Mar 17, 2021 | FORusa Feature, International, Peacebuilding, Prayer
We are Americans, U.S. citizens Followers of many spiritual traditions Compelled to speak, for ourselves and for others Convinced that war brings neither freedom nor peace Called to speak the truth as our faiths demand May we be filled with the strength to seek peace....
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.
Dec 22, 2020 | General, International, Peacebuilding, Press Releases, Social Justice
We, the undersigned human rights and humanitarian organizations, call on all stakeholders to ensure people in Iran have swift, unencumbered, and equitable access to safe, effective, and affordable Covid-19 vaccines. We particularly call on the government of the United...
Dec 14, 2020 | Advocacy, Demilitarization, General, IFOR, International, News, Peacebuilding, Press Releases
With less than six weeks remaining in his presidency, President Donald Trump extended his legacy of fomenting division and sowing the seeds of instability, discord, and violence into a new foreign policy realm. On this day, which marks the 60th anniversary of the U.N....
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...
