Earlier this week, the Trump administration released a memo that works to dismantle DACA (Deferred Action for Child Arrivals)—undermining a Supreme Court decision to uphold the program, which protects from deportation hundreds of thousands of immigrants who came to the U.S. as children.
Here are this week's resources to help you stay informed and support your activism.
What you need to know about changes to DACA: The Trump administration announced it would stop accepting new DACA applications, reduce the renewal period for current DACA recipients from two years to one year, and further limit recipients’ ability to travel outside of the U.S.
Expanding assistance to West Virginians: With your support, AFSC and partners are helping to keep children, seniors, and other community members from going hungry—and advocating for people in prisons, jails, and detention.
Do’s and don’ts for bystander intervention: Learn how to intervene safely when you witness public acts of violence or harassment against people of color, transgender people, or other community members.
Can we begin to imagine a police-free world?: Communities across the U.S. are exploring what it means to defund the police. We can start by challenging the assumption that we need armed security forces to solve our problems, writes AFSC’s Mary Zerkel.
Remembering Constance Curry, author and ally in working for civil rights: In 1964, Connie worked as a Southern field representative for AFSC, working covertly in Mississippi to persuade the local white community to accept desegregation and to investigate cases of reprisals against Black families. (The New York Times)
