For the 12th year in a row, AFSC delivered valentines to immigrants being held at the GEO detention center in Colorado. Cards were handmade by volunteers, school children, faith groups, and other community members, Photo: Jordan Garcia/AFSC
Dear John,
As Congress works on the next COVID-19 relief package, we must ensure that all people have the resources they need to stay healthy and well during the pandemic and beyond. Previous relief packages have fallen short of meeting real need—particularly for immigrants, low-income Black and Brown communities, and people who are incarcerated.
The case for a new approach to North Korea: Taking even small steps toward ending the 70-year-old Korean War would be a welcome change from the hostility and denial of past administrations, writes AFSC’s Dan Jasper. (Foreign Policy in Focus)
How truth and reconciliation commissions could help the U.S. move beyond polarization: The commissions would offer an opportunity to hear from people who suffer intergenerational trauma from the legacy of government-sponsored atrocities, including genocidal policies against Indigenous people, the enslavement of Africans, and violent border enforcement, writes AFSC’s Pedro Rios. (San Diego Union Tribune)
Confronting antisemitism: As a Quaker organization, AFSC stands against antisemitism in all its forms. The struggle to end antisemitism is part of our work to create a world free from violence, inequality, and oppression—and a future where all people and cultures thrive.
