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End child detention: Shut down Homestead detention center!

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Key Issues

Ending discrimination

Defending immigrant rights

Ending mass incarceration

Building economic justice

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Tell Congress: Protect TPS, DED, and DACA and create a roadmap to citizenship for all immigrants!

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Close the Homestead Child Detention Center! 

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End the blockade on Gaza

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Cut funding for ICE and CBP!

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Resources

Do's and Don'ts for Bystander Intervention

AFSC alumni edition

Quaker Action: AFSC Alumni (Spring 2019)

AFSC Annual Report 2018

Blog Posts

Why it's time to shut down Homestead detention center

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What you need to know about the bombings in Gaza

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Why we must cancel Somalia’s debt

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A stronger chance at life after prison

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Projects and Campaigns

Gaza Unlocked - Help lift the blockade

Shut Down Homestead Detention Center!

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Sanctuary Everywhere - Highlighting spaces of refuge

staff joined the San Diego Muslim Community in a candlelit vigil at San Diego's Balboa Park

Communities Against Islamophobia

AFSC In the News

Apr 10, 2019

Effective disaster preparedness keeps community at its center

Apr 9, 2019

If Congress Wants to Keep America Safe, Funding CBP is the Last Thing it Should Be Doing

Mar 30, 2019

A year after the Great March of Return, Palestinians are still fighting for freedom

Mar 26, 2019

New Jersey Is Addicted to ICE

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