American Friends Service Committee
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American Friends Service Committee
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AFSC works for a just, peaceful, and sustainable world free of violence, inequality, and oppression. We join with people and partners worldwide to meet urgent community needs, challenge injustice, and build peace.
AFSC joined a collective of immigrant rights, Palestine solidarity, environmental justice, labor unions, and many others working to hold Palantir accountable and stop its expansion into our lives. @purgepalantir.bsky.social

Join us! purgepalantir.com
February 11, 2026 at 6:58 PM
The surveillance company Palantir powers ICE and works with the Israeli military, but also works with your city's hospitals, universities, politicians & investors.

Our map shows where they work in our communities. It's time to #PurgePalantir!

afsc.org/purge-palantir
February 11, 2026 at 6:55 PM
"the administration’s new national security policy and recent actions clearly seek to retrieve the paternalistic and racist Monroe Doctrine from the dustbin of history; Congress must emphatically put it back,” AFSC's Aura Kanegis on why Congress should act
thehill.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Thanks, @pevohr.bsky.social for sharing our link!
February 4, 2026 at 4:01 AM
Learn how to create a mutual aid in your community ⤵️
February 4, 2026 at 4:01 AM
Thanks for sharing, @cohen489.bsky.social 💗
February 4, 2026 at 3:59 AM
Join us on Friday, Feb. 6 at 12 p.m. ET for Action Hour for Palestine. We'll be joined by Nick Mottern, an anti-war activist that will talk about his actions protesting L3Harris, a defense contractor that works with the Israeli military and ICE. RSVP: afsc.org/actionhour
February 3, 2026 at 7:42 PM
ICE does not belong in our communities.

We will defend our communities in Minneapolis and across the country in our struggle for peace and justice.

#AbolishICE
January 25, 2026 at 12:51 AM
Israel's ban on NGOs in Gaza will have devastating effects on Gaza's population.

"But it cannot ban our struggle for justice or our innate human desire to help one another survive." Read more from AFSC's Yousef Aljamal for @aljazeera.com
Israel’s ban on NGOs operating in Gaza will be devastating
But it will not extinguish its people’s drive to survive, rebuild and prosper.
www.aljazeera.com
January 13, 2026 at 3:55 PM
🎉Victory: The Senate just voted to pass a war powers resolution to stop U.S. military action in Venezuela! Our pressure is working. But we can't stop—the House must act, too. Send a message to Congress today. actionnetwork.org/letters/stop...
Stop Trump’s war on Venezuela. Pass a War Powers Resolution now!
Trump invaded Venezuela and the U.S. military kidnapped President Nicolás Maduro. Trump then declared that he is going to “run” Venezuela and that he will “get the oil flowing.”1 Invading a country ...
actionnetwork.org
January 8, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Yesterday morning, ICE agents shot and killed Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis. Our hearts are with her family, her loved ones, and the whole Minneapolis community working to stop ICE’s mass deportation agenda.

We hold you in the Light.
January 8, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Early this morning, the U.S. bombed the capital of #Venezuela and forcibly captured President Nicolás #Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores.

We call on Congress and world leaders to stop U.S. regime change in Venezuela. Read more: afsc.org/newsroom/no-...
January 3, 2026 at 8:01 PM
This year, we witnessed the power of community, what it means to lift one another up and stand together in times of crisis.

This holiday season, we wish you and your loved ones peace, love, light, and hope.

—Your friends at AFSC

Art by: William Estrada
December 24, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Politicians are debating the lawfulness of secondary strikes, but all strikes are illegal.

This is not war. The U.S. is murdering people at sea.

Tell Congress to stop the Trump admin from leading us into another forever war.
Tell Congress: Stop illegal military strikes in the Caribbean and Pacific
Since Sept. 2, the U.S. has bombed multiple boats in the Caribbean and the Pacific, killing at least 83 people. The Trump administration claims this is part of a new “armed conflict” with “narco-traff...
afsc.org
December 5, 2025 at 3:26 PM
And during this week, you can find many Palestinian books (including AFSC's) as free e-books.👇 Check out publishersforpalestine.org
Publishers for Palestine
International publishers supporting a free & just future for Palestine.
publishersforpalestine.org
December 3, 2025 at 7:07 PM
We also recommend checking out our friends at
Visualizing Palestine's book "Visualizing Palestine: A Chronicle of Colonialism and the Struggle for Liberation"

The weaves storytelling and facts to reflect the conditions, hopes, struggles and aspirations of the Palestinian people.
December 3, 2025 at 7:05 PM
It's #ReadPalestine week, we encourage everyone to read in an act of solidarity with Palestinian writers and stories.

AFSC has released two books featuring the writings of Palestinian writers including Refaat Alareer, and testimonies from Palestinians in the midst of genocide.
December 3, 2025 at 7:03 PM
To mark International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, Action Hour for Palestine will feature participants from the Gaza flotillas and we'll learn how we can stand in solidarity with Palestinians.

Join us today, 11/28 at 12pm ET

Sign up: afsc.org/actionhour
AFSC Action Hour Resources
afsc.org
November 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Today, we are thankful for our community of peacebuilders around the world.

Together, we're not just hoping for a better world but building one. afsc.org/thank-you
November 27, 2025 at 2:25 PM
“This is just an indication that Americans don’t want a democracy where rights are being ignored and people can ‘be disappeared,’” AFSC's Kerri Kennedy on the recent detention of Ruperto Vicens-Marquez in Newark, NJ. via @huffpost.com
A Community Refused To Back Down After ICE Wrongfully Detained A Beloved Neighbor — And Won A Major Victory
“Trump's dark America is not going to penetrate Atlantic Highlands,” Mayor Lori Hohenleitner said.
www.huffpost.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:45 PM
To learn more about how the shutdown deal will impact health care and SNAP—and how you can take action—join our next Third Tuesday webinar on Nov. 18, 8 p.m. ET.

afsc.org/ThirdTues
November 13, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Last night, Trump signed legislation to end the gov't shutdown.

The shutdown is over. The cruelty continues.

Health care tax credits will expire at the end of this year, more than 4 million people will lose their health insurance. People will suffer. People will die.
November 13, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Tomorrow, on Nov. 1, SNAP will run out of funds for the first time in the program's history, leaving 42 MILLION people without this critical assistance.
October 31, 2025 at 4:55 PM
1 in 8 Americans benefit from SNAP.

But tomorrow, Nov. 1, SNAP will run out of funding for the first time in the program's history. This will mean 42 million people will lose access to this essential program.

Congress must act now to stop it.
Millions of people in the U.S. are about to lose food assistance
afsc.org
October 31, 2025 at 2:45 PM
El Fasher—the last government-held city in Darfur, Sudan—has fallen. Civilians face mass violence, starvation, and displacement.

We stand in solidarity with the people of Sudan, who resist genocide for a just, peaceful future.

We must act now.
Urgent call to stop genocide in Sudan
afsc.org
October 29, 2025 at 8:45 PM