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The AFSC Midwest Digest for December 2025 features highlights of AFSC work over the past year in St. Louis, Chicago and Michigan. tinyurl.com/AFSCMidwest1...
December 22, 2025 at 5:37 PM
The AFSC Midwest Digest for December 2025 features highlights of AFSC work over the past year in St. Louis, Chicago and Michigan. tinyurl.com/AFSCMidwest1...
The AFSC West Region News for November 2025 features Pan Valley Institute’s second Salt of the Earth Encuentro with a theme of “Cultivating Climate, Food, and Land Justice.” tinyurl.com/AFSCWest11-25
November 18, 2025 at 5:52 PM
The AFSC West Region News for November 2025 features Pan Valley Institute’s second Salt of the Earth Encuentro with a theme of “Cultivating Climate, Food, and Land Justice.” tinyurl.com/AFSCWest11-25
The AFSC Midwest Digest for October 2025 features peacebuilding work with young people in Chicago. tinyurl.com/AFSCMidwest1...
October 15, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The AFSC Midwest Digest for October 2025 features peacebuilding work with young people in Chicago. tinyurl.com/AFSCMidwest1...
The AFSC West Region News for October 2025 features AFSC’s work along the US-Mexico border in support of immigrant rights and democracy. tinyurl.com/AFSCWest10-25
October 14, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The AFSC West Region News for October 2025 features AFSC’s work along the US-Mexico border in support of immigrant rights and democracy. tinyurl.com/AFSCWest10-25
The AFSC Midwest Digest for September 2025 features the life-changing work of AFSC’s Commutation Project in Michigan.https://tinyurl.com/AFSCMidwest9-25
September 5, 2025 at 8:24 PM
The AFSC Midwest Digest for September 2025 features the life-changing work of AFSC’s Commutation Project in Michigan.https://tinyurl.com/AFSCMidwest9-25
The AFSC Midwest Digest for August 2025 features a request for support for students heading back to school in St. Louis. tinyurl.com/AFSCMidwest8...
August 19, 2025 at 9:20 PM
The AFSC Midwest Digest for August 2025 features a request for support for students heading back to school in St. Louis. tinyurl.com/AFSCMidwest8...
The AFSC West Region News for August 2025 celebrates young artists with 67 Sueños and their 19 murals created over 15 years. tinyurl.com/AFSCWest8-25
August 12, 2025 at 7:29 PM
The AFSC West Region News for August 2025 celebrates young artists with 67 Sueños and their 19 murals created over 15 years. tinyurl.com/AFSCWest8-25
The AFSC West Region News for July 2025 features important legislative wins for immigrant justice in Oregon. tinyurl.com/AFSCWest7-25
July 15, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The AFSC West Region News for July 2025 features important legislative wins for immigrant justice in Oregon. tinyurl.com/AFSCWest7-25
Why we need a solidarity economy now wagingnonviolence.org/2025/07/why-...
Why we need a solidarity economy now
As the US face historic cuts to the social safety net, local economic alternatives can meet basic needs and provide opportunities to organize.
wagingnonviolence.org
July 9, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Why we need a solidarity economy now wagingnonviolence.org/2025/07/why-...
The AFSC Midwest Digest for July 2025 features a visioning event for people inside and outside prison in Michigan as well as a divest/invest workshop for youth in Chicago. tinyurl.com/AFSCMidwestJ...
July 2, 2025 at 5:11 PM
The AFSC Midwest Digest for July 2025 features a visioning event for people inside and outside prison in Michigan as well as a divest/invest workshop for youth in Chicago. tinyurl.com/AFSCMidwestJ...
The AFSC West Region News for June 2025 features AFSC’s statement and action against National Guard deployment to Los Angeles. tinyurl.com/AFSCWest6-25
June 12, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The AFSC West Region News for June 2025 features AFSC’s statement and action against National Guard deployment to Los Angeles. tinyurl.com/AFSCWest6-25
The AFSC Midwest Digest for June 2025 features a reflection on the struggle for real community safety five years after the murder of George Floyd. tinyurl.com/AFSCMidwest6...
June 6, 2025 at 9:41 PM
The AFSC Midwest Digest for June 2025 features a reflection on the struggle for real community safety five years after the murder of George Floyd. tinyurl.com/AFSCMidwest6...
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🎉#AB1071 (@ashkalra.bsky.social) passed the Assembly Floor this week! Next stop ➡️ Senate Public Safety
Thank you to this community and our co-sponsors for your ongoing advocacy. ❤️
Learn more about AB 1071 "The Racial Justice Act: Court Procedures" at: curbprisonspending.org/advocacy
#RJA #RJA4All
Thank you to this community and our co-sponsors for your ongoing advocacy. ❤️
Learn more about AB 1071 "The Racial Justice Act: Court Procedures" at: curbprisonspending.org/advocacy
#RJA #RJA4All
May 21, 2025 at 6:01 PM
🎉#AB1071 (@ashkalra.bsky.social) passed the Assembly Floor this week! Next stop ➡️ Senate Public Safety
Thank you to this community and our co-sponsors for your ongoing advocacy. ❤️
Learn more about AB 1071 "The Racial Justice Act: Court Procedures" at: curbprisonspending.org/advocacy
#RJA #RJA4All
Thank you to this community and our co-sponsors for your ongoing advocacy. ❤️
Learn more about AB 1071 "The Racial Justice Act: Court Procedures" at: curbprisonspending.org/advocacy
#RJA #RJA4All
The AFSC West Region News for May 2025 features a California convening on police demilitarization and an international tribunal’s condemnation of the killing of Anastasio Rojas. tinyurl.com/AFSCWest5-25
May 16, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The AFSC West Region News for May 2025 features a California convening on police demilitarization and an international tribunal’s condemnation of the killing of Anastasio Rojas. tinyurl.com/AFSCWest5-25
The AFSC Midwest Digest for May 2025 features volunteer orientations and commutation workshops in Michigan, an upcoming documentary in Chicago, and the results of a community survey in St. Louis. tinyurl.com/AFSCMidwestM...
May 9, 2025 at 10:17 PM
The AFSC Midwest Digest for May 2025 features volunteer orientations and commutation workshops in Michigan, an upcoming documentary in Chicago, and the results of a community survey in St. Louis. tinyurl.com/AFSCMidwestM...
The AFSC West Region News for April 2025 features an annual Farmer Gathering in New Mexico, work to oppose killer robots in California, and a spring break Freedom School in Los Angeles. tinyurl.com/AFSCWest4-25
April 21, 2025 at 8:18 PM
The AFSC West Region News for April 2025 features an annual Farmer Gathering in New Mexico, work to oppose killer robots in California, and a spring break Freedom School in Los Angeles. tinyurl.com/AFSCWest4-25
The AFSC Midwest Digest for April 2025 features a mental health training skill share in Chicago, a youth intensive in the Twin Cities, and a presentation by St. Louis staff on “stalwart solidarity.” tinyurl.com/AFSCMidwest4...
April 11, 2025 at 1:22 AM
The AFSC Midwest Digest for April 2025 features a mental health training skill share in Chicago, a youth intensive in the Twin Cities, and a presentation by St. Louis staff on “stalwart solidarity.” tinyurl.com/AFSCMidwest4...
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On March 17, Jeanette Vizguerra – a mother, immigration activist, and community leader – was forcibly taken from her workplace in Colorado by ICE. @afsc-org.bsky.social, communities, and organizations in Colorado and across the country are demanding her release.
ICE detains mother and immigration activist Jeanette Vizguerra without deportation order
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March 21, 2025 at 5:18 PM
On March 17, Jeanette Vizguerra – a mother, immigration activist, and community leader – was forcibly taken from her workplace in Colorado by ICE. @afsc-org.bsky.social, communities, and organizations in Colorado and across the country are demanding her release.
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"The courts may not save us, but we save each other. Only the people can save each other and make justice and democracy real. And that’s what we’ll continue to do into the future." - AFSC's Jennifer Piper on immigrant leader Jeanette Vizguerra's detention.
ICE Agents Detain Immigrant Leader Jeanette Vizguerra, Who Once Sought Sanctuary in Denver Church
ICE Detains Jeanette Vizguerra, Prominent Immigrant Rights Leader in Colorado
Immigrant rights activist Jeanette Vizguerra, who has lived in the U.S. for more than 30 years, was arrested by ICE agents in Colorado on Monday. She was ambushed during her work break by ICE officials...
www.democracynow.org
March 19, 2025 at 6:41 PM
"The courts may not save us, but we save each other. Only the people can save each other and make justice and democracy real. And that’s what we’ll continue to do into the future." - AFSC's Jennifer Piper on immigrant leader Jeanette Vizguerra's detention.
The AFSC West Region News for March 2025 features reflections on a PVI community forum in Madera, California and Know Your Rights workshops in Oregon. tinyurl.com/AFSCWest3-25
March 7, 2025 at 8:40 PM
The AFSC West Region News for March 2025 features reflections on a PVI community forum in Madera, California and Know Your Rights workshops in Oregon. tinyurl.com/AFSCWest3-25
The AFSC Midwest Digest for March 2025 features stories about visionary spaces for change work in the Twin Cities and Chicago. tinyurl.com/AFSCMidwest3...
March 5, 2025 at 3:21 PM
The AFSC Midwest Digest for March 2025 features stories about visionary spaces for change work in the Twin Cities and Chicago. tinyurl.com/AFSCMidwest3...
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Trump's immigration policies have spread fear in communities like California’s Central Valley migrant farmworkers.
70% of agricultural workers are foreign born.
We must push local and state officials to protect our communities from raids and deportation.
70% of agricultural workers are foreign born.
We must push local and state officials to protect our communities from raids and deportation.
Trump administration’s anti-immigrant policies are an attack on America’s food system | Opinion
“In California’s Central Valley, many local migrant farmworkers have stopped reporting for work out of fear they will be deported.”
www.fresnobee.com
February 20, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Trump's immigration policies have spread fear in communities like California’s Central Valley migrant farmworkers.
70% of agricultural workers are foreign born.
We must push local and state officials to protect our communities from raids and deportation.
70% of agricultural workers are foreign born.
We must push local and state officials to protect our communities from raids and deportation.
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Ending TPS – for Haitian immigrants or anyone – takes away one of the few pathways available for immigrants seeking legal status in the U.S. Instead of tearing apart our communities, political leaders should be building an immigration system that is accessible and humane for all.
February 25, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Ending TPS – for Haitian immigrants or anyone – takes away one of the few pathways available for immigrants seeking legal status in the U.S. Instead of tearing apart our communities, political leaders should be building an immigration system that is accessible and humane for all.
The AFSC West Region News for February 2025 features celebrations of 70 years of AFSC work in Colorado and a quarter century of immigrant rights work by Pedro Rios at the US-Mexico border. tinyurl.com/AFSCWestFeb25
February 11, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The AFSC West Region News for February 2025 features celebrations of 70 years of AFSC work in Colorado and a quarter century of immigrant rights work by Pedro Rios at the US-Mexico border. tinyurl.com/AFSCWestFeb25
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AFSC and 40 civil society orgs have joined together to urge the Trump administration to take bold steps toward lasting peace on the Korean Peninsula by:
🕊️ End the Korean War
🌍 Lift the travel ban
🤝 Normalize relations with North Korea
Full letter: afsc.org/newsroom/ope...
🕊️ End the Korean War
🌍 Lift the travel ban
🤝 Normalize relations with North Korea
Full letter: afsc.org/newsroom/ope...
February 4, 2025 at 6:29 PM
AFSC and 40 civil society orgs have joined together to urge the Trump administration to take bold steps toward lasting peace on the Korean Peninsula by:
🕊️ End the Korean War
🌍 Lift the travel ban
🤝 Normalize relations with North Korea
Full letter: afsc.org/newsroom/ope...
🕊️ End the Korean War
🌍 Lift the travel ban
🤝 Normalize relations with North Korea
Full letter: afsc.org/newsroom/ope...