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Maggie Fogarty joined the staff of AFSC's New Hampshire Program in July of 2007 when she and her family returned to the United States after living and working...

by Noah Baker Merrill To prophesy is not to predict, but to seize upon reality in its moment of highest expectation and tension toward the new.- Thomas Merton,...

Friends are called to help build a foundation for world peace. When crises break out in the Middle East, the United States too often turns to violence first....

We all deserve to live in healthy, sustainable environments where everyone has the resources they need to thrive. But right now, the climate crisis...

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Young people have always been on the forefront of social change movements. In the U.S. and around the world, AFSC supports their efforts, investing in their...

Gun violence is a public health crisis that our country has been facing for decades. We seek a society where we can feel safe in our communities without the...

For more than sixteen months, Sudan has been embroiled in a devastating conflict. The U.S. has invited the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces...

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Dina El-Rifai worked with AFSC's Communities Against Islamophobia project. She has also served as Public Policy Fellow in AFSC's Office of Public Policy and...

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AFSC staff are respected experts in fields ranging from migrant rights to global peace, climate justice, prison abolition, mutual aid, and more. Committed to...

Kay serves as an advisor to the Women Advocacy Coalition- Myanmar (WAC-M). She was a Women Peace Maker Fellow (2023-2024) at the Kroc School of Peace and...

By most measures, the United States is a country of wealth and abundance. Yet, for many people, the economy isn’t working. Every day, people in our...

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In our pursuit of a world free of war and the threat of war, we are changing U.S. foreign policy from one that is overly militarized to one that prevents,...

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Paul Kyumin Lee is the president of Divided Families USA, an organization dedicated to facilitating closure for elderly Korean Americans who have been...

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The Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) is a national, nonpartisan Quaker organization that lobbies Congress for peace, justice, and environmental...

Kavita serves as a Quaker UN Representative with QUNO. Prior to joining the team, she worked with the UN Foundation's Global Policy Team where she supported UN...

Adalia Kirby works in the AFSC Michigan Criminal Justice Program as Program Coordinator, Ending Life and Long Sentences.

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The damaging effects of money on our politics are clear. When money pours into our elections, the voices of average Americans are silenced. And voter...

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This is a critical moment for our still-in-progress democracy. It requires persistent attention and boundless hope. Our faith and how we live it is infused...

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by Lucy Duncan Introduction: This is the second in AFSC's Acting in Faith series of interviews with Quaker Activists. You can read all of them here.

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In July, the AFSC Atlanta Economic Justice Program launched the Home Defender Project to protect people from eviction during the coronavirus pandemic. While...

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SunTrust Bank has joined a growing number of large financial institutions and announced it would stop financing private prisons and immigration detention...

Dr. Aaron Alarcon, currently the Chief Executive Officer of Family Eldercare in Austin, TX, possesses more than 23 years of experience in health and human...

Project Management Expert (MSc in Project Management, a member of the Project Management Institute, PMI) with about 23 years of work experience, with thirteen...

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Clip 1: How detention and incarceration harm our communities