American Friends Service Committee

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The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) "carries out service, development, social justice, and peace programs throughout the world. Founded by Quakers in 1917 to provide conscientious objectors with an opportunity to aid civilian war victims, AFSC's work attracts the support and partnership of people of many races, religions, and cultures." [1]

Directors [3]

Board Officers

Board of Directors

Contact

Web: http://www.afsc.org

Articles/Books

  • Michael Cary, "Faith-Based Imitative in the New Deal: Clarence Pickett, the American Friends Service Committee, and the Subsistence Homestead Program" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association 67th Annual National Conference, The Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, IL, <Not Available>. 2009-05-22
  • Chuck Fager, ed., Quaker Service at the Crossroads: American Friends, The American Friends Service Committee, and Peace and Revolution (Kimo Press, 1988).

Resources and articles

Related Sourcewatch articles

References

  1. About, American Friends Service Committee, accessed July 7, 2007.
  2. All Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, Nobel Prize, accessed September 17, 2007.
  3. AFSC Board Members and Officers, American Friends Service Committee, accessed July 7, 2007.