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Faith statements and Faith actions regarding a ceasefire in Gaza

Because the number of organizations demanding a ceasefire in Gaza — as well as offering resources for action — is growing enormously day after day, we invite you to access our Ceasefire Statement Tracker here. The tabs at the bottom

October 26, 2023 No Comments

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Reclaim the Name of G-d: Oppose Antisemitism and anti-LGBTQ+ Hatred

ADD YOUR NAME AND A MESSAGE of support and solidarity. Sign the card here. We will print out the card, signatures, and messages on Saturday, June 30, 2023. For the first time in its 165-year-long history, on June 23, 2023,

June 29, 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

PETITION FROM PARISHIONERS/CONGREGATION MEMBERS CALLING FOR A NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER AND CONTEMPLATION, THIS MOTHER’S DAY, TO STOP GUN VIOLENCE!

If you are a faith leader (reverend, rabbi, pastor, priest, imam, lay leader, etc) please instead add your name here. “From the bosom of the devastated earth a voice goes up with our own. It says: Disarm, Disarm!“ – Original

April 18, 2023 No Comments

Reclaim the Name of God

As the oldest interfaith peace and justice organization in the United States, the Fellowship of Reconciliation has followed the rise of right wing nationalist ideologies that co-opt religious language and imagery in support of their poisonous agendas. We launched the

March 29, 2023 No Comments

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World Religious Leaders Travel in Emergency Just Peace Mission to Pray in Kyiv

WARSAW, POLAND– A high-level delegation of religious leaders will travel to Kyiv in an emergency intervention seeking to contribute to ending aggression against Ukraine, the bombing of Ukrainian cities, and to pray for a just peace. The leaders will meet

May 23, 2022 No Comments

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“Reaching Beyond Prison Walls” Book Talk with Eric Corson

Eric Corson spent four decades as executive director of Prisoner Visitation and Support from 1977 to 2017. In this new book, “Reaching Beyond Prison Walls,” edited by Corson, interviews with and writings from

May 7, 2022 No Comments

Black Buddhists & the Black Radical Tradition, book talk with Rima Vesely-Flad

Rima Vesely-Flad, PhD, discusses her new book “Black Buddhists & the Black Radical Tradition: The Practice of Stillness in the Movement for Liberation”

April 12, 2022 No Comments

Wink

Awarded to divinity students or emerging leaders focused on nonviolence or whose work creates change and challenges power, the Walter Wink and June Keener Wink Fellowship honors the life and legacy of FOR member Walter Wink (1935-2012) and the ongoing

February 27, 2022 2 Comments

Author Event: Ubuntu–George M. Houser and the Struggle for Peace and Freedom on Two Continents

Over 60 people were on hand live when FOR-USA held an online book event with author Sheila Collins to discuss her new book: Ubuntu–George M. Houser and the Struggle for Peace and Freedom on Two Continents. The video above is

February 16, 2021 No Comments

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