Jun 19, 2021 | Advocacy, Black Lives Matter, Civil Rights, Community, General, Human Rights, North America, Racial, Uncategorized
In my inbox this morning from a major nonprofit organization that should have known better was a Juneteenth celebratory greeting: “We proudly celebrate Juneteenth, the day slavery finally came to an end throughout the South — historically a monumental feat for...
May 25, 2021 | Advocacy, Civil Rights, Community, Demilitarization, Human Rights, Interfaith, International, News, Nonviolence, Peacebuilding, Racial, Social Justice
This month marks the 73rd anniversary of the creation of Israel following the adoption of United Nations resolution 181 (1947). This political decision was made at UN Headquarters in New York, shunning and circumventing the human right of self-determination by the...
May 23, 2021 | Black Lives Matter, Civil Rights, FORusa Chapter, FORusa Feature, Human Rights, Racial, Uncategorized
Statement Upon Filing of Federal Charges in the Ahmaud Arbery Matter and Call for Speedy Resolution of the State and Federal Investigations into the Roles Played by Georgia Officials Issued by the Fellowship of Reconciliation, the FOR Atlanta/Georgia chapter, and the...
Apr 27, 2021 | Advocacy, Black Lives Matter, Campaigns, Civil Rights, Community, General, Human Rights, Interfaith, News, Peacebuilding, Racial, Social Justice
“The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me…because the Lord hath anointed me… to proclaim liberty to the captives and the opening of the prison to those that are bound.” –Isaiah 61:1 The death penalty is “an inadmissible attack on the inviolability and dignity of the...
Apr 27, 2021 | Advocacy, Black Lives Matter, Campaigns, Civil Rights, Conscientious Objection, Interfaith, LGBTQ+, Peacebuilding, Social Justice
Dear Brothers and Sisters in the Religious Community—Clergy, Theologians, and Lay Persons, We write to you at this very challenging moment in history, about the frightening health crisis facing Mumia Abu-Jamal, internationally renowned political prisoner and writer....
Apr 25, 2021 | Civil Rights, Community, Demilitarization, Human Rights, International, Nonviolence, Nuclear Proliferation, Peacebuilding, Social Justice
by Rev. Michael Yoshii The following is adapted from Rev. Michael Yoshii’s Good Friday sermon at the Livermore Nuclear Weapons Lab. The event was organized by Ecumenical Peace Institute and Livermore Conversion Project with support from TriValleyCAREs and...
