In the wake of Charlottesville, communities are increasing the pressure on local officials to remove confederate monuments. Some are even taking action themselves. Here's what we're reading to learn more.

Gabriel Camacho is AFSC Immigration Programs Coordinator in Cambridge, Mass and works with AFSC's Communities Against Islamophobia project. 

Jude-Laure Denis is a Haitian-American woman of Catholic and Jewish heritage, with a passion for justice for all people.  Leaving behind a successful career in corporate event management for Merrill Lynch to become a community organizer on the 2008 Obama campaign, she has been working diligently to create spaces for both individual and community transformation ever since.

These remarks by Jude-Laure Denis, formerly the executive director of POWER Northeast, were shared at a rally on Sunday, August 13th, 2017 in response to the white supremacist rally and violence in Charlottesville, VA on Friday and Saturday, August 11th and 12th, 2017. Jude provides a powerful statement about confronting white supremacy in our communities and offers a vision for how to begin to work for healing and justice. - Lucy

A new mural in Oakland shows how young people are using art and solidarity to challenge racism.

Linda Sanchez is the director of AFSC's 67 Sueños program in San Francisco. 

On Saturday Aug. 12, white nationalists—armed with Nazi and confederate flags, torches, shields, and weapons—converged in Charlottesville, Virginia, for a “Unite the Right” rally. They were met with hundreds of anti-racist and anti-fascist protestors. A white supremacist drove his car into the protests, killing one person and injuring dozens.

The Trump administration is considering ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program—a move that would put nearly 800,000 young immigrants under immediate threat of deportation. Communities across the country are rallying to save the program. Here's what we're reading to learn more.