Veterans' FOR and International Veterans' FOR

The Fellowship of Reconciliation seeks to replace violence, war, racism and economic injustice with nonviolence, peace, and justice. We are an interfaith organization committed to active nonviolence as a transforming way of life and as a means of radical change. We educate, train, build coalitions, and engage in nonviolent and compassionate actions locally, nationally, and globally.

Veterans Fellowship of Reconciliation Programs

VFOR Prison Reading Program: 75,000 — the minimum number of veterans that are homeless tonight; 35,000 — the minimum number of veterans incarcerated right now in state and county jails. Exact numbers are unknown because no one is compiling accurate data. The numbers quoted are probably minimal estimates. The next question is, how many of these incarcerated veterans are Iraq and/or Afghanistan Veterans? Using the percentages compiled by California and Pennsylvania, 35,000 (or more) are veterans from the aforementioned wars.Collection of life stories, insights from war and creation of collective journals for publication. We actively recruit incarcerated war veterans in order to give their writings an audience. We support veterans’ groups in prisons to serve to assist them to understand their war experiences, heal and “be all that they can be for peace”.

Counter-Recruiting: We provide regional workshops to train veterans on counter-recruiting (Truth In Recruiting) in their local schools. Our NYC program averaged 60+ high schools per school year and actively challenged the ‘truths’ stated by military recruiters. We try to crete a legacy that veterans can leave young people that is based on ethics and morality. We wish an education of young people to make choices that embrace spirituality and an egalitarian society, not the promotion violence and racism. We support and work in conjunction with other groups promoting peace and justice with young people.