Voter suppression, 21st century, Georgia style

Dec 24, 2020 | Advocacy, Black Lives Matter, Civil Rights, Community, General, Racial, Social Justice

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 vote via absentee...

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

Nov 22, 2020 | Civil Rights, Community, Demilitarization, FORusa Feature, FORusa Staff, News, Peacebuilding, Racial, Reparations

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.”...

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

Nov 5, 2020 | Black Lives Matter, Civil Rights, Community, General, News, North America, Peacebuilding, Racial, Social Justice

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 deal of work to do and some difficult days ahead as a...

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

Sep 25, 2020 | Black Lives Matter, Civil Rights, Interfaith, Racial, Reparations, Social Justice

At a time when secular institutions are attempting to reconcile with a history of racial inequality, join in a conversation that seeks to bring the same sense of reckoning to the historical entanglement of white supremacy in American Christianity. Robert P. Jones, CEO...

Gathering Voices: Rev. Starsky Wilson–The only time black lives matter is when black people are dying.

Sep 3, 2020 | Black Lives Matter, Civil Rights, Gathering Voices, North America, Racial, Social Justice

In this interview — broken into three short parts — Rev. Dr. Starsky Wilson discusses the disproportionate impact the coronavirus is having on African Americans in St. Louis, where the first 13 deaths were black people. Rev. Wilson was the President and CEO of...

Gathering Voices: Rev Julian DeShazier–“neighbor” as a verb and not simply a noun

Sep 3, 2020 | Black Lives Matter, Civil Rights, Gathering Voices, North America, Racial

 Rev. Julian discusses how the pandemic is affecting his community on Chicago’s south side and how he believes this crisis is an opportunity to think of the word “neighbor” as a verb and not simply a noun. As a national speaker, advocate and emcee,...