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Bet you didn't know today is World Press Freedom day, did you?
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Jerry Elster, program coordinator for the AFSC Healing Justice program in San Francisco, tells the story of his incarceration, his subsequent spiritual awakening, and his work to organize other men incarcerated at San Quentin to practice and teach peace.
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  • Read more about Jerry Elster

Jerry Elster is the Healing Justice Coordinator for American Friends Service Committee (AFSC). He is also a formerly incarcerated person currently pursuing a MA in forensic psychology. He has worked in the field of Mentoring, Substance Abuse Counseling, Restorative Justice, and Advocacy. He serves on the advisory board for Oakland & the World, a venture to aid formerly incarcerated people and those facing employment challenges to gain cooperative economic advancement by becoming owners of their own businesses.

Too often, the media and policymakers treat immigration and refugee resettlement as completely unrelated issues when they assign them a geographic label
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A few picks from AFSC staff this week:

“Why NATO has become one of the most destructive forces on the planet,” by Vijay Prashad, AlterNet

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We constantly advocate for more coverage of nonviolent protests and peace building. But there's a good and bad way to do everything.
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Learn about the work of Nonviolent Peaceforce, nominated by AFSC for the Nobel Peace Prize.

As a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1947, AFSC is able to nominate a candidate for the peace prize to the Oslo Committee every year.

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A few picks from AFSC staff this week:

“A year after Freddie Gray's death, a look at media's coverage of the Baltimore uprising,” by Kenrya Rankin, Colorlines

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“As time went by my heart would ache for strange things: the feel of cool grass under my feet, the feel of rain on my face, the smell of my son’s toes… If you were suddenly ripped from your life and put in a concrete box, what would you mourn? What would you ache for?” – Sara (Mariposa) Fonseca and Julia Steele Allen, from “Mariposa and the Saint.”

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Rabbi Brant Rosen recounts an experience of co-leading an interfaith Passover and Good Friday service with his friend Bob Thompson. They both reject the concept of redemptive violence and focus instead on healing and hope. - Lucy

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