Thee Quaker Podcast A Quaker Response to Crisis with Eileen Flanagan
Nov 11, 2025
Eileen Flanagan, a Quaker author and activist, dives into the climate crisis and its profound truths about our interconnectedness. She discusses the importance of building coalitions for social change, balancing urgency with long-term strategy, and the roles individuals can play in movements. Eileen shares insights from her book and the founding of the Earthquaker Action Team, revealing how personal financial choices impact climate action. Ultimately, she encourages collective activism and harnessing community support for meaningful change.
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Crisis Reveals Interconnection
- The climate crisis exposes our illusion of separation and reveals deep interconnection between humans and the earth.
- Eileen Flanagan says this spiritual realization shaped her book and frames climate, pollution, and biodiversity crises as linked.
Long-Term View Fuels Urgent Action
- Indigenous-led movements model a long-term worldview while still acting urgently in the present.
- Eileen notes patience for relationship-building is different from impatience with injustice.
Trust Earned Before Leading At Line 3
- At Line 3 camp Eileen earned trust by cleaning kitchens and doing porta-potty duty for about ten days before leading a nonviolence training.
- Her small acts of service enabled her to be welcomed to teach when the crisis escalated.
