TODAY (1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT): Join our online film screening of “Alaska On Line: Red Boucher Interviews Mahala Ashley Dickerson”: The film honors Mahala Ashley Dickerson (1912-2007), a Quaker legal pioneer and Alaska homesteader. The screening will be followed by a discussion with Johnny Gibbons, life-time law partner of Mahala Dickerson. This event is part of the Black Quaker Lives Matter Film Festival.
Representing immigrants: When Harriet fled her home in Guinea, she feared for her life. Despite the danger she faced, Harriet’s application for asylum was denied, and she was placed into deportation proceedings. AFSC’s Immigrant Rights Program in Newark, New Jersey was there to help. More than 2,000 people receive assistance from the program each year. Learn more.
Tell Congress: Diplomacy, not weapons, in Ukraine: The invasion of Ukraine must be stopped–but U.S. military aid is not the answer. The U.S. and international community must avoid flooding the region with weapons. Instead we must invest in diplomacy, refugee protection, and humanitarian assistance.
Join our webinar “Gaza in Focus” (Mar. 15, 12 p.m. ET): We will hear from human rights defenders in Gaza. And we will discuss recent U.S. opinion polling data on U.S. policy supporting the 16-year-old blockade on Gaza. This webinar is part of AFSC’s No Way To Treat a Child campaign with Defense for Children International-Palestine.
Immigration advocates rally in South Florida to close federal detention centers: AFSC’s Miami program called on the Biden administration to shut down Glades County Detention Center as part of a national day of action. “ICE detention is cruel, inhumane and unnecessary under any circumstance, but especially so during a deadly pandemic.” (Miami Herald)
From the archives: Civil Rights activist and AFSC staffer James Reeb died March 11, 1965. He was among those severely beaten in Selma, Alabama while advocating for Black voting rights. Read more in a 1990 Friends Journal article honoring his life.
