Compline

RantWoman needed this, not all the words of course but definitely the music 

Compline on the 17th Sunday after Pentecost | September 19, 2021 | Saint Mark's Cathedral, Seattle from Saint Mark's Cathedral Seattle on Vimeo.

Compline Liturgy for the 17th Sunday After Pentecost

‘All Of Them Have Names’: 10 Civilians Killed In Kabul Drone Strike

Bouquet in glass vase

Really, RantWoman? Really? You are going to grab an image from and extremely joyful occasion and make a virtual memorial for all the thousands of Afghan civilians killed over the last two decades by US drone strikes/  'Cause, ya know, you yourself could have agitated harder.

No question. It's hard to keep the faith.

Plus think of the vase as a memorial if you like, but maybe also grab outrageous joy about the US government admitting in at least one case, OOPS.

This peculiar framing of this photo should not at diminish the sheer joyfulness of a couple sharing their love publicly at a wedding AND dancing! People wore masks except when eating or drinking. People danced. Well, other people danced because RantWoman and Ambassador Thwack are lousy dance partners. RantWoman was VERY happy to appreciate live music. 

Humbly, RantWoman DEEPLY appreciates the couple sharing their joy. Plus, full disclosure, the  bride appreciates RantWoman's messages in worship

For readers who need one more take on framing stories.

Beau on Comedians and Journalism and objectivity

Climate action at a state level: two upcoming events

 Two upcoming events on September 21  for Climate Week. The first will be on the oceans/climate nexus, and the second will profile state action on climate generally. Sen. Carlyle will be talking about Washington's SB 5126. Feel free to register and share with your networks if you're interested!

Integrated Policies for Ocean Climate Action: Building Coastal Resiliency in the U.S.

Tuesday, September 21: 11:00 - 12:00 ET

In concert with federal partners, U.S. states are demonstrating the kinds of local actions, policy integration and regional cooperation that are needed at a global scale to mobilize ambitious and urgent actions for reducing GHG emissions and helping communities and industries build resilience to climate-ocean change. As drivers of local and regional strategies, U.S. states are helping to integrate and operationalize the climate-ocean nexus across federal and state policy landscapes. This event is hosted by NCEL, OA Alliance, Ocean Conservancy, and the Seattle Aquarium.

Register Today: https://www.classy.org/event/integrated-policies-for-ocean-climate-action-and-building-coastal-resiliency-in-the-u-s/e355032

Keeping Cool: How States Are Leading on Climate Action

Tuesday, September 21: 12:00 - 1:00 ET

States have significant power to direct their own climate action. Join the National Caucus of Environmental Legislators for a panel on how US states are taking bold actions to meet Paris Agreement goals while addressing systemic inequities. State legislators from Colorado, North Carolina, Oregon, and Washington will discuss how they are leading the transition to a clean energy economy, and what lessons there may be for other states and the federal government.

Register Today: https://ncel.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_RdY9Odw5RVm9gggQccSWgg

Purple Chicken Presente Crying but not because of the music Paquito D'Rivera - Two Pieces for Bassoon and Piano

Left over from RantWoman's Zoom Summer

The short version: RantWoman is VERY grateful to have fallen in with two rather different writing groups. This post is dedicated to continuation from the one referenced here. The other meets more often and is so far not obsessed with craft, more about a worshipful space for what comes up from the exercises. Again, RantWoman is VERY grateful for both though tonight she fusses with this one in order not to explode about ABLEISM AGAIN. Who knows: RantWoman may time this to post after she herds the right words together about Ableism.

RantWoman's first point: the visual is not architecture. It's germane to the music; it's not architecture.

It took RantWoman who knows such things a few minutes of staring obliquely to realize...

Read on to see whether RantWoman is kind enough to offer further pointers and not just drag people off to Planet RantWoman and strand them there.

Point #2 RantWoman signed up for Cai Quirk's Restoryation writing workshop at the FGC Gathering. RantWoman came home very well-nourished spiritually and still not reliably capable of getting eir pronouns correct in conversation. Maybe the other blessing: the workshop wound up being many people from different places RantWoman has worshipped with in different Zoom spaces and in other ways including connections in common to important Quaker activity. 

It also mattered that the whole room was not full of, please excuse RantWoman's malfunction in the excessively plain English to Quakerese filter, fragile elders RantWoman would be afraid of knocking over in a puff of wind. There were younger faces. There were access needs stated in advance and the first day of the workshop.

The workshop had a short reading each day and time in breakouts and then in the larger group. One day the group read a story called Twilight from a forthcoming book. RantWoman has not worked very hard at following up on a request just to use the whole story so readers get to figure out how to read the book when it comes out and then cope with RantWoman's meditations unencumbered by details that would only get in the way of what RantWoman is struggling to say.

The story is about Twilight and a world suddenly split into light and dark. Then there are comets and a star child with energy so bright it blinds everyone else. Then there is a healer who is willing to shut their own eyes while trying to help the star child fly.

Rereading the story now, RantWoman has no idea what in the story made her need to cry so badly that she couldn't eve n interact with the story. Or maybe more accurately RantWoman got stuck at the twilight and split into light and dark and could not get to the star child. Now RantWoman finds it curious to have gotten stuck at the twilight: RantWoman's visual experiences are a lot messier than just twilight. RantWoman is glad now to reread the story and to be able to work more with the rest of the story about the star child. 

Like the star child, RantWoman knows of many ouches around her. RantWoman is STILL trying to get a handle on her own inner blowtorch. RantWoman also thinks she has been TRYING to tell people, 'put on your dang sunglasses." Or try something analogous to any of the methods of safely looking at an eclipse. RantWoman thinks this message has not necessarily come through and RantWoman is disappointed and embarrassed on others' behalf. RantWoman has also alas figured out that Planet RantWoman includes many strands of language and experience foreign to many around her. No wonder the sight dependent are frustrated when RantWoman cannot do things everyone else is hard-wired to expect. 

RantWoman has also been thinking disability pride and disability justice.

One version of disability pride around RantWoman is that RantWoman (STILL) refuses to stop asking for what she needs in the realm of continuing to talk about disability.

Another is knowing some good times for "Thank you."

A child once, when RantWoman needed to ask him to move for safety reasons said "you should get your eyes fixed." Thank you. RantWoman had not noticed. Thank you for the best acknowledgement all week.

But the, during RantWoman's foray last summer into the world of Those Other Blind People, RantWoman heard one of the outspoken survivors from their #MeToo imbroglio say "I want to hear thank you from the NFB." RantWoman also would not pass up a Thank You and will happily provide a list of things she hopes to be thanked for.

And here again faithfully:

Chicken,
Mocha mug

"It's Up To The High School Students" - Justice Breyer On The Future Of ...

Posted in full awareness that today is Yom Kippur. Although one should be very cautious about spiritual counsel from Twitter, not all of what emerged from Twitter as seasonal counsel needs to get posted as a blog item. Also, this is one of three interview segments that are both VERY funny and very inspiring.

Any really bright student trying to figure out what to do with themselves could also reflect on the Wikipedia entry.

Justice Stephen Breyer as reported in Wikipedia

Shameless Reprint of Reverse the Trend email.

 RantWoman these days has WAY more ideas and concerns than she can possibly tend by herself and is always terribly excited when some email arrives full of information about young people doing very inspiring things.

Yes, and learn some of the tech behind nice looking posts--or figure out how to pay someone who knows what they are doing--is also on RantWoman's "mean to do" list. In the meantime, the email. Use the scroll bars to find the text and if you need you t-shirt, hoodie, bag, mu, or mask, check out the Bonfire link for cool swag.

View this email in your browser An Incredible Summer Reverse The Trend is committed to raising public awareness about the relationship between nuclear weapons and climate change. RTT is also focused on empowering the youth and encouraging the youth to tackle the twin existential threats facing humanity. During its first summer, RTT focused on developing its global youth advocacy network and laid the cornerstones for its regional chapters. Trip to Springdale, Arkansas  In the beginning of the summer, RTT traveled to Springdale, AR to spend time with our partner, the Marshallese Educational Initiative. We delivered a presentation about nuclear disarmament and youth activism to a group of Marshallese youth and further participated in MEI's powerful events for the 75th Anniversary of the First Nuclear Test in the Marshall Islands.  Additionally, our youth activists contributed to a video project with the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons about the first nuclear test in the Marshall Islands. You can view the video here. RTT Francophone: Les essais nucléaires français en Algérie:  On July 27, Mathilde Haas and Donatella Metro Savelli helped convene our first Francophone event with leading experts. Léa Gaudillière will continue the work in establishing RTT Francophone. Mathilde will continue to provide assistance. RTT Korea: Korea Peace Advocacy Week We are proud that two of our youth activists, Andrew Kim and E. Isaac Lee participated in the sixth annual Korea Peace Advocacy Week, a week where advocates from across the country met with members of Congress to discuss their views on peace in the Korean peninsula. The activists advocated for three House Resolutions: the Divided Families Reunification Act, the Enhancing North Korea Humanitarian Assistance Act, and the Peace on the Korean Peninsula Act. Despite the event’s virtual nature, the passion of its participants could easily be felt from dozens of Zoom meetings.  Andrew Kim and E. Isaac Lee shared that "for youth activists like us who recently entered the field, it was an eye-opening experience that starkly contrasted from its tragic history. It led us to the front of the United Nations, where we gave speeches and demonstrated our support for peace on the Korean Peninsula."  You can view Andrew Kim's speech here. In the Fall, he will continue his endeavor of establishing RTT Korea.  RTT Japan On August 14, Karuna Khemaney, our activist from Japan, organized an exchange between Japanese youth activists and RTT youth activists. This event helped to lay the foundation of RTT Japan.  Additionally, at the Mayors for Peace Youth Webinar for Peace Action, Jack Moses, another youth activist, explained how Japanese youth activists can join our movement. RTT Pacific Youth Committee: The Crisis of Nuclear Dumping in the Blue Pacific On August 26, representatives of RTT’s Pacific Youth Committee, activists, elders, and leaders of the Blue Pacific engaged in an open, transparent and intergenerational dialogue on the Crisis of Nuclear Dumping in the Blue Pacific. At the event, representatives of the Pacific Community underscored the Blue Pacific Ocean's integral role in uniting the sea of islands and its people. The diverse cultures, identities and livelihoods are shaped by and dependent on the Blue Pacific Ocean. Therefore, we must protect our ocean from contaminated wastewater to protect the full enjoyment of our human rights. The recording of this event can be found here. Following the event, members of RTT's Pacific Youth Committee created the Declaration on the Crisis of Nuclear Dumping in the Blue Pacific. Dialogue with the Ambassador of Kiribati In addition to our work with Pacific Youth, we will continue to engage with Pacific missions. In this regard, we were thrilled that H.E. Ambassador Tito of Kiribati visited our office. Our youth activists had an amazing dialogue with him. Upcoming Sessions on Our Youth Community Forum and Information about Partnerships On Monday, September 13, we will be hosting general sessions for youth about our community forum and how to join us as partners. The first session about our community forum will be held at 10am EST. The zoom registration link can be found here. The second session about partnerships will be held at 11am EST. The zoom registration link can be found here. Fall Preview: RTT Canada and RTT Journal We are excited to be formalizing RTT Canada, which will be spearheaded by Andrew Kim, Rooj Ali, Sarah Rohleder, and Alexandra Andratis. We are also working with our amazing advisors and partners to launch our Journal that will examine the relationship between nuclear disarmament, racial justice, environmental justice, and tackling the patriarchy. Stay tuned for more information! Global Giving Little x Little Campaign  Next week from September 13 to September 17, we will be participating in Global Giving's Little x Little Campaign.  If you are interested in supporting this global youth movement, please consider the possibility of participating in our Bonfire Campaign. Information can be found here.  Bonfire Store Twitter

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Never a Bad time to make a financial contribution to Quaker Voice on WA Public Policy

The fundraising email verbatim:

 Friends,

Not only do we have a new Legislative Advocate, but our new fiscal year begins October 1. If you have been planning to donate to Quaker Voice, but just haven’t gotten around to it, don’t let this wait for your attention any longer—donate now and we will start the new year strong financially as well strong as legislatively.  We gladly accept donations using PayPal or a major credit card at http://www.QuakerVoiceWa.org. If you would rather every dollar goes toward our work, send a check to:  

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PS

If you did not receive a letter reporting on this year’s remarkable legislative session, please take a look at the 2021 Legislative Report (452 KB PDF file). The support you have provided over the years enables the persistence that results in successes like this year’s accomplishments once the time becomes right. Thank you!

Further RantWoman Testimonials

1. RantWoman will be happy to babble at any moment about the value of just being on conference calls and typing minutes as part of RantWoman's particular zigs and zags of Vocational Rehabilitation after DNA lotto reared its head in midlife.

2. No RantWoman did not receive a letter containing the legislative report, or if she did she has not gotten around to reading it on paper. Having it online is WONDERFUL and this truly is an impressive realization of much work over time. 

3. Young Quaker Voices. Young Quaker Voices. Young Quaker Voices.

4. Quaker Voice has been great about supporting measures to improve accessibility, both the Disability Mobility Initiative and a request to continue to make it easy to offer legislative testimony remotely. 

Do readers need any more reasons to contribute?