Action Alerts
Keep watch. Stay alert. Bear witness. Speak out.
For Mahmoud’s Release:
On March 8, DHS agents abducted Mahmoud Khalil, a U.S. permanent resident and student activist for Palestinian rights, from his New York apartment.
Mahmoud was targeted for his political speech and activism in support of Palestinian freedom, and for demanding an end to the Israeli genocide of Palestinians in Gaza.
He is currently being held in an ICE facility in Louisiana over a thousand miles away from his home and eight-months-pregnant wife, a U.S. citizen. The Trump administration is threatening to deport him.
These are the actions of a fascist government, and we must fiercely resist and speak out, and generate overwhelming public outrage and pressure to ensure Mahmoud’s release and to demand that elected officials and universities start protecting students from the reach of the Trump regime.
Email your elected officials right now and demand that they do everything in their power to secure Mahmoud’s release and protect student activists and immigrants.
No First Use of Nuclear Weapons
With the possibility of a direct war between 2 nuclear armed states looming, it is more imperative than ever that the U.S. adpt a “no first use” policy…meanning that it will be official policy NOT to launch a nuclear strike unless attacked first.
Now more than ever, we need to change our nuclear weapons policies. Instead of fulfilling obligations under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty to move in good faith toward eliminating our nuclear arsenal, the U.S. and other nuclear nations are buliding new, enhanced weapons. Meanwhile climate chaos is heightening global tensions…
Endore Back from the Brink’s effort to insist on a change in U.S. Policy!
No to ICE Prisons in New Hampshire:
According to a leaked memo, the federal Bureau of Prisons is planning on detaining hundreds of immigrants for ICE at the federal prison in Berlin, New Hampshire.
The proposal would mean that more than 500 immigrants facing civil – not criminal – charges would be sent to a medium-security federal prison in one of the northernmost cities in our state, isolated from their families, advocates, and potential legal services.
Together, we can make clear that Granite Staters oppose cruelty toward immigrant communities and that we firmly stand against the Trump administration’s anti-immigrant policies.
Email your U.S. Senators and Representative now and ask them to push back on this proposal and renounce the Trump administration’s plans to use New Hampshire for mass immigrant detention!
Stop Assault Weapons Sales:
2024 has again been a year of mass violence in the U.S., with more and more weapons in the hands of more and more people. These don’t make us safer–but more fearful, less secure and justifiably angry.
Weapons of war don’t belong in civilian hands. We need federal action to restrict the sale of assault weapons (like those used in Nashville, Newtown, Orlando and Pittsburg)–and to keep our communities safe. Urge Congress to act quickly to pass the Assault Weapons Ban of 2023.
UCC Justice & Peace Network
The Justice and Peace Action Network (JPANet) is our denomination’s grassroots advocacy network composed of individual members and local UCC congregations across the country. The JPANet both educates and engages its members in shaping public policy and keeping with God’s vision of a just and loving society. Our work is grounded in General Synod resolutions, consonant with historic UCC witness, and formed by a biblical understanding of prophetic ministry.
UCC Movement for Palestinian Solidarity
Formerly known as the Palestine Israel Network (PIN), this movement within the UCC works closely alongside Palestinian and Israeli partners in their decades-long struggle for justice, peace and human rights. Working to liberate all God’s children for abundant life together, we oppose the occupation and apartheid and seek to end Israel’s US-funded genocide in Gaza.
Climate Change / Acting Together
for the Planet
350NH is a multigenerational movement working to advance a just transition to renewable energy and end our society’s dependence on fossil fuels. We are building the movement for climate justice and working for local and national systemic change.
Our mission is to stop the climate crisis by building grassroots support for a just transition to renewable energy and an end to fossil fuel use and expansion. 350 New Hampshire Action mobilizes voters to elect climate champions and kick fossil fuel money out of politics. We support communities directly impacted by the climate crisis and train young movement leaders to fight for climate justice.
Justice in NH / State House Watch
AFSC’s New Hampshire “State House Watch” newsletter is published weekly during legislative sessions (and occasionally at other times of the year) to bring you information about matters being discussed in Concord including immigration, civil rights, and labor rights. Sign up for their newsletter and learn more about stepping up for justice and a just economy in New Hampshire!
No More Weapons to Israel
There are no words adequate to express the devastation of watching bombs rain down again on the peoples of Gaza–human beings who have already endured more than 17 months of a U.S.-backed genocide. And as this humanitarian crisis deepens again, the Trump Administration continues to send billions in weapons to Israel. This must end now.
Join the call for an end to U.S. complicity. Let your U.S. representatives know that you’re serious about ending arms shipments and the fueling of genocide in Palestine. The petition linked below is organized by the American Friends Service Committee.
