SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2022
Weekend Reading
Dear John,
Thank you to everyone who responded to our emergency appeal this week. Your generosity is helping to meet urgent needs for families in rural El Salvador displaced by Tropical Storm Julia. So far, we have raised more than $6,000 to supply food, hygiene kits, and more to 150 families and to support ongoing work in the community. If you have not yet made a contribution, please consider donating today. A gift of any size can make a meaningful difference [link removed] .
Here are this week's picks to inform and support your activism:
Growing food sovereignty in El Salvador: [link removed] In western El Salvador, women are learning ancestral practices to farm food sustainably and create an economy that benefits all. Learn more in this August update from AFSC’s Omar Ponce.
Urge Congress to fund community needs in the FY23 federal budget: [link removed] Congress is currently negotiating funding levels for this year’s federal budget. Rising costs for necessities like childcare, housing, food, and health care are especially felt by low-income families. Please join us in urging Congress to invest taxpayer dollars in programs that meet the economic needs of our communities.
Quakers join the applause for Biden’s federal pardon of simple marijuana possession: “We take the position that drug addiction and illicit drugs are public health issues that should be treated as such, instead of being left to the criminal punishment system,” says AFSC’s Lewis Webb. (Baptist News Global) [link removed]
Denver family is reunited: [link removed] This week we celebrate Jorge Zaldivar’s return to Denver after being deported almost three years ago – a win in the leader’s 14-year struggle to remain with his loved ones in the U.S. and to change our immigration policies. Jorge is a long-time member of AFSC’s Not1More project, which provides immigrants with advocacy and mutual aid opportunities. What is needed for the many families like Jorge’s who live in mixed status families is a path to citizenship, says AFSC’s Jennifer Piper. (Denverite)
Oakland cops hoped to arm robots with lethal shotguns: [link removed] In a win for advocates, AFSC’s Jennifer Tu and many others in the Oakland, California community successfully pushed back when police proposed a plan to arm robots. Their efforts build on AFSC’s recent research [link removed] into the state of California police militarization. (Intercept)
Be well and take care
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