American Friends Service Committee

... Lewis Hoskins on behalf of the American Friends Service Committee and Shrinavala Sarma on behalf of the “Professors at the University of Madras”. ...  

The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) is pleased to nominate for the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize Aminatou Haidar of the Western Sahara. ...  

The United Nations suffers from a number of fatal flaws that render the organization incapable of fulfilling its mandate to address international peace and security, former United States Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton told a large audience of students, faculty and community members...  

MTV’s hi-def channel Palladia has acquired the U.S. TV rights to air highlights from the “Peace One Day Supported by Ben & Jerry’s” concert Oct. 18 at 9 p.m. The concert, which took place at the Royal Albert Hall in London on Sept. 21, commemorates the international Peace Day as inspired by...  

The anti-war group Kansas City Iraq Task Force and the K.C. branch of the American Friends Service Committee organized an interesting evening of film and debate last Wednesday at UMKC. A panel of three experienced media newshounds, Peter Morello of UMKC, Matthew Schofield of The Kansas City...  

The boots, which were spread across Mary Baldwin College's Page Terrace Friday afternoon, are part of the American Friends Service Committee's exhibit, ...  

A flag has been placed with a pair of boots that are one pair among the many placed along Page Terrace by the American Friends Service Committee at Mary Baldwin College as part of their "Eyes Wide Open: The Cost of War to Virginia" exhibit on Friday, Oct. 10, 2008. The display illustrates lives...  

The award of the Nobel Peace Prize to former Finnish president and veteran international peace negotiator Martti Ahtisaari is well merited.  

The award of the Nobel Peace Prize to former Finnish president and veteran international peace negotiator Martti Ahtisaari is well merited. Here is a man of high moral purpose, a former primary  

Eyes Wide Open, the American Friends Service Committee's widely-acclaimed exhibition on the human cost of the Iraq War, will be on display from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Oct. 11 at the front grounds of the St. Joseph Center,...  

War-divided Cyprus is close to reaching a peace settlement, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and other members of an international peace initiative said Thursday. Carter is visiting Cyprus with South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu and former Algerian Foreign Minister Lakhdar Brahimi...  

As if no lessons were learned with Adolph Hitler, the World Council of Churches, Mennonite Central Committee, the American Friends Service Committee ...  

The UN Charter entrusts the UN Security Council with maintaining international peace and security.  

The director of an international peace project inspired by the spirituality of St Francis of Assisi is this year's winner of the African Peace Award sponsored by the Interfaith Foundation of South Africa.  

A common set of principles has helped the American Friends Service Committee apply Quaker beliefs in simplicity, equality, and the dignity of each person to ...