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Daniel Berrigan, Presente! A personal reflection on family, faith, & action

“I don’t even know whether I want to be remembered. That doesn’t really enter into my kind of scheme of life. I was thinking maybe I would like to have on my tombstone something like, ‘Thank God it was never

May 24, 2016 No Comments

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Coming out with love for the United Methodist Church

Yesterday, 111 lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender United Methodist clergypersons came out in an historic open letter to the denomination. Incredibly still in 2016, the United Methodist Church does not ordain openly gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender individuals, the last of the

May 9, 2016 No Comments

In honor of my father #StopTheHarm

write to you from New York City, to which I traveled 2,000 miles to join five other FOR global leaders at the first-ever United Nations Special Session on the World Drug Problem (UNGASS). This UN summit has deep personal meaning for me because

April 19, 2016 No Comments

In honor of my father #StopTheHarm

write to you from New York City, to which I traveled 2,000 miles to join five other FOR global leaders at the first-ever United Nations Special Session on the World Drug Problem (UNGASS). This UN summit has deep personal meaning for me because

April 19, 2016 No Comments

Compassion Not Criminalization: A Faith Response to Addiction & Drug Policy

In 2009, the United Nations put forth a multilateral response to the global drug problem. The scourge of the drug trade contributes to untold human rights violations, massive corruption, and violence that perpetuate brokenness and suffering on a worldwide scale.

April 17, 2016 No Comments

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Virtue Ethics: Toward a More Humanizing Ethics in the U.S. Justice System

“Justice dies when dehumanized, no matter how exactly it may be exercised.” —Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel A Story Several years ago, an elderly black man was seated at the table inside his tiny studio apartment in Denver, Colorado, alongside his brother and

April 15, 2016 No Comments

Virtue Ethics: Toward a More Humanizing Ethics in the U.S. Justice System

“Justice dies when dehumanized, no matter how exactly it may be exercised.” —Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel A Story Several years ago, an elderly black man was seated at the table inside his tiny studio apartment in Denver, Colorado, alongside his brother and

April 15, 2016 No Comments

Persevering for peace with FOR

Last year, we celebrated the beginning of our centennial year with a series of events in and around New York City that included a multifaith service and gala dinner at The Riverside Church. We know not everyone had the ability to join us

March 16, 2016 No Comments

Persevering for peace with FOR

Last year, we celebrated the beginning of our centennial year with a series of events in and around New York City that included a multifaith service and gala dinner at The Riverside Church. We know not everyone had the ability to join us

March 16, 2016 No Comments

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How can we continue to stand in solidarity with nonviolent action in Syria?

March 15 is widely used as the date on which the conflict in Syria began. March 15, 2011 was the first “Day of Rage” held in a good number of localities to mark opposition to the repression of youth in

March 15, 2016 No Comments

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