human rights

Urgent Appeal to Support FOR Peace Presence in Colombia

FOR Peace Presence (FORPP) is a sister branch to FOR-USA within the International FOR movement, providing life-saving human rights accompaniment to threatened activists and communities in Colombia. Because of the false perception of peace in Colombia following the Nov. 2016

September 20, 2018 No Comments

Challenging Homophobia at the State Department’s Religious Freedom Summit

The U.S. State Department hosted a Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom from July 24 to 27, 2018 in Washington, D.C. A coalition of LGBTQIA faith leaders and human rights activists were present at the summit to bring voice to the

July 27, 2018 No Comments

Violence and Nonviolence Intensify in Ambazonia

The Central African country of Cameroon—whose tourist slogan for years was “all of Africa in one country”—presents itself as a unifier of diverse environments, languages, and culture in this nation located in the middle of the continent. The last weeks

July 20, 2018 No Comments

Violence and Nonviolence Intensify in Ambazonia

The Central African country of Cameroon—whose tourist slogan for years was “all of Africa in one country”—presents itself as a unifier of diverse environments, languages, and culture in this nation located in the middle of the continent. The last weeks

July 20, 2018 No Comments

For delegation with oscar lopez rivera and rafael cancel miranda

Coverage of FOR Human Rights Delegation to Puerto Rico

The following article (below photo) appeared in the most recent issue of La Voz del Paseo Boricua, the newspaper serving Chicago’s Puerto Rican community. We publish it here — with a special link to an album of additional exclusive photos of our trip

May 4, 2018 No Comments

FOR Statement in Support of Puerto Rico Anti-Austerity Protests

The Fellowship of Reconciliation, the oldest interfaith peace and justice group in North America, strongly condemns the violence perpetrated against peaceful anti-austerity protesters in San Juan, Puerto Rico on May Day 2018. In addition to our support for

May 4, 2018 No Comments

FOR Statement in Support of Puerto Rico Anti-Austerity Protests

The Fellowship of Reconciliation, the oldest interfaith peace and justice group in North America, strongly condemns the violence perpetrated against peaceful anti-austerity protesters in San Juan, Puerto Rico on May Day 2018. In addition to our support for

May 4, 2018 No Comments

New Films on Drone Warfare for Congregational Education

For the past several years, the Fellowship of Reconciliation has been involved in regional, national, and international efforts to express grave concerns about, and to resist the proliferation of, drone warfare — especially the role of the U.S. government in

December 21, 2017 No Comments

New Films on Drone Warfare for Congregational Education

For the past several years, the Fellowship of Reconciliation has been involved in regional, national, and international efforts to express grave concerns about, and to resist the proliferation of, drone warfare — especially the role of the U.S. government in

December 21, 2017 No Comments

Liu Xiaobo: Democratic Vistas and the Empty Chair

Ever the undiscouraged, resolute, struggling soul of man; Have former armies fail’d, then we send fresh armies – and fresh again — Walt Whitman, “Life” Liu Xiaobo, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, died on July 13, 2017, at age 61 after

July 24, 2017 No Comments

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