This is a critical moment for our still-in-progress democracy. It requires persistent attention and boundless hope. Our faith and how we live it is infused with hope and readiness for action. Rather than subsuming to anxiety and fear, we get to work.
The Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship invites recent college and graduate school alumni to apply for six to nine-month fellowships with NGOs in Washington, D.C., focusing on arms control, peace, and international security issues. FCNL is one of the partner organizations that hosts Scoville Fellows.
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This guide is designed to be used in conjunction with the discussion paper Dismantling Racism and Militarism in U.S. Foreign Policy. By holding small group discussions about the issues raised in that paper, ordinary Americans can expand awareness of the harmful impacts of current U.S. foreign policy and the need for a more just and peaceful alternative. Working together at the local level, we can start building a groundswell for change.
But our current levels of gun violence are not inevitable. Policymakers’ failure to pass common sense, responsible legislation contributes to appalling rates of gun violence in the United States.
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