Peace
Peace has long been a priority of MFSA. As early as 1918, the Federation vigorously defended the rights of conscientious objectors during the First World War. As recently as the past year, MFSA advocated and took action to end the US occuaption of Iraq. MFSA’s understanding of peace includes a commitment to nonviolent action for justice. To this end, MFSA offers nonviolence training through "Creating a Culture of Peace" workshops. Other areas of focus at present include: ending the war in Iraq, opposing the death penalty and working for a just peace in Israel/palestine.
Non-violence
- MFSA offers non-violence training
- JUSTPEACE Center for Mediation and Conflict Transformation is a mission of the United Methodist Church to engage conflict constructively in ways that strive for justice, reconciliation, resource preservation and restoration of community in and through the United Methodist Church and with the Church universal to the world in which we live.
- Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR) seeks to replace violence, war, racism, and economic injustice with nonviolence, peace, and justice. They are an interfaith organization committed to active nonviolence as a transforming way of life and as a means of radical change.
Ending the Iraq War
- Declaration of Peace is a grassroots nonviolent action campaign calling on the U.S. government to establish a comprehensive plan to end the U.S. war and occupation in Iraq.
- The Ground Truth on the War in Iraq The Ground Truth is a powerful, polemical, probing documentary examination of the devastation the war has taken on returning soldiers.
- UM Bishops Call for Resolution in Iraq
- GBCS resources on the Iraq War
- GBCS Call to End the US Military Presence in Iraq
- Christian Peace Witness for Iraq Christian Peace Witness for Iraq is an ecumenical, ad hoc group of Partners who are called and committed to raising a Christian voice for peace.
Opposing the Death Penalty
- National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty The National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (NCADP) was founded in 1976 in response to the Supreme Court decision in Gregg v. Georgia which permitted executions to resume in the United States. Their mission: abolish the death penalty in the U.S. and support efforts to abolish the death penalty world wide.
- GBCS on the death penalty
- GBCS Statement on the 50th Anniversary of UM Opposition to the Death Penalty
- People of Faith Against the Death Penalty Educating and mobilizing faith communities to act to abolish the death penalty in the United States.
A Just Peace in Israel/Palestine
- Issues and Information
- News and Action
- Morally Responsible Investment
- Fair Reporting in the US Press
- Land Confiscation, House Demolitions and the Wall
- Security and Economy
- Other Useful Links [link to section title on issues and info page]
- UMC Stance
- Tours to the Middle East: Suggested Guidelines