AFSC Chicago Peacebuilding

We’re baaaaack! Get your abolitionist t-shirt and support our work at the same time. bit.ly/AFSCshirt Artwork by Citlali Pérez and Monica Trinidad (@ForThePeopleChi & @Justseeds) Ps these make great gifts with shipping included on most!

There are 100s of Chicago community members crowded on the first floor of City Council right now demanding a #ceasefire and a free Palestine! This comes after a shameful decision City Councilors to postpone the Ceasefire Resolution.

SATURDAY: join us to remember Refaat Alareer and all martyred Palestinian storytellers #CEASEFIRE_NOW

The Illinois-funded Boeing just expedited shipment of 1,000 bombs to aid Israel's genocide in Gaza! Sign onto our demands that @JBPritzker end his $8.7 million tax break to Boeing now! bit.ly/noboeingdrones BOOT BOEING, FREE PALESTINE 🇵🇸

in Chicago today more than 25,000 people came out to protest against the ongoing genocide in Gaza and demand the end of the occupation and an immediate ceasefire! #FreePalestine

When social workers claim that police are needed during crisis calls, our most vulnerable neighbors are put at risk. @ChiPublicHealth’s Dr. Arwady supports endangering social workers & people in crisis. Take action here: bit.ly/firearwady #FireArwady #TreatmentNotTrauma

🎉We're excited to announce Lewis Webb & Lucy Roberts have been hired to serve as the AFSC’s US peacebuilding director & international peacebuilding director, respectively. They'll be leading our work towards a future free of militarism and violence. More: bit.ly/3GtdnUs

One of our members just spoke about how our campaign started in May 2021 with an action against Boeing's $735 million arms deal to Israel. Since then we helped kick Boeing HQ out of Chi & now we're gonna cancel their $8.7 million IL tax break‼️ Join us: bit.ly/noboeingdrones

Today, 66 environmental, human rights, and civil liberties organizations sent a letter to Georgia prosecutors urging them to drop domestic terrorism charges against #StopCopCity protesters. The charges are a draconian escalation seemingly intended to chill 1A-protected activity.

The police killing of Tyre Nichols remind us: Let’s not forget the lessons of 2020. bit.ly/3HND2bo

Body cams have not reduced police violence. vox.com/policy-and-pol…

Policing is built to control certain communities through violence, and training won’t change that.  nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/ex…

Biden: let's do something on police reform. Reformist reforms don’t work. Diversifying the police force, training, and body cams do not reduce the funding or scope of policing. criticalresistance.org/resources/refo… #SOTU2023

Police violence is unacceptable, and is killing Black people in our communities. We all have a role to play in keeping our communities safe, and that includes "thinking twice" before calling 911 in the first place. Sign the "Think Twice" pledge: afsc.org/action/think-t… #SOTU2023

Biden: let's do something on police reform. There is no justice in policing. Measures under the George Floyd Act wouldn’t have saved George Floyd’s life. theguardian.com/commentisfree/… #SOTU2023

Tyre Nichols' parents are guests at the SOTU. His death reminds us that yes, police are still deadly. afsc.org/news/yes-polic… #SOTU2023

"The tax system is not fair." It's time for corporations and the wealthy to pay their fair share of taxes! We can afford to invest in our communities if billionaires and companies are fairly taxed. #SOTU2023

Biden says he's working to bring prescription drug prices down, so that people can feel "secure." That's what real security is - being able to access healthcare and other basic human needs. That is how we keep our communities safe! #SOTU2023