Peace

Peace On Purpose

Peace on Purpose Workshop

Janet Seltman, a program committee member for the Empowering Voices for Peace and Justice Program in Pittsburgh, leads a group as they reflect on the US occupation of Iraq.

          On May 21st, 2010, the American Friends Service Committee’s Middle Atlantic Region hosted its first Peace on Purpose conference at Stony Run Friends Meeting House featuring workshops from various Middle Atlantic Region (MAR) programs and partnering organizations that confront and work to resolve issues of conflict, war, and indignities in the United States.  Starting off the conference with a jolt, the Maryland Peace with Justice Program barely began delving into their work facilitating theater workshops in Maryland prisons when a

Quaker to Speak at Crossroads Event

Friday, August 20, 2010 - 11:45am

Crossroads: A Project about Civility

A monthly gathering of Interfaith Alliance of Iowa.  An opportunity to learn, to participate in civil dialogue, and gather with progressive people of faith and goodwill.

(Crossroads will take a break in July and will return in August.)

Speaker:               Charlie Day

Contact Information: 

Please call 515-279-8715 or email info@interfaithallianceiowa.org by Tuesday, August 17.

Patriots' Picnic

Saturday, July 3, 2010 - 11:00am - 2:30pm

Join us for a Patriots’ Picnic

 You are invited to celebrate Independence Day, the freedoms of our democracy and to support the continuing peacemaking work of the American Friends Service Committee. 

Let Freedom Ring! Keep the Faith! Join us and Celebrate with like-minded Patriots!

 

Contact Information: 

Ira Harritt: 816 931-5256

Email: 
IHarritt@afsc.org

Cambodia's Road to Peace

Over the past two years, border tensions between Thailand and Cambodia have led to a number of military confrontations along the border, and a souring of political relations.  On both sides of the border, deeply engrained mutual distrust and historical grievances have fueled these tensions.  Thailand’s domestic political crisis and growing nationalism in Cambodia have both exacerbated the situation.

Kansas City Chalk Walk of EWO 4-10

Chalk art of EWO boots

These “Eyes Wide Open Cost of War combat boots” were drawn by Kansas City AFSC program committee member Mary Vincent for the April 2010 Northeast Arts Chalk Walk Festival.

Intern Brings People Together in Kansas City

Banen Chaney - Kansas City intern 2010

Banen Chaney

Banen Chaney served as an "Organize the Hope" intern with AFSC in Kansas City during the Spring semester of 2010.

By Banen Chaney, former intern with AFSC Kansas City

            First, I will say that this AFSC internship has been a great experience and I feel that it has really helped me grow as a person. My desire of educating individuals on the potential for peace has dramatically increased, and I plan to continue my work, even without the title of “Peace Studies Intern.”

Four for Peace

KC volunteers 2010

AFSC volunteers in Kansas City

AFSC volunteers in Kansas City, from left: Sharon Lockhart, Marianne Rowse, Ron Faust and Mike Murphy.

Volunteers Discuss their Work with AFSC in Kansas City

(Click here http://afsc.org/document/unabridged-interview-afsc-volunteers-kansas-city for the unabridged interview. Compiled in the Spring of 2010 by Jon Krieg of AFSC’s Central Regional Office.)

Jon Krieg: I’d like to begin by asking each of you to introduce yourselves and say why and how you’re involved with AFSC.

Help Increase the Peace (HIP)

The Help Increase the Peace (HIP) program was developed by the American Friends Service Committee staff in Syracuse, New York, in 1991 as a youth-oriented program to address the epidemic of violence in schools. HIP is based on the conviction that nonviolence and participation in our communities can better each of us and our world.

Workshops focus on three themes: options to violence; dealing with racism, prejudices, and our differences; and the belief that we can each participate in our communities to bring about positive social change.

Friend of a Friend

Dominque and Bashi, AFSC staff, present a certificate to Thomas-Bey at his graduation ceremony.

Who we are

AFSC is a Quaker organization devoted to service, development, and peace programs throughout the world. Our work is based on the belief in the worth of every person, and faith in the power of love to overcome violence and injustice. Learn more

Where we work

AFSC has office around the world. To see a complete list see the Where We Work page.

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