People who immigrate to the U.S. come here to find safety and opportunity and contribute to our communities. We should be welcomed with dignity, not demonized.

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Update: 11 more people have been killed as the Trump administration’s lawless strikes at sea continue, bringing the death toll to at least 135. Congress has a responsibility to rein in this immoral, illegal abuse of military force. No more murder on the high seas!

A group of U.S. and Iranian religious leaders recently made a joint call to avoid war and instead choose diplomacy, human rights, and peace. "If action to transform violent conflicts is not taken now, the horrors of war and devastation will spread ... We can not allow that to happen.”

The Trump administration’s lawless killing spree continues with three more maritime strikes—two in the Pacific and one in the Caribbean. 11 more people reportedly killed. No amount of terrorism talk renders this slaughter lawful.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson will be remembered not only for his civil rights work, but for his prolific peace activism. Here he is at a rally opposing the Iraq war in 2003, advocating for "coalition over co-annihilation". (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

"Eighty years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the world needs to end the next nuclear arms race before it starts."

Two ICE Agents Face Criminal Probe over Lying to a Jury After Shooting a Venezuelan Immigrant in Minnesota

“Faith, like community, is not a passive noun but an active discipline, practiced in how we place our bodies, our voices, and our resources in service of our neighbors.”

"As they say, acting in community is the antidote to discouragement. I really felt that this week."

As the political standoff in Congress drags out, we continue to be inspired by the advocacy of people across the country who have showed up in a historic way for their neighbors in the face of ICE terror.

“Love Forward Together”: Faith Leaders in North Carolina Launch 50-Mile March for Social Justice

"True security is rooted in justice, not fear. "We hold those harmed in the Light, and we demand a budget and guardrails that reflect our shared humanity."

Shadi Khoury, a 16-year-old Palestinian student from Ramallah Friends School, has endured abuse in Israeli detention & is facing years in prison for allegedly joining a protest. We are holding him & his family in the Light. The U.S. must hold Israel accountable to upholding the rights of children.

🚨The Senate could vote TODAY on legislation that includes funding for ICE and Border Patrol. 📣This is a crucial moment to keep up the pressure and make our voices heard: Not another dollar for ICE's terrorization of our communities! ☎️ Call Congress: fcnl.quorum.us/campaign/154...

According to U.N. experts, ICE violence and killings in Minnesota could constitute "gross violations of international human rights law." They are calling for "immediate de-escalation, respect for the right to life and fundamental freedoms, and clear accountability."

Current federal policy toward children has caused significant harm. Here are just some of the ways Trump’s ICE has terrorized thousands of children, like five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, since the administration took office.

🚨The Senate could vote TODAY on legislation that includes funding for ICE and Border Patrol. 📣This is a crucial moment to keep up the pressure and make our voices heard: Not another dollar for ICE's terrorization of our communities! ☎️ Call Congress: fcnl.quorum.us/campaign/154...

The voting rights of millions of Americans are once again under threat -- particularly for young people and people of color. ⬇️ Congress must once again reject the "SAVE Act" and safeguard the right to vote for all. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...

The Trump administration is continuing its murderous campaign of boat strikes, killing at least two more people on Monday. Abusing military force to execute civilians merely alleged of a crime is an appalling moral outrage. Congress must end this senseless, lawless violence.

👏🙏 One year ago today, Quakers joined an interfaith lawsuit representing millions of Americans seeking to stop the Trump administration’s policy allowing ICE raids at houses of worship. The case remains in appeals, and our advocacy to protect sensitive community locations continues. (More ⬇️)

New: We joined faith communities from across the U.S. urging Congress to reject the Trump administration’s collective punishment of the Cuban people. "We reject any approach that seeks to impose political outcomes through coercion or treats human suffering as leverage."

The Pentagon already has an obscene TRILLION $ budget. The last thing we need is MORE wasteful, immoral spending on militarism. 📣Instead, Congress should be "investing in food security, transit, healthcare, quality education that improves human security and everyday Americans’ quality of life.” 👇

We are deeply alarmed by the Trump administration’s escalation of the U.S. fuel blockade on Cuba. This is an immoral policy of collective punishment that threatens to cause widespread human suffering, particularly for the most vulnerable like children and elderly people.

"From conscientious objectors, pacifists, and abolitionists to refusing barriers based on identities, Quakers have a strong history of living into the testimony of integrity." Integrity calls us to continue confront and tell the truth — even when those truths are uncomfortable.

Powerful! FCNL Diaspora Organizer Maggie Jean wrote about her experience organizing members of her Haitian community in Georgia to action and made thier voices heard. 👏⬇️

“When an individual is protesting society's refusal to acknowledge his dignity as a human being, his very act of protest confers dignity on him.” -- Bayard Rustin #BelovedCommunity #BlackHistoryMonth

"Statistics say this is a time of disconnection." "The past couple of months, however, have shown that huge numbers of Americans do love their neighbors—enough to show up in frozen streets, confront armed federal agents, and even risk death." #LoveThyNeighbor Via @theatlantic.com: buff.ly/Uvl1hRd

This week, we crossed a dangerous threshold into a world without nuclear arms control. This moment must be a wake up call that spurs a renewed commitment to cooperation over catastrophe. There is no time to lose. The stakes are far too high for inaction.

“I don’t miss the world my parents grew up in, where the specter of a World War defined our every waking moment," @emlbelcher.bsky.social writes. For the sake of future generations, we must not allow that past to become our future.

This week, a judge halted the Trump admin.'s attempt to end Temporary Protected Status for thousands of Haitians in the U.S. — bringing some relief for families who have contributed to their communities for years. Yet for many Haitians, the fear of deportation continues to shadow their lives.

Today, the world crosses a dangerous threshold. The last remaining nuclear arms control agreement between the U.S. and Russia has been allowed to lapse. The expiration of New START does not make a new nuclear arms race inevitable — but it makes the path toward one far easier and more dangerous.

Recent college & grad school alumni: Work for 6 to 9 months with 1 of over 2 dozen NGOs in DC on international peace & security issues, including nuclear arms control, peacebuilding, & diplomacy. Apply by Feb. 27 to @scovillepf.bsky.social for the fall '26 semester. scoville.org

Thank you @carson.house.gov for your continued commitment to justice for American-Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. Congress must "honor Shireen’s unwavering commitment to truth and press freedom" through action to prevent future attacks on journalists, @hassaneltayyab.bsky.social said.

The no-bid contract for the weapons known for high civilian death tolls is the largest of its kind in available government records.

"War is not an abstract chess game ... War is people dying, it is families receiving phone calls that change them forever." 📣 "Most Americans do not want endless war, and most people on Earth do not want it either." #WarIsNotTheAnswer

The expiration of the last remaining U.S.-Russia nuclear weapons treaty is both a strategic + moral failure. The last thing our country - and our planet - needs is a new nuclear arms race. ⬇️

New: The Trump admin.'s crackdown in Minnesota "is not only flouting the Constitution," but also "international human rights obligations that prohibit the use of racial and ethnic profiling, extra-judicial killings and unlawful use of force against protesters and observers," the @aclu.org warns.

Last week, Sen. Rand Paul asked Sec. of State Rubio a simple question: If a foreign power came onto U.S. soil, killed U.S. citizens, and captured the president, would the U.S. consider that an act of war? As Donovan Martin writes, Rubio's refusal to answer it was deeply telling.⬇️

In an op-ed for @thedailybeast.bsky.social, Ploughshares President @emlbelcher.bsky.social details why we should pay attention to historical precedents of arms control, nuclear guardrails, and diplomacy. https://loom.ly/3a52z64

"Statistics say this is a time of disconnection. Minnesota’s response to ICE shows otherwise." #LoveThyNeighbor 👏 www.theatlantic.com/family/2026/...

Today, the world crosses a dangerous threshold. The last remaining nuclear arms control agreement between the U.S. and Russia has been allowed to lapse. The expiration of New START does not make a new nuclear arms race inevitable — but it makes the path toward one far easier and more dangerous.

"Statistics say this is a time of disconnection. Minnesota’s response to ICE shows otherwise." #LoveThyNeighbor 👏 www.theatlantic.com/family/2026/...

The pressure is working, but make no mistake: this "drawdown" would still leave thousands of federal immigration agents on the streets of Minneapolis, around four times the size of the city's current police force. These agents continue to sow chaos, and Congress needs to rein in these agencies now.

The military is still in our streets. This has and will continue to cost hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars. We need this money to feed families and provide kids with the education they need.

Hundreds of thousands of people have died needlessly as a result of Pres. Trump's cruel aid cuts. Now, leading experts are warning that millions more could die by 2030. We can't bring back the lives lost. But we can forge a new path & save countless futures by restoring live-saving aid. ⬇️

NEW: The New Mexico legislature just passed the Immigrant Safety Act to ban public ICE detention contracts, terminate existing contracts, and prohibit police from collaborating with ICE. This is a huge win. End ICE detention everywhere.

🚨 Did you know? The last remaining nuclear weapons treaty between the U.S. and Russia is set to expire tomorrow. As Pope Leo XIV warns, "The current situation requires that everything possible be done to avert a new arms race that would further threaten peace among nations." ⬇️

Over decades of advocacy together, we’ve made a lot of hopeful progress toward stopping endless wars and reasserting Congress’s war powers. Let’s keep at it! 👏 🕊️ Thank you @khanna.house.gov for your message of support!

Today, as Gaza continues to be stuck in a bloody limbo, we are turning our website over to Gaza and its people in an initiative we are calling “A Day for Gaza.” There will be no pieces published on our website today that do not come directly from Gaza.