Ali previously served as AFSC’s Gaza Program Coordinator. Ali is a social activist, volunteering with a variety of groups and campaigns. He has worked with a variety of local and international organizations in Palestine on social and economic development programs and leading advocacy campaigns. Ali holds a Bachelor's Degree in Information Systems.

Note: Palestinians in Gaza have been protesting nonviolently weekly at the border fence adjacent to Israel since March 30th, 2018. Their demands are to end the brutal siege of Gaza and for the refugees to be able to return to their lands from which they were expelled in 1948.  Two of every three people in Gaza are registered refugees.

Hector Garcia is the communications officer for AFSC Latin America and Caribbean region. 

On Sunday, Oct. 14, Salvadorans celebrated the canonization of Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero, well-known for denouncing the violation of human rights of Salvadorans through repressive actions taken during El Salvador’s civil war. 

Here's how you can speak up to defend our right to protest. 

The right to peaceful protest is one of the cornerstones of a healthy democracy.  From iconic movement marches such as the March on Washington and Vietnam War protests, to more recent actions such as resisting the Muslim ban, the Women's March, and the Poor People's Campaign, demonstrations in Washington have formed an essential exercise of fre

Part 2 of an interview with Arnie Alpert, co-director of AFSC’s New Hampshire program    

Since 1981, Arnie has coordinated AFSC's New Hampshire program. He’s a leader in movements for economic justice and affordable housing, civil and worker rights, peace and disarmament, abolition of the death penalty, and an end to racism and homophobia.

As hundreds of thousands of immigrants face the risk of deportation, communities continue to push back against Trump’s racist agenda — and they just scored a victory in the courts. 

Communities across the country are still reeling from the Trump administration’s decision to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for hundreds of thousands of immigrants, putting them at risk for deportation. TPS grants protection from deportation to people from certain countries afflicted by natural disasters, war, or other dangerous conditions.