Friends Engage
Quakers and AFSC work together for peace with justice
Learn and Connect
AFSC’s Friends Relations offers a variety of opportunities to learn more about AFSC and the issues we work on across the globe. These resources are great for capital “F” Friends and lowercase “f” friends alike. Help raise awareness and spread the word.
Get Involved
Ready to take action? From nationwide networks to action alerts, there are many ways to work for peace with justice alongside AFSC.
Host an Event
Looking to bring AFSC to your meeting or church? Find out how you can host an AFSC staff person or one of several AFSC-sponsored events.
Making New Worlds: Pursuing Peace with Justice - AFSC's 2021 Corporation program
The American Friends Service Committee invited all Quakers to join us for online events which took place from April 11-15, 2021. What does it mean to dismantle systems to create justice? What is the Quaker historical perspective on working for liberation, and what is the vision of contemporary Quaker organizers? How is AFSC working to end injustice and the institutions that perpetuate it—and create alternatives based on care and a solidarity economy? In these workshops and plenary address, we explored approaches to working toward peace with justice and ways that AFSC and Quakers are striving to build new worlds. Watch the recordings and find supporting resources here.
Quaker Social Change Ministry
Quaker Social Change Ministry (QSCM) is available to all Friends who wish to do Spirit-led, social justice work connected to the work of AFSC. QSCM is a transformative approach that combines Spirit and action, builds covenental relationships, and centers communities most impacted by injustice.
Radical Acting in Faith for White People self-study e-course
A four session e-course for white people of faith to deepen their embodied work for racial justice, self-study version.
Engage in deep, embodied learning and practice with other white people of faith working to end white supremacy. We will build the skills to show up fully, follow BIPOC leadership, speak effectively, and engage in direct action. Join Lucy Duncan, Lisa Graustein, and Mila Hamilton in sessions co-designed by Shanene Herbert and Sharon Goens-Bradley and prepare to take meaningful risks in the struggle for racial justice.
Join our efforts to end the detention of Palestinian children
In 2015, AFSC and Defense for Children International-Palestine launched the No Way to Treat a Child campaign to challenge the Israeli occupation of Palestinians by exposing the systematic ill treatment of Palestinian children in Israeli military detention. Since then, the campaign has mobilized Quakers, other faith communities, and many others across the U.S. to urge Congress to work to stop the detention of Palestinian children and end the occupation. We hope you and your meeting/church will join our efforts!
