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. 

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. 

The biblical story should remind us of migrants today seeking shelter to protect themselves and their families.

This weekend in San Diego and Tijuana, I gathered with hundreds at Friendship Park, which spans both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border. We came together for the 24th annual Posada Without Borders, to remember those who lost their lives crossing the border, and to call for humane and just immigration policies.

“My faith is tested frequently, because I want to believe in people.” 

Over the past year, AFSC's Acting in Faith, News & Commentary, and Media Uncovered blogs have explored racial justice, immigrant rights, mass incarceration, and other issues to help people working for social change in their communities, across the country, and around the world. Here are our top 10 most popular blog posts published in 2017: