For over a century, #Juneteenth has been celebrated as the end of slavery in the U.S. But today, the U.S. is keeping over 1.9 million people in cages in jails, prisons, and immigration detention centers. They are disproportionately Black people and other people of color. Today, we must recommit to ending white supremacy and working for a world without prisons or cages—the living legacies of slavery, writes AFSC’s Lewis Webb, Jr.
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Today, June 20, is #WorldRefugeeDay. AFSC joins in solidarity with the tens of millions of people worldwide who have been forced from their homes by conflict, natural disasters, poverty, and other forms of violence. That includes the more than 2 million Palestinians who have been displaced by ongoing attacks and destruction in Gaza. Here’s one simple way you can show solidarity today. Tell Congress: Demand a permanent cease-fire and humanitarian access for Gaza!
Call for a cease-fire and humanitarian access for Gaza now!
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Join us tonight, June 5 @ 7:30pm ET in #WashingtonDC/Zoom for a conversation with @afsc_org's General Secretary Joyce Ajlouny about our history of working with refugees and our current work in #Gaza. Register: https://bit.ly/3Xb9BZg
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If you're headed to Netroots Nation this year, be sure to check out AFSC’s Director of Research and Analytics Beth Hallowell's training on audience data.
Hey what are you doing July 11-13th and do you want to come to Baltimore with me? I'll be giving my first-ever Netroots training, on what to do with all that audience data I know you are sitting on 😉
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Last month, the Council of the European Union adopted the European Union-Central America Association Agreement. This policy will help address structural causes of injustice & oppression in Central America. AFSC's Douglas Juárez addresses the significance of the agreement.
New EU-Central America pact offers opportunities for peacebuilding
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Today, AFSC's Peacebuilding Director Lucy Roberts is at the SIPRI #SthlmForum. 'It's exciting to be with so many peacebuilders from around the world as we explore the theme of building trust in a divided world - feeling optimistic!' Today, RIGHT NOW (2:30 - 3.45pm CET), she and Jesse Eaves (pictured) from Humanity United are hosting a roundtable, 'Healing wounds: Exploring trauma’s impact on sustainable peace and development.' The roundtable will feature betty bigombe, Angi Yoder-Maina, Ph.D. and Aaron Pereira.
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Are you here at the SIPRI Forum on Peace and Development? Tuesday at 2:30pm CET, I will moderate a roundtable discussion called "Healing Wounds" that explores the impact of trauma on peace and development and how understanding trauma can help deepen trust, address root causes of violence, and strengthen long-term approaches to peace. Come engage with a superstar panel including Lucy Roberts, betty bigombe, Angi Yoder-Maina, Ph.D. and Aaron Pereira.
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Join us Feb. 29 @ 9am ET for a #webinar conversation with Besan Abu-Joudeh, BuildPalestine co-founder, Joyce Ajlouny, American Friends Service Committee's General Secretary, and Diala Shamas, Center for Constitutional Rights Senior Staff Attorney about how we can mobilize for #Gaza through mutual aid and crowdfunding. Sign up: https://bit.ly/4aadrFh
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3wThanks, Lewis, for this perspective on Juneteenth highlighting the systemic work that still needs to be done.