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End Nuclear Weapons

At the Interfaith Convocation for Nuclear Abolition, held May 2 in New York City, FOR Executive Director Mark Johnson coordinated and planned this service with representatives from Religions for Peace, the United Religions Initiative, Pax Christi and other faith-based organizations. Watch PBS’s report on the nuclear abolition conference.

Learn more about FOR’s campaign to End Nuclear Weapons by following the link below.

Watch the FOR video of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaking to a group of peace activities from around the world. The secretary-general told the crowd that they and other people would them would be the means of the world’s nuclear stockpile being dismantled.

On the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Richard Deats has written an impressive booklet, “Active Nonviolence Across the World,” tracing the work of nonviolence around the globe.

The U.S. government has denied a travel visa to this Afghan Youth Peace Volunteer. Join FOR in calling for an appeal, so that Abdulai can participate in next month’s “People’s Journey” tour of North America.

U.S. Aid to Colombia Contravenes Human Rights Intentions

Posted by: FOR Colombia Topics: Colombia, human rights, militarism, military bases, U.S. military aid, United States

Related: End US Military Aid in Colombia

New Report Shows Dramatic Ties to Extrajudicial Killings

A detailed report released today by the Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR) describes how U.S. funding to the Colombian military has been supporting army units whose members have killed hundreds of civilians.

Read a summary and download the full report.

Drawing on extensive data from the Colombian Attorney General’s and Inspector General’s offices, 20 human rights organizations, the U.S. State Department, and the Colombian military, the report shows that massive military training, equipment and intelligence provided under the rubric of Plan Colombia have abrogated U.S. human rights law and contributed to the killing of thousands of civilians by the Colombian Army.

WELCOME TO FOR'S NEW WEBSITE.

Posted by: Bill Winston Topics:

Dear Friends, On behalf of Mark Johnson, our executive director, and staff and National Council of FOR, I am happy to welcome you to our new website.

Our address (URL) on the internet hasn’t changed but our appearance has. We hope you will enjoy the new site, which will allow you to research information from FOR’s online archives as well as read about our current work, campaigns, services and plans.

PEACE of the ACTION! FOR's 2010 Peace Awards

Posted by: Jonette OKelley... Topics: CODEPINK, FOR Peace Awards, Iran, Israel/Palestine, Medea Benjamin, Nicaragua, nonviolence, Resource Center for Nonviolence, Scott Kennedy, Tashi Dolma, Tashi Rabten, Tibetan Home of Hope, Witness for Peace

Planning is underway for our 2010 Peace Awards. This year’s theme is Peace of the Action! Just as in years past, choosing recipients for our International Pfeffer, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Local Nyack Area Peace Awards (from over 50 nominations) proved to be a formidable challenge.

This year’s winners are: Scott Kennedy, co-founder and Middle East Program Coordinator for Resource Center for Nonviolence; Medea Benjamin, co-founder of CODE Pink and Global Exchange; and Drs. Tashi Dolma and Tashi Rabten, founders of the Tibetan Home of Hope.

Join FOR at National Peace Conference

Posted by: Ethan Vesely-Flad Topics: Afghanistan, anti-war, civil liberties, climate change, conference, counter-recruitment, economic justice, empire, Guantanamo, Haiti, health care, interfaith, Iran, Iraq, Israel/Palestine, Pakistan, peace, racial justice

Fellowship of Reconciliation staff & leaders will attend the United National Antiwar Conference from July 23-25, 2010 in Albany, NY. FOR’s Mark Johnson (executive director), Leila Zand (Iran program director), and Jim Murphy (International Veterans FOR chapter coordinator) will speak on panels, and many other FOR members will actively participate in this major peace & justice event focused on ending the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and opposing U.S. militarism worldwide. Please join us!

Bill Hammaker, "The Professor of Peace," passes on

Posted by: FOR Topics: peace, peacemaking

From an editorial in the Ventura County Star:

William L. Hammaker, at 102, was still working for peace, still making new friends, still making a difference when he drew his last breath at home in Camarillo, after a bowl of strawberry and vanilla ice cream, in the fourth quarter of the Lakers game Thursday.

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U.S. Aid to Colombia Contravenes Human Rights Intentions

New Report Shows Dramatic Ties to Extrajudicial Killings

WELCOME TO FOR'S NEW WEBSITE.

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Bill Hammaker, "The Professor of Peace," passes on

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