Mar 21, 2019 | FORusa Affiliate, FORusa Feature, FORusa Publications, Interfaith, International, Reparations
I’m Puerto Rican, but I didn’t learn much about the history of Puerto Rico or the political implications of its being a territory of the United States until I was a freshman at Brooklyn College. It was devastating but not surprising that I would learn so little about...
Mar 20, 2019 | FORusa Feature, FORusa Publications, Press Releases
Brooklyn, NY — March 20, 2019 — Nonprofit news organization Waging Nonviolence is celebrating 10 years of covering social movements this spring with the launch of a fully redesigned website, including a new community section that unites world-leading peace and...
Mar 20, 2019 | Environmental, FORusa Feature, Interfaith
Let us awaken from the quiet beauty and sacred stillness of Winter, giving thanks for the solitude and reflection her season has provided. Let us emerge from the protection of our solitary cocoons, readying ourselves for the miraculous moment when our newly unfolded...
Mar 12, 2019 | FORusa Feature, Human Rights, International, Nonviolence, Peacebuilding
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,...
Mar 11, 2019 | FORusa Feature, International
I went to Iran in late February with a peace delegation of 28 Americans organized by CODEPINK, a women-led peace activist group. The first day in Iran we had a very fruitful hour-and-half conversation with Javad Zarif, the Foreign Minister of Iran. He listened to our...
Mar 5, 2019 | Civil Rights, FORusa Feature, Racial, Reparations, Uncategorized
No one is perfect. That includes civil rights icon Bayard Rustin. That’s the message columnist Coleman Hughes and video producer Taige Jensen tried to send in a multimedia New York Times opinion piece titled “The Gay, Black Civil Rights Hero Opposed to Affirmative...
