Martin Luther King Jr. on America’s “obnoxious peace”

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...

Lies, betrayal and the storming of the Capitol

Jan 7, 2021 | Civil Rights, Community, General, News, North America, Peacebuilding, Prayer, Press Releases, Uncategorized

Embed from Getty Images Lies have consequences. The insurrection that was attempted as the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives gathered to certify the election results on January 6, 2021 was incited by the President’s lies. The violence that ensued as they...

Member Spotlight: 5 Questions with Don Mosley –“Climate change, nuclear weapons are the critical issues. I think they represent the widespread presence of fear instead of love.”

Jan 5, 2021 | Member Spotlight, Uncategorized

Don Mosley is a cofounder of Jubilee Partners, a Christian-rooted intentional living community in Comer, Georgia, which has worked with thousands of refugees from around the world. A veteran of human rights and humanitarian relief work in countries around the world,...

Stop Trump Administration Plans for Federal Executions

Dec 9, 2020 | Human Rights, Uncategorized

By Jeff Stack The Mid-Missouri Fellowship of Reconciliation is cosponsoring a “Vigil for Life” this Thursday, December 10 at 12:00 noon, outside the federal courthouse at 80 Lafayette Street in Jefferson City. (Masks and physical distancing are required.) The...

Member Spotlight: Doug Mackey–“We’re in the crosshairs of the intersection of climate disruption and the overwhelming ill effects of the domination code that is inbred in our culture.”

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...

Beautiful Trouble’s guide to defending democracy and challenging business as usual

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...