Sep 9, 2021 | FORusa Feature, International, Nonviolence, Peacebuilding
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 who had...
Aug 22, 2021 | FORusa Feature, FORusa Staff
Rev. Jason Carson Wilson, M. Div., is beginning a journey with the Fellowship of Reconciliation as a field organizing consultant. Wilson, a Black gay ordained United Church of Christ minister, is a FOR member. He’s also the founding executive director of the Bayard...
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...
