Toward Peace and Justice

Dear Friend,

I am Mark Graham, AFSC’s Director of Communications. While our General Secretary Shan Cretin is traveling to visit AFSC’s programs in Asia, I have the privilege of updating you on our work for peace. 

Dear Friends,

Tomorrow is the last day to file your federal taxes for 2012. For Tax Day this year, AFSC is working hard to make clear how the choices in our federal budget affect communities across the U.S. Like you, AFSC wants:

Towards Peace and Justice: March 2012, Caroline Isaacs Picture

This month’s program update conference call will feature Caroline Isaacs, AFSC’s Program Director in Tucson Arizona. Caroline recently released a 100-page report detailing problems in that state’s private prisons.  Already the report has received national attention, and had an impact on policy in Arizona.

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Building Foundations for Lasting Peace

Dear Friend,

At AFSC we believe that lasting peace is built on a foundation of respect for the diverse cultures and experiences that enrich our global family. We tap all kinds of resources—physical and spiritual—to share personal stories, create digital connections, and honor the creativity with which people everywhere work to transform the scourge of violence in their communities and their countries.

Dear Friend,

Monday, February 13, President Obama is expected to release his proposed federal budget, kicking off the annual discussion of how the US spends money. As you know, last year’s process was short on solutions and long on partisan, misleading, often ugly, debate. Unfortunately, we believe this year likely will be worse.

Young boys in Dadaab.

You can learn more about our work by going to our program updates page. There you can learn about our monthly program update call series and watch videos by our staff about their work.

Dear Friends,

At this time each year we reflect on the work we did during the past twelve months, and report to our supporters on the progress made by the amazing people our staff work with all around the world each day. Please take a minute to read our 2011 Highlights and see how important the work of the American Friends Service Committee has been in so many people’s lives.

IHTD video screen shot

If I Had a Trillion Dollars Youth Film Festival.

Dear Friends,

We live in a world of stark contrasts. 

Peace for Afghanistan

Peace for Afghanistan by Patricia Sotarello & AFSC Chicago Summer Institute Students. From AFSC's Windows and Mirrors Exhibit.

Dear Friends,

Today marks the 10^th anniversary of the war in Afghanistan, the longest war in US history.

Most Americans are just beginning to grasp the devastating effects of this war—not only on the people of Afghanistan who will be grappling with the consequences for years to come—but on those we sent to fight, on our economy, and on our social and educational services here at home.