The Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR) is the group of men and women willing to explore the power of love and truth for resolving human conflict. FOR aims for a peaceful world where every human being can live with full dignity and freedom. FOR is always in search of people who will respond to conflict non-violently and seek settlement through caring action.
The Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR) is currently inviting submissions for Fall 2011 issue of the Fellowship Magazine. The main focus of this issue will remain on the topic of human rights accompaniment. The Fall 2011 issue of Fellowship magazine will address the ideology and practice of human rights accompaniment within the context of the upcoming tenth anniversary of FOR providing protective accompaniment to the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó, Colombia.
Commentary from Peace Community members, FOR staff, and volunteer accompaniers past and present will be featured, as will perspectives from other NGOs and civil society organizations that have been providing international accompaniment across the world. Articles will discuss the methodology and definition(s) of accompaniment as well as first-person commentaries on the experience of providing accompaniment or being accompanied.
Article Topics
The FOR Magazine seeks short (500-800 word) articles representing the following topics:
- analysis of accompaniment: its effectiveness as a strategy for ending violence and promoting non-violent social and political change
- experiential stories by accompaniers and accompanied communities
- diverse religious and spiritual perspectives on the reasons for engaging in accompaniment
- poetry
Space constrictions will necessitate that not all submissions will be published. Some articles may be published online, with permission of the author.
Last date for submissions is October 25, 2011.
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