The 2025 A.J. Muste Memorial Lecture will be held on Wednesday, October 22 at 7:00 PM in the Schaap Auditorium.

Our speaker will be Ariel Gold, speaking on the topic of “Responding to Gaza: What Would A.J. Muste Do?”

Gold is the executive director of the Fellowship of Reconciliation — a position that A.J. Muste held from 1940 - 1953. She is a member of Congregation Tikkun v’Or in Ithaca, New York where she resides and has been a longtime active member of Jewish Voice for Peace.

The A. J. Muste Memorial Lecture Series was founded in 1985 to celebrate the life and accomplishments of pacifist, labor leader, and Hope College alumnus Abraham Johannes Muste (1885-1967). Muste became one of the most well-known and influential peace activists in the United States, working for many years as the executive director of the Fellowship of Reconciliation. The lecture series seeks to explore issues that would have been of interest to Muste, who died in 1967, including topics related to labor, civil rights, and peace.

All are welcome!