OVERVIEW

Help Cancel African Debt

Life Over Debt, a national campaign of the AFSC, highlights the need for immediate cancellation of Africa's debt. In partnership with the Jubilee USA Network, we add our voice to the millions around the globe who call: Drop the debt! Learn more about the campaign and the debt crisis in Africa.

FOR dISCUSSION

Migration and Global Justice: From Africa to the United States

Just Released Life Over Debt Discussion Paper by William Minter discusses how trade gaps and debt traps are powerful push factors for migration of Africans to the U.S.
It concludes with a Framework for Action.  View here (378 KB,PDF)

Take Action

You Spoke and Many Representatives Listened!

"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." 
-- Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

Now we need your Senators to listen! Thanks to actions taken by people like you on the Jubilee Act, we made significant progress. Now, we need your help getting co-sponsors in the Senate--a key step towards making the bill law.

LEARNING TOOLS

Life Over Debt Activist
Tool Kit

Learn about the debt crisis that has impoverished most of Sub-Saharan Africa.
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