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Program Coordinator, Chicago Peacebuilding

AFSC's Humanize Not Militarize youth film festival premieres in Washington, D.C. this weekend.

This weekend, youth activists and filmmakers from six U.S. cities will convene in Washington, D.C. and Baltimore for the Humanize Not Militarize Youth Film Festival and gathering.

Read more about Through film, young people illustrate how militarism impacts their communities
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Not since the nineteen sixties have I seen within the U.S. a greater need for, and opportunity to serve with, the Quaker visionary impulse.

Read more about Extraordinary political opportunity for Quaker legacy of vision
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NJ families affected by U.S. immigration policies bring their stories to Washington, D.C.

Ruthie Jablonsky and Diana Levy

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As coverage of the RNC and DNC conventions takes over our TVs and Facebook newsfeeds, we couldn't help but notice that coverage of violence directed at people outside the U.S. and Europe has once again fallen out of the media spotlight - despite major attacks in Istanbul, Dhaka, Baghdad, and Medina over the past three weeks. Here are three ways that peace and justice advocates can jump start the conversation.

Read more about 3 ways to talk about violence against Muslims (and others) when the media won't
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As I spent some days off in my home country during the past Easter holidays in March, news of the bombings in Brussels and Lahore hit. Shortly after, already back in Jerusalem, I woke up with the news that the first group of refugees in Europe were being sent back to Turkey. Since then, hundreds have been killed in bombings and more violence in Istanbul, Baghdad, Dhaka, Medina, and today in Nice.

Read more about On Nice, Istanbul and other attacks: Defending European values, which ones?
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By Milca Kouame

Milca Kouame is a 16-year-old high school student who was born and raised in Newark, New Jersey. Her parents migrated to the U.S. from the Ivory Coast in the 1990s. Her father was deported when Milca was seven years old, and she has not seen him since.

This week, Milca joins other young people and advocates on an AFSC-sponsored trip to Washington, D.C., where they will share their stories with members of Congress as they call for humane and compassionate immigration reform.

Read more about My father was deported, and I want Congress to know how that affected my family
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Institutional racism is at the core of the brutal violence we all witnessed last week. Here are six ways that anyone can use messaging to advance racial justice.

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This week, police officers shot and killed two Black men, Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Philando Castile in Falcon Heights, Minnesota. In 2016 alone, police have killed 566 people in the United States.

AFSC's Humanize Not Militarize youth film festival premieres in Washington, D.C. this weekend.

NJ families affected by U.S. immigration policies bring their stories to Washington, D.C.

This week, police officers shot and killed two Black men, Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Philando Castile in Falcon Heights, Minnesota. In 2016 alone, police have killed 566 people in the United States.

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