Feb 20, 2021 | Advocacy, Gathering Voices, Nonviolence, North America, Peacebuilding, Racial, Social Justice
Eric Ward is executive director of the Western States Center, located in Portland, Oregon. A nationally-recognized expert on the relationship between authoritarian movements, hate violence, and preserving inclusive democracy, Eric brings over 30 years of leadership in...
Feb 17, 2021 | Civil Rights, General, North America, Social Justice
The Senate has spoken and has finally certified what we have long known: an overwhelming number of Republicans in what is touted as our nation’s most august legislative body are dangerously incapable of publicly affirming reality. They have chosen party over country...
Feb 2, 2021 | Beloved Community, Black Lives Matter, Civil Rights, Community, General, Nonviolence, North America, Peacebuilding, Prayer, Social Justice
FOR-USA’s executive director, Rev. Dr. Emma Jordan-Simpson, was asked to offer up a prayer and reflections on the morning of Jan. 20, 2021 (U.S. Inauguration Day for President Joseph Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris) to an international online gathering....
Jan 18, 2021 | Black Lives Matter, Civil Rights, Community, MLK, North America, Peacebuilding, Racial, Reparations, Social Justice, Uncategorized
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 the insurrectionists’ attack on the Capitol that left six dead and two...
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...
Dec 22, 2020 | General, International, Peacebuilding, Press Releases, Social Justice
We, the undersigned human rights and humanitarian organizations, call on all stakeholders to ensure people in Iran have swift, unencumbered, and equitable access to safe, effective, and affordable Covid-19 vaccines. We particularly call on the government of the United...
