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Ukraine: Faith Organizations Call U.S. to Support Diplomacy and Creative Nonviolent Resistance

Press Release More than 20 national and regional faith-based organizations have sent a letter to President Biden and members of Congress urging support and focus on a kind of diplomacy that is willing to compromise for the sake of saving

April 25, 2022 1 Comment

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Confronting the Juxtaposition Between Self-Defense and Nonviolence

By Jason Carson Wilson Russian President Vladimir Putin’s thirst for power has brought death and destruction to his country and Ukraine’s innocent citizens alike. Russian sons head to war with neighbors, while civilians at home stand up to true tyranny–risking

March 24, 2022 3 Comments

Honoring Mothers by Risking Arrest with the Poor People’s Campaign

On Mother’s Day morning, 2018, I thought back on my two extraordinary grandmothers who raised me, on my own mother who followed me into the War Resisters League as together we became peace activists, on my life partner and mother of my

May 24, 2018 No Comments

Honoring Mothers by Risking Arrest with the Poor People’s Campaign

On Mother’s Day morning, 2018, I thought back on my two extraordinary grandmothers who raised me, on my own mother who followed me into the War Resisters League as together we became peace activists, on my life partner and mother of my

May 24, 2018 No Comments

Self-Liberation: Is There Any Other Kind?

{Ed. Note: The recent death of Gene Sharp, the renowned strategist and thinker on active nonviolence, provokes us to newly consider his writings and teachings. René Wadlow revisits an essay he originally wrote during the period of the Arab Spring revolutions,

February 14, 2018 No Comments

Self-Liberation: Is There Any Other Kind?

{Ed. Note: The recent death of Gene Sharp, the renowned strategist and thinker on active nonviolence, provokes us to newly consider his writings and teachings. René Wadlow revisits an essay he originally wrote during the period of the Arab Spring revolutions,

February 14, 2018 No Comments

Complicating Narratives: The 2018 FOR Pacific Northwest Conference

Oregon Fellowship of Reconciliation is excited to announce programming for the annual Northwest U.S. regional FOR conference this coming summer, June 30 to July 3, 2018. Please see details below about this year’s “Complicating Narratives” theme, for which the program

February 6, 2018 No Comments

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Who Is Responsible for the Protests in Iran?

In the final days of 2017, a series of anti-government rallies took place in Iran, taking by surprise both international observers and the Iranian society. Some argue the root cause was the nation’s poor economy and financial difficulties, while others

January 16, 2018 No Comments

Who Is Responsible for the Protests in Iran?

In the final days of 2017, a series of anti-government rallies took place in Iran, taking by surprise both international observers and the Iranian society. Some argue the root cause was the nation’s poor economy and financial difficulties, while others

January 16, 2018 No Comments

Revolutionary Nonviolence and Dialectical Thinking

By Matt Meyer Dialectics can help sharpen our strategies, intensify our struggles, and push us past seemingly intractable odds. Simply put, dialectics are the ways in which our many truths and definitions of the world—including and sometimes especially our

October 18, 2017 No Comments

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