Fellowship of Reconciliation Centennial: 100 Years Of Nonviolence, Action, Peace, and Justice

This week on Love (and Revolution) Radio, we speak with four guests who each offer a unique lens into the upcoming, historic Fellowship of Reconciliation Centennial Conference at Seabeck, WA, exploring the past, present, and future of the largest, oldest interfaith peace organization in the United States, and how one hundred years of working for peace, justice, and nonviolence affects us all in our contemporary lives. As Fellowship of Reconciliation celebrates its centennial year, we can almost trace the arc of social justice through their history, for indeed, FOR has been entwined in nearly every struggle for peace and justice in the last hundred years. The Fellowship of Reconciliation is the largest, oldest interfaith peace organization in the United States, working for peace, justice and nonviolence since 1915. As an interfaith organization, FOR-USA’s mission is to organize, train, and grow a diverse movement that welcomes all people of conscience to end structures of violence and war, and create peace through the transformative power of nonviolence.Sign up for our weekly email: http://www.riverasun.com/love-and-revolution-radio/About Our Guests:Michael Colvin is on the planning committee for the FOR Seabeck Conference and is also a member of the FOR National Conference. Adam Vogal serves on the planning committee for the FOR Seabeck Conference, is the leader of Students United For Nonviolence at Portland State University, a member of the FOR National Council, and a Campaign Nonviolence Associate. Karla Elizarraraz is a board member for the Inland Congregation United for Change based in Southern California, and a part of the PICO National Network, as well as being a youth participant in the FOR Seabeck Conference. Tom Hastings is a life long activist, serves on the communications committee of the NAACP, is a professor of conflict resolution at Portland State University, and a presenter at the FOR Seabeck Conference. Related Links:FOR Seabeck Centennial Conferencehttp://forseabeck.org/Ask questions of presenters during the Seabeck Conference through Twitter by using: #FORSeabeck and #DandelionInsurrection, or tweeting at @FORSeabeck Fellowship of Reconciliationhttp://forusa.org/Erica Chenoweth's TedX Talk on Why Civil Resistance Workshttps://youtu.be/YJSehRlU34wJamila Raqib & the Albert Einstein Institutionhttp://www.aeinstein.org/Students United for Nonviolencehttps://www.pdx.edu/conflict-resolution/students-united-for-nonviolenceCampaign Nonviolencehttp://www.paceebene.org/Music by: "Love and Revolution" by Diane Patterson and Spirit Radio www.dianepatterson.orgOur featured music this week is "Now Is the Time" by Heather Houston. Find her music at www.heatherhoustonmusic.com About Your Co-hosts: Sherri Mitchell (Penobscot) is an Indigenous rights attorney, writer and activist who melds traditional life-way teachings into spirit-based movements. Follow her at Sherri Mitchell – Wena’gamu’gwasit: https://www.facebook.com/sacredinstructions/timelineRivera Sun is a novelist and nonviolent mischief-maker. She is the author of The Dandelion Insurrection, Billionaire Buddha, and Steam Drills, Treadmills, and Shooting Stars. She is also the social media coordinator and nonviolence trainer for Campaign Nonviolence and Pace e Bene. Her essays on social justice movements are syndicated on by PeaceVoice, and appear in Truthout and Popular Resistance. http://www.riverasun.com/