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Job Posting: Director of Operations

October 25, 2017 No Comments

The Fellowship of Reconciliation is seeking candidates to fill the ¾-time position of Director of Operations. The Director of Operations (DOO) supports the work of FOR-USA out of the New York headquarters. The DOO ensures that daily operations are running smoothly, including management of property and facilities, human resources, banking, and technological systems. The Director of Operations will also play

Revolutionary Nonviolence and Dialectical Thinking

October 18, 2017 No Comments

By Matt Meyer Dialectics can help sharpen our strategies, intensify our struggles, and push us past seemingly intractable odds. Simply put, dialectics are the ways in which our many truths and definitions of the world—including and sometimes especially our contradictions and dichotomies—contribute positively to greater collective consciousness. Social change activists should be better adept at dialectical thinking and, in

Trumpeting Revolutionary Nonviolence at Rosh Hashanah: For a New Year Against White Supremacy

September 19, 2017 No Comments

There is a certain ache in my heart and head at having not been on the front lines in Charlottesville, Virginia. Every fiber of my being now wants to rush out to St. Louis, Missouri. Twice now, Sahar Alsahlani, the leading Muslim activist who stood with Dr. Cornel West, Rev. Traci Blackmon, Rev. Dr. William Barber, and others, invited me

Trumpeting Revolutionary Nonviolence at Rosh Hashanah: For a New Year Against White Supremacy

September 19, 2017 No Comments

There is a certain ache in my heart and head at having not been on the front lines in Charlottesville, Virginia. Every fiber of my being now wants to rush out to St. Louis, Missouri. Twice now, Sahar Alsahlani, the leading Muslim activist who stood with Dr. Cornel West, Rev. Traci Blackmon, Rev. Dr. William Barber, and others, invited me

Join us in Solidarity in STL

September 18, 2017 No Comments

I flew home to St. Louis Saturday and now am compelled to appeal for your immediate support on behalf of our community here as thousands of people of all races, faiths, and ages once again have been forced into the streets to demand police accountability and racial justice. On Friday, St. Louis announced that former police officer Jason Stockley had been acquitted

Join us in Solidarity in STL

September 18, 2017 No Comments

I flew home to St. Louis Saturday and now am compelled to appeal for your immediate support on behalf of our community here as thousands of people of all races, faiths, and ages once again have been forced into the streets to demand police accountability and racial justice. On Friday, St. Louis announced that former police officer Jason Stockley had been acquitted