In Western Friend Podcast 31, we talk with Andrew Franklin, a Friend who helped guide Sierra-Cascades Yearly Meeting of Friends (SCYMF) in making a $75,000 gift to Indigenous Alaskans in January 2024, funds for developing the Kake Regional Cultural Healing Center in southeast Alaska. Click here to read Andrew Franklin's article about this process.
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The "chapters" in this podcast:
0:00 – Introduction
2:15 – On work in Kake, Alaska
5:35 – On process of supporting Kake community
8:50 – What is our responsibility?
11:48 – Spiritual Growth and Responsibility to/with others
15:20 – On sacrifice and spiritual growth
17:35 – The Good Samaritan
20:15 – Looking ahead and Kake Day
24:04 – On our collective responsibility
28:05 – Community Q and A
50:16 – Outro