Dear John,

Thank you to everyone who donated to AFSC’s Pandemic Relief Fund over the last few weeks! Together, we raised more than $90,000 to kickstart community-based initiatives, and we are already seeing the difference your generous support is making.

With so much news focused on the pandemic, you may have missed a report on global military spending released this week. The U.S. was the top military spender in the world in 2019–and accounted for 38% of the global total. Please join us in urging Congress to invest instead in sustainable peace. Tell Congress: Stop spending our tax dollars on weapons and war! [link removed]

Here are this week’s resources to help you stay informed and support your activism.

Preventing evictions in Atlanta: [link removed] In Georgia, a network of volunteers is working to protect tenants and homeowners during the pandemic and beyond—one of the efforts made possible by recent donations to AFSC’s Pandemic Relief Fund. See more from ABC News. [link removed]

Trump's attacks on the legal immigration system, explained: [link removed] AFSC’s Peniel Ibe details what harmful policy changes have already taken place—and how advocates, organizers, and community members are working to reverse them.

Sign the petition: No more COVID-19 money for the Pentagon: [link removed] Join AFSC, Win Without War, and partners in calling on Congress to ensure that any coronavirus relief packages support our communities—not the Pentagon or arms dealers.

Video: What you need to know about global military spending: [link removed] AFSC’s Tori Bateman teams up with six peacebuilding partners to help you digest new data released this week by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.

COVID-19 is rampant in U.S. prisons. I'm worried my father might be affected: [link removed] Government officials must do more to protect incarcerated people during this pandemic, writes Kharon Benson.

Register for our webinar and help end the detention of Palestinian children: [link removed] Quakers and all people of faith are invited to two webinars on May 3 and 17 to learn how to join our No Way to Treat a Child campaign urging U.S. legislators to take action to protect Palestinian human rights.

Video: Stopping the militarization of border communities: [link removed] Watch AFSC's Vanessa Ceceña discuss how communities are advocating to stop human rights abuses at the U.S.-Mexico border, advance humane immigration policies, and release all people from immigrant detention in this pandemic. And join us on Facebook every Thursday at 4 p.m. ET for weekly updates from AFSC staff.

From our archives: [link removed] PBS recently aired “School Interrupted,” part of the series “The Future of America's Past.” The show tells the story of activists’ efforts to integrate schools in Prince Edward County, Virginia–and includes images from AFSC’s archives.

Be well and take care.

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