Every spring, AIUSA hosts an Interfaith Action in support of critical human rights work. Across the country, faith communities are encouraged to come together to build community and take action, as they break fasts, break bread and observe major holidays. This year, faith-based groups are invited to take action on two of Amnesty International’s priority campaigns.
ON PRIORITY CAMPAIGNS
Dismantle the Mass Deportation Machine & End Family Detention
Immigration detention has long been a stain on the U.S. human rights record. But under the Trump administration, this cruelty has been taken to new extremes.
As part of the current administration’s broad attacks on immigrant communities, including militarized enforcement, mass deportations, and increased surveillance, ICE has resumed the cruel practice of family detention. Under this revived policy, ICE places children—including infants and toddlers—in detention alongside their parents, where families wait to see if ICE will remove them from the U.S. or if they will be granted protection and be allowed to remain in the country.
End Israel’s Genocide Against Palestinians in Gaza
For over two years, we’ve watched in devastation as tens of thousands of people have been killed, families ripped apart, hostages taken into captivity, and lives upended amid the ongoing violence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel.Â
Amnesty continues to call for an arms embargo and an end to Israel’s genocide in Gaza. We will continue to work to ensure that Israel lifts the unlawful blockade of Gaza, ends its illegal occupation, and dismantles its apartheid system over the Palestinian people.
No matter your faith, AIUSA’s Spring Interfaith Action is an opportunity to make your voice heard and demand all governments respect the human rights of people seeking safety and civilians in conflicts around the world.
Sign up to host or join a human rights iftar, seder, Lenten supper, or any interfaith community meal and conversation on human rights. We encourage communities to come together, within or across faiths, to share a meal, learn about the issues, and take action. Together, we can demand all human rights be protected—for everyone.
No matter your faith or what you have planned, when you sign up you will receive support and guidance on how to organize interfaith activism, and materials from AIUSA. If you aren’t sure how you’d like to participate, that’s okay! Sign up, and we’ll help you plan. When we take action together, our voices are amplified. Sign up to join this season of activism!
Faith in Action Network
Amnesty International USA’s (AIUSA’s) Faith in Action Network is open to all faiths and engages faith-based groups across the country in grassroots activism for human rights.
Across the United States, many faith-based groups and faith communities come together to strengthen their neighborhoods and serve the needs of their wider communities. Faith-based groups have a unique role to play in this important work. In the United States, faith-based groups can have a big influence on decision makers and lawmakers, especially when groups are uplifting the same message at the same time.
AIUSA provides faith-based groups with:
- A calendar of activism opportunities
- Learning opportunities, training, and activism resources
- Connections with other faith communities and human rights activists
Sign up here to get started!
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