Empowering Voices for Peace and Justice

June is Torture Awareness Month!

Taking off the Hood

Join us June 23, 7pm at Pittsburgh Friends Meeting house.
Updates on the torture front - Coffeehouse and Discussion

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Eyes Wide Open Across Pennsylvania

Eyes Wide Open is the AFSC’s widely-acclaimed exhibition on the human cost of the Iraq War.

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The Human Cost of War:

Listening to Voices of Iraq Veterans and Their Families

Using a team of trained listeners, the AFSC PA Program has interviewed veterans, as well as their family and community members, about their experiences, concerns about returning home and difficulties being re-integrated into society.

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Download the report (PDF, 240 KB) 



Rev. James D. McManus - The Civil Rights Years:
The Movement in Microcosm

While there are many nationally recognized heroes of the Civil Rights Movement, little is known of the unheralded rural and small town activists. The Rev. J.D. McManus was one such activist who struggled to make Civil Rights a reality in his corner of the nation.  His amazing story is told in the new book by Paul Wahrhaftig and gives us new insights into the realities of organizing for and implementing civil rights in the rural and small town South.

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Upcoming Events

June 23: "Taking of the Hood": Coffeehouse discussion on torture.
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Contact Us:

Scilla Wahrhaftig
Program Director

7514 Kensington St.
Pittsburgh, PA 15221

Phone

(412) 371-3607

Email
swahrhaftig@afsc.org