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SATURDAY, JULY 3, 2021
Weekend Reading
With support from AFSC and local partners, young people in Cuisnahuat, El Salvador share lessons and experiences about collective practices and building alternative economies. Photo: Omar Ponce
Dear John,
Thank you to everyone who helped us reach our fundraising goal! Supporters like you have made our 2021 Annual Fund drive a success! Your generosity sustains our work with communities worldwide to meet immediate needs and bring about systemic change.
Here are this week's picks to inform and support your activism:
Tell Congress: Speak out against Palestinian home demolitions: More than 1,500 Palestinians in Jerusalem will lose their homes as the municipal government demolishes Palestinian buildings to make way for a biblical theme park. Urge elected officials to take a stand against Israel’s forced displacement of Palestinian people!
From Rodney King to George Floyd: What will it take to bring change?: AFSC staff and the young people they work with reflect on the trial of police officer Derek Chauvin, the cases that preceded it, and the work that lies ahead.
Register for “Policing and white supremacy”: White supremacy and policing have been intertwined since the days of slave patrols. Join us on Thursday, July 8, 5 p.m. PT / 8 p.m. ET to examine this relationship and how we can end it. This webinar is part of our “Community Safety Beyond Policing” series.
Tell President Biden: Reopen our borders to asylum seekers and ensure they can seek safety in the U.S.: In March 2020, the Trump administration closed the southern border to asylum seekers, deporting hundreds of thousands of people back to dangerous conditions. Urge Biden to reverse the Trump administration’s order and stop “Title 42” deportations!
Why “The People's Yellow Pages,” a relic of ’70s counterculture, still resonates today: The crowd-sourced directory, which was supported by AFSC, helped community members in Cambridge, Massachusetts keep their money out of the war economy. (WBUR)
Be well and take care
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