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FOR-USA statement on Palestine-Israel

May 26, 2021 No Comments

Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR-USA) Statement on the Situation in Palestine/Israel In the barrage of statistics that are being reported in the aftermath of the most recent violence between Israel and Hamas there are heartbreaking accounts once again of Israel’s disproportionate and utterly lopsided response that has left at least 248 Palestinians dead—a quarter of whom were children—and nearly 2,000 wounded.

A prayer for those who work at Shadowcliff

May 26, 2021 No Comments

Ed. Note: This prayer was written by Rev. Richard Deats, who joined the Fellowship of Reconciliation, in 1953 and served on FOR-USA’s national staff between 1972 to 2005. Throughout those 33 years Richard lived in Nyack, New York, and worked in FOR-USA’s longtime Nyack headquarters, known as “Shadowcliff.” (FOR-USA maintained its headquarters at Shadowcliff, a 1927 mansion, from 1956 to

Alternate Reality Show Trial

February 17, 2021 No Comments

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 over country and personality and violence over truth and accountability. In the process, they’ve treated the very definition of what

Author Event: Ubuntu–George M. Houser and the Struggle for Peace and Freedom on Two Continents

February 16, 2021 No Comments

Over 60 people were on hand live when FOR-USA held an online book event with author Sheila Collins to discuss her new book: Ubuntu–George M. Houser and the Struggle for Peace and Freedom on Two Continents. The video above is footage of the entire event.

Prayer for 2021

February 3, 2021 No Comments

To abolish the death penalty, we must create a movement that is grounded in relationship building and truth telling.

“When We Breathe Together”

February 2, 2021 No Comments

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 gathering. Hosted by Robin Heller from the United Kingdom, the event convened religious leaders, poets and writers, and NGO &