Oct 7, 2020 | Nonviolence, Peacebuilding, Social Justice, Thich Nhat Hanh, Uncategorized
By Laura Hassler the pine gate closed a scintillating arrow leaves the trembling string air rips the sun explodes orange blossoms fall, fall cover the yard There is the shadow of infinity nhat hanh Written for Laura Hassler upon her return from Vietnam Judy Forilla...
Sep 28, 2020 | Beloved Community, Civil Rights, Demilitarization, Human Rights, International, Media Coverage, Nonviolence, North America, Nuclear Proliferation, Peacebuilding, Social Justice
Rev. Dr. Emma Jordan-Simpson participates in a panel discussion sponsored by UNFOLD ZERO on the elimination of nuclear weapons. Fellow participants include politicians, peace activists and artists from around the world, including the Rt. Hon. Jeremy Corbyn MP and...
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...
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...
Sep 3, 2020 | Black Lives Matter, Gathering Voices, LGBTQ+, Racial, Social Justice
Rev. Jason Carson Wilson is the founding executive director of the Washington, D.C.-based Bayard Rustin Liberation Initiative, a LGBTQIA/POC-focused domestic and international policy advocacy organization. He also serves as Minister of Social Justice Education at...
Aug 29, 2020 | Community, FORusa Affiliate, Human Rights, Interfaith, North America, Social Justice
by Susan H. Smith As Muslim and Arab students join their classmates in heading back to school this fall, the 19th anniversary of the September 11 terror attacks weighs on their minds. It’s a time of perennial blame and shame, a time when classmates and teachers hold...
