SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 2024
Weekend Reading
Dear John,
During the Democratic National Convention, over 200 people attended an interfaith vigil organized by AFSC in Chicago. The vigil honored the more than 40,000 Palestinians killed in Gaza—many with U.S. weapons. Faith leaders from Christian, Jewish, and Muslim communities spoke alongside those who had lost loved ones. Together, they called for a permanent cease-fire and an end to U.S. weapons sales to Israel. Speakers also read aloud testimonies from AFSC staff in Gaza. Read more. [link removed]
IN THE MEDIA
The daily struggles to survive the Gaza genocide [link removed]
Making tents out of aid parachutes. Waiting days for a can of beans. Re-digging graves to bury more loved ones killed. This is just some of what Palestinians in Gaza have to overcome in their daily lives. Read more from AFSC’s Yousef Aljamal. (+972)
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Apartheid-Free Communities webinar [link removed]
Sign up for our next Apartheid-Free Communities webinar (Aug. 28, 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT) to explore divesting from apartheid. You’ll hear from Omar Barghouti, co-founder of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement; Rama Ali Kased, a professor of Race and Resistance Studies at San Francisco State University; and Dov Baum, director of AFSC's Action Center for Corporate Accountability.
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