For the past four years, AFSC has partnered with Defense for Children International-Palestine on a campaign to challenge Israel’s prolonged military occupation of Palestinians by exposing the widespread and systematic ill treatment of Palestinian children arrested by Israeli forces. 

On Nov. 12, the Supreme Court heard arguments on the Trump administration’s unlawful termination of DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals), which protects from deportation more than 700,000 people who came to the U.S. as children.Thousands of DACA recipients and supporters rallied outside the Supreme Court on that cold Tuesday morning—and many more stood in solidarity at actions across the U.S. 

Skill up: how to write a press release and get the media to pay attention to it

This webinar focuses on writing and sharing press releases and media advisories to promote your events, actions, and campaign victories. It covers the content and structure of these standard media outreach tools and how to create a simple outreach plan to ensure they are used effectively. This session is ideal for anyone working on public facing events and campaigns that you want to raise awareness of through the media.

Thich Nhat Hanh, a Buddhist monk and peace activist, tells us “Peace is every step.” It’s a saying that our AFSC Indonesia staff embraces, often reflecting that a holistic peace not only addresses peace between and among people but also between us and the rest of nature.