Memories of a Young Buddhist Spy

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...

A Bird’s Eye View of Thich Nhat Hanh

Oct 5, 2020 | ¡Presente!, IFOR, Interfaith, International, News, Thich Nhat Hanh, Uncategorized

by Paul Dekar Renowned Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh, born on October 11, 1926 in the city of Hue in Central Vietnam, author of over a hundred books, has bestowed upon us all an enormous gift of interconnection with one’s true self, others, nature, and beyond. Nhat...

Moving in the direction of freedom: En route to Ambazonia

Apr 10, 2019 | FORusa Feature, Human Rights, Uncategorized

Via Cross River, Calabar, and Mawuh: En Route to Ambazonia Ambazonia most surely exists, with defined land mass, distinctive long history, culture, and most especially people. But you won’t find it on any maps, or even most accounts of modern Africa or peaceful...

Book Review: “At Play in the Lion’s Den” by Jim Forest

Mar 22, 2019 | FORusa Feature, General, Uncategorized

In a time of death, some men, the resisters, those who work hardily for social change, those who preach and embrace the truth, such men overcome death, their lives are bathed in the light of the resurrection, the truth has set them free… We say: Killing is...

Bayard Rustin believed in affirmative action and systemic political change

Mar 5, 2019 | Civil Rights, FORusa Feature, Racial, Reparations, Uncategorized

No one is perfect. That includes civil rights icon Bayard Rustin. That’s the message columnist Coleman Hughes and video producer Taige Jensen tried to send in a multimedia New York Times opinion piece titled “The Gay, Black Civil Rights Hero Opposed to Affirmative...

Turtle Island Immigrant: Do Americans of European descent need an exit strategy from Whiteness?

Feb 23, 2019 | FORusa Feature, FORusa Publications, Racial, Reparations, Uncategorized

It’s all about demographics. In 2015, the Census Bureau reported that 50.3% of children younger than five already belonged to “minority” populations. By 2044, the Bureau projects, the United States will be a “majority minority” nation. (Pew Research gives the...