Looking back on 2015
"Until we have the courage to recognize cruelty for what it is ... we cannot expect things to be much better in this world. ... We cannot have peace among men whose hearts delight in killing any living creature. By every act that glorifies or even tolerates such moronic delight in killing we set back the progress of humanity."
--Rachel Carson
Photos: Scenes from FOR's three-day Centennial celebration
- Top row: Multifaith service with Rev. Kristin Stoneking; Alan Levin and Ginny Brooks; the Venerable Subodha.
- Second row: Centennial exhibit opening and dinner with Uli Sohn, FOR Germany; June Wink and Arun Gandhi; Lloyd Berg and Anita Fee Willis.
- Third row: Centennial dinner with 2015 Local Hero Peace Award winner Mark Hamlin of the Peace and Justice Action League of Spokane, WA, with Will Bontrager; Maryrose Dolezal, Roya Moltaji, John Lindsay-Poland and James Groleau; Liliane K. Baxter and Virginia Baron.
- Fourth row: Centennial dinner with Martin Luther King Jr. National Peace Award winner Cheryl Blankenship of the Spirit House Project; Pfeffer International Peace Award winners Udi Gur and Raed al-Haddar of Combatants for Peace; Martin Luther Jr. National Peace Award winner Ruby Sales of the Spirit House Project.
From our family to yours, thank you for an inspiring year, and we look forward to the next one!
Anthony, Ethan, Gretchen, Hope, Jonette, Juliette, Kristin, Linda, Meredith, Nicole, and Tanya
National Staff of the Fellowship of Reconciliation USA
FOR staff with the National Council at Shadowcliff, FOR-USA's headquarters in Nyack, NY.
Top photos copyright Carolina Kroon, used with permission. |
