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Interfaith Organization Expresses and Calls for Solidarity with the Haitian-American Community

September 18, 2024 — The Fellowship of Reconciliation, an interfaith organization that has worked to end violence and hatred in America since 1915, condemns in the strongest of terms possible the dangerous, bigoted conspiracy theories against Haitian immigrants. The blatantly

September 18, 2024 No Comments

FOR’s executive director Ariel Gold on Al Jazeera

October 19, 2023 No Comments

On Mother’s Day: Faith Leaders Call to End Gun Violence

By distorting sacred scripture and religious traditions, Christian nationalism is fueling the epidemic of gun violence. Over 600 faith leaders have signed onto a letter calling for Mother’s Day, May 14, 2023, to be a national day of prayer, mourning, repentance,

April 18, 2023 No Comments

Oldest Interfaith Organization in America Calls for Children to Have More Rights Than Guns

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ariel Gold | gro.asurofobfsctd@dlogleira | (510) 599-5330Rev. Graylan Scott Hagler | moc.nozirevobfsctd@relgahsg | (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

Oldest Interfaith Organization in the US Affirms Solidarity with the LGBTQ+ Community in the Wake of Deadly Attack in Colorado

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ariel Gold | FOR-USA executive director | gro.asurofobfsctd@dlogleira | 510 599 5330 Sunday, November 20, 2022 – In the wake of a mass shooting at the Club Q nightclub in Colorado, the oldest interfaith peace and

November 20, 2022 No Comments

They Are Us: Buffalo and the Sanctity of Whiteness

The racially-motivated act of hate on Saturday in Buffalo, New York, allegedly committed by an 18-year-old white supremacist, is being called the deadliest mass shooting in the United States this year. It was the 198th mass shooting in 2022, and

May 18, 2022 No Comments

Rev. Dr. Emma Jordan-Simpson appointed President of Auburn Seminary

Rev. Dr. Emma Jordan-Simpson, FOR-USA Executive Director, appointed President of Auburn Seminary It is with bittersweet emotions that the Fellowship of Reconciliation – USA (FOR-USA) announces that Rev. Dr. Emma Jordan-Simpson has stepped down as executive director in order to

October 6, 2021 No Comments

Lies, betrayal and the storming of the Capitol

Embed from Getty ImagesLies have consequences. The insurrection that was attempted as the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives gathered to certify the election results on January 6, 2021 was incited by the President’s lies. The violence that ensued as

January 7, 2021 No Comments

Member Spotlight: 5 Questions with Don Mosley –“Climate change, nuclear weapons are the critical issues. I think they represent the widespread presence of fear instead of love.”

Don Mosley is a cofounder of Jubilee Partners, a Christian-rooted intentional living community in Comer, Georgia, which has worked with thousands of refugees from around the world. A veteran of human rights and humanitarian relief work in countries around the

January 5, 2021 No Comments

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US Sanctions should not be used to block vaccine to Iran

We, the undersigned human rights and humanitarian organizations, call on all stakeholders to ensure people in Iran have swift, unencumbered, and equitable access to safe, effective, and affordable Covid-19 vaccines. We particularly call on the government of the United States

December 22, 2020 No Comments

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