A Philadelphia family just bought their first home with a $10,000 first-time homebuyer grant funded by a group of Quakers It’s part of the congregation’s racial justice plan to redistribute wealth to Black residents in the Germantown area as a form of reparations

A Philly family bought their first home thanks to reparations from Quakers in Germantown

Green Street Friends Meeting, a Quaker congregation in Germantown, pledged to spend $50,000 a year for 10 years as part of its reparations work. It’s helping Black Philadelphians become homeowners.

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Please note the change in plans for tomorrow's vigil! #ICEOut

Please note the change in plans for tomorrow's vigil! #ICEOut

Join us this Friday in Winton, NC to Say No to ICE Violence! Stand in solidarity with immigrants and families, and for human rights. 📍 119 Justice Dr, Winton NC ⏰ 2-4 pm ✍️ Sign up using the QR code 🚌 Carpools and buses are being organized. #MigrationIsAHumanRight #Immigration #ICEOut #Vigil

Great article about our leader, @kzig.bsky.social and Democracy Out Loud! Delighted to be a part of this group that has been meeting for almost 500 consecutive Tuesdays next month! @democracyoutloud.bsky.social religionnews.com/2026/08/12/t...

Not giving up: A group of social justice warriors sustains the resistance with community and meditation

RALEIGH, N.C. (RNS) — Over the past decade, a group of democracy activists with a long history of involvement in social and political causes has found a balm in Buddhist meditation.

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Democracy Out Loud is proud to stand with immigrants and refugees at @weareallamerica.bsky.social's National Refugee Advocacy Days. This week we're urging Congress to restore refugee admissions, defend asylum, protect TPS, and end travel bans. #RefugeeAdvocacyDays #WeAreAllAmerica #TogetherWeRise

Great story, details and reflections about a local group with which I am active, @democracyoutloud.bsky.social Co-founder Karen Ziegler is featured. religionnews.com/2026/08/12/t...

Not giving up: A group of social justice warriors sustains the resistance with community and meditation

RALEIGH, N.C. (RNS) — Over the past decade, a group of democracy activists with a long history of involvement in social and political causes has found a balm in Buddhist meditation.

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The activists with @democracyoutloud.bsky.social admit they haven’t been successful in pushing back the tide of authoritarianism. But they have been able to build one thing that has lasted: a growing community built on care for one another and rooted in meditation. religionnews.com/2026/08/12/t...

Not giving up: A group of social justice warriors sustains the resistance with community and meditation

RALEIGH, N.C. (RNS) — Over the past decade, a group of democracy activists with a long history of involvement in social and political causes has found a balm in Buddhist meditation.

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Activists are seeing and pushing back on big tech's support for deportations. Kudos to @truthout.org and the author for covering it. truthout.org/articles/ice...

ICE and Data Centers Aren’t New, But Face Growing Pushback as They Intertwine

A New Jersey township ordinance is the first in the US reflecting the link between the deportation regime and Big Tech.

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We have a choice about the North Carolina that we want to be...Do we become a place that responds to human suffering with more walls, more detention, and more separation? Or do we choose dignity? Join us to stand for our neighbors and community. #ICEOut #ncpol #ImmigrantRights tinyurl.com/mr3ktjtx

Anti-ICE protesters tell NC lawmakers ‘we will not go back’

Latino advocates and other activists say they oppose plans to build a new immigrant detention camp in North Carolina as Republican leaders at the state and federal level push to ramp up deportations.

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ICE out of North Carolina! On Wednesday hundreds held a rally at the North Carolina Legislative Building in Raleigh to say “NO!” to a proposed ICE detention center in Winton, NC. youtu.be/kEBSDHe7Zc8

ICE Out of North Carolina!

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“It feels like there are people trying to drag us back to a time when some people are seen as less human than other people, and this brutality, this murder, this trafficking that we’re seeing. We say no to it.” Please join us in taking action! Read more at: www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...

Raleigh protesters condemn ICE activity and detention centers

North Carolina advocates held a vigil after two people were shot and killed in mid-July.

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Join us on Wednesday 11am - Noon!

Yes, it’s hot. But we gotta do the work now to get the vote out for the November mid-terms, the most consequential election of our lifetime. Resources are limited and there are lots of doors left (tens of thousands) to knock on. Need people to make phone calls too. #ncpol #WakeDems #NorthCarolina

Show up at the NCGA: 🗓️ Tuesday 6/16 ⏰ 9am 📍 Room 1228/1327 of the Legislative Building Join us to stand up for our vote and our democracy! #ncpol #OurVoiceOurVote #resist #FreedomToVote #NCGA

Forsyth County Democratic Party 🫏 North Carolina@forsythdemsnc.bsky.social · 4mo ago

ATTN: FORSYTH COUNTY, NC They dropped it late Friday night, hoping you wouldn't notice. NC Republicans just released a new version of H.B. 958 — a sweeping rewrite of our election laws — and they put it out over the weekend for a reason. The less attention it gets, the faster they can move it.

NC Democrats highlight impacts on state workers' pay due to years with no state budget - North Carolina Newsline

NC Democrats highlight impacts on state workers' pay due to years with no state budget — North Carolina Newsline

Nearly 1,000 days since the North Carolina legislature passed its last budget, state Senate Democratic leaders gathered to express frustration Thursday morning that the body is still failing to fulfil...

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The NC GOP has spent a full year failing to pass a state budget because their own factions are too busy fighting over internal power. Public services are starving, but leadership is giving interviews bragging that they're "on track.” And in the end, all it will be is corporate tax cuts. #NCPol

Phil Berger lost his primary and in his last 6 months on the job he's now pushing horrifying changes to rig future elections. This will likely sail through the General Assembly this week. Rigging elections is urgent work. The state budget? Forget about it. #ncpol www.myhcdp.com/post/new-nc-...

New NC Bill seeks to restrict voting rights even more

New NC bill will restrict voting rights

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Join the protest against ICE expansion in North Carolina! #ICEOut #Resist #ncpol #protest #ImmigrantRights

The Paperhand Puppet Project brought out the Resistance Butterflies out to Raleigh for May Day today! @50501nc.bsky.social @democracyoutloud.bsky.social @wearencae @paperhandpuppet

Join @aclunc.bsky.social, @democracyoutloud.bsky.social and Stop Detention Centers NC in their rally at the NCGA on Tuesday May 26th at 2pm to stop ICE detention center expansion in NC #Ncpol

Join us to protest a Geo Group prison being converted to an ICE detention center in Winton, new ICE offices in Cary and Charlotte, and other ICE expansion. 📍Outside the NCGA, 16 W. Jones St., Raleigh 🗓️ May 26 ⏰ 2:00PM act.acluofnc.org/a/rallydetce... #ncpol #ICEOUT #MigrationIsAHumanRight

Rally Against ICE Detention Centers in NC

Take action with ACLU!

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The people of Rockingham County broke the machine’s architect. Now we break the machine. Jack & Charlotte are going to grow up in this state. So are your kids, your grandkids. The maps he drew are still in place. The supermajority he built is still standing. But the wall is coming down. Push.

If all planned data centers in North Carolina are built, developers would receive an estimated $450 million in sales tax exemptions each & every year. And with the state’s impending fiscal cliff and the federal government retreating on longstanding commitments, state revenue is especially precious.

The Illinois House passed a bill Wednesday that would restrict future immigration detention centers from being built near schools, churches, day care centers and other community buildings.

Illinois House advances bill restricting immigrant detention centers in neighborhoods

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If we're really serious about democracy, some form of nonviolent civil resistance training should be a part of every school curriculum. @risingorganizers.bsky.social www.risingorganizers.org

Rising Organizers

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“Better to die in Iran for your country and your pride, Then to live in a nation that would ask you to be kind.” Thank You Jesse Welles!

THE POPE: “I hope Trump is looking for an off-ramp. I hope he's looking for a way to decrease the amount of violence, the bombing, which would be a significant contribution to removing the hatred that's increasing constantly.” (H/T @headquartersnews.bsky.social )

Join tomorrow’s mass call to learn how we plan on turning the momentum of No Kings Day into sustained, powerful, and disruptive resistance with two major initiatives.

What’s Next After No Kings 3? · No Kings

On March 28, millions of us made it clear: we don't do kings in America. Our nonviolent movement is only growing. At our March 31 Mass Call, you'll hear from leaders and fellow local activists to cele...

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