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Building faith-based nonviolence in Ferguson and nationwide

Thank you for your ongoing support of FOR‘s Campus Weekend trainings in nonviolent resistance! Right now I am in St. Louis, working with FOR Bayard Rustin Fellow Rev. Osagyefo Sekou and faculty from the Phillips Theological Seminary in a week-long program of faith-based nonviolence

June 8, 2016 No Comments

Remembering my friend Muhammad Ali

Friend of FOR Rich Lapchick penned this moving tribute to Muhammad Ali for ESPNon Monday. I wrote columns for ESPN on Muhammad Ali’s 65thand 70th birthdays. I was looking forward to writing again in January 2017 for his 75th birthday. That was obviously not meant to be as the world mourns

June 7, 2016 No Comments

Remembering my friend Muhammad Ali

Friend of FOR Rich Lapchick penned this moving tribute to Muhammad Ali for ESPNon Monday. I wrote columns for ESPN on Muhammad Ali’s 65thand 70th birthdays. I was looking forward to writing again in January 2017 for his 75th birthday. That was obviously not meant to be as the world mourns

June 7, 2016 No Comments

☪ Ramadan Kareem! رمضان كريم

By La Trina Jackson The holiest month of the Islamic calendar, Ramadan, has come. Muslims and others observers of Ramadan around the world are greeting each other with wishes for a Ramadan Kareem or a Generous Ramadan. The spiritual practices that accompany

June 5, 2016 No Comments

With Trump endorsement, Paul Ryan risks gaining the world, but losing his soul

Originally posted on Waging Nonviolence. “Are you aware that Ryan endorsed Trump today?” asked the local television reporter after our #GiveRefugeesRest delegation met with House Speaker Paul Ryan at his district office in Janesville, Wisconsin on Thursday. As it happened, we weren’t

June 3, 2016 No Comments

With Trump endorsement, Paul Ryan risks gaining the world, but losing his soul

Originally posted on Waging Nonviolence. “Are you aware that Ryan endorsed Trump today?” asked the local television reporter after our #GiveRefugeesRest delegation met with House Speaker Paul Ryan at his district office in Janesville, Wisconsin on Thursday. As it happened, we weren’t

June 3, 2016 No Comments

Paul Ryan supports campaign to stop Islamophobia while backing Trump’s hate-fueled bid for president

Rep. Paul Ryan publicized his endorsement of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign within moments of hosting a meeting with staff and members of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, along with supporters of FOR’s #GiveRefugeesRest campaign, a national campaign to end Islamophobia. The move further exposed the emptiness of

June 2, 2016 No Comments

Paul Ryan supports campaign to stop Islamophobia while backing Trump’s hate-fueled bid for president

Rep. Paul Ryan publicized his endorsement of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign within moments of hosting a meeting with staff and members of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, along with supporters of FOR’s #GiveRefugeesRest campaign, a national campaign to end Islamophobia. The move further exposed the emptiness of

June 2, 2016 No Comments

Join us in urging Speaker Ryan to help #EndIslamophobia

Your support of the #GiveRefugeesRest campaign to end Islamophobia and welcome refugees continues to build incredible momentum. This week, your expressed concerns will be shared directly with Speaker of the House Paul Ryan. This February, I led a delegation of FOR staff, members, and

May 31, 2016 No Comments

Join us in urging Speaker Ryan to help #EndIslamophobia

Your support of the #GiveRefugeesRest campaign to end Islamophobia and welcome refugees continues to build incredible momentum. This week, your expressed concerns will be shared directly with Speaker of the House Paul Ryan. This February, I led a delegation of FOR staff, members, and

May 31, 2016 No Comments

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