Fellowship of Reconciliation

Please join us in supporting #MayWeGather, A National Buddhist Memorial Ceremony for Asian American Ancestors, to be live-streamed on Tuesday, May 4, 2021 at 4pm PDT. Join the list of endorsing individuals and temples at www.maywegather.org

Bioneers is an innovative nonprofit organization that highlights breakthrough solutions for restoring people and planet. Founded in 1990 in Santa Fe, New Mexico by social entrepreneurs Kenny Ausubel and Nina Simons, we act as a fertile hub of social and scientific innovators with practical and visionary solutions for the world’s most pressing environmental and social challenges. Visit their website to find out how you can support or donate. https://bioneers.org/about/purpose.../ #forusa #forpeace #orgstosupport #socialjustice #empowerment #environmentaljustice

The Earth Holder Community practices to transform suffering and cultivate clarity and peace in four strategic ways. 1. Grow An Earth-Loving Community 2. Share Earth-Based Mindfulness Practices 3. Advance Earth-Healing Compassionate Direct Action... 4. Uplift And Support The Presence And Voices Of Black, Indigenous, People Of Color, And Other Marginalized Communities Visit their website to find out how you can support or donate. https://earthholder.training/ Earth Holder Community #forusa #forpeace #orgstosupport #socialjustice #empowerment #environmentaljustice

Together Restoring Economic Empowerment (TREE) is a civil rights minded organization dedicated to uplifting the voice and advocacy by people of color communities within the economic, media, and environmental justice space. As times of social unrest have resurfaced, Tree originated to assist in these efforts. The name, Together Restoring Economic Empowerment, embodies the idea that people of color must come together, unite, and strengthen each other. Younger generations must b...e in the forefront of this movement. Visit their website to find out how you can support or donate. https://www.restoringempowerment.org/ TREE #forusa #forpeace #orgstosupport #TREE #socialjustice #empowerment #environmentaljustice

Today we honor Mrs. Coretta Scott King and her legacy on her 94th birthday. Happy Birthday to you, we thank you for all your transformative peace work. #Celebratingcoretta #mlk #forusa #peace #belove #happybirthday #FORpeace #BelovedCommunity

Howard Washington Thurman was a minister, civil rights leader, poet, educator, and much more. Rankin’s theology was grounded in nonviolence: his teachings fueled and motivated generations of civil rights activists and he served as a mentor to numerous movement leaders, including Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (who is said to have kept a copy of Thurman’s 1949 book, Jesus and the Disinherited, in his pocket). Thurman was the first dean of Howard University’s Rankin Chapel, the hi...storic HBCU, from 1932-44. He also served on the faculty of the Howard University School of Divinity. In 1944, Thurman left Howard to embark on a visionary initiative: partnering with the Fellowship of Reconciliation to establish the Church for the Fellowship of All Peoples. The San Francisco church -- whose congregation was made up of predominantly Black folks who had migrated to the Bay Area from Oklahoma, Texas, and Arkansas -- served as the foundation for a new interracial community of people in Northern California. Thurman traveled the world and connected with diverse spiritual communities and world leaders. He led a "Negro Delegation of Friendship" to South Asia in 1936, where he met Mohandas Gandhi. This meeting with Gandhi indoctrinated him with the importance of the use of nonviolent resistance to combat the racial inequities and pursue liberation for Black people in the United States. Thank you, Howard Thurman, for guiding and inspiring generations of leaders to the present day. #HowardThurman #peace #forusa #blackhistorymonth #bhm

Coretta Scott King has a deep and rich history in the nonviolent movement for justice. Coretta was a graduate of Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio, with a B.A. in music and education. She used this music background to create and performed a series of freedom concerts which served as fundraisers for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). While she is often viewed as the spouse of Dr. Martin Luther King, Coretta Scott King was a dynamic leader in her own r...ight who spent much of her life traveling and advocating on issues of racial equality, ending war, and women's rights. In 1988 she served as head of the U.S. delegation of Women for a Meaningful Summit in Athens, Greece; and in 1990 she was co-convener of the Soviet-American Women’s Summit in Washington, DC. Her vocal critique of State violence and the intersections of racism, militarism, and materialism -- particularly her open opposition to the Vietnam war -- placed under FBI surveillance for years. Despite pushback from many sources, Mrs. King continued to use her voice and spent her time traveling across the globe to build partnerships for peace, justice, and gender equality. Following Dr. King’s murder, Mrs. King established The King Center, a memorial which focused on uplifting and continuing her husband’s legacy. She focused its message and program on nonviolent social change, and she would continue in this same spirit to push for the eventual creation of a federal holiday in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. -- finally signed into law in 1983. Coretta Scott King’s legacy is one this world is better for having experienced -- we honor you! #corettascottking #peace #forusa #blackhistorymonth #bhm

Elandria E Williams was a dedicated FOR-USA member who also served on the Fellowship’s national staff. In E’s time they were able to accomplish and touch many with their commitment to intersectional politics and deep love for humanity. E was a renowned national anti-oppression trainer and community organizer working with diverse social change movements, including as longtime core staff at The Highlander Center as well as the People’s Hub and Beautiful Solutions. Elandria is... described as a beloved activist and an incomparable Unitarian Universalist leader. They served as national co-moderator of the Unitarian Universalist Association (2017-20) and a founding member of Black Lives of UU (BLUU). A righteous advocate for disability justice, E was the 2007 recipient of the Outstanding Antiracist Activist & Leadership Award from Diverse and Revolutionary Unitarian Universalist Multicultural Ministries (DRUUMM). Elandria was committed to centering youth in faith, including with Young Religious Unitarian Universalists (YRUU). E also held leadership roles within DRUUMM, the Continental Unitarian Universalist Young Adult Network (C*UUYAN), Journey Toward Wholeness, the Groundwork antiracism training collective, and other groups which are no longer active but critical to the work E poured themselves into. E believed in love and seeing folks for how expansive they were. We hope to hold some of that in the work as we continue forward. #peace #ElandriaWilliams #forusa #bhm #blackhistorymonth

An excerpt from Sheila Collins' new biography "Ubuntu: George M. Houser and the Struggle for Peace & Freedom on Two Continents." Its not too late to sign up for this this event today! Register here: bit.ly/ubuntubook21