This video is a coaching webinar applying the practices taught in the Changing systems, changing ourselves e-course for congregational Sanctuary.

Gabriel Gluskin-Braun is a summer intern in the Middle East Program at AFSC's Chicago office. He is a rising junior at Claremont McKenna College, majoring in Politics, Philosophy and Economics.

Immigrants and their families advocate to stay in the U.S.   

Bright and early on a Tuesday morning in mid-July, dozens of immigrants and their families boarded a bus in Newark, New Jersey. They were headed to Washington, D.C., where they would take a powerful stand to save Temporary Protected Status (TPS). TPS is a life-saving immigration program that allows foreign nationals to remain in the U.S. if war, natural disaster, or some other catastrophe in their country of origin prevents their safe return. 

Interview by Grace Gámez

Adrienne Kitcheyan and Tuesday Brauer are advocates for incarcerated women, drawing from their experiences after cumulatively spending more than a decade in prison in Arizona. 

Family separation at the hands of the U.S. government is a national crisis. And the scale of this humanitarian disaster goes far beyond the southern border. With the Muslim ban in full effect and the Trump administration’s decision not to redesignate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Yemen and Somalia—despite the humanitarian crises in both countries—Muslims are also among the many families being torn apart by the Trump administration.

Projet de Renforcement de la Cohésion Sociale et de la Sécurité Communauteire.