Dear John,

On April 30 AFSC celebrated 105 years since our founding in 1917. Throughout our history, AFSC has often been on the forefront of social change movements, carrying out work that many considered experimental and sometimes taking unpopular stands on controversial issues.

This month, we invite you to join us for online events continuing this tradition as we discuss how military spending isn’t keeping us safe, how to advocate for climate justice in your community, and more.

Tonya Histand
Director of Public Engagement

Upcoming Events

Free them All: month of action [link removed]
May 2-22
To honor Mother’s Day, AFSC will join partners across the country to bring the force of love to the walls of jails, prisons, and detention centers. Join us in person or spirit as we lift the Light of those incarcerated. Together we’ll challenge systems that separate loved ones, harm communities, and diminish our shared well-being.

Happening tonight! Demilitarizing the budget [link removed]
May 3, 7 p.m. / 4 p.m. PT
As the war in Ukraine adds to the many violent conflicts around the world, governments are responding by increasing military budgets and sending weapons to allies. They are also calling for escalatory measures against other nations. In this webinar, you'll learn why the United States' spending on weapons and war isn't keeping us safe. We’ll also share how you can get involved in the call to move money out of militarism and into our communities!

A Quaker Call: Environmental Justice for All [link removed]
May 4, 7 p.m. / 4 p.m. PT
Join Quaker advocates and community leaders to learn how you can promote environmental justice in your community. Co-sponsored by the AFSC and Friends Committee on National Legislation, this event will feature AFSC staff in New Mexico and young adults across the U.S. lobbying congress to support the Environmental Justice for All Act in line with Quaker values and understanding.

Launch of “Insurrectionary Uprisings: A Reader in Revolutionary Nonviolence and Decolonization” [link removed]
May 5, 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT
Join AFSC’s Joyce Ajlouny for the virtual launch of “Insurrectionary Uprisings: A Reader in Revolutionary Nonviolence and Decolonization,” a collection of essays that explore what it will take to win a world based on love and justice.

No Way to Treat a Child campaign webinar [link removed]
May 17, 12 p.m. ET / 9 a.m. PT
In May 2021 the Israeli military launched an offensive on the Gaza Strip. Join Defense for Children International - Palestine (DCIP) and AFSC for a webinar featuring the premiere of a short film that follows Mohammad, DCIP's field researcher in Gaza, through his work documenting human rights violations against Palestinian children. Mohammad will join the conversation live.

Check out our AFSC events page for details.

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