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URGENT: Women’s Boat to Gaza kidnapped

We learned late yesterday that the Women’s Boat to Gaza was taken by Israeli authorities in international waters and in violation of international law. Women from 13 countries were aboard, including IFOR member and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Mairead Maguire, and friend of FOR, U.S. Col. (retired, resigned in protest) Ann Wright. The Zaytouna-Oliva boat was carrying no material aid. This was by design because Israel,

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Montgomerystory

Get In The Way with Rep. John Lewis

One night this summer, I stayed up into the wee hours, captivated by MARCH: Book Three, the final installment in the trilogy of graphic books that represent civil rights leader Rep. John Lewis’ memoir. Now, I’m excited to share with you that a new documentary on Congressman Lewis, Get In the Way, is touring the country. Watch the trailer for the film:

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Montgomerystory

Get In The Way with Rep. John Lewis

One night this summer, I stayed up into the wee hours, captivated by MARCH: Book Three, the final installment in the trilogy of graphic books that represent civil rights leader Rep. John Lewis’ memoir. Now, I’m excited to share with you that a new documentary on Congressman Lewis, Get In the Way, is touring the country. Watch the trailer for the film:

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Chief Seattle, 1854

Friends, I am thinking this evening about the prophetic voice of Chief Seattle, the great leader of the Suquamish people here in the state of Washington. In 1854 he delivered a moving and sadly prophetic speech to mark the transferral of ancestral Indian lands to the U.S. federal government. He spoke eloquently about the interconnection of all creation and the crucial importance

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Women Against Islamophobia

Women Confronting Islamophobia: We Need Your Help

The 2016 U.S. election cycle has witnessed some of the most divisive and embittered language in modern political history. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has regularly demonized Muslims and the Islamic faith and proposed to bar Muslim immigrants to the United States. Meanwhile, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s foreign policy proposals have critics who argue their neoconservative roots play an

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Women Against Islamophobia

Women Confronting Islamophobia: We Need Your Help

The 2016 U.S. election cycle has witnessed some of the most divisive and embittered language in modern political history. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has regularly demonized Muslims and the Islamic faith and proposed to bar Muslim immigrants to the United States. Meanwhile, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s foreign policy proposals have critics who argue their neoconservative roots play an

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