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If we truly honored Juneteenth, we would end the exception in the 13th amendment
In my inbox this morning from a major nonprofit organization that should have known better was a Juneteenth celebratory greeting: "We proudly celebrate Juneteenth, the day slavery finally came to an end throughout the South — historically a monumental feat for...
FOR-USA statement on Palestine-Israel
Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR-USA) Statement on the Situation in Palestine/Israel In the barrage of statistics that are being reported in the aftermath of the most recent violence between Israel and Hamas there are heartbreaking accounts once again of Israel’s...
A prayer for those who work at Shadowcliff
Ed. Note: This prayer was written by Rev. Richard Deats, who joined the Fellowship of Reconciliation, in 1953 and served on FOR-USA's national staff between 1972 to 2005. Throughout those 33 years Richard lived in Nyack, New York, and worked in FOR-USA's longtime...
FOR-USA on the situation in Palestine/Israel
This month marks the 73rd anniversary of the creation of Israel following the adoption of United Nations resolution 181 (1947). This political decision was made at UN Headquarters in New York, shunning and circumventing the human right of self-determination by the...
A musical soundtrack to a justice-making journey
By Tom Wakely Recently I agreed to write an article for the Fellowship of Reconciliation. Then, reality hit. What should I write about? What could I possibly say to the FOR community that hasn’t already been discussed and debated? I thought about the news headlines,...
We demand accountability for the cover-up of Ahmaud Arbery’s murder
Statement Upon Filing of Federal Charges in the Ahmaud Arbery Matter and Call for Speedy Resolution of the State and Federal Investigations into the Roles Played by Georgia Officials Issued by the Fellowship of Reconciliation, the FOR Atlanta/Georgia chapter, and the...