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“The Powers That Be” Book Club. Register Now!

Join us Starting Thursday January 27th for our monthly online book club. Dr. Fernando Ona, the inaugural recipient of the Walter Wink & June Keener Wink Fellowship, will lead the group through Walter Wink’s landmark text “The Powers That Be.” We will meet

January 13, 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

Wink Fellow Conversations–Kafi Dixon, “A Reckoning in Boston”

FOR’s Inaugural Wink Fellow, Dr. Fernando Ona, had the opportunity to speak with Co-Producer Kafi Dixon about her documentary “A Reckoning in Boston”

December 7, 2021 No Comments

Climate & Justice Conversations–Leslie Cagan

The UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) is taking place in Glasgow on 31 October – 12 November 2021. In light of this important event we’ve asked FOR members and activists to discuss where the issue of climate

November 4, 2021 1 Comment

Militarism, Resource Exploitation and Climate Change in Iraqi Kurdistan

Members of Christian Peacemaker Teams Iraqi Kurdistan Program discuss militarism and oil and gas resource exploitation by the United States and multinational corporations, as well as successful grassroots resistance against ExxonMobil by one community. Music: www.bensound.com

November 2, 2021 No Comments

Climate & Justice Conversations–Tom Wakely

November 2, 2021 No Comments

Rev. Dr. Emma Jordan-Simpson appointed President of Auburn Seminary

Rev. Dr. Emma Jordan-Simpson, FOR-USA Executive Director, appointed President of Auburn Seminary It is with bittersweet emotions that the Fellowship of Reconciliation – USA (FOR-USA) announces that Rev. Dr. Emma Jordan-Simpson has stepped down as executive director in order to

October 6, 2021 No Comments

Lament into Hope–A conversation with Rev. Kristian Smith, Pastor, The Faith Community, Atlanta

Rev. Dr. Emma Jordan-Simpson speaks with Rev. Kristian Smith, Pastor, The Faith Community (TFC), Atlanta, Georgia. Their discussion centers around Rev. Smith’s thoughts about how justice is a joint effort and that if people came together and formed communities of

September 30, 2021 No Comments

#Occupy@10: An oral history — Interfaith activists reflect on Occupy’s impact 10 years later

September 2021 marks the 10th anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street protest that took over Zuccotti Park in lower Manhattan for two tumultuous months in 2011. The action began with little fanfare on September 17, 2011, but soon captured

September 14, 2021 No Comments

9/11 Remembering and Learning at FOR

At the Fellowship of Reconciliation’s national headquarters on the banks of the Hudson River, our interfaith staff were gathered for our weekly Tuesday morning meditation. It was September 11, 2001. We had planned an orientation afterward for four young adults

September 9, 2021 No Comments

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Join us starting Thur, Jan 27th for our monthly online book club. Dr. Fernando Ona, the inaugural recipient of the Walter Wink & June Keener Wink Fellowship, will lead the group through Walter Wink’s “The Powers That Be.” Please register here: #bookclub https://t.co/Azg2t6Kf2h

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Join us at 4pm EST on January 18th for our "Brothers in the Beloved Community" book talk with @BishopMarc Register today here: Don't forget to like and share this post, theres still plenty of time to grab your seat! @ParallaxPress @EPFNational #forusa https://t.co/zSzzuFy5CO

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As we prepare to celebrate Dr. King & #MLKDay, FOR is proud to share a new CURRICULUM & STUDY GUIDE for our 1957 comic book, "Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story" - to recall, reexamine & connect current struggles to #MontgomeryBusBoycott + more. https://t.co/Z5SnN3px0f

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RT @nytimes: The writer and poet Maya Angelou has become the first Black woman to be featured on a quarter. The coins began shipping this w…

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RT @Dr_Maha_Hilal: Today is the 20th anniversary of the opening of #GuantanamoBay prison, one of the oldest, most infamous relics of the #W…

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RT @WitnessTorture: From the very beginning, of the 780 people at Guantanamo, only a handful of those people have been convicted of terrori…

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Fellowship of Reconciliation USA (FOR-USA) is the largest interfaith peace fellowship leading the charge on today’s most pressing human and civil rights issues through advocacy, activism, and educational programs.