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Wed. December 03, 2008

COLOMBIA: U'WA FIGHT NEW OIL EXPLORATION

World War 4 Report
December 1, 2008

"Historically, the Colombian war and conflict have really been about resources," says Natalia Cardona of the American Friends Service Committee. ...

Women Peace Makers in Colombia

Bay Area Indymedia
November 26, 2008

Co-sponsors: global Fund for Women, American Friends Service Committee Pacific Mountain Region, Fund for Nonviolence, Fellowship Of Reconciliation, ...

THE DIVINE DIVA: Give peace a chance. . .at the library

StarNewsOnline.com
November 19, 2008

He has lived in Beirut, Jerusalem, Ramallah, and Baghdad, and traveled throughout the region serving as the American Friends Service Committee's (AFSC) ...

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Immigration Blog
November 17, 2008

Elise Shore, regional counsel with the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, said the groups that filed suit over the first ordinance believe ...

Berea trustees to honor Weatherford and Jones

Richmond Register
November 16, 2008

Prior to his tenure as president, his work in Europe, Africa, India and Malaya on behalf of the American Friends Service Committee and other organizations ...

REGION: Election raises new questions about immigration

North County Times
November 15, 2008

... in reducing illegal immigration, said Christian Ramirez, a San Diego-based immigrants rights activist with the American Friends Service Committee. ...

President-Elect Obama and the Future of US Foreign Policy: A ...

Democracy Now
November 12, 2008

He is the Iraq consultant for the American Friends Service Committee. This transcript is available free of charge. However, donations help us provide closed ...

Concerns over Koh Kong hydropower development

Phnom Penh Post
November 7, 2008

According to a new report published by the Rivers Coalition in Cambodia and the American Friends Service Committee, the 18-megawatt Kirirom III dam will ...

President-Elect Obama and the Future of US Foreign Policy: A ...

Democracy Now
November 7, 2008

He is the Iraq consultant for the American Friends Service Committee. This transcript is available free of charge. However, donations help us provide closed ...

President-Elect Obama and the Future of US Foreign Policy: A ...

Democracy Now
November 6, 2008

He is the Iraq consultant for the American Friends Service Committee. We're joined on the telephone from Britain by veteran journalist, commentator, ...

US Raids Ignore International Law

Scoop.co.nz
October 29, 2008

According to the most recent draft of the SOFA, supplied to Truthout by American Friends Service Committee Iraq consultant Raed Jarrar, the agreement ...

Playback Theater builds bridges for Jews, Arabs

Pittsburgh Post Gazette
October 25, 2008

... not working on playback, the visitors are sightseeing or learning about conflict resolution with volunteers from the American Friends Service Committee. ...

Three small experiments in conflict transformation

Comunidade Segura
October 21, 2008

The American Friends Service Committee, AFSC, in Latin America has set its sights on citizen insecurity and conflict transformation in Mexico, ...

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Comunidade Segura
October 21, 2008

The American Friends Service Committee, AFSC, in Latin America has set its sights on citizen insecurity and conflict transformation in Mexico, ...

JROTC: Leadership course or recruiting tool?

Christian Science Monitor
October 15, 2008

... opt to not allow their information to be passed on to recruiters, says Alan Lessik, regional director of the American Friends Service Committee. ...

Toward a Movement for Peace and Climate Justice

Toward Freedom
September 25, 2008

droughts in East Africa have caused wells to dry up and livestock to perish, fueling interethnic conflicts among the region's pastoral communities. ...

BC Spotlights Impact of the Iraq War

BC Hot News
September 18, 2008

The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), an international social justice organization, originally created Eyes Wide Open: The Human Cost of War to ...

Jewish groups gear up for Ahmadinejad's trip to NY

The Jewish Journal of greater L.A
September 16, 2008

25 break-fast Ramadan dinner, known as an iftar, hosted by the American Friends Service Committee, a Quaker organization. The Quaker group and the Grand ...

GARCIA and FLORA: Blaming immigrants is no solution

Rocky Mountain News
September 16, 2008

Jordan Garcia is the American Friends Service Committee's Immigrant Ally organizing director. Gabriela Flora is the organization's Project Voice regional ...

Iran condemns Japan as 'pro-US stooge' in battle for United ...

Telegraph.co.uk
September 13, 2008

The Mennonite Central Committee, the Quakers, the World Council of Churches, Religions for Peace and the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) have ...

Iraq war veteran to speak about lack of mental health support

La Crosse Tribune
September 12, 2008

The presentation also will include Raed Jarrar, an Iraqi political analyst and consultant for the American Friends Service Committee in Washington, ...

Your Opinion: It's up to us to give peace a chance

The State Journal-Register
September 5, 2008

Michael McConnell, Midwest regional director of the American Friends Service Committee, will speak on the cost of war at Lincoln Library on Sept. ...

How long...to sing this song?

Honolulu Weekly
September 4, 2008

Two decades later, as the American war in Vietnam, growing draft protests and civil rights movement came to a head, the AFSC decided to open a regional ...

Survivor of Hiroshima gives message of peace

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
September 4, 2008

As a guest of the local wing of the American Friends Service Committee, Kajimoto will talk about a peaceful future and an end to nuclear weaponry. ...

Marchers demand immigration reform

Greeley Tribune
August 29, 2008

Gabriela Flora, a regional organizer for the American Friends Service Committee, said the lack of immigration reform and workplace raids amounts to a ...

DNC: Marchers Demand Immigration Reform

Fort Collins Now
August 28, 2008

Gabriela Flora, a regional organizer for the American Friends Service Committee, said the lack of immigration reform and workplace raids amounts to a ...

Immigration Reform Takes Back Seat In Obama`s Speech

CARIBWORLDNEWS.COM
August 28, 2008

Gabriela Flora, a regional organizer for the American Friends Service Committee, said the lack of immigration reform and workplace raids amounts to a ...

The Project For A New American Humanitarianism

Swans
August 24, 2008

This link would appear incongruous, yet since leaving the American Friends Service Committee in the early 1980s, Alyami's work has become increasingly ...

Border Park Visitors Face New Controls

OneWorld.net
August 18, 2008

According to Christian Ramirez of the American Friends Service Committee, the Border Patrol has installed a checkpoint at the park's exit where every ...

California Becomes First State to Condemn Use of Torture in 'War ...

California Progress Report
August 17, 2008

Eisha Mason is associate regional director for the American Friends Service Committee - Pacific Southwest Region. She was formerly executive director of the ...

Episcopal Church official joins call for 'interest section' in Tehran

Episcopal-Life
August 15, 2008

Shea, Mary Ellen McNish, general secretary of the American Friends Service Committee and Ron Flaming, director of international programs for the Mennonite ...

It's Politics: Override touted to embarrass governor

Whittier Daily News
August 15, 2008

GARDEN PARTY: Eisha Mason, associate regional director for the American Friends Service Committee, will speak on torture in America at the 3 to 5 pm Sunday ...

California Becomes First State to Condemn Use of Torture in 'War ...

Common Dreams (press release)
August 15, 2008

The Los Angeles offices of the American Friends Service Committee, physicians for Social Responsibility, and Program for torture Victims coordinated the ...

No August Issue of Street Spirit

Berkeley Daily Planet
August 14, 2008

American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), the organization that has published Street Spirit-Berkeley's local newspaper for the homeless-for the last 13 ...

Nick Smiley-Kallas picked as DNC page

YourHub.com
August 13, 2008

Nicholas is a member of the American Friends Service Committee and Douglas County's Young Democrats. In 2000 at the age of 11 he received Ernest and Young's ...

Lecture to focus on torture

Whittier Daily News
August 8, 2008

Mason is the associate regional director of American Friends Service Committee - Pacific Southwest Region. She is also an author and radio personality. ...

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Whittier Daily News
August 7, 2008

Mason is the associate regional director of American Friends Service Committee - Pacific Southwest Region. She is also an author and radio personality. ...

East Bay Events Calendar: Community Calendar Thursday August 07, 2008

Berkeley Daily Planet
August 7, 2008

841-4824. www.bfuu.org Social Action Forum with Alan Solomonow of the American Friends Service Committee on Israeli-Palestinian relations at 10 am at the ...

Free Gaza Movement: Break the siege by sea

Palestine News Network
August 7, 2008

In 2006, the American Friends Service Committee nominated Jeff to receive the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize with Palestinian intellectual and activist Ghassan ...

Afghans increasingly caught in crossfire

ReliefWeb (press release)
August 6, 2008

... the Helping Afghan Farmers organization -- and international groups like Action Against Hunger, Action Aid, and the American Friends Service Committee. ...