Sep 28, 2020 | Beloved Community, Civil Rights, Demilitarization, Human Rights, International, Media Coverage, Nonviolence, North America, Nuclear Proliferation, Peacebuilding, Social Justice
Rev. Dr. Emma Jordan-Simpson participates in a panel discussion sponsored by UNFOLD ZERO on the elimination of nuclear weapons. Fellow participants include politicians, peace activists and artists from around the world, including the Rt. Hon. Jeremy Corbyn MP and...
Sep 11, 2020 | Community, Member Spotlight, Nonviolence, Peacebuilding
Jim Murphy is a former member of FOR USA’s national council and was the 2012 recipient of FOR’s Martin Luther King, Jr award. Jim served as an Air Force Communications Specialist in Vietnam from 1966 – 68. Near the end of his second tour of duty, he was returned home...
Aug 14, 2020 | Nonviolence, Nuclear Proliferation
by Kyoko Iitaka, Ph.D. Aug. 8, 2020 Dear friends in FOR-USA: On the occasion of 75th Hiroshima and Nagasaki memorial days, we would like to send our message of friendship and solidarity. We hope that we can work together to abolish nuclear weapons...
Mar 12, 2019 | FORusa Feature, Human Rights, International, Nonviolence, Peacebuilding
Testimony of Mel Duncan before the House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs of the United States Congress (March 12, 2019). Madame Chair Lowey, Ranking Member Rogers, and Distinguished Members of the Committee,...
Feb 8, 2019 | Demilitarization, FORusa Feature, Human Rights, International, Nonviolence
By an Anonymous Zimbabwean What happens when known killers are promoted to the most senior positions in government, the military, and state-run offices? What happens when cruelty and coldness achieve the same social status as bravery and courage? Answer: the result...
Dec 7, 2018 | Demilitarization, Events, FORusa Feature, Human Rights, Immigration Rights and Reform, Nonviolence, North America
Tear gas on children. Tens of thousands of immigrants imprisoned and awaiting deportation. Military troops instead of humanitarian aid. The denial of asylum to thousands of people fleeing rampant violence in their homelands. What we are experiencing is a moral crisis...
