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Immigration Bans and Escape Clauses

It is not certain than in the transition to the White House, the specialist on minority religions in the Middle East has found his desk and been able to open his files. The ill-considered ban on Muslim refugees and

February 2, 2017 No Comments

Immigration Bans and Escape Clauses

It is not certain than in the transition to the White House, the specialist on minority religions in the Middle East has found his desk and been able to open his files. The ill-considered ban on Muslim refugees and

February 2, 2017 No Comments

#NoBanNoWall #BeTheChange

The Fellowship of Reconciliation rejects and denounces in no uncertain terms the executive order Friday that suspended entry of all refugees to the United States for 120 days, barred Syrian refugees indefinitely, and blocked entry into the United States for

January 30, 2017 No Comments

Where to Turn

In July 1941, Albert Einstein, ten months a US citizen, wrote Eleanor Roosevelt asking her, as First Lady, to raise with the president the matter of lifting bureaucratic hurdles so that Jewish refugees threatened by Hitler’s final solution could be granted entry

November 13, 2016 No Comments

Where to Turn

In July 1941, Albert Einstein, ten months a US citizen, wrote Eleanor Roosevelt asking her, as First Lady, to raise with the president the matter of lifting bureaucratic hurdles so that Jewish refugees threatened by Hitler’s final solution could be granted entry

November 13, 2016 No Comments

Orlando: The Complexity of Human Existence and Grief

As the debate and the raw emotion of last week subsides and the discussion moves into a second week, I find myself still reeling. I am not among those grieving the personal loss. My family and friends in Orlando are

June 19, 2016 No Comments

Orlando: The Complexity of Human Existence and Grief

As the debate and the raw emotion of last week subsides and the discussion moves into a second week, I find myself still reeling. I am not among those grieving the personal loss. My family and friends in Orlando are

June 19, 2016 No Comments

☪ Ramadan Kareem! رمضان كريم

By La Trina Jackson The holiest month of the Islamic calendar, Ramadan, has come. Muslims and others observers of Ramadan around the world are greeting each other with wishes for a Ramadan Kareem or a Generous Ramadan. The spiritual practices that accompany

June 5, 2016 No Comments

With Trump endorsement, Paul Ryan risks gaining the world, but losing his soul

Originally posted on Waging Nonviolence. “Are you aware that Ryan endorsed Trump today?” asked the local television reporter after our #GiveRefugeesRest delegation met with House Speaker Paul Ryan at his district office in Janesville, Wisconsin on Thursday. As it happened, we weren’t

June 3, 2016 No Comments

With Trump endorsement, Paul Ryan risks gaining the world, but losing his soul

Originally posted on Waging Nonviolence. “Are you aware that Ryan endorsed Trump today?” asked the local television reporter after our #GiveRefugeesRest delegation met with House Speaker Paul Ryan at his district office in Janesville, Wisconsin on Thursday. As it happened, we weren’t

June 3, 2016 No Comments

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