Demilitarization

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 Rights Than Guns March 27, 2023 – The Fellowship of

March 27, 2023 No Comments

Responding to Russia’s Call for a Christmas Truce

Representing over 1200 US faith communities, sponsors of the Christmas Truce in Ukraine petition respond FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ariel Gold | ariel@forusa.org | 510-599-5330 Bill McGarvey | bill@mcg-media.com | 201-725-4202 On the eve of the Orthodox celebration of Christmas

January 5, 2023 No Comments

Reimagining King’s Vision – The Fierce Urgency of Now

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 New York’s Riverside Church on the profound connection between US

January 3, 2023 No Comments

Broad civil society alliance calls for protection/asylum for deserters and conscientious objectors from Russia, Belarus and Ukraine

In a joint appeal to members of the European Parliament and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, a broad civil society alliance from 20 countries has called on the European governments to grant protection and asylum to Russian and

June 10, 2022 No Comments

World Religious Leaders Travel in Emergency Just Peace Mission to Pray in Kyiv

WARSAW, POLAND– A high-level delegation of religious leaders will travel to Kyiv in an emergency intervention seeking to contribute to ending aggression against Ukraine, the bombing of Ukrainian cities, and to pray for a just peace. The leaders will meet

May 23, 2022 No Comments

Robert Aldridge, ¡Presente!

Robert Creston Aldridge, recipient of the Fellowship of Reconciliation’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Award in 1981, was born at his home in Watsonville, California, on April 15, 1926, at a time when home births were a common part of life.

May 17, 2022 No Comments

On Sweden Joining NATO: A Letter from FOR-USA to SweFOR

Dear sisters and brothers in the Sweden FOR, Our hearts break for you and your country. Sweden’s expected application to join NATO is a devastating blow for our shared global peace movement. Sweden’s 200 years of stated neutrality and military

May 16, 2022 No Comments

“Reaching Beyond Prison Walls” Book Talk with Eric Corson

Eric Corson spent four decades as executive director of Prisoner Visitation and Support from 1977 to 2017. In this new book, “Reaching Beyond Prison Walls,” edited by Corson, interviews with and writings from

May 7, 2022 No Comments

Confronting the Juxtaposition Between Self-Defense and Nonviolence

By Jason Carson Wilson Russian President Vladimir Putin’s thirst for power has brought death and destruction to his country and Ukraine’s innocent citizens alike. Russian sons head to war with neighbors, while civilians at home stand up to true tyranny–risking

March 24, 2022 3 Comments

FOR – USA Statement on Ukraine

UN Secretary-General António Guterres said about the crisis in Ukraine on February 14th “The price in human suffering, destruction and damage to European and global security is too high to contemplate. And yet, contemplate it we must, as this terrifying prospect demands an immediate commitment to de-escalation and a negotiated end to the political conflict.

February 24, 2022 2 Comments