Member Spotlight: Gregory Kennedy-Salemi–“The biggest challenge is dealing with all of the hatred and vitriol coming out of the current administration”

Nov 10, 2020 | Member Spotlight, Nonviolence, Peacebuilding, Thich Nhat Hanh

What inspired you to become a FOR member? I would have to start with my grandmother, Pearl Kennedy, who was a personal friend of Dr. King’s. She used to cook for him when he would visit Chicago because he had a lot of stress and she was also from the South, like...

FOR USA’s Statement on Passage of UN Treaty Outlawing Nuclear Weapons

Oct 27, 2020 | Demilitarization, Nonviolence, North America, Nuclear Proliferation, Peacebuilding

The Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR-USA) joins peace-loving people around the world in celebrating the ratification this week of the United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Passage of the treaty happened on October 24, 2020, an already...

Beautiful Trouble’s guide to defending democracy and challenging business as usual

Oct 27, 2020 | Campaigns, News, Nonviolence, North America, Peacebuilding, Social Justice, Uncategorized

This article originally appeared in Waging Nonviolence. Turnout, especially in polarized times like these, wins elections. The stakes in this election — whether we have a livable planet, whether kids are incarcerated in detention centers and, perhaps, whether we...

Ben & Jerry’s “The Long March” virtual exhibit tribute to John Lewis-Video

Oct 13, 2020 | Civil Rights, Human Rights, Nonviolence, North America

Rep. John Lewis dedicated his life—repeatedly risking injury and arrest—to defending every American’s right to vote. “The vote,” he often said, “is precious, almost sacred. It is the most powerful nonviolent tool or instrument we have in a democratic society and we...

Like a Cloud in the Sky–Reflections and Gratitude for Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh

Oct 7, 2020 | Nonviolence, Peacebuilding, Social Justice, Thich Nhat Hanh

By Valerie Brown Writing in his journal, which was later published as Fragrant Palm Leaves, in Vietnam in 1965, Thich Nhat Hanh said, “Our faith is not built on shaky ground or esoteric understanding. It is faith in the strength of unconditional love. . . .If you take...

Memories of a Young Buddhist Spy

Oct 7, 2020 | Nonviolence, Peacebuilding, Social Justice, Thich Nhat Hanh, Uncategorized

By Laura Hassler the pine gate closed a scintillating arrow leaves the trembling string air rips the sun explodes orange blossoms fall, fall cover the yard There is the shadow of infinity nhat hanh Written for Laura Hassler upon her return from Vietnam Judy Forilla...