AFSC - Connecticut
AFSC Annual Dinner
AFSC-CT will hold its Annual Dinner and Silent Auction on Saturday, June 7 from 4:15-9:30pm at the:
Unitarian Society of Hartford
50 Bloomfield Ave
Hartford, CT.
Tickets are $45 pp / $30 students and financial assistance.
Our main speaker will be Joseph Gainza, AFSC Vermont Program Coordinator and member of the National Steering Committee of United for Peace and Justice. He will speak on "Engaging the Spirit for Justice and Peace: The Work of the AFSC. "
We will also honor Wayne Coste of CCPJ and Hope Out Loud, the Workers and Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic at Yale Law School, UE Local 222 CILU/CIPU for Economic Justice with Community Awards for their outstanding work.
Download the flyer for the event. (PDF, 133 KB)
Please contact the AFSC office at Connecticut@afsc.org or at 860-523-1534 for to get tickets, take out an ad in the program book, or to reserve a community group info table.
Bring the Cost of War Exhibit to your community in Connecticut
AFSC-CT is please to annouce a new community organizing tool to help illustrate the cost of the war in Iraq. In addition to the dead and injured of both countries, there are billions and billions of dollars being spent while in the U.S. thousands of people remain homeless, schools fall into dilapidation, children go hungry, and millions remain without health care. To make the billions and trillions more comprehensible, we asked the question "If we had the money from just one day of this war, what could we do instead?" The Cost Of War display responds to this question. It is intended to provoke conversation within our communities.
AFSC-CT will have the display through November and again in 2008 in January, March, and May. Please contact David Amdur at 860-523-1534 or at connecticut@afsc.org to make arrangements if you are interested in exhibiting the display in your community or at any type of public event or gathering.
Logistics: The display requires about 45 minutes to set up. The poles, fully extended, stand about 12 feet tall. Each stand needs about 3 feet in width. There are 10 banners hung on 5 stands. Enough space should be allowed between stands so that flags can be viewed from both sides. Not compatible with significant wind! The bases are weighted and can handle gentle breezes. It is important that someone remain with the exhibit at all times. Along with the banners, AFSC offers brochures with additional Cost of War information that may be handed out. Let us know if you would like the exhibit to come to your community!
For more information about the Cost of war exhibit go to http://www.afsc.org/cost
The community calendar that the AFSC-CT office maintains allows you to add your own events, as well as view others.
The 2008 I Dream a World contest closed April 4th and we have organized the entries for judging. We have a good variety of entries and thank all those who entered for your effort. The judges are all around the state and we hope to complete the judging process by mid-May. Stay tuned to this site for more information.
http://afsc.org/ct/IDream.htm
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