Thank you for considering this Loved Ones. From my Dear Friend Kani.
Roberto
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From: Kani Ilangovan <kaniilangovanmd@xxxxxxxxx>
To: kaniilangovanmd@xxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2016 12:11 PM
Subject: some actions and quotes
Dear Allies and Friends, I hope you are having a good Thanksgiving weekend.
Whenever we have Thanksgiving, I always think about theNative Americans and
their contributions and sacrifices for this country. Ifyou feel similarly,
please consider doing the following action in support ofthe Native Americans in
our country:Kani, Sophia Wilansky is fighting to save her arm after being
attacked sobrutally by Morton County officers at Standing Rock on Sunday night
that she faces a possibleamputation. She asked us to remember this is not about
her, but about theindigenous people of our country.
Hundreds of tribal nations stand with theStanding Rock Sioux Tribe to fiercely
protect the Missouri River fromcontamination by the Dakota Access pipeline.
They have been attacked by dogs, shot by rubber bullets, blasted with water in
freezing temperatures, teargassed and more. Law enforcement is willfully
endangering their lives toprotect oil profits while people suffer.
Call the Army Corps ofEngineers and tell them pull the permits for DAPLand stop
this project before someoneis killed. Hereare the numbers and a sample script:
Army Corps of Engineers phone numbers:
Main: 202-761-0011,press 9
Regulatory (permits) office: 202-761-5903
Hello, my name is ________. I'm callingfrom {city, state, county}. It is your
duty to pull the permits for the DakotaAccess pipeline immediately. Police are
violently attacking peaceful waterprotectors, putting their lives in danger by
blasting them with water cannons infreezing cold weather. You must stop this
pipeline now. It is dangerous in thelong term, but right now, this very second
it is a threat to the lives atStanding Rock.After your call, fill out this form
to tell us how thecall went. Tell us how the Army Corps responds to your calls.
As you prepare to observe (or not observe) theThanksgiving holiday, please
don't forget about the original people of thisland. Indigenous people are
putting their lives on the line to protect the landstolen from them, the water
they drink, and their sacred sites.
Theleast we can do is stand with them, and call on the Army Corps of Engineers.
I don’t know if you have seen this article already, but Ifound it worth
reading:http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/11/20/magazine/donald-trumps-america-south-carolina-ancestors.html?_r=2&mtrref=un
We will see what happens with the vote audits. I hope thatit is helpful. At
the very least, it sends a message that we, as a country,will not sit idly by
when racism and sexism wins. Here are some actions you can do if you are
interested:Stand with Rep. Cummings: Investigate Trump's massive webof
potential corruption. Click here to sign thepetition. Now is the time for the
postcard avalanche to stop Bannon, awhite supremacist. I have attached the
instructions below if you are interestedin participating: I have been
struggling trying to understand how to interactwith and emotionally respond to
the Trump supporters in my life, people whoignored his hateful rhetoric and
voted for him. Their votes have emboldenedracists and sexists to act on their
inhumane beliefs and wound others,including people whom I love. These are some
quotes that gave me solace andencouragement at this difficult time: “Ultimately
evil is done not so much by evil people, but by good people whodo not know
themselves and who do not probe deeply.”
― ReinholdNiebuhr “The chief source of man's inhumanity to man seems to be
thetribal limits of his sense of obligation to other men.” ReinholdNiebuhr “Our
dreams of bringing thewhole of human history under the control of the human
will are ironicallyrefuted by the fact that no group of idealists can easily
move the pattern ofhistory toward the desired goal of peace and justice. The
recalcitrant forcesin the historical drama have a power and persistence beyond
our reckoning.” ReinholdNiebuhr “The history of mankind isa perennial tragedy;
for the highest ideals which the individual may projectare ideals which he can
never realize in social and collective terms.” ReinholdNiebuhr The final wisdom
of life requires not the annulment of incongruity butthe achievement of
serenity within and above it.
Reinhold Niebuhr The first duty of love is to listen.Paul Tillich All things
and all people, so to speak, call on us with small or loudvoices. They want us
to listen. They want us to understand their intrinsicclaims, their justice of
being. But we can give it to them only through thelove that listens. Paul
Tillich One cannot be strong without love. For love is not an
irrelevantemotion; it is the blood of life. PaulTillich Cruelty towards others
is always also cruelty towards ourselves. Paul Tillich “Nothing that is worth
doingcan be achieved in our lifetime; therefore we must be saved by hope.
Nothing which is true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in anyimmediate
context of history; therefore we must be saved by faith. Nothing we do,
howevervirtuous, can be accomplished alone; therefore we must be saved by love.
No virtuous act is quite as virtuous from the standpoint of our friend or foeas
it is from our standpoint. Therefore we must be saved by the final form oflove
which is forgiveness.”Reinhold Niebuhr Genuine forgiveness is participation,
reunion overcoming the powers ofestrangement. . . We cannot love unless we have
accepted forgiveness, and thedeeper our experience of forgiveness is, the
greater is our love. Paul Tillich I still I am going to do what I can to
protest, but I will do my best to do so fueled primarily by compassion.
Here is a beautiful and inspiring song to share (Sam Cooke's "A Change is gonna
come")https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEBlaMOmKV4
Take care, Kani
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