Frase & the Community Coalition for Nonviolence helped us celebrate the U.N. International Day of Peace by a gathering of artists & activists hosted virtually by the Pablo Center at the Confluence.
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October 03, 2020 Faithful Radical Love
Religious norms & habits can't stand in the way of a community faithful to the call of Radical Love. Dave Greenlund, pastor of Peace Lutheran Church - Lauderdale shares the story of a (formerly) Missouri Synod Church whose members traveled a path to greater & greater inclusion & love, squarely facing sexism, racism, Earthcare, and gifting themselves & their neighbors with Christmas in August.
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October 02, 2020 Faithful Radical Love
Religious norms & habits can't stand in the way of a community faithful to the call of Radical Love. Dave Greenlund, pastor of Peace Lutheran Church - Lauderdale shares the story of a (formerly) Missouri Synod Church whose members traveled a path to greater & greater inclusion & love, squarely facing sexism, racism, Earthcare, and gifting themselves & their neighbors with Christmas in August.
Past/current religious/spiritual influences:
Lutheran
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The podcast currently has 1,317 episodes available.