Black Lives Matter

The Case for Interpersonal Reparations

“If you stick a knife nine inches into my back and pull it out three inches, that is not progress. Even if you pull it all the way out, that is not progress. Progress is healing the wound, and America

February 24, 2019 No Comments

The Case for Interpersonal Reparations

“If you stick a knife nine inches into my back and pull it out three inches, that is not progress. Even if you pull it all the way out, that is not progress. Progress is healing the wound, and America

February 24, 2019 No Comments

Bridging the Americas Tour – Join Us!

Join us in a city near you! In April 2014 a courageous Afro-Colombian community took a stand against the illegal armed groups that controlled their daily lives for over 15 years and transformed their neighborhood into a peace zone. The

October 26, 2016 No Comments

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Building faith-based nonviolence in Ferguson and nationwide

Thank you for your ongoing support of FOR‘s Campus Weekend trainings in nonviolent resistance! Right now I am in St. Louis, working with FOR Bayard Rustin Fellow Rev. Osagyefo Sekou and faculty from the Phillips Theological Seminary in a week-long program of faith-based nonviolence

June 8, 2016 No Comments

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Virtue Ethics: Toward a More Humanizing Ethics in the U.S. Justice System

“Justice dies when dehumanized, no matter how exactly it may be exercised.” —Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel A Story Several years ago, an elderly black man was seated at the table inside his tiny studio apartment in Denver, Colorado, alongside his brother and

April 15, 2016 No Comments

Virtue Ethics: Toward a More Humanizing Ethics in the U.S. Justice System

“Justice dies when dehumanized, no matter how exactly it may be exercised.” —Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel A Story Several years ago, an elderly black man was seated at the table inside his tiny studio apartment in Denver, Colorado, alongside his brother and

April 15, 2016 No Comments

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

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

February 8, 2016 No Comments

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

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

February 8, 2016 No Comments

#ReclaimMLK with a new song from Rev. Sekou

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 —

January 17, 2016 No Comments

Why Ferguson Matters to Faith Communities

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

October 28, 2014 No Comments

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