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Fellowship of Reconciliation Stands in Solidarity with the Students

May 1, 2024 No Comments

Fellowship of Reconciliation we stand in solidarity with the students of Columbia University, City College of New York, and Fordham University who courageously participated in peaceful encampments. The shutdown and the reported brutalization by the NYPD are deeply troubling and unacceptable. Every individual has the right to peacefully assemble and express their views without fear of violence or intimidation.

We condemn any actions that infringe upon the rights and safety of students and call for a thorough investigation into the incidents that occurred. It is imperative that authorities uphold the principles of free speech and assembly, and ensure the protection of all individuals exercising their democratic rights.

To the students affected, know that your voices are heard and valued. Your commitment to advocating for change inspires us all, and we stand with you in demanding justice and accountability.

Another Israeli Teenager To Report To Jail Instead Of War

Israeli Ben Arad’s Refusal to Serve Statement

April 2, 2024 No Comments

Ben Arad is the third young Israeli since October 7 to refuse enlistment in protest over the war in Gaza publicly; On April 1, 2024 he was sentenced to 20 days in military prison. He was sentenced to 20 days in military prison, expected to be prolonged when he refuses enlistment again. Arad joins Tal Mitnick and Sofia Orr, who

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Israel’s Conscientious Objectors Stand on the Shoulders of Giants

March 26, 2024 No Comments

Israel’s Conscientious Objectors Stand on the Shoulders of Giants By Ariel Gold According to legend, the organization I lead, the Fellowship of Reconciliation, was founded in August 1914 when a British Quaker and a German Lutheran shook hands at a railway station in Cologne. With England on the cusp of joining World War I, they pledged, “We are one in

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Put Your Little Hunger to Use

March 20, 2024 No Comments

A Ramadan ReflectionBy Rabia Harris Ramadan is the month of revelation. It is famously celebrated as the lunar month in which the Qur’an first began to unfold out of the invisible realm and into this world of ours through the heart and tongue of Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him. The Qur’an itself tells us as much. What

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Haiti, Nothing to Celebrate (Dorothy Cotton in Fellowship Magazine, 1992)

March 12, 2024 No Comments

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¡Presente! Edward Stonebraker (1960-2024)

January 30, 2024 No Comments

¡Presente! Edward Stonebraker (1960-2024) Edward Richard Stonebraker, 63, of Girard, Ohio, passed away suddenly at home on January 1, 2024. As a skilled trades worker, Stonebraker was a dedicated member of the labor movement and a committed ally to diverse social movements, both domestically and internationally. Stonebraker was born on October 29, 1960 in Youngstown, Ohio, to the late Amanda

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White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity–Brooklyn Historical Society

September 25, 2020

Robert P. Jones, CEO and founder of Public Religion Research Institute and a leading scholar of religion and politics, shares his latest work, “White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity,” which puts forth a thorough examination of the history of interdenominational complicity with white supremacy, and argues for congregations to embrace a theology of racial justice.

Walking the ‘long road from law to justice’ with the Kings Bay Plowshares

November 23, 2020

After a protracted legal odyssey, the Kings Bay Plowshares continue preach disarmament while preparing for their coming prison witness.

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Wink Fellow Panel Discussion “A Reckoning in Boston”

December 13, 2021

FOR-USA and the Amherst Massachusetts African Heritage Reparation Assembly co-hosted an early screening of the documentary “A Reckoning in Boston” on December 9, 2021. The panel discussion afterward included FOR’s Inaugural Wink Fellow, Dr. Fernando Ona, along with the film’s co-Producer and co-founder of Boston’s Common Good Co-op Kafi Dixon and Evan Lewis, Assistant Dean for Community Outreach, UMass, Amherst.

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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

9/11 Remembering and Learning at FOR

September 9, 2021

At the Fellowship of Reconciliation’s national headquarters on the banks of the Hudson River, our interfaith staff were gathered for our weekly Tuesday morning meditation. It was September 11, 2001. We had planned an orientation afterward for four young adults

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Black Buddhists & the Black Radical Tradition, book talk with Rima Vesely-Flad

April 12, 2022

Rima Vesely-Flad, PhD, discusses her new book “Black Buddhists & the Black Radical Tradition: The Practice of Stillness in the Movement for Liberation”

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Fighting the Feeling of Hopelessness

December 26, 2016

In a recent program on CNN, Lisa Ling, who hosts “This is Life,” interviewed people who were addicted to drugs. Some were black, others white, but all had the

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WANTED: Project Manager for FOR 2024 Conference: Guns, God, & Christian Nationalism

August 18, 2023

The Fellowship of Reconciliation is the oldest interfaith peace and justice organization in the U.S. and part of a global network of 50 branches, groups, and affiliates, with a national

Jonathan Demme, Presente!

April 26, 2017

The news of Jonathan Demme’s death this Wednesday came as a tremendous shock to me and my Fellowship of Reconciliation colleagues. Today we are in collective mourning at the untimely

UN Must Mandate Fact-Finding Mission to English-Speaking Cameroon

February 5, 2019

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Leaders Demand that the U.N. Human Rights Council Mandate a Fact-Finding Mission to English-Speaking Cameroon Press Conferences to be held in three cities on February 7, 2019

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Reimagining King’s Vision – The Fierce Urgency of Now

January 3, 2023

From Ukraine to Uvalde, the crises of militarism, materialism and racism today Exactly one year before he was murdered, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave an historic sermon at

FOR collaborates with WSC on emergency national briefing in Portland

August 21, 2020

The Western States Center convened a live Emergency National Briefing from Portland. Speakers included U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D, OR) and FOR’s Rev. Dr. Emma Jordan-Simpson.

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FOR’s executive director Ariel Gold on Al Jazeera

October 19, 2023

Congress: Support and Fund Unarmed Civilian Protection

March 12, 2019

Testimony of Mel Duncan before the House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs of the United States Congress (March 12, 2019). Madame Chair Lowey, Ranking Member Rogers, and Distinguished Members of the Committee, thank you

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Author Event: Ubuntu–George M. Houser and the Struggle for Peace and Freedom on Two Continents

February 16, 2021

Over 60 people were on hand live when FOR-USA held an online book event with author Sheila Collins to discuss her new book: Ubuntu–George M. Houser and the Struggle for Peace and Freedom on Two Continents. The video above is

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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 | arielgold@forusa.org | (510) 599-5330Rev. Graylan Scott Hagler | gshagler@verizon.com | (202) 302-0307 Oldest Interfaith Organization in America Calls for Children to Have More

March 27, 2023 No Comments

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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 | arielgold@forusa.org | 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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They Are Us: Buffalo and the Sanctity of Whiteness

The racially-motivated act of hate on Saturday in Buffalo, New York, allegedly committed by an 18-year-old white supremacist, is being called the deadliest mass shooting in the United States this

May 18, 2022 No Comments

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