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

November 20, 2022 No Comments

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 justice organization in the US, the Fellowship of Reconciliation, affirms its solidarity with the LGBTQ+ Community and sends prayers for

Faith Leaders and Organizations Call for a Christmas Truce in Ukraine

November 14, 2022 No Comments

SIGN ON STATEMENT: As people of faith and conscience, believing in the sanctity of all life on this planet, we call for a Christmas Truce in Ukraine. In the spirit of the truce that occurred in 1914 during the First World War, we urge our government to take a leadership role in bringing the war in Ukraine to an end

Support Russian conscientious objectors

October 14, 2022 No Comments

International human rights law affirms people’s right, due to principled conviction, to refuse to participate in military conflict, and conscientious objection has a long and rich history. You would think that those resisting this war would be able to find refuge in European countries, but in August, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky asked his Western allies to reject all Russian émigrés. Currently, all non-visa travel

Sign on! National petition regarding the unlawful movement of migrants

October 11, 2022 No Comments

Dear Office of the Attorney General, governors, mayors and city councils of “sanctuary” cities, We the undersigned — representing people of conscience and goodwill and belonging to various faiths and peace and justice organizations — call on you to condemn the governors of Texas and Florida for sending migrants across state lines without permission, knowledge, or consent. The acts that

FOR-USA plans for the 2022 IFOR Council in South Sudan

October 6, 2022 No Comments

In November 2022, Fellowship of Reconciliation members from around the world will assemble in Juba, South Sudan for a historic gathering of our 108-year-old movement. Every four years, our global Fellowship comes together to share, learn, and strategize about nonviolence and peacebuilding in our diverse contexts. In recent decades, these quadrennial International Fellowship of Reconciliation (IFOR) meetings have been held

White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity–Brooklyn Historical Society

September 25, 2020

Robert P. Jones, CEO and founder of Public Religion Research Institute and a leading scholar of religion and politics, shares his latest work, “White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity,” which puts forth a thorough examination of the history of interdenominational complicity with white supremacy, and argues for congregations to embrace a theology of racial justice.

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

Beautiful Trouble’s guide to defending democracy and challenging business as usual

October 27, 2020

This article originally appeared in Waging Nonviolence. Turnout, especially in polarized times like these, wins elections. The stakes in this election — whether we have a livable planet, whether kids are incarcerated in detention centers and, perhaps, whether we continue

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US Sanctions should not be used to block vaccine to Iran

December 22, 2020

We, the undersigned human rights and humanitarian organizations, call on all stakeholders to ensure people in Iran have swift, unencumbered, and equitable access to safe, effective, and affordable Covid-19 vaccines. We particularly call on the government of the United States

“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

Member Spotlight: Doug Mackey–“We’re in the crosshairs of the intersection of climate disruption and the overwhelming ill effects of the domination code that is inbred in our culture.”

October 27, 2020

“We’re in the crosshairs of the intersection of climate disruption and the overwhelming ill effects of the domination code that is inbred in our culture.”

Solidarity with Israel-Palestine

October 25, 2016

Peace in the Middle East. Ever since I was a child, I remember hearing this phrase. In sixth grade, I took on an extra credit challenge to write a paper

Honor Dr. King: Join the Poor People’s Campaign

April 4, 2018

On this day, 50 years ago, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee alongside sanitation workers demanding their humanity be dignified by fair wages, decent benefits,

Memories of a Young Buddhist Spy

October 7, 2020

By Laura Hassler the pine gate closeda scintillating arrowleaves thetrembling string air ripsthe sun explodesorange blossoms fall, fall cover the yardThere is the shadowof infinity nhat hanh Written for Laura

Immigration Bans and Escape Clauses

February 2, 2017

It is not certain than in the transition to the White House, the specialist on minority religions in the Middle East has found his desk and been able to

Longing for Peace – Final Peace Agreement reached

August 28, 2016

FOR Peace Presence, The Fellowship of Reconciliation’s organization in Colombia has shared with us some good news that we are excited to pass on! On August 24th, the Colombian government and

#BeyondElectionDay: a time to break silence

November 7, 2016

Today, the United States will elect a new president as well as hundreds of new or returning members of Congress and tens of thousands of local and state legislature representatives.

9/11 Remembering and Learning at FOR

September 9, 2021

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

Wink

February 27, 2022

Awarded to divinity students or emerging leaders focused on nonviolence or whose work creates change and challenges power, the Walter Wink and June Keener Wink Fellowship honors the life and legacy of FOR member Walter Wink (1935-2012) and the ongoing

US recognition of Morocco’s sovereignty over Western Sahara is a duplicitous power move

December 14, 2020

With less than six weeks remaining in his presidency, President Donald Trump extended his legacy of fomenting division and sowing the seeds of instability, discord, and violence into a new foreign policy realm.

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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 No Comments

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

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 No Comments

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 1 Comment

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 1 Comment

Gathering Voices: Climate & Justice Conversations–Tom Wakely

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 2, 2021 No Comments

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