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National Office of Public Policy and Advocacy (OPPA)

National Office of Public Policy and Advocacy (OPPA)

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The Office of Public Policy and Advocacy leads AFSC’s organization-wide efforts to achieve public policy-related goals, carrying the voice of regional AFSC experience across the globe to policy makers in the nation’s capital, and engaging AFSC program staff and constituencies in organization-wide strategies to effect policy change through coordinated local, regional, and national actions.

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  • Take action: Justice for Mahmoud Shaalan
    Mahmoud Shaalan was a 16-year-old high school student who was born and raised in Florida. He was shot by Israeli soldiers at a checkpoint near the Beit El settlement in the...
  • Congress: Vote NO on more war in Iraq and Syria
    Tell your elected officials to stop U.S. military action in Iraq and vote "NO" on any new authorization for the use of military force.
  • Call for lasting peace and justice
    Tell Congress that it's time for a new negotiations process that addresses the deeper structural injustices of the Israel-Palestine conflict and thereby permanently stops...