Apr 27, 2021 | Advocacy, Black Lives Matter, Campaigns, Civil Rights, Community, General, Human Rights, Interfaith, News, Peacebuilding, Racial, Social Justice
“The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me…because the Lord hath anointed me… to proclaim liberty to the captives and the opening of the prison to those that are bound.” –Isaiah 61:1 The death penalty is “an inadmissible attack on the inviolability and dignity of the...
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....
Apr 25, 2021 | Civil Rights, Community, Demilitarization, Human Rights, International, Nonviolence, Nuclear Proliferation, Peacebuilding, Social Justice
by Rev. Michael Yoshii The following is adapted from Rev. Michael Yoshii’s Good Friday sermon at the Livermore Nuclear Weapons Lab. The event was organized by Ecumenical Peace Institute and Livermore Conversion Project with support from TriValleyCAREs and...
Apr 13, 2021 | Advocacy, Beloved Community, Campaigns, Demilitarization, General, Human Rights, News, Nonviolence, North America, Peacebuilding, Social Justice
Since 1915, the Fellowship of Reconciliation has stood as a community of believers from all faiths and traditions in opposition to war and violence in all of its manifestations. FOR-USA was established as a branch of an emerging global movement that would soon become...
Mar 18, 2021 | Campaigns, Civil Rights, Community, Human Rights, Peacebuilding, Social Justice
Prejudice against Asian-Americans is nothing new. Sadly it is as American as apple pie and Jim Crow. Whether it’s the “yellow peril” of the late 19th century that gave rise to the Chinese Exclusion act, FDR’s establishment of Japanese-American internment camps or...
Mar 17, 2021 | FORusa Feature, International, Peacebuilding, Prayer
We are Americans, U.S. citizens Followers of many spiritual traditions Compelled to speak, for ourselves and for others Convinced that war brings neither freedom nor peace Called to speak the truth as our faiths demand May we be filled with the strength to seek peace....
