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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

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

Voices for Creative Nonviolence activists enter drone base with a loaf of bread

February 24, 2016 No Comments

Camp Douglas, WI — On Tuesday, Brian Terrell and I, peace activists with Voices for Creative Nonviolence, were arrested when we attempted to deliver a loaf of bread and a letter to drone operators at Volk Field — an Air National Guard Base in Wisconsin which trains pilots to operate Shadow drones over other countries. Voices activists have lived alongside ordinary people in Afghanistan,

Voices for Creative Nonviolence activists enter drone base with a loaf of bread

February 24, 2016 No Comments

Camp Douglas, WI — On Tuesday, Brian Terrell and I, peace activists with Voices for Creative Nonviolence, were arrested when we attempted to deliver a loaf of bread and a letter to drone operators at Volk Field — an Air National Guard Base in Wisconsin which trains pilots to operate Shadow drones over other countries. Voices activists have lived alongside ordinary people in Afghanistan,