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20160316 next steps for nonviolent action syria

How can we continue to stand in solidarity with nonviolent action in Syria?

March 15, 2016 No Comments

March 15 is widely used as the date on which the conflict in Syria began. March 15, 2011 was the first “Day of Rage” held in a good number of localities to mark opposition to the repression of youth in the southern city of Daraa, where a month earlier young people had painted anti-government graffiti on some of the walls,

How can we continue to stand in solidarity with nonviolent action in Syria?

March 15, 2016 No Comments

March 15 is widely used as the date on which the conflict in Syria began. March 15, 2011 was the first “Day of Rage” held in a good number of localities to mark opposition to the repression of youth in the southern city of Daraa, where a month earlier young people had painted anti-government graffiti on some of the walls,

20160310 invitation organizing international for featuring rev lucas johnson

Invitation: Organizing with IFOR featuring Rev. Lucas Johnson

March 9, 2016 No Comments

We’re thrilled to invite you to a special FOR national organizing call featuring International FOR Coordinator Rev. Lucas Johnson. Lucas, who was previously an organizer in the Southeast for FOR-USA and a member of the National Council, will be speaking on the work of the International Fellowship of Reconciliation and other national chapters of FOR around the world. This is

Invitation: Organizing with IFOR featuring Rev. Lucas Johnson

March 9, 2016 No Comments

We’re thrilled to invite you to a special FOR national organizing call featuring International FOR Coordinator Rev. Lucas Johnson. Lucas, who was previously an organizer in the Southeast for FOR-USA and a member of the National Council, will be speaking on the work of the International Fellowship of Reconciliation and other national chapters of FOR around the world. This is

An open letter to the UN to end the Korean War

March 6, 2016 No Comments

Lead by International FOR’s main representative to the United Nations in New York, John Kim, IFOR along with the Center for Global Nonkilling sent the statement below to members of the UN Security Council as they prepare deliberations in response to recent actions of North Korea. John writes: As you know, the U.S. is pushing the Security Council to impose additional sanctions on the DPRK (North Korea),

20160301 how many global crises can 15 year old afghan take including water crisis

How many global crises can a 15 year old Afghan take on, including the water crisis?

February 29, 2016 No Comments

On 31st Jan, I followed Zekerullah, an Afghan Peace Volunteer who coordinates the Borderfree Street Kids School in Kabul, to visit Zuhair (right) and his family in their rented room. Zuhair attends the School on Fridays with 92 other working and street kids, a minuscule number in the context of 6 million working children in Afghanistan. My heart squirmed at the