Nov 11, 2020 | Beloved Community, Black Lives Matter, Civil Rights, Community, Human Rights
this song of praise and every voice never lifted say we can begin here, on scorched earth with the hollow bark of a barberry-leaved oak, where we sheltered as we mourned over 200,000 of our own. We go forward for the sake of the dream, this land, this sanctuary, for...
Oct 13, 2020 | Civil Rights, Human Rights, Nonviolence, North America
Rep. John Lewis dedicated his life—repeatedly risking injury and arrest—to defending every American’s right to vote. “The vote,” he often said, “is precious, almost sacred. It is the most powerful nonviolent tool or instrument we have in a democratic society and we...
Sep 28, 2020 | Beloved Community, Civil Rights, Demilitarization, Human Rights, International, Media Coverage, Nonviolence, North America, Nuclear Proliferation, Peacebuilding, Social Justice
Rev. Dr. Emma Jordan-Simpson participates in a panel discussion sponsored by UNFOLD ZERO on the elimination of nuclear weapons. Fellow participants include politicians, peace activists and artists from around the world, including the Rt. Hon. Jeremy Corbyn MP and...
Aug 29, 2020 | Community, FORusa Affiliate, Human Rights, Interfaith, North America, Social Justice
by Susan H. Smith As Muslim and Arab students join their classmates in heading back to school this fall, the 19th anniversary of the September 11 terror attacks weighs on their minds. It’s a time of perennial blame and shame, a time when classmates and teachers hold...
Aug 29, 2020 | Black Lives Matter, Human Rights
by Rev. David Billings It seems like yesterday: Images of New Orleanians on rooftops crying out for someone to rescue them; sleeping in the Superdome crying out for police protection; stranded on the interstate on foot with no car; standing in line at the convention...
Apr 10, 2019 | FORusa Feature, Human Rights, Uncategorized
Via Cross River, Calabar, and Mawuh: En Route to Ambazonia Ambazonia most surely exists, with defined land mass, distinctive long history, culture, and most especially people. But you won’t find it on any maps, or even most accounts of modern Africa or peaceful...