American Friends Service Committee--Chicago

Context for recent escalation… and what you can do. https://afsc.org/news/5-things-know-about-escalation-middle-east

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Read how Palestinian children in Gaza remember going to school prior to the genocide in this new set of interviews on Gaza Unlocked! (And read more Displaced in Gaza stories there too)

In Gaza, Students Yearn for Life Before War Amid ongoing conflict, young voices from Gaza share their recollections of school days now lost and their hopes for returning to their classrooms one day.

Press coverage of our Interfaith Vigil for Gaza on Tuesday night!

Parallel to DNC, a Chicago interfaith vigil mourns the loss of life in Gaza (RNS) — Activists who have been protesting at the Democratic National Convention over the war in Gaza took time out to mourn and draw strength from their varying faiths.

Join us this Sunday at Alhambra in Chicago.

Join us to honor the memory of Wadee and honor him by standing for the Wadee Resolutuion and demanding a Congressional hearing on Palestinian discrimination. May 19 @ 4:00 pm. First United Methodist Church, 77 W. Washington St., Chicago. REGISTER: https://tinyurl.com/wadeealfayoumi

WEDNESDAY: Learn concrete skills in mental health crisis response so you can avoid calling the police! REGISTER HERE: https://bit.ly/thinktwicewebinar

Thanks to all who have joined our solidarity effort. To learn more visit our site here:

Goals for Gaza Three teenage boys play soccer in front of the tents in Rafah at AFSC's Goals for Gaza tournament in April 2024. AFSC/Gaza

Helpful new resources when considering Divestment for Palestinian rights on our site here:

Divesting for Palestinian Rights Universities and all institutions should withdraw their support of Israeli human rights violations, war crimes, and crimes against humanity.

Learn some concrete de-escalation skills, this WEDNESDAY! Register here: https://afsc.org/events/think-twice-toolkit-building-skills-police-alternatives

Please help us welcome asia maya smith as our new Chicago Peacebuilding Program Director! asia comes to AFSC from working on various abolitionist campaigns in Chicago, and will continue our collective work to dismantle militarism and state violence in our domestic and foreign policy, while building alternatives that contribute to the wellbeing of communities.

New film by Sensitive Visuals about the event we co-organized last month "Looking Heaven in the Eye". Please share widely and continue your creative activism for a ceasefire.

Looking Heaven in the Eye Looking Heaven in the Eye is a short film about an event of the same name organized by friends of Dr. Refaat Alareer in Chicago on December 23, 2023. Dr. Ala...