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...
Sep 15, 2020 | Community, Interfaith, Prayer
We struggle to stand the whole world over under the weight of incredible loss and grief. We struggle to hope the whole world over in the face of uncertainty and anxious fears. We struggle to love the whole world over in defiance of borders and flags. God, help...
Sep 3, 2020 | Black Lives Matter, Civil Rights, Gathering Voices, Interfaith, North America
Chrissy Stonebraker-Martínez is the co-director of the Cleveland-based InterReligious Task Force on Central America and co-chair of the National Council of FOR-USA.
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...
