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The Longest Night and the Growing Light

The year 2016 will be remembered by many as a year of divisive politics fed by hateful rhetoric, scapegoating of the other, and fear of the unknown. “Refugee” and “radical extremists” became controversial buzzwords. A new generation of American citizens, Muslims and

December 21, 2016 No Comments

Dealing with Humiliation

It has always struck me that in our country, it is OK for anyone who has been denied justice to be angry about it – except for black people. For some reason, our oppressors have made it nearly a mortal

December 13, 2016 No Comments

To move to a different place, a better place, a safer space, we must wrestle

To move to a different place, a better place, a safer space, we must wrestle. It does not seem right or fair. With there being a God for all of us, it seems like wrestling, struggling, ought not be necessary

December 6, 2016 No Comments

To move to a different place, a better place, a safer space, we must wrestle

To move to a different place, a better place, a safer space, we must wrestle. It does not seem right or fair. With there being a God for all of us, it seems like wrestling, struggling, ought not be necessary

December 6, 2016 No Comments

Coming to Ferguson: Resources for building a nonviolent movement

As we approach the second anniversary of Michael Brown’s murder, it is important to look back on the past two years and think about ways to move forward. Below you can find resources to approach the nonviolent movement with more than

July 31, 2016 No Comments

IFPB Partnering with FOR for Delegations to Israel/Palestine

Interfaith Peace-Builders recently sent an Indigenous and People of Color delegation to Israel/Palestine. Anthony Grimes, FOR’s Director of Campaigns and Strategy, both co-lead this delegation, and represented FOR while on this journey. The group’s path started unconventionally, with missing passports, reschueduled flights,

July 30, 2016 No Comments

IFPB Partnering with FOR for Delegations to Israel/Palestine

Interfaith Peace-Builders recently sent an Indigenous and People of Color delegation to Israel/Palestine. Anthony Grimes, FOR’s Director of Campaigns and Strategy, both co-lead this delegation, and represented FOR while on this journey. The group’s path started unconventionally, with missing passports, reschueduled flights,

July 30, 2016 No Comments

URGENT: Arrested in MN for Black Lives Matter

This morning, a coalition of white people and non-Black people of color shut down the Interstate 35W bridge in Minneapolis, in solidarity with the Movement for Black Lives and in condemnation of the ongoing murders of Black people by police. In response

July 13, 2016 No Comments

URGENT: Arrested in MN for Black Lives Matter

This morning, a coalition of white people and non-Black people of color shut down the Interstate 35W bridge in Minneapolis, in solidarity with the Movement for Black Lives and in condemnation of the ongoing murders of Black people by police. In response

July 13, 2016 No Comments

Non-Black Twin Cities residents shut down 35W bridge in support of movement for Black lives

Minneapolis, MN – On Wednesday, July 13, a coalition of white people and non-Black people of color – the Coalition to Wake Your Ass Up – shut down the Interstate 35W bridge in solidarity with the movement for Black lives, condemning the ongoing killings of

July 12, 2016 No Comments

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