Immigrant Rights

Catholic sisters' billboard campaign for immigrant rights

This billboard on Ingersoll avenue in Des Moines is part of a Catholic sisters' campaign for immigrant rights in Iowa.

(Reprinted from a press release. For more info: http://www.facebook.com/catholicsisters)

Art Way

Art Way is Drug Policy Manager for the Drug Policy Alliance.

By Gabriela Flora, AFSC Regional Project Voice Organizer

The criminalization of immigrants continues to reach new heights and enforcement programs expand and justify themselves in the mainstream by saying they are going after “criminals.” Members of Coloradoans for Immigrant Rights, a project of AFSC, have been having some intense discussion on challenging this view that it is ok to target and deport people labeled as “criminals.”

Storyology 2012

Storyology: Digital Storytelling by Immigrants and Refugees returns to Charlotte in 2012! 

 In October 2010, AFSC-NC sponsored an amazing class with local immigrants that included workshops on storytelling, photography, basic video and audio editing, and community building that resulted in powerful 3-5 minute films about each person’s journey.  

 In January and February 2012, we are bringing Storyology to the International House of Charlotte, thanks to a grant from the Arts & Sciences Council.