¡Presente! Janisha R. Gabriel

Sep 11, 2020 | ¡Presente!, Black Lives Matter, Civil Rights, LGBTQ+

We are deeply saddened to announce the death of our colleague, Janisha R. Gabriel. An artist, designer, theologian, strategist, life-long activist and organizer, over the past year, Janisha took on the chronic technical issues that had been affecting FOR’s website....

Gathering Voices: Rev Jason Carson Wilson-“Incremental change is another weapon of white supremacy”

Sep 3, 2020 | Black Lives Matter, Gathering Voices, LGBTQ+, Racial, Social Justice

Rev. Jason Carson Wilson is the founding executive director of the Washington, D.C.-based Bayard Rustin Liberation Initiative, a LGBTQIA/POC-focused domestic and international policy advocacy organization. He also serves as Minister of Social Justice Education at...

Gathering Voices: Rev. Marian Edmonds-Allen–“To build a bridge we must make friends with people we disagree with.”

Sep 3, 2020 | Black Lives Matter, Civil Rights, Gathering Voices, LGBTQ+

Rev. Marian Edmonds-Allen is the executive director of Parity, a NYC-based national nonprofit that works at the intersection of faith and LGBTQ+ concerns and the director of Blessed by Difference, a project that seeks to promote curious and collaborative bridging...

Following the Methodist Decision: Breathe in Suffering, Breathe out Peace

Mar 1, 2019 | Beloved Community, FORusa Feature, Human Rights, LGBTQ+, Social Justice

The United Methodist general conference is over and a new day has begun. People are still suffering, struggling with addiction of all sort, striving to stay in recovery, and being stopped, vilified and incarcerated at our borders. Queer folks, people of color, women...