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#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

The Freedom Rides: From Project to Mass Movement

May 23, 2011 No Comments

A few days ago, I returned from a Chicago trip as a participant on the Oprah Winfrey show, along with some 180 Freedom Riders. It was the 50th anniversary of the well-publicized 1961 Freedom Ride. It was a fascinating occasion, not only to see how Oprah’s show was put together, but also it provided a way for the Freedom Riders