As a lead on my spiritual center’s Green Team, I was thrilled to hear Hannah Shultz present Drawdown Georgia for Congregations on July 31. My center is part of a …

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Earlier this week the GIPL team, like many of you, sat anxiously awaiting the verdict of the Derek Chauvin trail, hoping there might finally be some accountability for the murder …

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On the one-year memorial of Ahmaud Arbery’s death on 23 February 2021, a diverse group of people from all walks of life gathered in Satilla Shores to commemorate this slain …

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Dr. King’s prophetic speech, Beyond Vietnam:  A Time to Break Silence, delivered on April 4, 1967 at Riverside Church in New York, exactly one year before his death, should be …

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Welcome to the GIPL Team, Hermina! Hermina Glass-Hill is a Creation Care steward, scholar activist, writer and grassroots organizer in Coastal Georgia.  In her role at GIPL, Hermina works with Georgia …

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GEORGIA (July 14, 2020) More than 30 national, state, and local organizations have joined forces in the fight to protect the Okefenokee Swamp. The new coalition, known as the Okefenokee …

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“People who fight against white racism but fail to connect it to the degradation of the earth are anti-ecological — whether they know it or not. People who struggle against …

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By Beth Remmes, GIPL Board Co-Chair March 31, 2020 When I first read about the effects of the Coronavirus on the respiratory system my chest tightened, as my body reminded …

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By Mark Unno, University of Oregon This article was originally published in the Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies, April 2020 newsletter. When we look back upon this time, say a decade …

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A shriveled-up seed.  Dry, inert, lifeless.  Falls to the ground, is tucked by the heaviness of an afternoon rain down into a few centimeters of dirt, a pocket of potential.  The world passes …

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This article originally appeared in the Blessed Tomorrow March 2020 Newsletter.   Synagogues, temples, churches, and mosques in the United States and around the world are redefining how to be a …

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March 7, 2020 By Rev. Dr. Gerald Durley, Rev. Michael Malcom, and Rev. Kate Mosley In the first chapter of the book of Haggai the prophet says that God asks, …

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