Episode 3 of our Western Friend Podcast centers on the keynote address presented by Cherice Bock at the 2021 annual session of North Pacific Yearly Meeting. Titled “Courage, Fear, and Care: Creating Resilient Communities to Meet Climate Justice”, Cherice explores some of the challenges we face in pandemic times and offers steps that we can take, individually and collectively, to address them. She works as a Creation Justice Advocate with Oregon Interfaith Power & Light. Click here to read a transcript of this keynote presentation.
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The “chapters” in this podcast are:
0:00 Introduction
5:17 Reflection: What do you feel?
7:37 Promising, positive points
12:44 What is our part in this work?
17:33 Building strong communities of care
19:24 An analysis of the White savior complex
27:09 What is your small piece in the overall work?
28:38 The Valiant Sixty and the boring 600
31:02 Queries for waiting worship
31:53 Soul Force Ones Remix
45:12 Outro