One year and three versions later, President Trump’s Muslim ban is still discriminatory, Islamophobic, and one of the most shameful examples of the racist attacks on the liberties of Muslims and immigrants in the United States.
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Israel has the dubious distinction of being the only country in the world that systematically prosecutes between 500 and 700 children in military courts each year.
From the moment of arrest, Palestinian children encounter ill-treatment and torture at the hands of Israeli forces. Three out of four experience physical violence during arrest or interrogation.
AFSC condemns the decisions and demeaning comments that the Trump administration made last week about the migrant population in the United States.
Denise Altvater serves as coordinator as AFSC's Wabanaki Youth Program in Maine. She has created a supportive web of connection and communication in a region where Native communities have been isolated and abused. With her leadership, the AFSC's Wabanaki Program (Maine) was instrumental in developing the first Truth and Reconciliation commission between a sovereign tribal nation and a U.S. state, and she has recently focused on offering decolonization workshops for faith communities.
Last Sunday, Israel revealed their list of 20 social justice groups from around the world it was henceforth banning from the country because of their support for the Boycott, Divest
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Denise Altvater serves as coordinator as the Wabanaki Youth Program in Maine.
Editor's note: Larry White is the founder of AFSC's Hope Lives for Lifers project, which helps people incarcerated navigate long prison sentences. The project is based on White's survivor's manual of the same name, which he began working on while serving 32 years in prison.