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Cut Military Spending, Fund Human Needs

Monday, April 15 -- 7 to 9 am and 3 to 6 pm

Join AFSC, United for Peace and Justice, BFay Area New Priorities Campaign, and other groups to distribute informational flyers at BART stations: Balboa Park, Glen Park, 24th Street Mission, 12th Street Oakland Center, 19th Street, MacArthur, Rockridge, Laafayette, Walnut Creeek, Pleasant Hill, Concord, Fruitvale, North Berkeley, El Cerrito Plaza, El Cerrito Del Norte.

Capitol for sale

Protesters put words to the obvious at the U.S. Capitol.

February 15, 2013 marked the 10th anniversary of what may have been the biggest protest against war in human history. Hundreds of events involving tens of millions of people coordinated actions under the banner "No War On Iraq" took place across the planet. These included rallies and marches in Cleveland and Akron, among many other locations around Ohio.

KC Budget forum

AFSC in Kansas City reflected on MLK and the U.S. budget debate

By Ira Harritt, program coordinator in Kansas City

“This is America’s opportunity to help bridge the gulf between the haves and the have-nots. The question is whether America will do it.”
~Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in his last Sunday sermon, Remaining Awake through a Great Revolution  

Dr. King’s question is still before us. We still have the ability to bridge this gulf, even though it has been growing larger and larger, especially in the past 30 years.  

Harrington Hall Homeless Shelter

Harrington Hall Shelter housing about 100 men each night in one big room.

I write with a heavy heart.  A cold wind blows out of the north and the temperature is dropping.  A few nights ago, when RI did it’s “Point in Time” count, 996 people were homeless.  So far this year, 214 families, with 385 children, have been sheltered – up from 159 last year.  Last year, in Massachusetts, 16,664 were homeless when that count was done.  (Click here for images from the RI Press Conference on