Through leadership development and community organizing, RFP supports community members to envision and organize for policies and practices that build personal and community well-being. Through an ongoing youth organizing program with leadership development at the center, Roots for Peace supports youth to advance human-centered policies, build alternatives for safety, and divest from policing and militarism.

As part of a broad coalition of grassroots organizations, Roots for Peace youth leaders successfully advocated for the increase of green shirt ambassadors in Los Angeles’s public transit system. Transit ambassadors are unarmed safety personnel and have saved over 334 lives. In 2025, the green shirt ambassador program, which was initially a pilot project, has been bolstered and is now a permanent in-house unionized program.

At the macro level, care-first can look like pushing for investment in public health/community needs. These may include health care, mental health services, food, housing, transportation, and other elements of a built environment that support a community to thrive.

Guided by the Quaker belief in the divine light of each person, AFSC works with people of all faiths and backgrounds to challenge unjust systems and promote lasting peace.