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Below is the final text of the speech I ended up giving at City Hall this afternoon, drawing from some of the pieces many of you have already read...
CONGRESS TO VOTE ON AMENDMENT TO FORCE THE SOA/ WHINSEC TO RELEASE THE NAMES OF GRADUATES AND INSTRUCTORS To send an email and fax to your Representative, visit...
In Pakistan’s Swabi district, a bumpy road leads to Shah Mansoor, a small village surrounded by farmland. Just outside the village, uniform size tents are set up in hundreds of rows...
It's a special opportunity to meet two different anti-war world travelers on the same day, and I had such an opportunity at the Nyack headquarters of the Fellowship of Reconciliation last week when I was introduced to a young U.S...
The news this week that the U.S. Senate hearing on the nomination of New York Appellate Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor will begin one month from now, on July 13th, provides an opportunity for reflection and organizing...
One of my favorite book publishers is Orbis Books, based at the Maryknoll community, a Roman Catholic order, in Ossining, New York...
A year ago I was a young person looking for opportunities to gain job skills, find adventure, and serve my community. Theoretical discussions and the occasional protest wasn't enough - I wanted to be doing something that would make a difference in a concrete way...
One of my most memorable international trips was to the southern Philippines in August 2005...
Nuclear proliferation has been "heating up" again as a major issue, with tensions rising between Pakistan and India, Israel and Iran, and the two Koreas -- not to mention the U.S. and Russia...
A highlight of the early spring for me and some other local Fellowship of Reconciliation members was participating in an interfaith peace picnic hosted by American Muslim Voice (AMV) in Stony Point, New York...
During recent weeks five U.S. states, plus the Washington DC city council, have dramatically legalized gay marriages...
[Ed. Note: Tomorrow begins the Global Week of Action Against Cluster Bombs (May 29 - June 4)...
Amongst peace and justice- oriented folks, it's fairly safe to say that your first choice for a resolution to any conflict is calm, rational dialogue, right?...
On 19 May 2009, the Government of Sri Lanka proclaimed an end to the fighting against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelan (LTTE), one of the world’s most enduring insurgencies...
I am currently in Iran, traveling with peace activists from Peace Action and Veterans for Peace. Rebecca Griffin of Peace Action West has written several interesting reflections about our trip thus far which she's posted to their blog, and are well worth reading...
It was a regular Saturday a couple of weeks ago -- I was sitting in my class like usual, wishing I were outside and enjoying the DC springtime, when I felt my phone vibrate, meaning I was receiving a text message. Trying not be noticed, I snuck my phone out of my pocket to read the message...
Oakland, CA - For Immediate Release: The United States is planning to establish a new military facility in Colombia that will give the U.S. increased capacity for military intervention throughout most of Latin America...
Join 200+ people from the Pacific Northwest for "Building a Just & Sustainable World," the Annual Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR) Regional Conference at Seabeck from Thursday afternoon, July 2, through Sunday afternoon, July 5, 2009...
The deadline for the WWFOR PAT (peace activist trainee) program has been extended to May 25th. We had some major problems with e-mail from May 10-14 so decided to extend the deadline. The program is for high school students finishing their sophomoreor junior year...
This is a nod to the Christian Science Monitor. As a subscriber for nearly 35 years, following my service as a conscientious objector in Lebanon where John Cooley was reporting from at the time, I’ve watched it go through many changes...
Following up on yesterday's post about conscientious objectors, and given the fact that today's International C.O. Day, here's are three more items related to the topic. First, one of the most inspiring ongoing efforts to resist war and occupation is the Israeli feminist group New Profile...
When I checked my Facebook account early this morning, I was startled to see that my first two messages were from people currently being held in prison...
The Western Washington Fellowship of Reconciliation (WWFOR) is still recruiting applications for the 2009 summer PAT (Peace Activist Trainee) program. The deadline for applications is this Friday, May 15, 2009...
Please join the Fellowship of Reconciliation in the following two actions today...
A belief in the power of dialogue must be at the center of our understanding of social change. As Hildegard Goss-Mayr said, "Interaction with the Other is .... not a menace but an enrichment...
Two days ago, a 21-year-old student at my alma mater, Wesleyan University, was murdered by a man with a handgun. Johanna Justin-Jinich, a young woman with a beautiful future, was cut down as she entered the prime of her life by someone who had far-too-easy access to a killing tool and ammunition...
What if political action started in kindergarten...
Happy birthday, Pete Seeger! Yesterday was the legendary songwriter's 90th birthday, and a massive concert was held in his honor this weekend in NYC to raise needed funds for the Hudson River Clearwater that Pete helped found almost 40 years ago...
By Leila Zand “Eid Shoma Mubarak,” said President Obama in his Norooz(Iranian New Year) message to Iranian-Americans, Iranians in Iran, and, for thefirst time since the 1979 Iranian Revolution, to the Iranian government...
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