Iowa Program
Kathleen McQuillen, AFSC Iowa Program Coordinator, will be traveling around the state this Spring speaking on work for peace and justice in Palestine/Israel. The tour is organized by the Iowa Chapter of the Methodist Federation for Social Action. For more info, check out this flyer. (PDF, 76K)Keeping the hope for peace alive
Recently, about 30 Iowans encouraged President Obama and Vice President Biden not to send more troops to Afghanistan. For a photo collage, click here.
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A Palestinian Christian who refuses to call any person his enemy, Daoud Nassar (shown above) recently completed a speaking tour of Iowa under the sponsorship of AFSC's Iowa Program.
To watch a Youtube video of portions of Daoud's presentation, click here. For more information about Daoud's work for peace, please visit http://www.tentofnations.org/ and http://www.fotonna.org/.
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Dr. Lee Tesdell recently spoke about his experiences in Palestine. Check out
Roger Rouths' video here.
To read a recent interview with Sandra Sanchez, click here (PDF, 56K). For a recent interview with Jody Mashek, click here (PDF, 176K)
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AFSC announces a new Middle East Peace Education Project blog!
Please check it out! To subscribe to the blog, contact Kathleen
McQuillen.
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Friendly, Affordable Office Space for Rent!
Located at 42nd and Grand Avenue in Des Moines, Friends House currently has an affordable basement office to rent. Please contact Jon Krieg at 515-274-4851, ext. 10 for more info.For information on the Iowa Peacebuilding program, click here. For info on the Iowa Immigrants Voice Project, go here.
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To check out videos from recent peace and justice events in Central Iowa, please visit Rodger Routh's YouTube channel.