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The Intersectional MLK: How Beyond Vietnam Informs Today’s Movements

March 22, 2017 No Comments

Join an in-depth conversation on Wednesday, March 29th about Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence” speech — days prior to the 50th anniversary of that underrecognized but historic speech. On April 4, 1967, Dr. King addressed an estimated 3,000 members of Clergy and Laity Concerned about Vietnam (CALC), and dramatically linked the struggle for racial & economic

The Intersectional MLK: How Beyond Vietnam Informs Today’s Movements

March 22, 2017 No Comments

Join an in-depth conversation on Wednesday, March 29th about Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence” speech — days prior to the 50th anniversary of that underrecognized but historic speech. On April 4, 1967, Dr. King addressed an estimated 3,000 members of Clergy and Laity Concerned about Vietnam (CALC), and dramatically linked the struggle for racial & economic

Can America Live Up to Its Promise?

March 9, 2017 No Comments

President Trump and his advisers either purposely or accidentally fail to realize that this country is bound together by the principles of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. These principles apply to all people. To be American means that a person is shaped, guided, represented, and protected by certain inalienable laws. It has nothing to do with geography, language,

We stand united against the Muslim Ban 2.0

March 7, 2017 No Comments

The Fellowship of Reconciliation unequivocally denounces the White House’s release of a revised travel ban targeting immigrants and refugees from Muslim-majority nations. Issued Monday under the guise of national security, this executive order is counter to our nation’s values and ultimately makes our communities less secure. Denying entry to the United States by immigrants and refugees from Muslim-majority countries, particularly

We stand united against the Muslim Ban 2.0

March 7, 2017 No Comments

The Fellowship of Reconciliation unequivocally denounces the White House’s release of a revised travel ban targeting immigrants and refugees from Muslim-majority nations. Issued Monday under the guise of national security, this executive order is counter to our nation’s values and ultimately makes our communities less secure. Denying entry to the United States by immigrants and refugees from Muslim-majority countries, particularly

I was six when the Russians came

February 22, 2017 No Comments

This is a story about Farzana, translated by her daughter Zarghuna and written up by Maya Evans. When I was six, life was good; I didn’t know anything outside my mother and father’s world. In the village where I lived it was possible to see the mud houses from far away. The Baba Mountains stretched forever into the distance. In