Acting in Faith with AFSC!

Join AFSC staff and friends for a week of workshops and afternoon events to explore the spiritual grounding for action, the nuts and bolts of organizing, and tangible ways you can work for social change in your community. Get engaged to work for peace with justice on inter-related issues. 

Workshops led by AFSC Staff

Week-long morning workshops at the Gathering include three led by AFSC staff and partners: 

• Interrupting racism through movement and story (Lucy Duncan and Noah White)
• Active Nonviolence for social change (Arnie Alpert & Maggie Fogarty) 
• Social Justice & Photography (Jon Krieg, Bryan Vana, & Nathaniel Doubleday) 

A Series of Afternoon Events

Afternoon events will include: 

• Active nonviolence: Using Nonviolent direct-action campaigns for social change 
• Quaker social change ministry: Embrace Spirit-led activism while accompanying those impacted by injustice
• Bystander Intervention training: Interrupt instances of harassment and violence wherever you are
• No way to treat a child: Support the movement to end the abuse of Palestinian children