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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

Why Ferguson Matters to Faith Communities

October 28, 2014 No Comments

On Aug. 9, 2014 when a black teenager named Michael Brown was shot and killed by a white police officer, the small city of Ferguson lost its anonymity. Ferguson became a symbol of a criminal justice system that enacts racism on a daily basis, of a political structure that sees some of our civilians as expendable, and of a news

Why Ferguson Matters to Faith Communities

October 28, 2014 No Comments

On Aug. 9, 2014 when a black teenager named Michael Brown was shot and killed by a white police officer, the small city of Ferguson lost its anonymity. Ferguson became a symbol of a criminal justice system that enacts racism on a daily basis, of a political structure that sees some of our civilians as expendable, and of a news