Sep 30, 2021 | Beloved Community, Black Lives Matter, Civil Rights, Community, Gathering Voices, LGBTQ+, Peacebuilding, Social Justice
Rev. Dr. Emma Jordan-Simpson speaks with Rev. Kristian Smith, Pastor, The Faith Community (TFC), Atlanta, Georgia. Their discussion centers around Rev. Smith’s thoughts about how justice is a joint effort and that if people came together and formed communities...
Apr 27, 2021 | Advocacy, Black Lives Matter, Campaigns, Civil Rights, Conscientious Objection, Interfaith, LGBTQ+, Peacebuilding, Social Justice
Dear Brothers and Sisters in the Religious Community—Clergy, Theologians, and Lay Persons, We write to you at this very challenging moment in history, about the frightening health crisis facing Mumia Abu-Jamal, internationally renowned political prisoner and writer....
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....
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...
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...
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...
