AFSC Weekend Reading · [email protected]

October 11, 2025 at 12:31 PM

Gaza ceasefire, No Kings protest, U.S. attacks in the Caribbean

Resources to inform and support your activism   SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2025Weekend Reading Children in Gaza at an educational learning space supported by AFSC. Photo: Amjad Al Fayoumi Hi Friend,  After two years of genocide, a ceasefire agreement has been reached in Gaza. AFSC welcomes this critical …

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  Joyce Ajlouny, AFSC · [email protected]

October 9, 2025 at 1:16 PM

Join our largest match of the year!

Your gift will be 100% matched up to $500,000 if you join the challenge before Nov. 20. MAKE 2X THE DIFFERENCE   Turn your compassion into action today!  MAKE 2X THE DIFFERENCE   At AFSC, we believe that there is a divine light in every person and that everyone is worthy of compassion. This belie…

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  AFSC Weekend Reading · [email protected]

October 4, 2025 at 12:32 PM

Mutual aid networks, budget shutdown, immigrant detention

Resources to inform and support your activism   SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2025Weekend ReadingEvery week, AFSC staff and volunteers gather outside the ICE facility in Miramar, Florida. They offer mutual aid, moral support, and resources to people with immigration cases. Photo: Adam Barkan  Hi Friend,  Eve…

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  Kerri Kennedy, AFSC · [email protected]

September 30, 2025 at 12:47 PM

Final day of our monthly donor drive

Help us reach our goal! Join our special community as a Partner for Peace monthly donor, sustaining worldwide work for peace. Today is the final day of our monthly donor drive. Help us reach our goal of 150 new monthly gifts for peace and justice. Your commitment brings critical support to communit…

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  AFSC Weekend Reading · [email protected]

September 27, 2025 at 12:31 PM

Fleeing Gaza City, housing justice, racial profiling

Resources to inform and support your activism   SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2025Weekend ReadingPalestinians flee south after being forced to leave Gaza City. Photo: Amjad Al FayoumiHi Friend,  This week, we want to share something deeply personal from our colleague Serena in Gaza. Last week, Israel laun…

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  AFSC · [email protected]

September 25, 2025 at 2:46 PM

There’s still time to get your free tote bag

Become one of 150 new monthly donors by Sept 30 and get a free gift from AFSC. If you missed the message below, there’s still time to get your free AFSC tote bag. Will you join us as one of 150 new monthly donors by September 30? When you do, you’ll receive a free gift and help us provide critical r…

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  AFSC · [email protected]

September 23, 2025 at 12:48 PM

Pending: Your monthly gift

Become one of 150 new monthly donors by Sept 30 to help fund our critical work.   GIVE MONTHLY Join Us as a Partner for Peace Your response:   PENDINGGoal:   150 new monthly gifts!Deadline:  September 30  GIVE MONTHLY When you join AFSC as a Partner for Peace, you’re helping to build an immigrati…

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  AFSC Weekend Reading · [email protected]

September 20, 2025 at 12:31 PM

Gaza City takeover, immigrant rights, U.N. genocide findings

Resources to inform and support your activism   SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2025Weekend ReadingAFSC's team in Gaza served a hot meal to children last month. Photo: Amjad Al Fayomi Hi Friend, Earlier this week, Israel launched a full military takeover of Gaza City. AFSC’s staff in Gaza were among those f…

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  Kerri Kennedy, AFSC · [email protected]

September 19, 2025 at 3:07 PM

Update: AFSC’s emergency response in Gaza

The hot meals our team provides are a lifeline for communities experiencing famine. Update: Emergency response in GazaDear Friend,  Since my last update on AFSC’s emergency response, famine was officially declared in Gaza. Violence in the West Bank, including Jerusalem, has drastically worsened. An…

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  Amy Gottlieb, AFSC · [email protected]

September 18, 2025 at 1:01 PM

Stronger With Immigrants

Together we are creating lasting change. Stronger With Immigrants  Dear Friend, Building a better world goes beyond the present moment. In our work for immigrant justice, AFSC not only responds to emergencies but strives to create lasting change in our communities.    Earlier this summer, I shared…

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  Joyce Ajlouny, AFSC · [email protected]

September 16, 2025 at 12:46 PM

Get your free tote bag today

Join AFSC as a monthly donor! Not only will you join a community of generous donors for peace, but you’ll receive a free AFSC tote bag. DONATE NOW   Become a Partner for Peace! DONATE NOW  Dear Friend, As an AFSC supporter, you are part of a community working to end violence, inequality, and opp…

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  AFSC Weekend Reading · [email protected]

September 13, 2025 at 12:32 PM

Racial profiling, military in U.S. cities, art and activism

Resources to inform and support your activism   SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2025Weekend Reading AFSC held a convening for artists from 19 countries to explore how art can promote collective healing. Photo: Bilal A QureshiHi Friend,  We hope you and your loved ones are well. We are living in difficult t…

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  AFSC Weekend Reading · [email protected]

September 6, 2025 at 12:31 PM

Stronger With Immigrants, Myanmar earthquake response, stories from Gaza

Resources to inform and support your activism   SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2025Weekend Reading Photo: Nathaniel Doubleday/AFSC Hi Friend, Over the past 24 hours, hundreds of you have contacted your governors demanding protection for immigrant communities. Thank you for speaking out.     We know that im…

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  Amy Gottlieb, AFSC · [email protected]

September 5, 2025 at 3:31 PM

Tell your governor: Help protect immigrants in our state!

Speak out for immigrant rights by sending a message today. Tell your governor: Stand up for immigrants in our state!  Dear Friend, Immigrants make our communities stronger. They are neighbors, workers, students, business owners, and friends.   But today, ICE raids are separating families and spread…

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  AFSC Weekend Reading · [email protected]

August 30, 2025 at 12:32 PM

Workers’ rights, Gaza stories, second chances for people in prison

Resources to inform and support your activism   SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 2025Weekend Reading Participants in one of AFSC's West Virginia women's sewing groups. Photo: AFSC Archives Hi Friend,  As a Quaker organization, AFSC believes that economies should foster equality and thriving for all. This Labor …

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  AFSC Weekend Reading · [email protected]

August 23, 2025 at 12:31 PM

ICE raids, Gaza’s children, holding corporations accountable

Resources to inform and support your activism   SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 2025Weekend ReadingStaff from AFSC and partner organizations at the Quaker Walk to Washington in May. Photo: Tirrea/FCNL Hi Friend,  Across the U.S., our communities are strengthened by immigrants. But in towns big and small, we ar…

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  AFSC Weekend Reading · [email protected]

August 16, 2025 at 12:31 PM

Aid to Gaza, supporting migrants, Chevron boycott

Resources to inform and support your activism   SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 2025Weekend Reading A May 2025 photo of children at a meal distribution supported by AFSC. Photo: Amjad Al Fayomi Hi Friend,  AFSC has joined over 100 organizations in demanding that Israel stop blocking humanitarian aid to Gaza. T…

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  Amy Gottlieb, AFSC · [email protected]

August 14, 2025 at 6:31 PM

Stronger With Immigrants

Friends welcome neighbors. Stronger With Immigrants Dear Friend,  Every person deserves to live in safety and peace, free from detention and deportation. As a Quaker organization, AFSC believes in the divine worth of every person. This calls us to act for justice alongside immigrants, allies, and c…

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  AFSC Weekend Reading · [email protected]

August 9, 2025 at 12:31 PM

Protecting immigrants, starvation in Gaza, nuclear disarmament

Resources to inform and support your activism   SATURDAY, AUGUST 9, 2025Weekend ReadingA family at Evergreen Hostel in Los Angeles in 1942. AFSC started hostels like these during World War II to host Japanese Americans we helped get out of internment camps. Photo: Lucile D. FessendenHi Friend,  Sinc…

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  AFSC Weekend Reading · [email protected]

August 2, 2025 at 12:31 PM

Aid for migrants, Gaza, nuclear abolition

Resources to inform and support your activism   SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 2025Weekend Reading Migrants at a bus station near the southern border of Costa Rica.  Photo: Rodrigo Henríquez   Hi Friend,  Every day, dozens of migrants—many of them children—arrive at Costa Rica’s southern border. Many were depo…

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  Kerri Kennedy, AFSC · [email protected]

July 30, 2025 at 1:32 PM

Update: AFSC’s emergency response in Gaza

Food and other lifesaving aid is urgently needed in Gaza. AFSC is on the ground doing all we can, with support from kind people like you. Update: Emergency response in GazaDear Friend,  The genocide in Gaza continues to escalate with devastating consequences. Every day, more Palestinians are killed…

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  AFSC Weekend Reading · [email protected]

July 26, 2025 at 12:32 PM

Starvation in Gaza, North Korea, solidarity with immigrants

Resources to inform and support your activism   SATURDAY, JULY 26, 2025 Weekend Reading A May 2025 photo of children in Gaza heading to a site where AFSC and partners served hot meals. Photo: Amjad Al Fayomi Hi Friend,  Last week, AFSC joined over 100 organizations in issuing an open letter warning …

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  AFSC Weekend Reading · [email protected]

July 19, 2025 at 12:33 PM

Block the Bombs, housing victory, immigrant rights

Resources to inform and support your activism   SATURDAY, JULY 19, 2025 Weekend Reading Protesters demonstrate against U.S. military assistance for Israel last year. Credit: Eman Mohammed  Hi Friend,  Since October 2023, the United States has sent over $30 billion in taxpayer-funded weapons to Isra…

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  Amy Gottlieb, AFSC · [email protected]

July 15, 2025 at 3:31 PM

Sign the petition: Immigrants make our communities stronger

We don’t need armed government agents disrupting the peace and safety of our communities. We need an immigration system that is welcoming, dignified, and fair. SIGN THE PETITION Immigrants make our communities strongerDear Friend,  Immigrants make our communities stronger. They are parents, student…

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  AFSC Weekend Reading · [email protected]

July 12, 2025 at 12:32 PM

Mental health in Gaza, ICE raids, reparative justice grants

Resources to inform and support your activism   SATURDAY, JULY 12, 2025 Weekend Reading A psychosocial support session for widows in a displacement camp in Gaza. Photo: Amjad Al Fayomi Hi Friend,  Every day, more Palestinians in Gaza are killed by bombings, starvation, and disease. While the need is…

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  AFSC Weekend Reading · [email protected]

July 5, 2025 at 12:31 PM

ICE raids, aid for Gaza, food justice

Resources to inform and support your activism   SATURDAY, JULY 5, 2025 Weekend Reading In New Jersey, community members prepare Know Your Rights materials to help people prepare for encounters with ICE. Photo: AFSC/New Jersey   Hi Friend,  We hope you and your loved ones are well. These are challeng…

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  Amy Gottlieb, AFSC · [email protected]

July 3, 2025 at 7:31 PM

Stronger With Immigrants

Your support is helping win immigration cases, preparing communities for interactions with ICE, and more. Stronger With Immigrants Dear Friend,  Thank you for all you do to make our world a better place. Your support for welcoming and just communities matters. Your generosity is making a difference…

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  Amy Gottlieb, AFSC · [email protected]

June 30, 2025 at 1:03 PM

Deadline: Midnight tonight

Today is your last day to join the Refugee Response Fund Matching Gift Challenge. Don’t miss out!   I WANT TO HELP   DEADLINE: TONIGHT  Dear Friend,  Our Refugee Response Fund Matching Gift Challenge ends tonight! Will you give today to help turn $40,000 into $80,000 for refugees, migrants, and disp…

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  AFSC Weekend Reading · [email protected]

June 28, 2025 at 12:31 PM

Immigrant detention, Medicaid cuts, humanitarian relief

Resources to inform and support your activism   SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 2025 Weekend Reading AFSC continues to support dozens of migrants who were detained in Costa Rica as they figure out the next steps in their journeys. Photo: Rodrigo Henríquez Hi Friend,  Last month, AFSC's Marcia Aguiluz Soto shared…

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  Amy Gottlieb, AFSC · [email protected]

June 26, 2025 at 1:03 PM

Support immigrants, refugees, and people who have been displaced

Join our Matching Gift Challenge MATCH MY GIFT   Your support makes all the difference MATCH MY GIFT  Dear Friend,   No one should be afraid to leave their home. To go to work. To attend school. To visit their place of worship. To seek medical attention. Or to participate in community life.   But…

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  Mike Merryman-Lotze, AFSC · [email protected]

June 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM

Tell Congress: NO war with Iran!

The U.S. must bring an end to the violence and work towards peace for all. Tell Congress: NO war with Iran! Dear Friend,  As a Quaker organization that has worked for peace and justice for over 100 years, we believe that all people deserve to live in safety and peace. But Israel’s attacks on Iran a…

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  AFSC Weekend Reading · [email protected]

June 21, 2025 at 12:33 PM

Iran, SNAP cuts, immigrant rights

Resources to inform and support your activism   SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 2025 Weekend Reading Tell elected officials: NO war with Iran! Hi Friend,  On June 13, Israel launched airstrikes against Iran, and the violence continues to escalate. Hundreds of people have been killed and thousands more injured. A…

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  Amy Gottlieb, AFSC · [email protected]

June 20, 2025 at 1:05 PM

Help turn $40,000 into $80,000 this World Refugee Day!

Your gift will help immigrants in the U.S. and displaced people around the globe. MATCH MY GIFT    Support people seeking safety and peace MATCH MY GIFT  Dear Friend,   Today is World Refugee Day. It’s a day to honor the courage and resilience of all who have had to flee their homes in search of …

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  AFSC Weekend Reading · [email protected]

June 14, 2025 at 12:31 PM

ICE raids, Iran, guide to protesting

Resources to inform and support your activism  SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 2025 Weekend Reading AFSC staff and volunteers provide support to immigrants outside of an ICE facility in Miramar, Florida.  Hi Friend,  Thanks to everyone who contacted Congress to stop funding cruelty against immigrants! Immigrants…

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  Amy Gottlieb, AFSC · [email protected]

June 12, 2025 at 12:47 PM

 $40,000 Refugee Response Fund Matching Gift Challenge

Your gift is urgently needed to support immigrants in the U.S. and displaced people worldwide.  MATCH MY GIFT   Your Gift MATCHED!   Dear Friend, At AFSC, we believe that all people, including immigrants, refugees, and displaced people, deserve dignity and respect. Kind people like you have helped t…

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  Amy Gottlieb, AFSC · [email protected]

June 10, 2025 at 7:31 PM

Tell Congress to protect our rights and stop funding cruelty against immigrants!

Help stop $150 billion for more detention and deportation that tear apart families and communities. TAKE ACTION Send a message to Congress today!Dear Friend,  Immigrants make our communities stronger. They are neighbors, workers, students, business owners, and friends. But since taking office, the…

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  AFSC Weekend Reading · [email protected]

June 7, 2025 at 12:31 PM

Relief for Gaza, Medicaid cuts, travel ban

Resources to inform and support your activism  SATURDAY, JUNE 6, 2025 Weekend Reading Watch this video to see AFSC’s relief efforts in Gaza.Hi Friend,  As the hunger crisis worsens in Gaza, our team is doing everything they can to deliver lifesaving aid. Working with local partners, they are sourcin…

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  AFSC Weekend Reading · [email protected]

May 31, 2025 at 12:31 PM

Solidarity with Gaza, peace in Korea, housing justice

Resources to inform and support your activism  SATURDAY, MAY 31, 2025 Weekend Reading Tell Congress to demand lifesaving aid for Gaza. Photo: Amjad Al Fayomi  Hi Friend,  Thank you to everyone who joined our fast for Gaza on World Hunger Day! Over 1,000 people participated, and many shared their com…

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  AFSC Weekend Reading · [email protected]

May 24, 2025 at 12:33 PM

Fast for Gaza, remembering George Floyd, Trump’s budget bill

Resources to inform and support your activism  SATURDAY, MAY 24, 2025 Weekend Reading A young girl in Gaza receives food from a community kitchen supported by AFSC. Photo: Amjad FayomiHi Friend,  People in Gaza cannot survive with nothing to eat. But for over two months, the Israeli government has b…

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  Kerri Kennedy, AFSC · [email protected]

May 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM

Update: AFSC’s emergency response in Gaza

Take action with us on World Hunger Day! Our team in Gaza remains active on the ground, but much more is needed. Update: Emergency response in GazaDear Friend,  Last week, our team in Gaza shared some rare positive news. They had located two kitchens that still had some supplies. That has let them d…

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  Amy Gottlieb, AFSC · [email protected]

May 20, 2025 at 2:01 PM

We are stronger with immigrants: Stop deportations now!

Take action against the ongoing expansion of detention and deportation. TAKE ACTION We are stronger with immigrants. Stop deportations now!Dear Friend,  Our communities are stronger with immigrants. Immigrants are neighbors, workers, students, business owners, and friends. But yesterday, the Supre…

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  AFSC Weekend Reading · [email protected]

May 17, 2025 at 12:31 PM

Tenants’ rights, racial justice, stronger with immigrants

Resources to inform and support your activism  SATURDAY, MAY 17, 2025 Weekend Reading Folks deported to Guatemala from the U.S. engage in art activism, such as painting this community mural, to advocate for immigrant rights. Photo: Deborah Chacón Hi Friend,  This week, AFSC launched our “Stronger Wi…

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  Amy Gottlieb, AFSC · [email protected]

May 14, 2025 at 3:04 PM

Our communities are stronger with immigrants.

Communities are mobilizing to make a difference in solidarity with immigrants and deportees. Our communities are stronger with immigrants.Dear Friend, Thank you for being part of AFSC’s global community as we work to support immigrants in this difficult time. Across the country, government raids are…

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  AFSC Weekend Reading · [email protected]

May 10, 2025 at 12:32 PM

Food for Gaza, freedom for detained migrants in Costa Rica

Resources to inform and support your activism  SATURDAY, MAY 10, 2025 Weekend Reading Despite overwhelming challenges, AFSC’s team in Gaza is working with local farmers to bring food to displaced Palestinians. Photo: AFSC/GazaHi Friend,  As the humanitarian crisis in Gaza continues to worsen, we wa…

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  AFSC Weekend Reading · [email protected]

May 3, 2025 at 12:34 PM

Myanmar earthquake relief, border abuse, aid for Gaza

Resources to inform and support your activism  SATURDAY, MAY 3, 2025 Weekend Reading Thanks to support from the AFSC community, we have delivered food, medicine, and other critical supplies to earthquake survivors in Myanmar. Photo: AFSC/Asia Hi Friend,  Thank you to everyone who donated to our emer…

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  Brett Heinz, AFSC · [email protected]

April 29, 2025 at 5:03 PM

Thank you for supporting work for environmental justice!

In Earth Month and every month, we’ll keep working for the world we want to see. A more sustainable futureDear Friend,  As I write to you, we are approaching the 100th day of the Trump administration—and well over 100 executive orders signed so far.   Several of these orders aim to roll back environ…

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  AFSC Weekend Reading · [email protected]

April 26, 2025 at 12:33 PM

Refugee rights, mutual aid, Vanguard S.O.S. campaign

Resources to inform and support your activism  SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 2025 Weekend Reading Speaking out for immigrant rights at an action in Colorado. Photo: Jordan Garcia/AFSCHi Friend,  We all deserve to live in a safe, welcoming country where people are treated with fairness and dignity. But right n…

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  Joyce Ajlouny, AFSC · [email protected]

April 22, 2025 at 12:47 PM

This Earth Day, support environmental justice work worldwide

Will you make a gift to help build a more sustainable and equitable world? Celebrate Earth Day with a gift DONATE NOW Dear Friend,  During Earth Month in April, many of us turn our mind to what we can do to protect our shared home. At AFSC, we see the impacts of climate change and environmental i…

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  Joyce Ajlouny, AFSC · [email protected]

April 22, 2025 at 12:47 PM

This Earth Day, support environmental justice work worldwide

Will you make a gift to help build a more sustainable and equitable world? Celebrate Earth Day with a gift DONATE NOW Dear John,  During Earth Month in April, many of us turn our mind to what we can do to protect our shared home. At AFSC, we see the impacts of climate change and environmental inj…

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  AFSC Weekend Reading · [email protected]

April 19, 2025 at 12:31 PM

Deportation flights, climate justice, Palestinian rights

Resources to inform and support your activism  SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 2025 Weekend Reading A mother and her 1-year-old child from Afghanistan are among the migrants detained in Costa Rica after being deported from the United States. Photo: Marcia Aguiluz Soto  Hi Friend,  Earlier this month, AFSC's Ma…

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