Gathering Voices: Eric Ward, “In many ways we are the Bayard Rustin generation.”

Feb 20, 2021 | Advocacy, Gathering Voices, Nonviolence, North America, Peacebuilding, Racial, Social Justice

Eric Ward is executive director of the Western States Center, located in Portland, Oregon. A nationally-recognized expert on the relationship between authoritarian movements, hate violence, and preserving inclusive democracy, Eric brings over 30 years of leadership in...

“When We Breathe Together”

Feb 2, 2021 | Beloved Community, Black Lives Matter, Civil Rights, Community, General, Nonviolence, North America, Peacebuilding, Prayer, Social Justice

 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 gathering....

Walking the ‘long road from law to justice’ with the Kings Bay Plowshares

Nov 23, 2020 | Advocacy, Beloved Community, Campaigns, General, Nonviolence, Nuclear Proliferation, Peacebuilding, Social Justice

For the past two-and-a-half years it has been my privilege to support the Kings Bay Plowshares. They are seven disarmament activists who entered the Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base in Georgia by night on April 4, 2018 — the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s...

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...