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While most media outlets at the Republic National Convention (RNC) focused on speech plagiarism, Donald Trump, and potential clashes between police and protesters, AFSC joined other organizations and individuals to advocate for just, peaceful, sustainable, and democratic policies at public events around the city, including the “People’s Justice and Peace Convention.”

Here are three takeaways from our week in Cleveland:

  • Read more about 3 lessons from organizing for justice during the RNC
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Lucy Duncan recounts visiting a memorial to VonDerritt Myers and a protest honoring Philando Castile and how resistance looks like living fully while disrupting injustice.
  • Read more about Let us be open-hearted: Disrupting evil with Black Lives Matter
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Coverage of the peaceful protests outside of the DNC this week - and the RNC last week - are just the latest examples of the terrible coverage that nonviolence receives. We can and should change that.
  • Read more about Coverage of the convention protests has been terrible. We can and should change that.
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  • Read more about Prophets of Rage playing for the End Poverty Now March/Protest 2016

As the news cycle is dominated by the theatrics of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland and the upcoming Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, we take a look outside the convention walls to learn from grassroots organizers and activists across the country.

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There is a lot of conversation going on in racial justice circles about the role of white folks in racial justice work, and there are a lot of different perspectives on the matter. One important question that has emerged is not simply, “What should white people do for racial justice?” but, “How should white people understand and think about their/our role in racial justice movements?” This goes beyond encouraging white folks to take action, though that is essential.

  • Read more about 10 ways white supremacy wounds white people: A tale of mutuality
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  • Read more about Debbie Southorn
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. 

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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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