Fellowship of Reconciliation
Aim
Seek the company of people of faith who will respond to conflict nonviolently; seek reconciliation through compassionate action; extend the boundaries of community and affirm its diversity of religious traditions as it seeks the resolution of conflict by the united efforts of people of many faiths.
History
In 1914, an ecumenical conference was held in Switzerland by Christians seeking to prevent the outbreak of war in Europe. Before the conference ended, however, World War I had started and those present had to return to their respective countries. At a railroad station in Germany, two of the participants, Henry Hodgkin, an English Quaker, and Friedrich Siegmund-Schultze, a German Lutheran, pledged to find a way of working for peace even though their countries were at war. Out of this pledge Christians gathered in Cambridge, England in December 1914 to found the Fellowship of Reconciliation. The US FOR was founded one year later, in November 1915, at a conference in Garden City, Long Island, New York.
IRD Activities
- Young, Pacifist and Proud
This initiative is a gathering of young adult faith-based activists and community organisers who want to push the boundaries of Muslim, Jewish, Christian, multiracial and multicultural social movement building for the sake of radical justice
- PeaceWalk
The PeaceWalk facilitates Muslim Jewish Peacewalks for Interfaith Solidarity throughout the United States and Canada in partnership with local faith-based communities and FOR.
Main Focus Countries of Activities
Nyack, NY, USA - USA - Canada