Nonviolence

Responding to Russia’s Call for a Christmas Truce

Representing over 1200 US faith communities, sponsors of the Christmas Truce in Ukraine petition respond FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ariel Gold | ariel@forusa.org | 510-599-5330 Bill McGarvey | bill@mcg-media.com | 201-725-4202 On the eve of the Orthodox celebration of Christmas

January 5, 2023 No Comments

Jesse Jackson, Bishop Barber, & Over 1,000 More: Faith Leaders Call for a Christmas Truce in Ukraine

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ariel Gold | Fellowship of Reconciliation | (510) 599-5330 | arielgold@forusa.orgBill McGarvey | (201) 725-4202 | bill@mcg-media.com Jesse Jackson, Bishop Barber, & Over 1,000 More: Faith Leaders Call for a Christmas Truce in Ukraine The effort

December 13, 2022 No Comments

Faith Leaders and Organizations Call for a Christmas Truce in Ukraine

SIGN ON STATEMENT: As people of faith and conscience, believing in the sanctity of all life on this planet, we call for a Christmas Truce in Ukraine. In the spirit of the truce that occurred in 1914 during the First

November 14, 2022 No Comments

Ukraine: Faith Organizations Call U.S. to Support Diplomacy and Creative Nonviolent Resistance

Press Release More than 20 national and regional faith-based organizations have sent a letter to President Biden and members of Congress urging support and focus on a kind of diplomacy that is willing to compromise for the sake of saving

April 25, 2022 1 Comment

Confronting the Juxtaposition Between Self-Defense and Nonviolence

By Jason Carson Wilson Russian President Vladimir Putin’s thirst for power has brought death and destruction to his country and Ukraine’s innocent citizens alike. Russian sons head to war with neighbors, while civilians at home stand up to true tyranny–risking

March 24, 2022 3 Comments

Wink

Awarded to divinity students or emerging leaders focused on nonviolence or whose work creates change and challenges power, the Walter Wink and June Keener Wink Fellowship honors the life and legacy of FOR member Walter Wink (1935-2012) and the ongoing

February 27, 2022 2 Comments

FOR – USA Statement on Ukraine

UN Secretary-General António Guterres said about the crisis in Ukraine on February 14th “The price in human suffering, destruction and damage to European and global security is too high to contemplate. And yet, contemplate it we must, as this terrifying prospect demands an immediate commitment to de-escalation and a negotiated end to the political conflict.

February 24, 2022 2 Comments

Q&A with Sarah DeBolt Badawi: the educator behind the MLK Comic Book Study Guide

What stood out to you about the Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story comic book when you first encountered it? The first thing that I couldn’t get over when I learned about the Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR) comic book

February 2, 2022 No Comments

9/11 Remembering and Learning at FOR

At the Fellowship of Reconciliation’s national headquarters on the banks of the Hudson River, our interfaith staff were gathered for our weekly Tuesday morning meditation. It was September 11, 2001. We had planned an orientation afterward for four young adults

September 9, 2021 No Comments

“When We Breathe Together”

FOR-USA’s executive director, Rev. Dr. Emma Jordan-Simpson, was asked to offer up a prayer and reflections on the morning of Jan. 20, 2021 (U.S. Inauguration Day for President Joseph Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris) to an international online

February 2, 2021 No Comments