Category: AFSC
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Free the Children
Photo: Jon Krieg/AFSC Dear Friends As President Trump announced in his press conference yesterday, his administration is working on a new plan to detain immigrant families indefinitely. I want to make sure you know there is a public comment period that allows you to weigh in on this cruel proposal – and the deadline is…
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Families Torn Apart
American Friends Service Committee Families Torn Apart At 19, Jorge Velasquez fled the violence in his country of origin of El Salvador and came to the United States in 1995. Since 2001, he’s been legally able to work and support his wife and three children, thanks to Temporary Protected Status (TPS)—a government program that grants…
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Immigrant communities seeking justice
Dear Friends Earlier this week, we asked you to contact your senators to help stop billions of dollars in additional spending for border enforcement, advocate for paths to citizenship, and support policies that keep families together. Yesterday the Senate voted on four problematic immigration proposals that would have deeply impacted the lives of hundreds of thousands of immigrants. I’m…
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Love is Sanctuary
Join the webinar “Love is sanctuary, a safehaven and place to rest.” – Theodore Volgoff What does “sanctuary” mean to you? When do you feel as though your heart can rest, as though you are in the place where the tensions and furor of the world is released, the place where you feel you can…
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AFSC Against DACA Termination
Quaker org speaks out against DACA termination PUBLISHED: SEPTEMBER 5, 2017 Photo: AFSC WASHINGTON, DC (September 5, 2017) Today, the Trump administration announced that they would rescind Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), a program that has provided temporary deportation relief to almost 800,000 people who came to the U.S. as children. The American Friends Service Committee…
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How to Offer Sanctuary
Learn how to offer sanctuary Dear Friends, I get at least one call per week from Quaker congregations asking about congregational sanctuary. Since the rate of arrests leading to deportation has risen 38 percent and immigrants are afraid to attend immigration check ins because many are being detained and deported, the need for congregations willing to stand…
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Immigrant Rights
Immigrant rights Dear Friends, Like many of you, we at AFSC have spent much of the past two weeks grappling with the results of the election and what they mean for communities across the U.S.We don’t know what the next administration will bring, but there’s no doubt that immigrants and refugees face greater danger because…
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Brattleboro says #NoDAPL
In Solidarity with the AFSC there will be a rally today in Brattleboro. Brattleboro says #NoDAPL Start: September 13, 2016• 3:45 PM End: September 13, 2016• 6:00 PM Pliny Park• High St/Main St, Brattleboro, VT 05301 Join us on Tuesday, September 13 for a solidarity action and rally at Pliny Park at 3:45 calling on President Obama to instruct the Army Corps of Engineers…
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