American Friends Service Committee

09/01/2026

Join us online every Friday at noon ET/9 a.m. PT, beginning September 4. We’re learning, organizing, and taking action for justice together. We’ll explore how U.S. militarism fuels violence around the world, the global movement to stop Palantir’s surveillance on our communities, and the work of AFSC and others to end the criminalization and repression of free speech. Our first guest this fall will be Muhammad Shehada. Muhammad is a Palestinian researcher, writer, and human rights advocate from Gaza.

08/30/2026

We invite you to read our most recent Annual Report. In it, you can learn more about our work in 2025, and how your support makes a difference. Read the report here.

08/30/2026

It's time for a new season of Action Hour for Palestine! We're learning, organizing, and taking action for justice together. Our first guest this fall will be Muhammad Shehada. Join us online every Friday at noon ET/9 a.m. PT, beginning September 4. https://bit.ly/4yehUTj

Join us online every Friday (12 noon ET/ 9 a.m. PT) to demand an arms embargo on Israel. (The Action Hour is on break in August 2026. We'll be back September 4!)

08/29/2026

AFSC’s California Healing Justice Program has launched a new Restorative Justice Toolkit. In this interview, AFSC’s Fatimeh Khan discusses what restorative justice can look like and how the toolkit can support communities. https://bit.ly/4r2cM2l

In one model of Restorative Justice from the 1960s, C.P. Ellis, a local Ku Klux Klan leader at the time, and Ann Atwater, a Black civil rights organizer, worked together to plan a community discussion about school desegregation in North Carolina. They later became very good friends. Facing History 2...

08/29/2026

In recent times, many people and families in the U.S. are facing deportation or forced return. AFSC staff have launched a new resource, Crossing South, to support people facing forced return. These resources are available in both English and Spanish. https://bit.ly/4daIiFl

Many people and families in the U.S. have had to return to their native countries, either voluntarily or due to deportation. This resource was created to help people prepare so they can make the process as simple and safe as possible, whether they are returning to México, Honduras, El Salvador, Gua...

08/29/2026

Palantir’s AI software centralizes vast amounts of personal data so that governments can track and surveil people. AFSC is calling on communities, companies, and individuals to commit to divest from Palantir. Learn more. https://bit.ly/4ixZ1WD

The company conducts mass surveillance in the service of state violence, from ICE’s deportation machine to the genocide in Gaza.

08/28/2026

Summer is almost over, but it's never too late to start planning for the future. AFSC can help you plan for the future and protect the people and causes that matter most to you. Visit: http://afsc.org/make-a-will

08/27/2026

Check out this new piece detailing the harm caused by Trump’s executive order allowing sanctions to be imposed on the International Criminal Court.

The sanctions regime is designed to pressure judges, prosecutors, and UN officials into making decisions contrary to the law and facts, and “punishing them when they fail to rule or act in accordance with the administration’s preferences,” the complaint states. “It penalizes human rights organizations for providing evidence regarding alleged international crimes and advocating for and supporting victims in their pursuit of justice.” 

This month, AFSC, the Center for Constitutional Rights (Center For Constitutional Rights), Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch), and the Open Society Institute (Open Society Foundations) filed a lawsuit alleging that the Trump administration is illegally sanctioning individuals and organizations affiliated with or assisting the work of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and is criminalizing those who associate with or otherwise support them.

08/19/2026

Yesterday, the State Department announced more sanctions on ICC staff including ICC president Tomoko Akane, a Japanese national, and ICC senior trial lawyer Abdoulaye Seye, who is from Senegal.
 
This comes after the American Friends Service Committee, the Center for Constitutional Rights (Center For Constitutional Rights), Human Rights Watch (Human Rights Watch), and the Open Society Institute (Open Society Foundations) filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration over their targeting of the ICC.
 
This case comes at a moment when we are seeing growing attacks on human rights, civil society, and those who challenge abuses of power. Faith communities and human rights organizations have a responsibility to respond. The courts are one place where we can defend these freedoms, and this lawsuit is but one tool for protecting accountability and justice. We are proud to stand alongside our co-plaintiffs in making that case today.

08/17/2026

Last week, AFSC, Human Rights Watch, Center for Constitutional Rights, and Open Society Institute (Open Society Foundations) filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration over their targeting of the ICC.

Read more from Quakers in Britain:

AFSC argues the Trump administration is illegally sanctioning individuals and organisations working with the International Criminal Court.