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May justice prevail in Rev. Sekou’s trial for praying in Ferguson

February 8, 2016 No Comments

As the trial of prominent St. Louis-based activist, author and theologian Reverend Osagyefo Sekou enters its second day, the corrupt and stagnant state of the Ferguson municipal court system is once again under a national spotlight. A verdict is expected this afternoon, some 500 days after the Rev. Sekou, FOR’s Bayard Rustin Fellow, was snatched off South Florissant Avenue after he

For young adults: Farm the land, grow the spirit

January 19, 2016 No Comments

The Stony Point Center, an FOR affiliate organziation in Stony Point, NY, has announced the seventh-annual “Farm the Land, Grow the Spirit” Peacemaking Summer Institute for Young Adults, ages 19 to 29. The program, May 31 to Aug. 7, is free to those who are accepted. The Stony Point Center Summer Institute is seeking Jewish, Christian and Muslim young adults, who are grounded

For young adults: Farm the land, grow the spirit

January 19, 2016 No Comments

The Stony Point Center, an FOR affiliate organziation in Stony Point, NY, has announced the seventh-annual “Farm the Land, Grow the Spirit” Peacemaking Summer Institute for Young Adults, ages 19 to 29. The program, May 31 to Aug. 7, is free to those who are accepted. The Stony Point Center Summer Institute is seeking Jewish, Christian and Muslim young adults, who are grounded

#ReclaimMLK with a new song from Rev. Sekou

January 17, 2016 No Comments

We’re excited to announce that in conjunction with St. Louis-based record label FarFetched, FOR has released an album of music by Bayard Rustin Fellow Rev. Osagyefo Sekou and his band. Listen to the first song on the album, “We Comin,” for free — and pre-order the full album. Released on the day we celebrate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King and the legacy

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Interfaith Partnership Where It Really Matters

December 1, 2014 No Comments

In June of 2014, the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) took an historic vote to divest itself of its stock in three companies – Motorola Solutions, Hewlett Packard, and Caterpillar, Inc. The struggle to win this vote created remarkable partnerships between Christians and Jews who have broken the old rules of engagement that defined Jewish-Christian dialogue, rules tacitly

Interfaith Partnership Where It Really Matters

December 1, 2014 No Comments

In June of 2014, the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) took an historic vote to divest itself of its stock in three companies – Motorola Solutions, Hewlett Packard, and Caterpillar, Inc. The struggle to win this vote created remarkable partnerships between Christians and Jews who have broken the old rules of engagement that defined Jewish-Christian dialogue, rules tacitly