American Friends Service Committee South Region

10/14/2026

🛑 STOP THE WAR AGAINST IRAN — FOR GOOD.

Two weeks before the midterm election, we are rallying to demand Georgia senators Ossoff and Warnock take action to stop the illegal war on Iran.

🗓️ When: Tuesday, October 20, 2026
⏰ Time: 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
📍 Where: 117 17th St. NW
Atlanta, GA 30309

This unauthorized conflict that has killed schoolchildren, taken American lives, and driven up prices at home. It’s time for Congress to:
1️⃣ Cut off defense funding for the unauthorized war
2️⃣ Enforce the War Powers Resolution
3️⃣ Release the DoD investigation into the Minab Elementary School strike
4️⃣ Back a durable diplomatic peace agreement and lift broad sanctions

Bring your signs, bring your neighbors, and demand action.

🔗 RSVP here: mobilize.us/atlantaconomicjustice/event/1050397/

10/05/2026

The American Friends Service Committee, a nonprofit organization founded in 1917 by the Quakers, objected to the abuse of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees.

08/12/2026

08/03/2026

As immigration advocates sound the alarm over overcrowding at a Miramar ICE facility, legal experts warn that a new USCIS rule bypassing initial asylum interviews will flood already backlogged courts and fast-track deportations.

07/31/2026

MIAMI, Fla. – After multiple years of delay, the federal government will be held accountable for withholding records confirming that immigrant children – including those separated from their families – were put in harm’s way while detained next to contaminated areas in Homestead, FL.

07/04/2026

07/03/2026

After an unannounced visit to the field office, U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz said that people are spread across four holding pens inside, and that she saw about 70 to 75 men “crammed into a very tiny room.”