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Fellowship of Reconciliation Stands in Solidarity with the Students

May 1, 2024 No Comments

Fellowship of Reconciliation we stand in solidarity with the students of Columbia University, City College of New York, and Fordham University who courageously participated in peaceful encampments. The shutdown and the reported brutalization by the NYPD are deeply troubling and unacceptable. Every individual has the right to peacefully assemble and express their views without fear of violence or intimidation.

We condemn any actions that infringe upon the rights and safety of students and call for a thorough investigation into the incidents that occurred. It is imperative that authorities uphold the principles of free speech and assembly, and ensure the protection of all individuals exercising their democratic rights.

To the students affected, know that your voices are heard and valued. Your commitment to advocating for change inspires us all, and we stand with you in demanding justice and accountability.

Another Israeli Teenager To Report To Jail Instead Of War

Israeli Ben Arad’s Refusal to Serve Statement

April 2, 2024 No Comments

Ben Arad is the third young Israeli since October 7 to refuse enlistment in protest over the war in Gaza publicly; On April 1, 2024 he was sentenced to 20 days in military prison. He was sentenced to 20 days in military prison, expected to be prolonged when he refuses enlistment again. Arad joins Tal Mitnick and Sofia Orr, who

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Israel’s Conscientious Objectors Stand on the Shoulders of Giants

March 26, 2024 No Comments

Israel’s Conscientious Objectors Stand on the Shoulders of Giants By Ariel Gold According to legend, the organization I lead, the Fellowship of Reconciliation, was founded in August 1914 when a British Quaker and a German Lutheran shook hands at a railway station in Cologne. With England on the cusp of joining World War I, they pledged, “We are one in

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Put Your Little Hunger to Use

March 20, 2024 No Comments

A Ramadan ReflectionBy Rabia Harris Ramadan is the month of revelation. It is famously celebrated as the lunar month in which the Qur’an first began to unfold out of the invisible realm and into this world of ours through the heart and tongue of Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him. The Qur’an itself tells us as much. What

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Haiti, Nothing to Celebrate (Dorothy Cotton in Fellowship Magazine, 1992)

March 12, 2024 No Comments

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¡Presente! Edward Stonebraker (1960-2024)

January 30, 2024 No Comments

¡Presente! Edward Stonebraker (1960-2024) Edward Richard Stonebraker, 63, of Girard, Ohio, passed away suddenly at home on January 1, 2024. As a skilled trades worker, Stonebraker was a dedicated member of the labor movement and a committed ally to diverse social movements, both domestically and internationally. Stonebraker was born on October 29, 1960 in Youngstown, Ohio, to the late Amanda

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They Are Us: Buffalo and the Sanctity of Whiteness

May 18, 2022

The racially-motivated act of hate on Saturday in Buffalo, New York, allegedly committed by an 18-year-old white supremacist, is being called the deadliest mass shooting in the United States this year. It was the 198th mass shooting in 2022, and

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If we truly honored Juneteenth, we would end the exception in the 13th amendment

June 19, 2021

In my inbox this morning from a major nonprofit organization that should have known better was a Juneteenth celebratory greeting: “We proudly celebrate Juneteenth, the day slavery finally came to an end throughout the South — historically a monumental feat

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White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity–Brooklyn Historical Society

September 25, 2020

Robert P. Jones, CEO and founder of Public Religion Research Institute and a leading scholar of religion and politics, shares his latest work, “White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity,” which puts forth a thorough examination of the history of interdenominational complicity with white supremacy, and argues for congregations to embrace a theology of racial justice.

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Prayer for 2021

February 3, 2021

To abolish the death penalty, we must create a movement that is grounded in relationship building and truth telling.

Walking the ‘long road from law to justice’ with the Kings Bay Plowshares

November 23, 2020

After a protracted legal odyssey, the Kings Bay Plowshares continue preach disarmament while preparing for their coming prison witness.

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Oldest Interfaith Organization in the US Affirms Solidarity with the LGBTQ+ Community in the Wake of Deadly Attack in Colorado

November 20, 2022

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ariel Gold | FOR-USA executive director | arielgold@forusa.org | 510 599 5330 Sunday, November 20, 2022 – In the wake of a mass shooting at the Club Q nightclub in Colorado, the oldest interfaith peace and

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Shadowcliff Estate Sale: Feb. 9-11, 2018

February 1, 2018

You are invited to FOR’s Shadowcliff headquarters in Upper Nyack for an Estate Sale, to be held from Thursday, Feb. 9 to Saturday, Feb. 11. The Fellowship of Reconciliation is

FOR’s Fab Five: Introducing our Summer 2017 Interns!

July 24, 2017

During a season of organizational transition, our national team at the Fellowship of Reconciliation find our work grounded by the blessing of five outstanding young adults serving as summer interns.

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A Parable of Noble Men: A view of the Syrian war

April 20, 2018

According to UNICEF, 8.4 million Syrian children and adolescents — more than a third of the nation’s total population — are in need of humanitarian aid, and more than 2.5

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FOR Yard Sale!

July 6, 2016

FOR (Fellowship of Reconciliation) our nations’ oldest Interfaith Peace and Justice organization, has been headquartered at Shadowcliff since 1956, and in those 60 years we have accumulated everything from bird houses to

Jonathan Demme, Presente!

April 26, 2017

The news of Jonathan Demme’s death this Wednesday came as a tremendous shock to me and my Fellowship of Reconciliation colleagues. Today we are in collective mourning at the untimely

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Standing with Standing Rock #NoDAPL

November 2, 2016

Right now, FOR National Council member Sahar Alsahlani, former National Council member Rick Ufford-Chase, FOR executive assistant Juliette Suarez, and I are traveling to the Standing Rock Sioux nation in North

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FOR & national groups urge Senate vote for ATF nominee

July 12, 2022

As the United States Senate prepares to vote today on President Biden’s nomination of Steve Dettelbach as the next director of the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms and Explosives, a coalition of faith-based organizations has issued a public

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Lies, betrayal and the storming of the Capitol

January 7, 2021

Embed from Getty ImagesLies have consequences. The insurrection that was attempted as the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives gathered to certify the election results on January 6, 2021 was incited by the President’s lies. The violence that ensued as

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Gandhi’s Influence on the Civil Rights Movement in the United States

September 29, 2020

by Paul R. Dekar for the 2020 Gandhi Peace Festival This article was written for the Gandhi Peace Festival, hosted by the city of Hamilton, Ontario on October 2, 2020–the Mahatma’s birth date. -ED By the 1920s, Gandhi had begun

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FOR’s executive director Ariel Gold on Al Jazeera

October 19, 2023 No Comments

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On Mother’s Day: Faith Leaders Call to End Gun Violence

By distorting sacred scripture and religious traditions, Christian nationalism is fueling the epidemic of gun violence. Over 600 faith leaders have signed onto a letter calling for Mother’s Day, May 14,

April 18, 2023 No Comments

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Oldest Interfaith Organization in America Calls for Children to Have More Rights Than Guns

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ariel Gold | arielgold@forusa.org | (510) 599-5330Rev. Graylan Scott Hagler | gshagler@verizon.com | (202) 302-0307 Oldest Interfaith Organization in America Calls for Children to Have More

March 27, 2023 No Comments

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Oldest Interfaith Organization in the US Affirms Solidarity with the LGBTQ+ Community in the Wake of Deadly Attack in Colorado

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ariel Gold | FOR-USA executive director | arielgold@forusa.org | 510 599 5330 Sunday, November 20, 2022 – In the wake of a mass shooting at the

November 20, 2022 No Comments

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Anti-War and Human Rights Leader Ariel Gold Appointed as FOR-USA Executive Director in Historic Hire

After an extensive national search, the Fellowship of Reconciliation-USA (FOR-USA) is proud to welcome our next executive director, Ariel Gold. Ms. Gold, a veteran peace and justice advocate, is taking

July 24, 2022 No Comments

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They Are Us: Buffalo and the Sanctity of Whiteness

The racially-motivated act of hate on Saturday in Buffalo, New York, allegedly committed by an 18-year-old white supremacist, is being called the deadliest mass shooting in the United States this

May 18, 2022 No Comments

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