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Oldest Interfaith Organization in America Calls for Children to Have More Rights Than Guns
March 27, 2023
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ariel Gold | arielgold@forusa.org | (510) 599-5330Rev. Graylan Scott Hagler | gshagler@verizon.com | (202) 302-0307 Oldest Interfaith Organization in America Calls for Children to Have More Rights Than Guns March 27, 2023 – The Fellowship of Reconciliation, the oldest interfaith peace organization in the United States, established in 1915, is horrified at the senseless loss of
Job Opening: FOR-USA is Looking for a Researcher/Content Writer (short-term contract position)
March 23, 2023
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Fellowship of Reconciliation-USA is looking for a researcher and content writer to help build the resources section of a campaign to challenge Christian nationalism – what it is, who it applies to, who is working on countering, and how people of faith can Reclaim the Name of God. The Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR-USA) is part of a global network of
Call for Submissions: Fellowship magazine
March 7, 2023
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Fellowship magazine is seeking quality writing on the intersecting themes of the fusing of religion and nationalism, engaged from a global context. We invite deep analysis on commonalities of these extremist religious and political movements across borders, and how people of spirit and conscience are joining forces globally to reclaim the name of G-d. Submissions of articles (requested word count: 1,500-2,500 words) as
FOR’s Don Mosley on friend and colleague President Jimmy Carter
February 20, 2023
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For over 40 years Don Mosley — who served as FOR-USA’s national chairman in the 1980s — has been a close friend and colleague of President Jimmy Carter and former First Lady, Rosalynn. In early December 2022, knowing that President Carter’s health was rapidly declining, Don — who co-founded Habitat for Humanity and the Jubilee Partners community — spoke with FOR about his friend’s
FOR-USA Calls for Suspension of Syria Sanctions so Earthquake Aid can Enter
February 9, 2023
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ariel Gold | arielgold@forusa.org | (510) 599-5330Rev. Graylan Scott Hagler | gshagler@verizon.net | (202) 302-0307 February 9, 2023 – The death toll from the earthquakes in southeastern Turkey and northern Syria on Monday, February 6, 2023, has reached unfathomable heights and is continuing to climb. The Biden administration has pledged to help. In the case of
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Alternate Reality Show Trial
February 17, 2021
The Senate has spoken and has finally certified what we have long known: an overwhelming number of Republicans in what is touted as our nation’s most august legislative body are dangerously incapable of publicly affirming reality. They have chosen party
Walking the ‘long road from law to justice’ with the Kings Bay Plowshares
November 23, 2020
After a protracted legal odyssey, the Kings Bay Plowshares continue preach disarmament while preparing for their coming prison witness.
Voter suppression, 21st century, Georgia style
December 24, 2020
Embed from Getty Images Max Hess, former Interim Executive Director of FOR-USA, is an Atlanta-based attorney who has been involved in peace and justice causes for decades. In the Q&A that follows, he recounts his experience trying and failing to
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“When We Breathe Together”
February 2, 2021
FOR-USA’s executive director, Rev. Dr. Emma Jordan-Simpson, was asked to offer up a prayer and reflections on the morning of Jan. 20, 2021 (U.S. Inauguration Day for President Joseph Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris) to an international online
Oldest Interfaith Organization in the US Affirms Solidarity with the LGBTQ+ Community in the Wake of Deadly Attack in Colorado
November 20, 2022
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ariel Gold | FOR-USA executive director | arielgold@forusa.org | 510 599 5330 Sunday, November 20, 2022 – In the wake of a mass shooting at the Club Q nightclub in Colorado, the oldest interfaith peace and
Gathering Voices: Climate & Justice Conversations–Tom Wakely
November 2, 2021
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
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New leadership at FOR: Council Co-Chairs and Interim Executive Director!
July 3, 2017
It is with great excitement and a sense of possibility that we write – to inform you of many changes and of even greater opportunities borne of the crises of
Dealing with Humiliation
December 13, 2016
It has always struck me that in our country, it is OK for anyone who has been denied justice to be angry about it – except for black people. For
Non-Black Twin Cities residents shut down 35W bridge in support of movement for Black lives
July 12, 2016
Minneapolis, MN – On Wednesday, July 13, a coalition of white people and non-Black people of color – the Coalition to Wake Your Ass Up – shut down the Interstate 35W bridge in solidarity with
Three Years Since Michael Brown, Calling for a Decade of truth Telling, Listening and Action
August 9, 2017
Three years ago, founder of the American branch of Peace Education and two time Nobel Peace Prize nominee Dr. Betty Reardon told me, “We need a decade of truth and
Can America Live Up to Its Promise?
March 9, 2017
President Trump and his advisers either purposely or accidentally fail to realize that this country is bound together by the principles of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. These
On Being Still
February 13, 2017
It is hard to be still sometimes. We are in a turbulent time. For many, it feels as though there is no bottom to stand on, no solid ground.
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Ukraine: Faith Organizations Call U.S. to Support Diplomacy and Creative Nonviolent Resistance
April 25, 2022
Press Release More than 20 national and regional faith-based organizations have sent a letter to President Biden and members of Congress urging support and focus on a kind of diplomacy that is willing to compromise for the sake of saving
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
FOR & national groups urge Senate vote for ATF nominee
July 12, 2022
As the United States Senate prepares to vote today on President Biden’s nomination of Steve Dettelbach as the next director of the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms and Explosives, a coalition of faith-based organizations has issued a public
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Oldest Interfaith Organization in America Calls for Children to Have More Rights Than Guns
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ariel Gold | arielgold@forusa.org | (510) 599-5330Rev. Graylan Scott Hagler | gshagler@verizon.com | (202) 302-0307 Oldest Interfaith Organization in America Calls for Children to Have More
March 27, 2023
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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 | arielgold@forusa.org | 510 599 5330 Sunday, November 20, 2022 – In the wake of a mass shooting at the
November 20, 2022
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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
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They Are Us: Buffalo and the Sanctity of Whiteness
The racially-motivated act of hate on Saturday in Buffalo, New York, allegedly committed by an 18-year-old white supremacist, is being called the deadliest mass shooting in the United States this
May 18, 2022
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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
December 16, 2021
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Gathering Voices: 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
November 4, 2021
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