Mar 29, 2021 | Advocacy, Beloved Community, Black Lives Matter, Campaigns, Civil Rights, Community, Demilitarization, Events, General, Human Rights, Interfaith, MLK, News, Nonviolence, Racial, Social Justice
Statement from RELIGIOUS LEADERS Breaking the Silence—an Intergenerational Call for Unity and Action “I could never again raise my voice against the violence of the oppressed … without having first spoken clearly to the greatest purveyor of violence in the world...
Feb 27, 2021 | Gathering Voices, General, Human Rights, Interfaith, Nonviolence, North America, Peacebuilding, Racial, Social Justice, Youth
Islamic Networks Group (ING) is a peace-building organization providing face-to-face education and engagement opportunities that foster understanding of Muslims and other misunderstood groups to promote harmony among all people. ING’s goal of challenging stereotypes,...
Feb 16, 2021 | Civil Rights, Community, Demilitarization, Human Rights, Interfaith, International, Peacebuilding
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 footage of the entire event.
Oct 5, 2020 | ¡Presente!, IFOR, Interfaith, International, News, Thich Nhat Hanh, Uncategorized
by Paul Dekar Renowned Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh, born on October 11, 1926 in the city of Hue in Central Vietnam, author of over a hundred books, has bestowed upon us all an enormous gift of interconnection with one’s true self, others, nature, and beyond. Nhat...
Sep 29, 2020 | Beloved Community, Civil Rights, Interfaith, International, MLK, Nonviolence, North America, Peacebuilding
by Paul R. Dekar for the 2020 Gandhi Peace Festival This article was written for the Gandhi Peace Festival, hosted by the city of Hamilton, Ontario on October 2, 2020–the Mahatma’s birth date. -ED By the 1920s, Gandhi had begun to influence civil rights activism...
Sep 25, 2020 | Black Lives Matter, Civil Rights, Interfaith, Racial, Reparations, Social Justice
At a time when secular institutions are attempting to reconcile with a history of racial inequality, join in a conversation that seeks to bring the same sense of reckoning to the historical entanglement of white supremacy in American Christianity. Robert P. Jones, CEO...
