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The Fellowship of Reconciliation is composed of individuals who recognize the essential unity of all creation and have joined together to explore the power of love and truth for resolving human conflict.
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FOR has local chapters and affiliates in more than 100 communities in the United States. These groups provide local FOR members and supporters a vehicle for fellowship, mutual support and collective action. Through local groups, individuals can explore and act upon FOR’s principles of faith-based nonviolence.
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| Group Name | City |
State |
Contact | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Veterans FOR and International Veterans FOR | Jim Murphy, ivetsfor [at] gmail.com | http://www.facebook.... | ||
| Global Days of Listening | Doug Mackey, globaldaysoflistening [at] gmail.com | http://globaldaysofl... | ||
| Circles of Peace | Tuscaloosa | Alabama | Alina Coryell, tuscaloosacirclesofpeace [at] gmail.com or (205) 657-3700, or John Cooper, jcooper1154 [at] bellsouth.net | http://tuscaloosacir... |
| Inland Communities FOR | Riverside | California | Marilyn Sequoia, redwoodgirl [at] sbcglobal.net; or Rose Monge, rymonge [at] aol.com | http://www.icfor.org... |
| Los Angeles FOR | Los Angeles | California | Bob McCloskey and Linda Tubach, bobmccloskey06@yahoo.com or (626) 284-6212 | |
| Washington DC FOR | Washington | District of Columbia | John and Bobbie Stewart, bobbienjohn [at] verizon.net or (202) 667-1186 | |
| Gainesville FOR | Gainesville | Florida | Eve & Richard MacMaster, BeltramPeaceCenter [at] gmail.com or (352) 377-6577 | http://forgainesvill... |
| Atlanta FOR | Atlanta | Georgia | Trina Jackson, ltpjackson2 [at] gmail.com or (440) 935-0419 | https://www.facebook... |
| Chicago FOR | Chicago | Illinois | Sam Smith, forchicago [at] comcast.net or (630) 240-5039 | http://www.facebook.... |
| Peace Coalition of Southern Illinois/ FOR | Carbondale | Illinois | pcsi_for [at] yahoo.com or (618) 549-1409 | http://www.sipeace.o... |
| North Manchester FOR | North Manchester | Indiana | Julie Garber, jlgarber [at] manchester.edu or (260) 982-2083 | http://www.nmfor.org... |
| Louisville FOR | Louisville | Kentucky | Pat Geier, pgeier [at] fastmail.fm or (502) 456-6586 | http://www.louisvill... |
| Cape Cod FOR | Yarmouth | Massachusetts | Ken Campbell, ksbcampbell [at] verizon.net or (508) 240-5169 | |
| Minnesota FOR | Minnesota | minnesotafor [at] gmail.com or Don Christensen, rachelanddon [at] msn.com or (651) 690-2609 | http://www.mnfor.org | |
| Students FOR Peace at Hamline University | Saint Paul | Minnesota | Andrea Merrill, amerrill01@hamlineuniversity.edu | |
| Mid-Missouri FOR | Columbia | Missouri | Jeff Stack, jstack [at] formissouri.org or (573) 489-1402 | http://midmofor.blog... |
| Hudson Valley FOR | Nyack | New York | Cass McVety, info [at] hudvalfor.org or (845) 358-4601 ext. 41 | http://www.hudvalfor... |
| New York City FOR | New York | New York | Kate Anne Brennan, kateannenyc [at] gmail.com or (917) 374-9679; or Linda Rousseau, rousseaulinda [at] gmail.com or (212) 662-7074 | |
| Scioto Peace and Justice FOR | Lucasville | Ohio | Connie Altman, altmanconnie [at] ymail.com or (740) 259-4289 | |
| Oregon FOR | Oregon | info [at] ofor.org or Joanie McClellan, joanmcclel [at] gmail.com or (818) 599-0257 | http://www.ofor.org | |
| Corvallis FOR | Corvallis | Oregon | Laurie Childers, childers [at] peak.org or (541) 757-9025 | |
| Salem FOR | Salem | Oregon | Bruce Stock, brucestockkent1914 [at] q.com or (503) 371-6109 | |
| Portland FOR | Portland | Oregon | Joanie McClellan, joanmcclel [at] gmail.com or (818) 599-0257 | |
| Scranton FOR | Scranton | Pennsylvania | Julia Horrocks, j.h.horrocks [at] gmail.com or (828) 713-5973; or Devin Trego, devin.trego [at] gmail.com or (610) 223-2165 | |
| Houston FOR | Houston | Texas | Lee Loe, leeloe [at] igc.org or (713) 524-2682 | |
| Tarrant County FOR | North Richland Hills | Texas | Bernard and Carol Kern, carolkern [at] yahoo.com or (817) 581-7865; or Lon Burnam, lonburnam [at] gmail.com | |
| Denton FOR | Denton | Texas | Jeff Hood, jeffrey.k.hood [at] gmail.com or (404) 210-6760 | |
| Choose Peace FOR | Harrisonburg | Virginia | Harvey Yoder, harvyoder [at] gmail.com or (540) 434-6810 ext. 109 | |
| Fire Mountain FOR | Chehalis | Washington | Larry Kerschner, peacepoet [at] gmail.com or (360) 880-4741 | |
| Olympia FOR | Olympia | Washington | Glen Anderson, glen [at] olywa.net or (360) 491-9093 | http://www.olympiafo... |
| Seattle FOR | Seattle | Washington | Bill Ames, bill [at] silentpondmassage.com or (206) 783-9445 | |
| Stevens County FOR | Colville | Washington | Bruce and Janis Pruitt-Hamm, bpruitthamm@plix.com or (509) 685-1230 | |
| Tacoma FOR | Tacoma | Washington | David Lambert, mail [at] tacomafor.org or (253) 759-2280; or Valerie Saturen, vsaturen@yahoo.com or (253) 353-9826 | http://www.tacomafor... |
| Western Washington FOR | Seattle | Washington | Ellen Finkelstein, wwfor [at] wwfor.org or (206) 789-5565 | http://www.wwfor.org |
| Whidbey FOR | Langley | Washington | Tom Ewell, tewell [at] whidbey.com or (360) 341-1457 | http://www.facebook.... |
| South King FOR | Des Moines | Washington | Marion Kline, notarobot85 [at] hotmail.com or (206) 870-4139 | |
| Rock Valley FOR | Janesville | Wisconsin | Sue Nelson, snelson [at] habiba.org or (608) 741-3764 | http://www.rockvalle... |
| Group Name | City |
State |
Contact | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Joint Multifaith Association | Moin Ansari, moinansari@aol.com or (973) 984-9193 | http://dir.groups.ya... | ||
| Evangelicals for Peace | Chandler | Arizona | Rick Love, ricklove@peace-catalyst.net or (480) 369-2068 | http://peace-catalys... |
| Buddhist Peace Fellowship | Berkeley | California | Dawn Haney, dawn@bpf.org or (510) 655-6169 | http://www.bpf.org/ |
| American Muslim Voice | Newark | California | Samina Faheem Sundas, amvoiceorg@gmail.com or (650) 387-1994 | http://www.amuslimvo... |
| Faith Voices for the Common Good | Oakland | California | Rev. Dr. Rita Nakashima Brock, rita@faithvoices.org or (510) 459-5123 | http://www.faithvoic... |
| Pace e Bene | Oakland | California | Ken Butigan, kenbutigan@paceebene.org or (510) 268-8765 | http://paceebene.org... |
| Peaceworkers | San Francisco | California | David Hartsough, davidhartsough@igc.org or (415) 751-0302 | http://www.peacework... |
| Tikkun Community - Network of Spiritual Progressives | Berkeley | California | Rabbi Michael Lerner, rabbilerner@tikkun.org or (510) 644-1200 | http://spiritualprog... |
| Shomer Shalom Network for Jewish Nonviolence | Berkeley | California | Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb, rabbilynn@earthlink.net or (805) 259-5030 | http://shomershalom.... |
| Unitarian Universalist Peace Fellowship | Crestone | Colorado | Rev. Dennis Davidson, uupeace@uua.org or (719) 480-4206 | |
| Methodist Federation for Social Action | Washington | District of Columbia | Jill Warren, jillawarren@mfsaweb.org or (202) 546-8806 | http://mfsaweb.org/ |
| Muslim American Society | Washington | District of Columbia | Ibrahim Ramey, ibrahim.ramey@gmail.com or (202) 552-7414 | http://www.masnet.or... |
| Nonviolence International | Washington | District of Columbia | Michael Beer, nonviolence@igc.org or (202) 244-0951 | http://nonviolencein... |
| Pax Christi USA | Washington | District of Columbia | Sr. Dianna Ortiz, dianna.pcusa@gmail.com or (202) 635-2741 | http://www.paxchrist... |
| Sojourners, Call to Renewal | Washington | District of Columbia | http://www.sojo.net/ | |
| United Methodist Church GBCS | Washington | District of Columbia | Mark Harrison, mharrison@umc-gbcs.org or (202) 488-5645 | http://www.umc-gbcs.... |
| Center on Conscience and War | Washington | District of Columbia | Maria Santelli, maria@centeronconscience.org or (202) 483-2220 | http://www.centeronc... |
| Episcopal Peace Fellowship | Chicago | Illinois | The Rev. Jackie Lynn, epfnational@ameritech.net or (312) 922-8628 | http://epfnational.o... |
| Catholic Peace Fellowship | South Bend | Indiana | Shawn Storer, storer@catholicpeacefellowship.org or (574) 339-1100 | http://www.catholicp... |
| Church of God Peace Fellowship | Anderson | Indiana | Rev. Maurice Caldwell, mauricecaldwell@aol.com or (765) 643-0049 | http://www.peacechog... |
| Disciples Peace Fellowship | Indianapolis | Indiana | disciplespeace@gmail.com or (317) 713-2678 | http://www.dpfweb.or... |
| Islamic Society of North America | Plainfield | Indiana | Dr. Sayyid Syeed, ssyeed@aol.com or (202) 544-5656 | http://www.isna.net/ |
| Mennonite Church USA | Elkhart | Indiana | Tim Huber, timh@mennoniteusa.org or (866) 866-2872 x34386 | http://peace.mennoli... |
| Interfaith Paths to Peace | Louisville | Kentucky | Terry Taylor, interfaithterry@gmail.com or (502) 214-7322 | http://paths2peace.o... |
| Grow the Hope | Chevy Chase | Maryland | David Hart, david@growthehope.org | http://growthehope.o... |
| Adventist Peace Fellowship | Silver Spring | Maryland | Monte Sahlin, msahlin@creativeministry.org or (301) 325-8095 | http://www.adventist... |
| Brethren Peace Fellowship | Union Bridge | Maryland | (410) 775-2254 | |
| Orthodox Peace Fellowship - North America | Columbia | Maryland | Alexander Patico, opfnorthamerica@gmail.com or (301) 596-6375 | http://www.incommuni... |
| On Earth Peace | New Windsor | Maryland | Matt Guynn, mguynn@onearthpeace.org or (503) 775-1636 | http://www.onearthpe... |
| Unitarian Universalist Service Committee | Cambridge | Massachusetts | Atema Eclai, aeclai@uusc.org or (617) 868-6600 | http://www.uusc.org/ |
| New England Peace Pagoda | Leverett | Massachusetts | Sr. Clare Carter, (413) 367-2202 | http://www.newenglan... |
| Jewish Peace Fellowship | Nyack | New York | Stefan Merken, smerken@earthlink.net or (206) 723-2394 | http://www.jewishpea... |
| Muslim Peace Fellowship | Stony Point | New York | Rabia Harris, mpfrth@gmail.com or (215) 635-0636 | http://mpf21.wordpre... |
| Healing of the Nations Foundation | New York | New York | Rev. Dr. James Forbes, info@healingofthenations.com or (212) 870-3061 | http://www.healingof... |
| Presbyterian Peace Fellowship | Stony Point | New York | Mary Ann Harwell, maryann@presbypeacefellowship.org or (845) 786-6743 | http://www.presbypea... |
| Religions for Peace | New York | New York | Deepika Singh, dsingh@religionsforpeace.org or (212) 687-2163 | http://www.rfpusa.or... |
| United Methodist Church GBGM | New York | New York | David Wildman, dwildman@gbgm-umc.org or (212) 870-3735 | http://www.gbgm-umc.... |
| Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America | Charlotte | North Carolina | Evelyn Hanneman, evelyn@bpfna.org or (704) 521-6051 | http://www.bpfna.org... |
| American Friends Service Committee | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | Geri Sicola, gsicola@afsc.org or (215) 241-7151 | http://afsc.org/ |
| Mennonite Central Committee | Akron | Pennsylvania | Doug Hostetter, unliaison@mcc.org or (212) 880-8970 | http://mcc.org/ |
| Shalom Center | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | Rabbi Arthur Waskow, awaskow@shalomctr.org or (215) 844-8494 | http://www.theshalom... |
| Pentecostals and Charismatics for Peace and Justice | North Richland Hills | Texas | Natasha Rubin, natasha@pcpj.org | http://www.pcpj.org/ |
| Lutheran Peace Fellowship | Seattle | Washington | Glen Gersmehl, lpf@ecunet.org or (206) 720-0313 | http://www.lutheranp... |
| Group Name | City |
State |
Contact | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas Coalition for Peace and Justice | Little Rock | Arkansas | Bob Estes, acpj@arpeaceandjustice.org or (501) 666-3784 | http://arpeaceandjus... |
| Fresno Center for Nonviolence | Fresno | California | Richard Stone, info@centerfornonviolence.org or (559) 237-3223 | http://centerfornonv... |
| Metta Center for Nonviolence Education | Berkeley | California | Michael Nagler, mnagler@igc.org or (510) 548-5550 | http://www.mettacent... |
| Peace and Justice Center of Sonoma County | Santa Rosa | California | Susan Lamont, peacentr@sonic.net or (707) 575-8902 | http://www.peaceandj... |
| San Jose Peace and Justice Center | San Jose | California | Shelby Minister, coordinator@sanjosepeace.org or (408) 297-2299 | http://www.sanjosepe... |
| Interfaith Communities United for Justice and Peace | Los Angeles | California | Andy Griggs, icujp@pacbell.net or (213) 748-1643 | http://icujp.org/ |
| Resource Center for Nonviolence | Santa Cruz | California | rcnvinfo@gmail.com or (831) 423-1626 ×101 | http://rcnv.org/ |
| Ecumenical Peace Institute/ Clergy and Laity Concerned | Berkeley | California | Carolyn Scarr, epicalc@lmi.net or (510) 655-1162 | http://www.epicalc.o... |
| Veterans of Hope Project | Denver | Colorado | Gloria Smith, gmsith@iliff.edu or (303) 765-3194 | http://veteransofhop... |
| Interfaith Peace-Builders | Washington | District of Columbia | Mike Daly, mdaly@ifpb.org or (202) 244-0821 | http://www.ifpb.org/ |
| Jubilee Partners | Comer | Georgia | Don Mosley, dmos@igc.org or (706) 783-5131 | http://www.jubileepa... |
| Pacific Justice and Reconciliation Center | Honolulu | Hawaii | LouAnn Guanson, pjrcgo@gmail.com or (808) 531-5122 | http://www.pacificpe... |
| Boundary County Peace Group | Bonners Ferry | Idaho | Jerry Pavia, plantshooter@hotmail.com or (208) 267-7374 | |
| Idaho Peace Coalition | Idaho | idahopeacecoalition@msn.com or (208) 854-0953 | http://www.montanape... | |
| Voices for Creative Nonviolence | Chicago | Illinois | Kathy Kelly, info@vcnv.org or (773) 878-3815 | http://vcnv.org/ |
| Columbus Peace Fellowship | Columbus | Indiana | Sarah Grey, sarahgrey@att.net or (812) 376-8102 | http://www.facebook.... |
| House of Peace | Ipswich | Massachusetts | John Schuchardt, thehouseofpeace@yahoo.com or (978) 356-9395 | |
| Community Cooks | Somerville | Massachusetts | Victoria I, communitycooks@gmail.com | http://communitycook... |
| Enough Fear | Boston | Massachusetts | Nick Jehlen, nick@enoughfear.org or (617) 504-7601 | http://www.enoughfea... |
| Creating a Culture of Peace | Robbinsdale | Minnesota | info@creatingacultureofpeace.org or (847) 790-4227 | http://www.creatinga... |
| Peace Economy Project | St. Louis | Missouri | Tila Neguse, tila@peaceeconomyproject.org or (314) 726-6406 | http://www.peaceecon... |
| Helena Service for Peace and Justice | Helena | Montana | Frank Kromkowski, helenaserpaj@gmail.com or (406) 443-0843 | |
| Sierra Interfaith Action for Peace | Reno | Nevada | Rita Sloan, rwrksloan@hotmail.com or (775) 849-1653 or Pat Coia, crmmp2001@yahoo.com or (775) 348-7847 | |
| Interfaith Peace Network of Western New York | Buffalo | New York | June License, jlicence@acsu.buffalo.edu or (716) 773-1426 | |
| Social Democrats-Socialist Party, USA | New York | New York | Gabriel McCloskey-Ross, info@socialdemocratsusa.org or (814) 262-8941 | http://socialdemocra... |
| Community of Living Traditions | Stony Point | New York | Kitty Ufford-Chase, kitty@stonypointcenter.org or (845) 786-5674 | http://communityofli... |
| War Resisters League | New York | New York | Kimber Heinz, kimber@warresisters.org or (212) 228-0450 x12 | http://www.warresist... |
| Rockland Coalition for Peace and Justice | Spring Valley | New York | info@rocklandaction.org or Nancy Tsou, lythrn@aol.com | http://www.rocklanda... |
| United for Peace and Justice | New York | New York | Michael McPhearson, info.ufpj@gmail.com or (212) 868-5545 | http://unitedforpeac... |
| Creative Response to Conflict | Nyack | New York | Priscilla Prutzman, pprutzman@crc-global.org or (845) 353-1796 | http://www.crc-globa... |
| Rural Southern Voices for Peace | Burnsville | North Carolina | Herb Walters, hwalters@yancey.main.nc.us or (828) 675-5933 | http://www.listening... |
| Ohio Valley PEACE | Barnesville | Ohio | ovpeace@ohiovalleypeace.org or John Morgan, jmrrpress@gmail.com or (740) 926-1481 | http://www.ohiovalle... |
| Peace House of Ashland | Ashland | Oregon | Pam Vavra, info@peacehouse.net or (541) 482-9625 | http://www.peacehous... |
| Lehigh-Pocono Committee of Concern | Bethlehem | Pennsylvania | Nancy Tate, lepoco@fast.net or (610) 691-8730 | http://www.lepoco.or... |
| Pittsburgh North People for Peace and Justice | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | Mary Sheehan, pnpp@verizon.net or (412) 367-0383 | |
| Peace Way | Lewisburg | Pennsylvania | Ben Willeford, willefrd@bucknell.edu or (570) 523-3345 | |
| Carolina Peace Resource Center | Columbia | South Carolina | David Matos, info@carolinapeace.org or (803) 215-3263 | http://www.carolinap... |
| Mid-South Peace and Justice Center | Memphis | Tennessee | Allison Glass, allison@midsouthpeace.org or (901) 725-4990 | http://www.midsouthp... |
| Soulforce | Abilene | Texas | Carlos Perez de Alejo, carlos@soulforce.org or (321) 948-3423 | http://www.soulforce... |
| Charlottesville Center for Peace and Justice | Charlottesville | Virginia | William H. Anderson, wha@cms.mail.virginia.edu or (434) 971-7931 | http://www.charlotte... |
| Shenandoah Peace Coalition | Winchester | Virginia | Harano Childs, (703) 662-1809 | |
| Freedom Project | Seattle | Washington | Verne Garvie, verne@freedom-project.org or (206) 325-5678 | http://freedom-proje... |
| Justice Works! | Seattle | Washington | Kathya Alexander, justice_works@yahoo.com or (206) 725-9189 | http://justiceworks.... |
| Peace and Justice Action League of Spokane | Spokane | Washington | Liz Moore, lmoore@pjals.org or (509) 838-7870 | http://pjals.org/ |
| Iraq Memorial to Life | Olympia | Washington | Douglas Mackey, douglas.mackey@iraqmemorialtolife.org | http://www.oly-wa.us... |
