One of the many lessons of this pandemic is interdependence. What’s best for our neighbor is best for us as well—our health is bound together.

“We hope that you are all well and safe as we gather virtually under the darkening cloud of this unprecedented global pandemic. We dedicate this year’s Walk to all those individuals and communities around the world who are most vulnerable to the impacts of COVID-19,” Kryss Chupp, Good Friday Walk for Justice Committee, Chicago

Rev. Michael Leuchtenberg, pastor of the Unitarian Universalist Church in Concord, New Hampshire, interviewed Arnie Alpert for a service broadcast over the internet on April 5, 2020.  The church also selected AFSC's "Arnie Alpert Action Fund" to be the recipient of its community plate offereing.  

Kharon Benson is a filmmaker and advocate working to end mass incarceration. He is a member of Echoes of Incarceration, which trains young people to tell their stories and advocate for change. He is also a counselor with Liberation Summer Advocacy Training Camp, a project of AFSC and Echoes of Incarceration that helps youth in New York City learn the art of filmmaking for change. Read more.

Photos: Vanessa Cecena, Adriana Jasso, Pedro Rios/AFSC

AFSC took part in the Detention Watch Network’s #FreeThemAll national week of action to demand the liberation of all people in immigration detention.

Earlier this week, The New York Times reported coronavirus cases are rising sharply in U.S. prisons, even as numbers have plateaued in communities across the U.S. There are now more 65,000 cases in prisons—at least 600 people have died.