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.