American Friends Service Committee

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Founded in 1917, the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) is a Quaker organization that promotes lasting peace with justice, as a practical expression of faith in action. Drawing on continuing spiritual insights and working with people of many backgrounds, we nurture the seeds of change and respect for human life that transform social relations and systems.

Apartheid-Free Turns 3: How Communities Across Turtle Island are Cutting Ties with Israeli Apartheid · AFSC US-Palestine Activism 05/31/2026

Join us in celebrating the three-year anniversary of our Apartheid-Free Communities initiative. We'll be joined by Omar Barghouti, co-founder of the BDS Movement for Palestinian Rights. Register now. https://bit.ly/4fbtTe5

Apartheid-Free Turns 3: How Communities Across Turtle Island are Cutting Ties with Israeli Apartheid · AFSC US-Palestine Activism Join Apartheid-Free Communities for an inspiring event of movement-building and story-telling. Learn about how multiple communities across Turtle Island are living into the pledge - from student groups and businesses, to faith groups and congregations. **In commemoration of the initiative's birthday...

Delaney Hall ICE Detainees Take Aim at GEO Group’s Bottom Line - The American Prospect 05/30/2026

The Delaney Hall detention center is run by the for-profit GEO Group. But people in detention are forced to cook, clean, and maintain the facility. For over a week, hundreds of immigrants held at the facility have been on strike.

Delaney Hall ICE Detainees Take Aim at GEO Group’s Bottom Line - The American Prospect Immigrants held at GEO Group’s Delaney Hall in Newark are on a labor strike and a hunger strike, refusing to perform the jobs that keep the place running.

Tell Congress to demand lifesaving aid for Gaza 05/30/2026

Despite a ceasefire, Israel—with support from the U.S.—continues to bomb Gaza and severely restrict food, water, and medicine from entering. We must act now. Urge your representative to stop sending weapons and other military assistance to Israel! https://bit.ly/4fLV4MD

Tell Congress to demand lifesaving aid for Gaza After more than two years of genocide, the humanitarian crisis in Gaza remains catastrophic. It’s been over six months since a ceasefire agreement was announced. But today, Israel—with full support from the U.S.—continues to bomb Gaza and severely restrict food, water, medicine, and humanitari...

Delaney Hall ICE Detainees Take Aim at GEO Group’s Bottom Line - The American Prospect 05/28/2026

The labor and hunger strike at Delaney Hall spotlight the inhuman conditions at the GEO Group run ICE prison.

AFSC's Jenny Garcia says that sometimes GEO Group will “pay” a worker with a soda. Nor are provided the proper tools to work, having to buy supplies from the commissary.

Delaney Hall ICE Detainees Take Aim at GEO Group’s Bottom Line - The American Prospect Immigrants held at GEO Group’s Delaney Hall in Newark are on a labor strike and a hunger strike, refusing to perform the jobs that keep the place running.

Letter with 300 signatures describes 'torture' ICE detainees face in Newark 05/24/2026

In New Jersey, immigrants in detention are organizing for their freedom. Earlier this month, nearly 300 people detained at Delaney Hall signed an open letter describing torture and inhumane conditions at the facility. https://bit.ly/3PmhNnY

Letter with 300 signatures describes 'torture' ICE detainees face in Newark It's appears to be an escalation of detainees' efforts to organize at a facility where an uprising last year resulted in multiple escapes.

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