Dear Friend,
Happy New Year! As we welcome in 2022, we are grateful for all the ways you support our worldwide work for peace and justice.
Please continue sharing the information below through your newsletter, listerv, and social media channels to help your meeting or church connect with AFSC!
If your meeting or church does not yet have a liaison, I ask that you continue to invite Friends and others in your community to sign up for this email. They will get invitations curated specifically for Quakers. And as always, feel free to contact me with questions or comments at friends@afsc.org.
Here are some other ways you can engage with AFSC, plus a few updates on our work:
- Register for: Policy in the time of a pandemic: What happened in 2021? (Jan. 18, 7 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. PT): Last year, AFSC, Friends, and others took on a range of federal policy issues, including COVID-19 relief, immigrant rights, military spending, and more. Join AFSC's policy team to recap our wins and challenges in 2021—and map out the work ahead.
- Year in review: No Way to Treat a Child Campaign: Jennifer Bing, director of AFSC's Palestine Activism Program, shares this update on our work to end the Israeli military detention of Palestinian children. Jennifer writes, "This year, we have seen unprecedented congressional support for bold legislation on behalf of Palestinian rights. And we're bringing in more faith groups and organizations as partners in our advocacy efforts."
- Listen: 67 Sueños celebrates International Migrants Day: Since 2013, 67 Sueños has honored International Migrants Day in a range of ways. This year, youth celebrated with an episode of their "Radio 67" podcast. The episode also helped conclude AFSC's December week of action to Free Them All.
- Demanding rights for pregnant people in prison: Natalie Holbrook, director of AFSC's Ann Arbor Criminal Justice Program, writes about recent efforts to protect pregnant people in prison, their babies, and families. "Our coalition has worked for many years to improve conditions for people in Michigan prisons—as part of our ongoing call for a future without prisons," Natalie writes.
- Hear directly from courageous community organizers: Join us every other Wednesday for our Facebook Live event where AFSC staff members share updates on our work. Our most recent event featured Chia-Chia Wang, organizing and advocacy directors in AFSC's New Jersey Immigrant Rights Program. She and other staff members shared local successes in their efforts to release people from behind bars.
- And don't forget to follow AFSC on social media!: Stay up to date on upcoming events and ways to take action by joining us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram.
Thank you for your continued support of AFSC's work and all that you do in working for a more just and peaceful world!
Blessings,
Sofia Di Pietro
Communications Associate
P.S. You can find more ways to get involved at our updated Friends Engage page.