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  • "Militarism makes racism OK"

    "Militarism Makes Racism Ok" A Young, Queer Muslim Women Speaks Out (interview with "Fatima")

    "I was the only Afghan in my entire school (and one of two South Asians), and I was forced to take a stance in classes and [other places]. Wherever I went, I faced bigotry and hate."
          
  • Sep 15, 2004
    "Opting Out" Of No Child Left Behind
    Controversial Measure Gives Military Recruiters Access to Your Child's, Name, Address and Personal Information PHILADELPHIA, PA — Many parents feel safely maneuvering through high school is tough enough for young students. Now controversial...
          
  • ‘The feeling of being buried alive’
    AFSC works to end solitary confinement in U.S. prisons By Matthew Lowen Participant at Tucson’s All Souls’ Procession. The first time I heard her tell me matter-of-factly that her son would probably...
          

  •  Chicago Peace Fest
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    Colorado Jan/28 MON Peace Vigil ( Time:  3:00 PM-4:00 PM Title:  Peace Vigil Location:  Colfax and Broadway Denver
          
  •  Kate and Dave’s Friends
    Colorado Description: Arabic Literature Book Group Thursday
          

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    He expressed his condolences to the bereaved families and wished the injured quick recovery.

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  • "AFSC Assessment Trip Report"
    From April 28 to May 6, 2003, three staff members of the American Friends Service Committee traveled through Iraq to assess needs and recommend next steps. They found dire conditions, making a coordinated international response urgent. They also saw...
          
  • "Al Gazalia
    Currently, 650 people call the Al Gazalia squatters' camp their home. This former poultry farm was hit by heavy bombing during the war. Families have moved into remaining buildings or constructed makeshift shelters. AFSC, working with The Organization for Women's...
          
  • "Al Gazalia
    Al Gazalia: Rebuilding Life Among Ruins Currently, 650 people call the Al Gazalia squatters' camp their home. This former poultry farm was hit by heavy bombing during the war. Families have moved into remaining buildings or constructed makeshift...
          
  • "Beyond Rodney King
    Walidah Imarisha, Former Program Assistant, Criminal Justice/Anti-Death Penalty Program, Philadelphia, PA Photo: AFSC After September 11, 2001, police wer e trumpeted as heroes. Far less...
          
  • "Clean Water for Abosoda"
    November 11, 2003 "Thousands have lived without love, not one without water." W.H. Auden The village of Abosoda is located on the Euphrates River, not far from Baghdad, in the Ramadi district of the...
          
  • "Education Not Incarceration"
    Rosita Johnson, Philadelphia Black Radical Congress Photo: AFSC Education Not Incarceration Conference 2002 In April 27, 2002, over 200...
          
  • "Education Not Incarceration"
    Sunshine and Roses Need No Reason to Be! Howard Gibson Deep in the garden...
          
  • "From the National Representative's Desk"
    Photo: Terry Foss, AFSC Dear Friends and Supporters of the Religious Organizing Against the Death Penalty Project (ROADP), my...
          
  • "Globalistas" Tackle Economic Literacy
    by Linda Moussouris & Nancy Teel Globalization and economic literacy? Who really needs any of this? Yet it was such concerns that got us going as a book group dubbed the...
          
  • "Illinois and Maryland Set the Stage"
    Mica Root, National Program Intern, Philadelphia, PA Photo: AFSC Governor Ryan (center),...
          
  • "Legislative Update"
    Sarah Craft, Washigton D.C. Policy Intern Photo: AFSC Protestors...
          
  • "Lyrics on Lockdown..."
    Bryonn Bain and Taij Moteelall, Blackout Arts Collective, Nationwide Photo: Nuri Chandler-Smith...
          
  • "New Strides in Death Penalty Movement"
    Monica Bendykowski, National Program Intern, Philadelphia, PA Photo: CCADP Kevin Stanford as a...
          
  • "Prisoners' Families Organize"
    Human Rights Coalition, Nationwide Photo: AFSC A...
          
  • "Shoes for Al Huda's Children"
    October 30, 2003 On each of our visits to Al Huda—a sprawling squatter community of nearly 3,000 in Baghdad that has sprung up since the war—the children have been our constant companions. They walk with us, practice their few words of English, and...
          
  • "Students Envision a Gentler World"
    Brooke Matschek, Program Assistant, Criminal Justice/Anti-Death Penalty Program, Philadelphia, PA Humanity "must evolve for all human conflict a message which rejects revenge, aggression, and retaliation. The...
          

  • "The Vision" Newsletter, April 2003 - "Regional Updates"

     
  • "War On Terrorism Relies on Criminal Justice System"
    Kazi Touré, New England Regional Office Criminal Justice Program Co-Coordinator, Cambridge, MA Photo: J. Spencer...
          
  • "Water Chlorinators - Campaign of Conscience-Phase II, March 2003"
    Phase II, March 2003 Clean water is a priceless gift. In Iraq, water-borne illnesses take tens of thousands of lives each year as a result of economic sanctions. Clean water is even more crucial for hospital patients, already...
          
  • "Water Treatment Center- Final Report"
    The Bodeja Water Treatment Plant, rehabilitated by the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) and Life for Relief and Development, serves more than 3,000 people in several villages and five schools....
          
  • "We Must Examine Root Causes..."
    Bonnie Kerness, Masai Ehehosi, Jamie Bissonnette, and Dominque Robinson, National Criminal Justice Network Photo: J. Spencer...
          
  • "Wishes at Al Huda"
    Wishes at Al Huda: Children Are Children, Everywhere During the distribution of shoes at the Al Huda squatters community in Baghdad, Rick McDowell and his friend, Shamal Ali, interviewed five youngsters. Shamal asked two simple questions of each...
          
  • "Working to Avert a Crisis"
    December 2, 2003 During this season of thanksgiving and joy in the West, AFSC is stepping up relief efforts to counter the deepening crisis in Iraq. The social safety net and protective housing laws that were in place before the war...
          
  • 'I have come out of the night, and you fed me.'
    Marjorie McClelland on right At the close of the Spanish Civil War in 1939, many supporters of the Loyalist...
          
  • 'Legalization' or 'Amnesty'?
    What's the difference between comprehensive immigration reform , legalization , and amnesty ? Comprehensive immigration reform, legalization, amnesty, earned adjustment, regularization, normalization - all of these terms refer in some way to providing legal status to...
          
  • 'O little ghetto of Bethlehem'
    By Mary Ann Weston This article first appeared on the commentary page of the Chicago Tribune on December 24, 2006. "And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world...
          
  • 'They come for a dream'
    Face-to-face with immigrants' lives by Willie Colón Reyes People are coming here out of desperation. And now there are fewer options to come legally as we [ braceros *]...
          
  • 'Those Who Save One Life.'
    The Email message read, "Can you help me by locating in your records the name of a monastery in France where I was hidden?" It explained that Quakers in the South of France had helped the writer during World War II. Archives staff wanted to help but wondered if there were any...
          
  • 'We plant a tree'
    Hope for peace takes root in Palestine’s rocky soil By MARY ANN WESTON To take his crops to market in nearby Bethlehem, Daoud Nassar has to drive a long, circuitous route to get around...
          

  • 02 Southeast Asia map of trip

     

  • 03 VN Landscape old and new

     

  • 04 Laos AFSC Standpipe

     

  • 05 Laos AFSC Irrigation project with Vilay

     

  • 06 Lao Harvest threshing on rocks

     

  • 07 Laos AFSC Irrigation and field

     

  • 08 Laos threshing on barrel

     

  • 09 Lao Harvest, boy

     

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  • 10 Laos Rice bagging

     
  • 10 Reasons Why the U.S. Must Leave Iraq
    The human cost of war is unacceptable. The U.S. decision to invade and occupy Iraq comes with a horrific price tag: deaths of an estimated 100,000 Iraqis and more than 2,345 occupation troops, including 2,140 U.S. military personnel. The numbers rise...
          
  • 1000 Boots Honor U.S. Soldiers Killed in Iraq
    Lines of army boots filled Chicago's Federal Plaza on Wednesday....
          
  • 109th Congress Closed
    No lame duck vote on the Peru FTA! As the 109th Congress wraps up, elections bring a very different climate to the deliberations of US trade policies.  Public Citizen found that trade emerged as a national election issue with more than 25 paid ads and 115 races using...
          

  • 11 Laos Sengpaseuth clowning around

     

  • 12 Laos Curious kids

     

  • 13 VN Guard boat at shrimp farm

     

  • 14 VN Large AFSC dam

     

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  • 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence : Women's Program : National Office : AFSC
      Email this page 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence We at the AFSC Women's Program would like to express our deep appreciation for your enthusiastic participation in the recent 2003...
          

  • 16 VN AFSC Pump house canal

     

  • 17 VN Pump house works

     

  • 18 VN AFSC Irrigation canal

     

  • 19 Cambodia AFSC Well

     
  • 1949 Relief Efforts in Gaza
    It's often cold and rainy in the Gaza Strip in February, and 1949 was no different. The pelting winter rains had arrived and so had Al Holtz.  ...
          

  • 20 Cambodian fishing village

     
  • 2000 & Beyond
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  • 2002 APEP
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  • 2003 AFSC Africa Initiative Gathering
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  • 2003 AFSC Africa Initiative Gathering
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  • 2003 AFSC Africa Peace Educational Tour
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  • 2003 AFSC Africa Peace Educational Tour
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  • 2003 APEP AIDS Awareness Action Aid Photo Exhibit
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  • 2003 APEP AIDS Awareness Action Aid Photo Exhibit
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  • 2004
    Fall 2004 (selected articles) Quaker Action, Fall 2004 (PDF, 18.3 MB) Bridges of Respect AFSC Facilitates Dialogues on Controversial Issues...
          
  • 2004 AFSC Peace Tour
    Baba Jallow from the Gambia and Father Rick Bauer, Maryknoll Priest in Namibia VA, GA, FL, LA, MS, NC      ...
          
  • 2004 AFSC Peace Tour
    Baba Jallow from the Gambia and Father Rick Bauer, Maryknoll Priest in Namibia VA, GA, FL, LA, MS, NC    ...
          
  • 2005
    October 25 , 2005 Candlelight Vigil for 2,000 US Soldiers Killed in Iraq December 31, 2005 Resolution for Peace        ...
          
  • 2005
    Fall 2005 (selected articles) Quaker Action, Fall 2005 (PDF, 5.67 MB) Starting over AFSC responds to the needs of hurricane survivors...
          
  • 2005 Ethiopia Reconciliation Gathering
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  • 2005 Ethiopia Reconciliation Gathering
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  • 2005 G-8 Summit
    Outcomes and Reactions The Group of Eight wealthiest nations meeting concluded on July 8th. At the conclusion of the four day summit the American Friends Service Committee joined with our global partners and debt cancellation campaigners around the globe in expressing our...
          

  • 2005 Interns

     
  • 2006
    Fall 2006 (selected articles) Quaker Action, Fall 2006 (PDF, 2.20 MB) 'They come for a dream' Face-to-face with immigrants' lives...
          
  • 2006 PA Festival in Gaza
    Gaza Festival, PA group performing. Photo: Ibraheem Khadra. For the first time QPYP in Gaza decided to have a festival at the end of the current Public Achievement cycle. One month ago the staff and participants felt that...
          
  • 2007
    Fall 2007 (selected articles) How would you spend $720 million? New exhibit reveals the economic cost of the Iraq war Reflections at 90 Stories of AFSC’s...
          

  • 2007 Program Highlights

     
  • 2007-Nobel-Peace-Nomination
    AFSC NOMINATES COLOMBIAN PEACE GROUPS FOR NOBEL PEACE PRIZE PHILADELPHIA (February 7) – The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), a Quaker humanitarian service organization, has nominated two Colombian groups for the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for their extraordinary commitment to...
          

  • 2008 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Email to a friend IFCOs 40th anniversaryBerkeley Fellowship...');"" onMouseOut=""javascript:hideEventDetailsBox();"" style=""font-family:Arial

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  • 2008 Olive Harvest Delegation November 8-22, 2008
    Participants of the Legacies of 1948: Sixty Years of Searching for Justice delegation in May, 2008. Join the American Friends Service Committee and...
          

  • 21 Cambodia AFSC rain water jar

     

  • 22 Cambodia farmer with buffalo

     

  • 23 Cambodia village boy in AFSC shirt

     

  • 24 Cambodia AFSC loan pig behind village meeting

     

  • 25 VN Treasurer of micro borrowing group

     

  • 26 VN AFSC loan vegetable stall

     

  • 27 VN Market fish

     

  • 28 VN Teamnet, individual

     

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  • 29 VN Two Teams pulling AFSC loan net

     

  • 30 VN Houseboats

     

  • 31 VN Nhuyen Thi Thoa on her boat

     

  • 32 VN Boy with AFSC micro loan cats

     

  • 33 VN Another boy with cat

     

  • 34 Laos AFSC School at Bam Baomphan village

     

  • 35 Laos Modern magic

     

  • 36 Laos Teacher in minoirty village

     

  • 37 VN Scholarship family

     

  • 38 VN Kids & Women's Union Chief

     

  • 39 Laos Mai village US bomb casing

     

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  • 40 Laos Ann at Mai district village

     

  • 4000th

     

  • 4000th : Human Cost of War : Wage Peace : AFSC

      

  • 41 VN Checking out the strangers

     
  • 50,000 Marching : Peace Communities : Colombia : AFSC
    Indigenous "Great March for Life, Happiness, Justice, Equity and Freedom" Underway in Colombia : Nearly 50,000 Marching Photo: El Pais...
          
  • 6th WTO Ministerial in Hong Kong, December, 2005
    Alter in memory of Lee Kyung Hae, the South Korean who committed suicide on the protest line against the WTO in Cancún. Photo: Jessica Walker Beaumont , AFSC...
          
  • 90th Anniversary Reflection
    There are 39 reflections submitted. Gratitude for the Friends Attitude From: Thoburn Thompson in Albert Lea, MN Dear Friends, It is a privilege to read some of the memories listed. In a world of hate and arrogance, the Friends tradition is as important as ever....
          
  • 90th Anniversary Reflections
    Please add your memories to ours by writing your thoughts (or otherwise expressing yourself) for inclusion in our 90th Anniversary Supporter's Scrapbook to be displayed during our anniversary celebrations. More about the scrapbook> There...
          
  • 90th Anniversary Reflections
    Please add your memories to ours by writing your thoughts (or otherwise expressing yourself) for inclusion in our 90th Anniversary Supporter's Scrapbook to be displayed during our anniversary celebrations. More about the scrapbook> There...
          
  • 90th Anniversary Reflections
    Please add your memories to ours by writing your thoughts (or otherwise expressing yourself) for inclusion in our 90th Anniversary Supporter's Scrapbook to be displayed during our anniversary celebrations. More about the scrapbook> There are 39...
          
  • 90th Anniversary Reflections
    Please add your memories to ours by writing your thoughts (or otherwise expressing yourself) for inclusion in our 90th Anniversary Supporter's Scrapbook to be displayed during our anniversary celebrations. More about the scrapbook> There...
          
  • 90th Anniversary Reflections
    Please add your memories to ours by writing your thoughts (or otherwise expressing yourself) for inclusion in our 90th Anniversary Supporter's Scrapbook to be displayed during our anniversary celebrations. More about the scrapbook> There...
          
  • 90th Anniversary Reflections
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  • 90th Anniversary Reflections
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  • 90th Anniversary Reflections
    Please add your memories to ours by writing your thoughts (or otherwise expressing yourself) for inclusion in our 90th Anniversary Supporter's Scrapbook to be displayed during our anniversary celebrations. More about the scrapbook> There are 39...
          
  • 90th Anniversary Reflections
    Please add your memories to ours by writing your thoughts (or otherwise expressing yourself) for inclusion in our 90th Anniversary Supporter's Scrapbook to be displayed during our anniversary celebrations. More about the scrapbook> There are 39...
          
  • 90th Anniversary Reflections
    Please add your memories to ours by writing your thoughts (or otherwise expressing yourself) for inclusion in our 90th Anniversary Supporter's Scrapbook to be displayed during our anniversary celebrations. More about the scrapbook> There are 39...
          
  • 90th Anniversary Reflections
    Please add your memories to ours by writing your thoughts (or otherwise expressing yourself) for inclusion in our 90th Anniversary Supporter's Scrapbook to be displayed during our anniversary celebrations. More about the scrapbook> There are 39...
          
  • 90th Anniversary Reflections
    Please add your memories to ours by writing your thoughts (or otherwise expressing yourself) for inclusion in our 90th Anniversary Supporter's Scrapbook to be displayed during our anniversary celebrations. More about the scrapbook> There are 39...
          
  • 90th Anniversary Reflections
    Please add your memories to ours by writing your thoughts (or otherwise expressing yourself) for inclusion in our 90th Anniversary Supporter's Scrapbook to be displayed during our anniversary celebrations. More about the scrapbook> There are 39...
          
  • 90th Anniversary Reflections
    Please add your memories to ours by writing your thoughts (or otherwise expressing yourself) for inclusion in our 90th Anniversary Supporter's Scrapbook to be displayed during our anniversary celebrations. More about the scrapbook> There are 39...
          
  • 90th Anniversary Reflections
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  • 90th Anniversary Reflections
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