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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July 25, 2020 Doom & Bloom With Extinction Rebellion
Extinction Rebellion has a take on addressing the climate crisis that is refreshing, since their plan is to step pass the log-jam of the political process in the US, and taking the power right back to the people. And instead of talking about things like carbon neutrality by 2050 or the like, their plan is to do it by 2025. Impossible is not in the vocabulary of Extinction Rebellion, and they've already got a hefty track record to show they can get things done. Daniel Yildirim is what they call a mass mobilizer for this area of the country, operating out of Viroqua, Wisconsin.
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July 24, 2020 Doom & Bloom With Extinction Rebellion
Extinction Rebellion has a take on addressing the climate crisis that is refreshing, since their plan is to step pass the log-jam of the political process in the US, and taking the power right back to the people. And instead of talking about things like carbon neutrality by 2050 or the like, their plan is to do it by 2025.
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July 18, 2020 The KKK: White Cancer On Display
The KKK experienced a "rebirth" in the early 1900's, growing virulently across the country, differently manifesting depending on the area. Dr. Michael Luick-Thrams is founder & director of TRACES Center for History and Culture, sponsors of the upcoming BUS-eum display & tour with 5 displays for 2020, Topic today is The White Cancer: America and its Ku Klux Klan, including the current 3rd wave which we are still in. Michael helps us see current events more clearly in the reflection of our history. Watch Traces' YouTube Channel for videos on current & past exhibits. Contact Kristine, TRACES operations coordinator, to sponsor a BUS-eum tour to your area.
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July 11, 2020 Unscrewing America - Mike McCabe
Mike McCabe is a political reform activist. Farm-raised, Peace Corps-deepened, journalist-honed, Mike worked 15 years with the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign. He ran in the 2018 Democratic primary for Wisconsin Governor, and shares the motivations, experiences, & lessons of that run in his new book, Unscrewing America: Hopes from the Heartland . He currently works with Our Wisconsin Revolution.
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July 10, 2020 Unscrewing America - Mike McCabe
Mike McCabe is a political reform activist. Farm-raised, Peace Corps-deepened, journalist-honed, Mike worked 15 years with the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign. He ran in the 2018 Democratic primary for Wisconsin Governor, and shares the motivations, experiences, & lessons of that run in his new book, Unscrewing America: Hopes from the Heartland .
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July 04, 2020 Lessons We Should Have Learned: Joe McCarthy
Consummate journalist & author,Larry Tye shares about his new book, DEMAGOGUE: The Life and Long Shadow of Senator Joe McCarthy, full of lessons completely applicable to today, especially considering that the McCarthy playbook was passed directly to his assistant, Roy Cohn, and from Roy to Donald Trump. Larry Tye makes history accessible & enthralling, and serves it up for the betterment of the world. Larry worked at the Boston Globe and a number of other newpapers before writing, up to this moment, 8 books, and founding the Boston-based Health Coverage Fellowship
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June 27, 2020 Healing from Prison & Racism: Carl Fields
Carl Fields emerged from 16 years in prison with a passion & a gift for healing. In addition to his work a program manager with the Hospitality Center at St. Luke's Episcopal Church, he has been on the board of EXPO Wisconsin, heads ROC (Restoring Our Communities) with Racine Interfaith Coalition, and was just appointed to the new Mayoral Task Force on Police Reform for Racine, WI.
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June 20, 2020 A Voice for the Deaf & the Kendal Sparrow
Barbara Luetke recently retired after 10 years as the Outreach & Literacy Coordinator at the Northwest School for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children and decades more in the field. She's written a number of textbooks in that field. Her latest book is an historical novel, The Kendal Sparrow about Elizabeth Fletcher, an early Quaker teacher & activist in an century that did not empower 15-year old females to speak in public, especially as equal with male preachers. Book review in Friends Journal
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June 19, 2020 A Voice for the Deaf & the Kendal Sparrow
Barbara Luetke recently retired after 10 years as the Outreach & Literacy Coordinator at the Northwest School for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children and decades more in the field. She's written a number of textbooks in that field.
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June 13, 2020 Healing Black & Brown Girls
In Sing a Rhythm, Dance a Blues: Education for the Liberation of Black and Brown Girls, Monique W. Morris orchestrates a vision of ways forward for the healing of the black & brown girls in the USA. Drawing on the science & the art of human change, Monique identifies the obstructions, & spot-lights the ways over, around, & through them. Featured Music: I'm a Woman - performed by Koko Taylor God Bless the Child - performed by Billie Holiday Nobody Knows My Name - performed by Queen Latifa Collard Greens & Cornbread - performed by Fantasia
Original Air Date: 12/07/2019
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The podcast currently has 1,317 episodes available.