Nov 10, 2020 | Advocacy, Black Lives Matter, Social Justice
As the world focuses on election results and the growth in Covid-19 infections, the situation behind prison walls remains out of view for most of us. In New York State correctional institutions, however, coronavirus numbers surge at rates which counter the leadership...
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...
Oct 27, 2020 | Advocacy, Civil Rights, Conscientious Objection, Environmental, Member Spotlight, Peacebuilding, Social Justice, Uncategorized
What inspired you to become a FOR member? I’d heard about FOR during the Vietnam war – I believe it was right after the Kent State incidents. I did not become a member until I attended an FOR conference at Seabeck, 2008 or 2009. I was introduced to the...
Oct 27, 2020 | Campaigns, News, Nonviolence, North America, Peacebuilding, Social Justice, Uncategorized
This article originally appeared in Waging Nonviolence. Turnout, especially in polarized times like these, wins elections. The stakes in this election — whether we have a livable planet, whether kids are incarcerated in detention centers and, perhaps, whether we...
Oct 7, 2020 | Nonviolence, Peacebuilding, Social Justice, Thich Nhat Hanh
By Valerie Brown Writing in his journal, which was later published as Fragrant Palm Leaves, in Vietnam in 1965, Thich Nhat Hanh said, “Our faith is not built on shaky ground or esoteric understanding. It is faith in the strength of unconditional love. . . .If you take...
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...
