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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 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

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Call for Submissions: Fellowship magazine

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

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FOR’s Don Mosley on friend and colleague President Jimmy Carter

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

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FOR-USA Calls for Suspension of Syria Sanctions so Earthquake Aid can Enter

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

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

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Voter suppression, 21st century, Georgia style

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”

 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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On Being Still

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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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

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