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Good Friday/Passover Direct Action at Lockheed Martin

April 6, 2025 No Comments

Good Friday/Passover Direct Action at Lockheed Martin As we continue to try to find ways to stand against the violence in Gaza and across the globe, we will be hosting a seder, prayer vigil, and day of direct action during Passover, on Good Friday, at Lockheed Martin, the world’s largest weapons contractor. Register Here:Passover/Good Friday @ Lockheed Martin, Philadelphia Registration

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Continue to Fight Even When You Are Weary

April 2, 2025 No Comments

Continue to Fight Even When You Are Weary Rev. Graylan Scott Hagler The presidential announcements and outrage come at us so viciously fast that it is difficult to keep up with the latest assault on governance, our intellect, decency, or humanity. Much of the perceived chaos is planned and judiciously meted out to keep our heads spinning leaving little time

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New Issue of Fellowship Magazine – Winter 2025

March 24, 2025 No Comments

New Issue of Fellowship Magazine – Winter 2025 We are pleased to share the Winter 2025 issue of Fellowship magazine, focusing on “Pacifism and Nonviolence: Yesterday and Today.” This special double issue examines crucial questions about nonviolent resistance through both contemporary and historical lenses. In This Issue: Pacifism and Nonviolence Today: Palestine/Israel Vital perspectives on nonviolent resistance in the current

In Loving Memory of my Father, Charles (Chuck) Guttman

March 2, 2025 No Comments

In Loving Memory of my Father, Charles (Chuck) Guttmanזאב בן יהודה דוד חנ מלקה By Ariel Gold, his daughter On Monday evening, February 17, FOR-USA Executive Director Ariel Gold lost her beloved father, Charles (Chuck) Guttman (זאב בן יהודה דוד וחנה מלכה, Zev ben Yehuda David v’Chana Malka). He passed away suddenly while vacationing in Costa Rica with his dear

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96 Years from the Date of his Birth, the Organization MLK Belonged to Celebrates the Announcement of a Gaza Ceasefire Agreement

January 15, 2025 No Comments

96 Years from the Date of his Birth, the Organization MLK Belonged to Celebrates the Announcement of a Gaza Ceasefire Agreement FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ariel Gold | gro.asurofobfsctd@dlogleira | 510 599-5330 January 15, 2025 – The Fellowship of Reconciliation welcomes the news of a 42-day ceasefire in Gaza. Announced on the 96-year anniversary of the birthday of FOR member

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Following the Methodist Decision: Breathe in Suffering, Breathe out Peace

March 1, 2019

The United Methodist general conference is over and a new day has begun. People are still suffering, struggling with addiction of all sort, striving to stay in recovery, and being stopped, vilified and incarcerated at our borders. Queer folks, people

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Q&A with Sarah DeBolt Badawi: the educator behind the MLK Comic Book Study Guide

February 2, 2022

What stood out to you about the Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story comic book when you first encountered it? The first thing that I couldn’t get over when I learned about the Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR) comic book

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

January 18, 2021

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

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Responding to Russia’s Call for a Christmas Truce

January 5, 2023

Representing over 1200 US faith communities, sponsors of the Christmas Truce in Ukraine petition respond FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ariel Gold | gro.asurofobfsctd@leira | 510-599-5330 Bill McGarvey | moc.aidem-gcmobfsctd@llib | 201-725-4202 On the eve of the Orthodox celebration of Christmas

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Black Buddhists & the Black Radical Tradition, book talk with Rima Vesely-Flad

April 12, 2022

Rima Vesely-Flad, PhD, discusses her new book “Black Buddhists & the Black Radical Tradition: The Practice of Stillness in the Movement for Liberation”

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The Whole World Over

September 15, 2020

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Join us in urging Speaker Ryan to help #EndIslamophobia

May 31, 2016

Your support of the #GiveRefugeesRest campaign to end Islamophobia and welcome refugees continues to build incredible momentum. This week, your expressed concerns will be shared directly with Speaker of the House Paul Ryan. This

Jonathan Demme, Presente!

April 26, 2017

The news of Jonathan Demme’s death this Wednesday came as a tremendous shock to me and my Fellowship of Reconciliation colleagues. Today we are in collective mourning at the untimely

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With Trump endorsement, Paul Ryan risks gaining the world, but losing his soul

June 3, 2016

Originally posted on Waging Nonviolence. “Are you aware that Ryan endorsed Trump today?” asked the local television reporter after our #GiveRefugeesRest delegation met with House Speaker Paul Ryan at his district office

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The Wars Have Come to U.S. Soil

July 8, 2016

The tragic night of July 7, 2016, was the most visible manifestation of U.S. wars reaching our own soil. To be clear, I am not talking about the absurd and insulting notion

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Why We Must Sing

November 29, 2016

There is, simply, power in music that cannot be ignored. The chords, the lyrics and the tempo of songs mix together in an indescribable way which buoy our souls and

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“Resurrection Sunday is God’s statement of life over death and victory in the face of struggles” — 2023 Easter message from Rev. Graylan Hagler

April 9, 2023

Dear beloved Community, A few years ago, on Easter Sunday, I told the congregation at the Plymouth Congregational United Church of Christ in Washington DC, why I was wearing a

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Where Are the Tears?

November 3, 2023

By Rev. Graylan Scott Hagler & Ariel Gold When Benjamin Netanyahu boasts of “hellfire” being rained down on Gaza, he is correct. “Hellfire” has rained down on Gaza creating one of the worst humanitarian crises in recent memory. But what

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FOR speaks at UN’s Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons

September 28, 2020

Rev. Dr. Emma Jordan-Simpson participates in a panel discussion sponsored by UNFOLD ZERO on the elimination of nuclear weapons. Fellow participants include politicians, peace activists and artists from around the world, including the Rt. Hon. Jeremy Corbyn MP and musician

UN Must Mandate Fact-Finding Mission to English-Speaking Cameroon

February 5, 2019

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Leaders Demand that the U.N. Human Rights Council Mandate a Fact-Finding Mission to English-Speaking Cameroon Press Conferences to be held in three cities on February 7, 2019 PRESS CONTACTS: Geneva: Dr. Bernadette Ateghang, +49 176 8655 4127

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Interfaith Organization Expresses and Calls for Solidarity with the Haitian-American Community

September 18, 2024 — The Fellowship of Reconciliation, an interfaith organization that has worked to end violence and hatred in America since 1915, condemns in the strongest of terms possible

September 18, 2024 No Comments

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FOR’s executive director Ariel Gold on Al Jazeera

October 19, 2023 No Comments

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On Mother’s Day: Faith Leaders Call to End Gun Violence

By distorting sacred scripture and religious traditions, Christian nationalism is fueling the epidemic of gun violence. Over 600 faith leaders have signed onto a letter calling for Mother’s Day, May 14,

April 18, 2023 No Comments

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Oldest Interfaith Organization in America Calls for Children to Have More Rights Than Guns

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ariel Gold | gro.asurofobfsctd@dlogleira | (510) 599-5330Rev. Graylan Scott Hagler | moc.nozirevobfsctd@relgahsg | (202) 302-0307 Oldest Interfaith Organization in America Calls for Children to Have More

March 27, 2023 No Comments

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Oldest Interfaith Organization in the US Affirms Solidarity with the LGBTQ+ Community in the Wake of Deadly Attack in Colorado

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ariel Gold | FOR-USA executive director | gro.asurofobfsctd@dlogleira | 510 599 5330 Sunday, November 20, 2022 – In the wake of a mass shooting at the

November 20, 2022 No Comments

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Anti-War and Human Rights Leader Ariel Gold Appointed as FOR-USA Executive Director in Historic Hire

After an extensive national search, the Fellowship of Reconciliation-USA (FOR-USA) is proud to welcome our next executive director, Ariel Gold. Ms. Gold, a veteran peace and justice advocate, is taking

July 24, 2022 No Comments

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