TODAY (1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT): Join us for the final installment of the Black Quaker Lives Matter Film Festival. Our screening today falls on the birthday of Black artist and activist Paul Robeson and honors his life and 200 years of his Quaker ancestors.
Building inclusive organizations: What does it mean to work for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) at an organization like AFSC? “Transformative DEI work is about relationships,” says AFSC’s Raquel Saraswati. “It’s about the real, difficult, and sometimes emotional work of not just seeing the divine complexity in others, but also seeing it in ourselves.“ Read more.
Explaining the Israeli military detention system (Apr. 12, 12 p.m. ET / 9 a.m. PT): Palestinian Prisoners Day is Apr. 17 and is the focus of this month’s No Way to Treat a Child webinar. We will discuss the current and historical practices used by Israeli forces to detain and imprison Palestinian children. We will also share ways to build support in Congress for supporting Palestinian human rights.
Take action: Stop U.S. tax dollars from funding human rights abuses against Palestinians: Last year, U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum and 13 cosponsors introduced the “Defending the Human Rights of Palestinian Children and Families Living Under Israeli Military Occupation Act” (HR 2590). The bill promotes human rights, provides government accountability, and helps create conditions for a just and lasting peace.
100 years of working for economic justice in West Virginia: In 1922, coal operators used hunger, evictions, and intimidation to keep miners down. After an uprising, Quakers and AFSC started a program to help feed about 400 children a day in mining communities. Learn more about how that program grew – and what communities are organizing for today.
