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Ukraine: Faith Organizations Call U.S. to Support Diplomacy and Creative Nonviolent Resistance

April 25, 2022 1 Comment

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 lives. It also urges the support and amplification of creative nonviolent resistance actions rather than maintaining the killing and escalation

Black Buddhists & the Black Radical Tradition, book talk with Rima Vesely-Flad

April 12, 2022 No Comments

Rima Vesely-Flad, PhD, discusses her new book “Black Buddhists & the Black Radical Tradition: The Practice of Stillness in the Movement for Liberation”

Breaking the Silence: Vietnam, Palestine, and Beyond

March 30, 2022 No Comments

On April 4, 1967 – one year to the day before his assassination – Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave a landmark speech at The Riverside Church in New York City. “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence” was arguably one of his most important, and easily one of his most controversial, speeches. In the wake of the speech,

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Confronting the Juxtaposition Between Self-Defense and Nonviolence

March 24, 2022 3 Comments

By Jason Carson Wilson Russian President Vladimir Putin’s thirst for power has brought death and destruction to his country and Ukraine’s innocent citizens alike. Russian sons head to war with neighbors, while civilians at home stand up to true tyranny–risking life and limb to gain independence from Russia. Some argue that supporting a no-fly zone would help stop the bloodshed.

Shifting from Crisis Mode to Sustainable Organizing: On the Seasonality of Movements

March 21, 2022 No Comments

By Matthew Arlyck As we in this part of the world are entering the spring season, it seems like a good time to consider the cycles in our ongoing struggle to become Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s beloved community. Just as Dr. King’s political strategy and moral concerns evolved and even shifted radically during his life, most of us

Wink

February 27, 2022 2 Comments

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 transformational work of his wife June Keener Wink. Together Walter and June prepared a generation of peace leaders, pastors, and