Join our week of virtual workshops (Apr. 4 – 6, 2 p.m. & 7 p.m. ET/ 11 a.m. & 2 p.m. PT): This week, AFSC staff and partners from around the world are leading workshops on the theme of Quaker action for a just world. All are welcome to join! Learn about restorative justice, work in Palestine, climate justice, organizing strategy, and more.
Our North Star: A vision for community safety beyond prisons and policing: Today over 1.8 million people are locked away in the U.S., more per capita than any other country. But we still have high rates of violence. It’s time to do something different. AFSC has identified seven guideposts on the path toward abolition. Together, they light the way forward, serving as our “North Star.”
Tell Congress: Cut the Pentagon budget and invest in our communities!: This week, President Biden proposed a budget of about $813,000,000,000 for military spending and nuclear weapons. This is an increase of about $31,000,000,000 over this year's budget. Please join us in urging Congress to deliver better health care, schools, and jobs—not more money for weapons, war, and corporate defense contractors.
As global horror unfolds in Ukraine, why Is war still legal?: “While a world without war may seem unthinkable in our current political context, we sell ourselves short if we refuse to imagine it and demand it,” writes AFSC’s Aura Kanegis. (Common Dreams)
