Area Office of the Carolinas

A Path to a Sustainable Future
Pilgrimage for Justice and Peace

Thursday, April 9th

Walkers joined AFSC's Project Voice Southeast program in support of immigrant rights.

Schedule of Events

9:30am Office of American Friends Service Cmte.
12pm Guilford College Commons Room ( Founders Hall, 2nd Floor), 5800 W. Friendly Ave.
12:30 Lunch in Guilford Cafeteria & program:
Current Issues & Religious Response to the Stranger

2:30pm Faith Action Intl. House
3:30pm Press conference on local enforcement of immigration law/ 287G/ Sec. Cmties.

4:00pm Walk to the HIVE, 1214 Grove St.
6pm Dinner with Food not Bombs and homeless cmmty.

6:30pm-8pm Community Discussion on impact of 287g/ Secure Communities in our city

For more information on Immigrant Solidarity Committees, please contact Lori Fernald Khamala at LKhamala@afsc.org

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Everybody gets sick, but not everybody

has a chance to get better.

It�s about time.

Not having paid sick days impacts all of us. Come learn more about the growing movement to guarantee all workers the right to paid sick days in North Carolina.

Town Hall Meeting: Monday, March 16, 2009

Co-sponsored by:

American Friends Service Committee and NC Justice Center

Local sponsors and supporters:

Fund for Democratic Communities

NCOSH (North Carolina Occupational Safety and Health Project)

Beloved Community Center

Deep River Friends Meeting

Raise the Wage Campaign

United Auto Workers, Local 5287

You can still show your support!! For more information, visit http://www.ncsickdays.org/.

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Area office of the Carolinas

Program Initiatives

Immigrant Rights

Project Voice Southeast program was established in the fall 2004 as part of the National Project Voice initiative of the American Friends Service Committee to help strengthen the voices of immigrant-led organizations and their allies in setting the national agenda for immigration policy and immigrants' rights. Since the launching of the program, we have engaged in presentations, community forums, workshops, letter-writing campaigns, peace vigils, rallies, and nonviolent marches with recent immigrant and non-immigrant communities who are strongly rooted in the search for unity and justice. We are grounded in the Quaker belief in the inherent worth of every person and faith in the power of love to overcome violence and injustice.The Project Voice Southeast Monthly E-Newsletter was established in December 2005 as a vehicle for Quaker allies and recent immigrant/refugee constituents living in the US South to stay informed and involved with AFSC, Project Voice, and immigrant-rights-related actions in the region. Please write to lkhamala@afsc.org to subscribe to this monthly e-newsletter.

Peace Building & Economic Justice

The Carolinas Peace and Economic Justice program is a community education and peace building program which builds alliances and support networks to create strategic links engaging those working for peace and alternatives to war and violence. We seek to recruit and engage volunteers interested in peace and social justice. By working collaboratively with local communities striving for alternatives to war and militarism, our aim is to increase public understanding of the human and economic costs of war. Additionally, we seek an increase in public awareness of military recruitment practices and alternatives to war and militarism.