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Martin Luther King Jr. on America’s “obnoxious peace”

We celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day this year at a time when our nation has come to a fork in the road and the fate of our democracy depends on the path we take. Just 12 days removed from

January 18, 2021 No Comments

Voter suppression, 21st century, Georgia style

Embed from Getty Images Max Hess, former Interim Executive Director of FOR-USA, is an Atlanta-based attorney who has been involved in peace and justice causes for decades. In the Q&A that follows, he recounts his experience trying and failing to

December 24, 2020 No Comments

Unfinished Democracy: Making Good Trouble for Racial Equity — 31st Annual Salem Peace Lecture

FOR USA’s executive director, Rev. Dr. Emma Jordan-Simpson, delivered the 31st Annual Salem Peace Lecture was held online on Thursday November 19th. Dr. Jordan-Simpson’s topic was “Unfinished Democracy: Making Good Trouble for Racial Equity.”

November 22, 2020 No Comments

The Day After: Acknowledging Our Trauma, Preparing for the Hard Road Ahead

Dear FOR-USA family, As I write you just after Election Day, from my home in the great republic of Brooklyn, New York, the election results are not yet fully known. What is certain, however, is that we have a great

November 5, 2020 No Comments

White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity–Brooklyn Historical Society

Robert P. Jones, CEO and founder of Public Religion Research Institute and a leading scholar of religion and politics, shares his latest work, “White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity,” which puts forth a thorough examination of the history of interdenominational complicity with white supremacy, and argues for congregations to embrace a theology of racial justice.

September 25, 2020 No Comments

White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity–Brooklyn Historical Society

Robert P. Jones, CEO and founder of Public Religion Research Institute and a leading scholar of religion and politics, shares his latest work, “White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity,” which puts forth a thorough examination of the history of interdenominational complicity with white supremacy, and argues for congregations to embrace a theology of racial justice.

September 25, 2020 No Comments

Honoring the righteous rage, agony and despair of this global uprising

Following the senseless killings of George Floyd and so many other Black civilians, we need fundamental policy changes focused on reparative justice and healing.

June 3, 2020 No Comments

Honoring the righteous rage, agony and despair of this global uprising

Following the senseless killings of George Floyd and so many other Black civilians, we need fundamental policy changes focused on reparative justice and healing.

June 3, 2020 No Comments

Bayard Rustin and Reparations: On the critique of past movement leaders using current orthodoxy

We need to deepen our analysis of the lives and legacies of revered leaders, especially in the arenas of activism and social change. As Coleman Hughes recently pointed out in The New York Times (“The Gay, Black Civil Rights Hero

March 21, 2019 No Comments

Bayard Rustin believed in affirmative action and systemic political change

No one is perfect. That includes civil rights icon Bayard Rustin. That’s the message columnist Coleman Hughes and video producer Taige Jensen tried to send in a multimedia New York Times opinion piece titled “The Gay, Black Civil Rights Hero

March 5, 2019 No Comments

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