May 26, 2021 | FORusa Feature, Human Rights, International
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...
May 23, 2021 | Environmental, FORusa Feature, Uncategorized
By Tom Wakely Recently I agreed to write an article for the Fellowship of Reconciliation. Then, reality hit. What should I write about? What could I possibly say to the FOR community that hasn’t already been discussed and debated? I thought about the news headlines,...
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 21, 2021 | Black Lives Matter, Campaigns, Civil Rights, Community, FORusa Feature, General, News, North America, Press Releases, Racial, Social Justice
With the eyes of the world trained on Minneapolis, something practically unheard of was delivered at the Hennepin County Courthouse on April 20th: accountability. The conviction of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin on three separate charges for the...
Mar 31, 2021 | FORusa Feature, Racial
By Ethan Vesely-Flad In his new posthumously-published autobiography, It’s in the Action: Memories of a Nonviolent Warrior, freedom movement elder Rev. C.T. Vivian describes his childhood as impoverished in economic status, but not in learning. Born in 1924, Rev....
Mar 17, 2021 | FORusa Feature, International, Peacebuilding, Prayer
We are Americans, U.S. citizens Followers of many spiritual traditions Compelled to speak, for ourselves and for others Convinced that war brings neither freedom nor peace Called to speak the truth as our faiths demand May we be filled with the strength to seek peace....
