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Oldest Interfaith Organization in the US Affirms Solidarity with the LGBTQ+ Community in the Wake of Deadly Attack in Colorado

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ariel Gold | FOR-USA executive director | [email protected] | 510 599 5330 Sunday, November 20, 2022 – In the wake of a mass shooting at the Club Q nightclub in Colorado, the oldest interfaith peace and

November 20, 2022 No Comments

Faith Leaders and Organizations Call for a Christmas Truce in Ukraine

SIGN ON STATEMENT: As people of faith and conscience, believing in the sanctity of all life on this planet, we call for a Christmas Truce in Ukraine. In the spirit of the truce that occurred in 1914 during the First

November 14, 2022 No Comments

They Are Us: Buffalo and the Sanctity of Whiteness

The racially-motivated act of hate on Saturday in Buffalo, New York, allegedly committed by an 18-year-old white supremacist, is being called the deadliest mass shooting in the United States this year. It was the 198th mass shooting in 2022, and

May 18, 2022 No Comments

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“Reaching Beyond Prison Walls” Book Talk with Eric Corson

Eric Corson spent four decades as executive director of Prisoner Visitation and Support from 1977 to 2017. In this new book, “Reaching Beyond Prison Walls,” edited by Corson, interviews with and writings from

May 7, 2022 No Comments

Black Buddhists & the Black Radical Tradition, book talk with Rima Vesely-Flad

Rima Vesely-Flad, PhD, discusses her new book “Black Buddhists & the Black Radical Tradition: The Practice of Stillness in the Movement for Liberation”

April 12, 2022 No Comments

Wink

Awarded to divinity students or emerging leaders focused on nonviolence or whose work creates change and challenges power, the Walter Wink and June Keener Wink Fellowship honors the life and legacy of FOR member Walter Wink (1935-2012) and the ongoing

February 27, 2022 2 Comments

FOR – USA Statement on Ukraine

UN Secretary-General António Guterres said about the crisis in Ukraine on February 14th “The price in human suffering, destruction and damage to European and global security is too high to contemplate. And yet, contemplate it we must, as this terrifying prospect demands an immediate commitment to de-escalation and a negotiated end to the political conflict.

February 24, 2022 2 Comments

Q&A with Sarah DeBolt Badawi: the educator behind the MLK Comic Book Study Guide

What stood out to you about the Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story comic book when you first encountered it? The first thing that I couldn’t get over when I learned about the Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR) comic book

February 2, 2022 No Comments

The Singing of Angels

“Life Is Saved By The Singing of Angels” by Howard Thurman There must always remain in every person’s lifeSome place for the singing of angels,Some place for that which in itself is breathlessly beautiful and,By an inherent prerogative,Throws all the

December 16, 2021 1 Comment

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