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Western Sahara: Islamic Nonviolent Resistance Webinar

December 10, 2025 No Comments

The Struggle of Western Sahara for Self-Determination – Nonviolence & Islam Join FOR-USA and Nonviolence International for a webinar on one of the world’s longest-standing occupations: Western Sahara. The event opens with a political-historical overview of the occupation, followed by exploration of the nonviolent resistance movement led by the Saharawi people—how communities have organized, documented abuses, and sustained resilience under

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Oldest Faith-Based Organization in the Country Calls for a Deep Reckoning on Guns and Hate

September 1, 2025 No Comments

Oldest Faith-Based Organization in the Country Calls for a Deep Reckoning on Guns and Hate FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 28, 2025 – The Fellowship of Reconciliation, the oldest interfaith peace organization in the United States, established in 1915, is horrified at the senseless loss of young life and the injuries yesterday at the Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It

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Trading Matcha for Peace: When Your Sacred Ritual Becomes a Sacred Gift

August 7, 2025 No Comments

Trading Matcha for Peace: When Your Sacred Ritual Becomes a Sacred Gift The following is a guest post from Brandon Pfeiffer, a Chicago-based activist, musician, and tea enthusiast who runs NeedMatcha.com and serves as web developer for Fellowship of Reconciliation. I’ve been drinking matcha regularly for almost 20 years. Started when I was a Starbucks barista in the early aughts,

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Courage in the Face of Conscience: A Conversation with Israeli Conscientious Objectors

July 28, 2025 No Comments

Courage in the Face of Conscience: A Conversation with Israeli Conscientious Objectors What does courage look like when your deepest convictions clash with your country’s expectations? On Tuesday, August 5th, 2025, we hosted an extraordinary and powerful conversation that challenged us to examine our own understanding of moral courage. In collaboration with Red Letter Christians, our Gathering Voices meeting featured

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Good Friday/Passover Direct Action at Lockheed Martin

April 6, 2025 No Comments

Good Friday/Passover Direct Action at Lockheed Martin As we continue to try to find ways to stand against the violence in Gaza and across the globe, we will be hosting a seder, prayer vigil, and day of direct action during Passover, on Good Friday, at Lockheed Martin, the world’s largest weapons contractor. Register Here:Passover/Good Friday @ Lockheed Martin, Philadelphia Registration

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Continue to Fight Even When You Are Weary

April 2, 2025 No Comments

Continue to Fight Even When You Are Weary Rev. Graylan Scott Hagler The presidential announcements and outrage come at us so viciously fast that it is difficult to keep up with the latest assault on governance, our intellect, decency, or humanity. Much of the perceived chaos is planned and judiciously meted out to keep our heads spinning leaving little time

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The Singing of Angels

December 16, 2021

“Life Is Saved By The Singing of Angels” by Howard Thurman There must always remain in every person’s lifeSome place for the singing of angels,Some place for that which in itself is breathlessly beautiful and,By an inherent prerogative,Throws all the

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Beautiful Trouble’s guide to defending democracy and challenging business as usual

October 27, 2020

This article originally appeared in Waging Nonviolence. Turnout, especially in polarized times like these, wins elections. The stakes in this election — whether we have a livable planet, whether kids are incarcerated in detention centers and, perhaps, whether we continue

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FOR’s executive director Ariel Gold on Al Jazeera

October 19, 2023

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PETITION FROM PARISHIONERS/CONGREGATION MEMBERS CALLING FOR A NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER AND CONTEMPLATION, THIS MOTHER’S DAY, TO STOP GUN VIOLENCE!

April 18, 2023

If you are a faith leader (reverend, rabbi, pastor, priest, imam, lay leader, etc) please instead add your name here. “From the bosom of the devastated earth a voice goes up with our own. It says: Disarm, Disarm!“ – Original

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Faith Leaders and Organizations Call for a Christmas Truce in Ukraine

November 14, 2022

SIGN ON STATEMENT: As people of faith and conscience, believing in the sanctity of all life on this planet, we call for a Christmas Truce in Ukraine. In the spirit of the truce that occurred in 1914 during the First

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Oldest Interfaith Organization in the US Affirms Solidarity with the LGBTQ+ Community in the Wake of Deadly Attack in Colorado

November 20, 2022

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ariel Gold | FOR-USA executive director | gro.asurofobfsctd-4d3c9a@dlogleira | 510 599 5330 Sunday, November 20, 2022 – In the wake of a mass shooting at the Club Q nightclub in Colorado, the oldest interfaith peace and

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Immigration Bans and Escape Clauses

February 2, 2017

It is not certain than in the transition to the White House, the specialist on minority religions in the Middle East has found his desk and been able to

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Kahlil Gibran : Spirits Rebellious

January 5, 2017

At a time when armed conflict and strong socio-economic tensions cover much of the Middle East holdings of the old Ottoman Empire (Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Turkey) , it is helpful

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Vijay Prashad on Venezuela: Affirming No Military Intervention Under the Cover of “Nonviolence”

February 28, 2019

Vijay Prashad’s insightful post (“Notes from the Streets of Venezuela: The People Are Resilient in the Face of Intervention,” Feb. 26, 2019, Independent Media Institute via CommonDreams) reveals some vital

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Orlando: The Complexity of Human Existence and Grief

June 19, 2016

As the debate and the raw emotion of last week subsides and the discussion moves into a second week, I find myself still reeling. I am not among those grieving

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FOR, the ACLU, and Building the Movement

February 16, 2017

No doubt you are well aware of the American Civil Liberties Union’s heroic resistance to threats to democracy, justice, and human rights in recent weeks. But did you know FOR-USA served

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FOR-USA statement on Palestine-Israel

May 26, 2021

Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR-USA) Statement on the Situation in Palestine/Israel In the barrage of statistics that are being reported in the aftermath of the most recent violence between Israel and Hamas there are heartbreaking accounts once again of Israel’s disproportionate

Jesse Jackson, Bishop Barber, & Over 1,000 More: Faith Leaders Call for a Christmas Truce in Ukraine

December 13, 2022

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ariel Gold | Fellowship of Reconciliation | (510) 599-5330 | gro.asurofobfsctd-40d179@dlogleiraBill McGarvey | (201) 725-4202 | moc.aidem-gcmobfsctd-2cc997@llib Jesse Jackson, Bishop Barber, & Over 1,000 More: Faith Leaders Call for a Christmas Truce in Ukraine The effort

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Reclaim the Name of G-d: Oppose Antisemitism and anti-LGBTQ+ Hatred

June 29, 2023

ADD YOUR NAME AND A MESSAGE of support and solidarity. Sign the card here. We will print out the card, signatures, and messages on Saturday, June 30, 2023. For the first time in its 165-year-long history, on June 23, 2023,

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Interfaith Organization Expresses and Calls for Solidarity with the Haitian-American Community

September 18, 2024 — The Fellowship of Reconciliation, an interfaith organization that has worked to end violence and hatred in America since 1915, condemns in the strongest of terms possible

September 18, 2024 No Comments

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FOR’s executive director Ariel Gold on Al Jazeera

October 19, 2023 No Comments

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On Mother’s Day: Faith Leaders Call to End Gun Violence

By distorting sacred scripture and religious traditions, Christian nationalism is fueling the epidemic of gun violence. Over 600 faith leaders have signed onto a letter calling for Mother’s Day, May 14,

April 18, 2023 No Comments

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Oldest Interfaith Organization in America Calls for Children to Have More Rights Than Guns

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ariel Gold | gro.asurofobfsctd-339953@dlogleira | (510) 599-5330Rev. Graylan Scott Hagler | moc.nozirevobfsctd-1168e1@relgahsg | (202) 302-0307 Oldest Interfaith Organization in America Calls for Children to Have More

March 27, 2023 No Comments

Hutchins CO Statement

Oldest Interfaith Organization in the US Affirms Solidarity with the LGBTQ+ Community in the Wake of Deadly Attack in Colorado

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ariel Gold | FOR-USA executive director | gro.asurofobfsctd-946a8e@dlogleira | 510 599 5330 Sunday, November 20, 2022 – In the wake of a mass shooting at the

November 20, 2022 No Comments

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Anti-War and Human Rights Leader Ariel Gold Appointed as FOR-USA Executive Director in Historic Hire

After an extensive national search, the Fellowship of Reconciliation-USA (FOR-USA) is proud to welcome our next executive director, Ariel Gold. Ms. Gold, a veteran peace and justice advocate, is taking

July 24, 2022 No Comments

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