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The Truth of “the worst”: Amending our Orlando Statement

June 14, 2016 No Comments

On Monday we issued a statement of mourning and sympathy from our executive director, Rev. Kristin Stoneking, regarding the horrendous violence that occurred over the weekend. Since then, we’ve heard from a few supporters as well as FOR staff that it was an oversight to call the Orlando tragedy “the worst mass shooting” (or mass killing) in United States history, given the numerous

The Truth of “the worst”: Amending our Orlando Statement

June 14, 2016 No Comments

On Monday we issued a statement of mourning and sympathy from our executive director, Rev. Kristin Stoneking, regarding the horrendous violence that occurred over the weekend. Since then, we’ve heard from a few supporters as well as FOR staff that it was an oversight to call the Orlando tragedy “the worst mass shooting” (or mass killing) in United States history, given the numerous

Our Deepest Prayers and Condolences to the victims and families of those slain in Orlando

June 12, 2016 No Comments

AsSalaamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatu (May the peace and blessings of Allah be with all of you) My Dear Brothers and Sisters, Our prayers and condolences are with the victims and families and friends of this unspeakable act. My condemnation of this horrible act I squarely put on those misguided and twisted individuals and organizations who have shown that they

Our Deepest Prayers and Condolences to the victims and families of those slain in Orlando

June 12, 2016 No Comments

AsSalaamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatu (May the peace and blessings of Allah be with all of you) My Dear Brothers and Sisters, Our prayers and condolences are with the victims and families and friends of this unspeakable act. My condemnation of this horrible act I squarely put on those misguided and twisted individuals and organizations who have shown that they

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De-Incarceration, a Different Drum so Needed

June 8, 2016 No Comments

Along with VCNV companions, I’m part of a 150 mile walk from Chicago to Thomson, IL, a small town in northwest Illinois where the U.S. Bureau of Prisons is setting up an Administrative Maximum prison, also known as a Supermax. Prison laborers from U.S. minimum security prisons now labor to turn what once was an Illinois state prison into a federal Supermax

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Building faith-based nonviolence in Ferguson and nationwide

June 8, 2016 No Comments

Thank you for your ongoing support of FOR‘s Campus Weekend trainings in nonviolent resistance! Right now I am in St. Louis, working with FOR Bayard Rustin Fellow Rev. Osagyefo Sekou and faculty from the Phillips Theological Seminary in a week-long program of faith-based nonviolence — you can see pictures of this event at right. I wanted to take a moment to update you about this