David Eberhardt was one of the Baltimore Four, along with Phil Berrigan, and David spent 21 months in prison for pouring blood on Selective Service draft records.
Spirit in Action
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 that support and nourish them in their service. Above all, we will seek out Light, Love and Helping Hands, being shared between our many neighbors on this planet, hoping to inspire and encourage you to sink deep roots and produce sacred fruit in your own life.
Spirit In Action is an hour of interviews with those providing leadership in peace, justice and "good works", interspersed with relevant music. The theme music is "The Turning of the World" performed by Sara Thomsen (written by Ruth Pellham).
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War Tax Refusal, Jail, & Joyful Activism - Karl Meyer
Karl Meyer has been a deep-thinking & devoted practicing advocate for peace and justice since his mid-teens. His pioneering in war tax refusal, and his enthusiastic & fearless advocacy of refusal of complicity with injustice, whether in war, in nuclear weapons, in environmental conditions, or in economics, has inspired legions of activists.
Wide-World-healing: Peace Corps to Navajo Nation to Humane Society
Cindy Yurth's vocational & spiritual journey can be an inspiration for everyone. From her time starting a literacy program in Utah with VISTA, to work in Liberia as part of the Peace Corps, and again in Africa, in Ghana, with the Society of African Missions (Catholic), Cindy has sought out world-healing work.
Heal Thy War - MQI Vietnam & Mike Boehm
Mike Boehm has spent 3 decades working on healing Vietnam, where he served in the US military during the Vietnam War. With the help of Joe & Joanne Elder, Mike founded MQI (Madison Quakers Inc) to do things like build schools, establish a loan fund, construct a My Lai Peace Park, and much more. There remain deep wounds in Vietnam, and Mike and his supporters, including Phan Van Do, Mike's Vietnamese counterpart, continue to do the necessary work of healing & rebuilding.
Teach-in with Virginia Defenders: Iran, Cuba, Mali, Ukraine
Be part of a teach-in organized by Virginia Defenders for Freedom, Justice & Equality with the help of today's guest-host Patricia Stansbury (AKA Sunny Gardener).
Becoming an American Refuge: Campuses & Diya Abdo
Diya Abdo is the founder of Every Campus A Refuge, and author of American Refuge: True Stories of the Refugee Experience. Diya was herself of a Palestinian refugee family in Jordan.
Personal & Societal Climate Optimism & Resilience - Citizens Climate Radio
A wide array of valuable climate-related guests & resources though guest-host Peterson Toscano of Citizen's Climate Radio.
Preventing the 6th Mass Extinction: The Rescue Effect & Michael Mehta Webster
In his book, The Rescue Effect: The Key to Saving Life on Earth, Michael Mehta Webster has both hopeful & challenging news about the possibilities & ways we might mitigate the damage of Earth's 6th mass extinction event. Michael knows how it both can and does work to bring species back from the edge of extinction - or even after - and he knows the nitty-gritty of getting this done.
Trees Over Detroit
In order to restore harmony to our planet we need major changes in the relationships of people to the Earth & our neighboring species.
Black Wholeness Through The Prophetic Lens
In his book, The Prophetic Lens: The Camera and Black Moral Agency from MLK to Darnella Frazier, Phil Allen Jr. examines the history & the future of Black wholeness in the USA, especially the ways in which people of color have been made invisible, & how their power is being reclaimed through open eyes & lenses.