The American Friends Service Committee Youth Programs involve young people in all aspects of the organization's work. The Youth Programs seek to influence young people and be influenced by them, especially regarding their thinking about key issues of peace and justice. The programs develop youth leadership in order to enhance movements for justice, peace and the empowerment of oppressed peoples as well as build bridges of understanding and active alliances among young people from diverse backgrounds and perspectives.
Programs
Women's Program
The work of the American Friends Service Committee Women's Program is to strengthen the capacity of...
Building peace
The Peacebuilding and Conflict Transformation Goal reflects AFSC’s commitment to the Quaker Peace...
Immigrant rights
AFSC is working for U.S. immigration policy that protects the human rights of all people. We...
Addressing prisons
Early Quakers were leaders in the prison reform movements in England and later in colonies such as...Just economies
AFSC's economic justice goal area helps people meet basic needs for food, shelter, sustenance,...Providing Peaceful Alternatives for Youth
AFSC has youth programs in the United States and in Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East.
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