In 2019 after Canadian Friends Service Committee’s book Are We Done Fighting? Building Understanding in a World of Hate and Division by Matthew Legge came out, Psychology Today offered the organization a blog on its site. Legge, a CFSC staff member, continues to blog for PsychologyToday.com, sharing success stories from social justice work and practical and evidence-based ways to transform conflicts. The latest posts explore conflict strategies, acceptance versus judgment, and surprising research suggesting that people change throughout life much more than they expect to.
CFSC continues to work publicly and behind-the-scenes against the war in Gaza. Together with many partners, the organization is pressing the government of Canada to implement a full two-way arms embargo on Israel, to support the International Criminal Court unequivocally in its decisions, and to otherwise implement Canadian and international law, which would contribute to a just peace.
CFSC has become more active on YouTube in the last year. The group has shared short videos from Indigenous partners explaining what reconciliation means to them as well as videos about alternatives to prisons and the impacts on children when a parent is incarcerated.
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