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Nonviolent social change is in the air, from Middle America to the Middle East. Yet we know that nonviolent social change movements aren’t spontaneous. They require midwives and mentors, and preparation of strong spirits, strong skills and solidarity.

Recent reports indicate that the New York Police Department (NYPD) has been conducting covert surveillance of mosques in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.

Each year, the Fellowship of Reconciliation awards three peace prizes — international, national, and local — to individuals or organizations whose commitment to peace, justice, and reconciliation is recognized as extraordinary.

We need your help in making these awards. Please nominate your favorite individual or organization working for peace by Friday, March 2.

Make a nomination for the FOR Peace Awards today!

Islam Dabbas did not start out fully convinced of nonviolence principles when he began participating in the first demonstrations of the Syrian revolution in March 2011. Angry at regime repression, the impatient 22-year-old unarmed protester from Daraya, a suburb of Damascus, wanted to shout insults about soldiers’ mothers.

Show your love for humanity this Valentine’s Day by joining FOR, the National Gun Victims Action Council, and allies in boycotting Starbucks!

Starbucks’ Love for Guns Prompts Gun Victims’ Advocate Group to Launch Nationwide Boycott on Valentine’s Day 2012

CHICAGO, IL.: A nationwide boycott of Starbucks stores and its products will be launched on Valentine’s Day 2012. Its goal is to eliminate the risk of guns in public places and ultimately to bring sane gun laws to the U.S.

For Immediate Release

PEACE ACTIVISTS AND WAR VETS JOIN OCCUPY WALL STREET WEST TO HIGHLIGHT ROLE OF BECHTEL GROUP IN WAR, WASTE, CORRUPTION.

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On January 12, 2012, an extensive feature article about Judith Clark was published on the front page of the New York Times Magazine. Clark is a former militant left-wing activist incarcerated for her involvement in a 1981 Brinks heist in New York’s Rockland County that resulted in the deaths of an armored-car guard and two Nyack, New York police officers.

“This book of twenty stories was written to encourage the reader of life’s inward and outward journeys. They are meant to encourage you as you grapple with the mystery, challenge, and call of the divinity that is in everyone.”

The Fellowship of Reconciliation has exciting plans for 2012! Thanks to your support, we are building on the success of our recent campaigns and projects — as well as the momentum that the global movement for peace, justice, and nonviolent resistance has gained from the Arab Spring, Occupy Together, and other recent activist efforts.