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Oldest Faith-Based Organization in the Country Calls for a Deep Reckoning on Guns and Hate

Oldest Faith-Based Organization in the Country Calls for a Deep Reckoning on Guns and Hate FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 28, 2025 – The Fellowship of Reconciliation, the oldest interfaith peace organization in the United States, established in 1915, is horrified at the senseless loss of young life and the injuries yesterday at the Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota.  It

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Trading Matcha for Peace: When Your Sacred Ritual Becomes a Sacred Gift

Trading Matcha for Peace: When Your Sacred Ritual Becomes a Sacred Gift The following is a guest post from Brandon Pfeiffer, a Chicago-based activist, musician, and tea enthusiast who runs NeedMatcha.com and serves as web developer for Fellowship of Reconciliation. I’ve been drinking matcha regularly for almost 20 years. Started when I was a Starbucks barista in the early aughts,

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Courage in the Face of Conscience: A Conversation with Israeli Conscientious Objectors

Courage in the Face of Conscience: A Conversation with Israeli Conscientious Objectors What does courage look like when your deepest convictions clash with your country’s expectations? On Tuesday, August 5th, 2025, we hosted an extraordinary and powerful conversation that challenged us to examine our own understanding of moral courage. In collaboration with Red Letter Christians, our Gathering Voices meeting featured

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Good Friday/Passover Direct Action at Lockheed Martin

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

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

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

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Lies, betrayal and the storming of the Capitol

Embed from Getty ImagesLies 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

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9/11 Remembering and Learning at FOR

At the Fellowship of Reconciliation’s national headquarters on the banks of the Hudson River, our interfaith staff were gathered for our weekly Tuesday morning meditation. It was September 11, 2001. We had planned an orientation afterward for four young adults

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“When We Breathe Together”

 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

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Responding to Russia’s Call for a Christmas Truce

Representing over 1200 US faith communities, sponsors of the Christmas Truce in Ukraine petition respond FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ariel Gold | gro.asurofobfsctd-489010@leira | 510-599-5330 Bill McGarvey | moc.aidem-gcmobfsctd-8b46f9@llib | 201-725-4202 On the eve of the Orthodox celebration of Christmas

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