FELLOWSHIP OF RECONCILIATION INC

TO SUPPORT THE WORK FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO EXPLORE THE USE OF LOVE AND TRUTH FOR RESOLVING HUMAN CONFLICT, ACHIEVING WORLD PEACE, ELIMINATION OF POVERTY, AND EXPANSION OF HUMAN RIGHTS.NATIONAL FOR-USA PROGRAM STAFF WORKED TO ORGANIZE A NATIONAL SUMMIT OF CONVERSATION AND ACTION WITH FAITH, COMMUNITY AND CIVIC LEADERS TO ADDRESS AMERICA'S GUN VIOLENCE EPIDEMIC. FOR-USA STAFF PARTNERED WITH THE INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF RECONCILIATION'S U.N. REPRESENTATIVES ON INITIATIVES RELATED TO CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION, THE CLIMATE CRISIS, AND GLOBAL ISSUES OF PEACE AND JUSTICE. FOR-USA STAFF PUBLISHED ARTICLES AND OUR FELLOWSHIP MAGAZINE AND HOSTED VITAL MONTHLY ONLINE GATHERING VOICES EVENTS AND CONVERSATIONS TO ADDRESS THE NEED FOR PEACE AT HOME AND ABROAD, ADDRESSING ISSUES SUCH AS GROWING WHITE CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM IN THE U.S.; THE WAR IN GAZA; ANTI-BLACK RACISM AND ANTISEMITISM; AND THE WAYS IN WHICH OUR COMMITMENT TO NONVIOLENT PEACEMAKING AND CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION TO WAR, VIOLENCE, HATRED AND OPPRESSION CAN HELP US RESPOND TO THESE NATIONAL AND GLOBAL INJUSTICES. ORGANIZED, TRAINED, AND MOBILIZED FOR-USA RELIGIOUS PEACE FELLOWSHIPS AND CHAPTERS TO HELP THEM ADDRESS INJUSTICES IN THEIR RESPECTIVE COMMUNITIES AND BEYOND; AND WELCOMED AND SUPPORTED OUR NEW WALTER WINK AND JUNE KEENER WINK FELLOWS, HELPING LIFT UP THEIR TRANSFORMATIVE WORK FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE. OTHER EXEMPT PURPOSES WERE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH DIVERSE PROGRAM INITIATIVES, INCLUDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL SIGN-ON STATEMENTS ON HEADLINE JUSTICE ISSUES, THE CREATION OF ONLINE VIDEO PROGRAMS & MULTIMEDIA RESOURCES, AND ACTION CAMPAIGNS THAT MOBILIZED IFOR'S GRASSROOTS NETWORK OF LOCAL CHAPTERS AND NATIONAL FAITH ALLY ORGANIZATIONS. SOCIAL ISSUES ADDRESSED BY FOR-USA, OFTEN IN PARTNERSHIP WITH NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL ALLIED MOVEMENTS, INCLUDED PARTNERING WITH LIKE-MINDED ORGANIZATIONS TO HOST AN EMERGENCY SUMMIT FOR GAZA; PILGRIMAGING FROM PHILADELPHIA TO D.C. TO PROTEST LARGE WEAPONS MANUFACTURERS; NOURISHING STUDENTS AND COMMUNITIES CALLING FOR CEASEFIRE IN GAZA AND CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION TO WAR AND VIOLENCE WITH FOOD AND FELLOWSHIP; HONORING THE MEMORY OF FOR LEGACY MEMBER REV. JAMES LAWSON; GROWING OUR CAPACITY TO MAKE AVAILABLE OUR HISTORIC ARCHIVES; AND SHARING OUR HISTORIC MLK AND THE MONTGOMERY STORY COMIC AND STUDY GUIDE WITH ACTIVISTS, EDUCATORS, AND ALL INTERESTED IN THE TRANSFORMATIVE WORK OF NONVIOLENT PEACEMAKING IN THE FIERCE URGENCY OF NOW.