“That land is a community is the basic concept of ecology, but that land is to be loved and respected is an extension of ethics.”

The above quote by Aldo Leopold, the late American scientist and environmentalist, speaks to the Fellowship of Reconciliation’s steadfast commitment to “reverence for all creation.”

Recently, we celebrated the 10th anniversary of the closing of the U.S. Navy bombing range in Vieques, Puerto Rico, an environmental justice campaign in which FOR members played a key role. Today, FOR continues its work in this area with campaigns on climate change and a framework for all of our work called “Demilitarizing Life and Land.”

Help FOR continue to press for the demilitarization of life and land with your donation.

Guns have killed more than 3,000 people in the U.S. since the Newtown, CT tragedy in December.

We support Faiths Calling in its appeal to Congress to:

• Require universal background checks for all gun purchases
• Ban semi-automatic assault weapons and high-capacity magazines
• Make gun trafficking a federal crime
• Improve access to mental health services

We also call on religious groups, state legislatures, universities, and businesses to take leadership in creating safe communities by creating gun-free zones in houses of worship, university campuses, and restaurants (such as our “Brew Not Bullets” campaign with Starbucks).

The Fellowship of Reconciliation pursues a vision of a free and “demilitarized” world in which the Earth’s resources sustain life and promote the well-being of all people.

To do so, we challenge economic exploitation, work to eradicate racism and religious intolerance, and call attention to imperialistic U.S. foreign policy.

As we continue to speak truth to power, FOR engages in an ongoing interfaith dialogue to shift the collective unconscious from a fear-based military culture to a peaceful world community grounded in faith and nonviolent justice.