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My Grandpa Lotze’s parents moved to the U.S. from Germany in the early part of the 1900s. They were Brethren pacifists and moved to keep their kids out of military service. They settled in L.A. where they opened a plumbing business that still exists today.
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New executive order doubles down on failed policies that drove crime, violence, and human rights violations in Mexico.

Amid the turbulence of recent weeks, a lot of us have struggled to absorb the portent of all the Trump administration’s actions. Of three executive orders issued by the White House on Feb. 9, for example, most news stories focused on the orders' false claims about crime within the United States, border militarization, and protection of U.S. police.

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This post originally appeared on Brant's personal blog, Shalom Rav. 

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Avoid news fatigue by cutting back, getting focused, and slowing down.
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Peace policies must recognize rights and equality for all people. 

On Feb. 15, President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu met for the first time, discussing solutions for peace in Israel and Palestine. At a surface level, AFSC can agree with some of the ideas they put forward, but we are deeply concerned about their positions undergirding these ideas.

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In the face of immigration raids and anti-immigrant policies and rhetoric, communities across the country are taking a stand. Here's what we're reading to learn more:

Immigrant Communities Battle New Anti-Sanctuary-City Bills in Red States by Candice Bernd via Truthout

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Building a wall along one border and not the other speaks of our racism more than our desire for security.

Last Sunday, I visited Friendship Park, which is located beside the wall that separates the U.S. from Mexico at the most southwest point of the continental United States. In the park, people whose families have been separated by borders and inhumane immigration policies were spread out along the wall, talking with each other across the barrier but unable to sit together, eat together, or hug each other.

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  • Read more about Sa'ed Atshan
Sa'ed Atshan is a Palestinian Quaker and graduate of the Ramallah Friends School and Swarthmore College. He received his doctorate in Anthropology and Middle Eastern Studies from Harvard University. He has taught courses on social movements and human rights in the Middle East, the Arab Spring, and introductions to peace and justice studies. He has won numerous awards and fellowships, and worked with a wide range of organizations to find practical solutions to conflicts. He has also conducted research into the struggle for peace through nonviolent resistance in Palestine. Sa'ed is currently an assistant professor in the Peace and Conflict Studies department at Swarthmore College.  

Sa'ed Atshan is a Palestinian Quaker and an assistant professor of Peace and Conflict Studies at Swarthmore College. He had been invited to speak to Friends Central Upper School students on February 3rd. But Sa’ed’s talk was cancelled.

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