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CNBCAfrica.com
February 8, 2018
Mr. Wordofa previously served as Regional Director for Africa at the American Friends Service Committee, responsible for directing and leading ... Regional Programme Development Advisor for East and Great Lakes Region, Oxfam Great Britain; and National Rehabilitation Programs Coordinator, andÃâà...
Next City
April 3, 2017
But what the next step holds is a question that some critics say hasn't yet been substantively answered. Dustin Washington is an experienced community organizer in Seattle and the director of the American Friends Service Committee's local community justice program. He used to be a member of a raceÃâà...
Chronicle of Philanthropy
January 17, 2017
The Dick and Betsy DeVos Family Foundation established the American Federation for Children, which works nationally to promote and support school-choice issues. Ms. DeVos also helped create the Great Lakes Education Project, a lobbying and advocacy group that pushes for school choice, amongÃâà...
Chronicle of Philanthropy
August 24, 2016
Young participants in a Genesys Works program take apart a computer. The tech-training nonprofit is one of three groups sharing nearly $3 million in grants from Chicago Beyond for projects supporting city youth and college students. Here are notable new grant awards compiled by The Chronicle:Ãâà...
Toledo Blade
June 17, 2016
... fighting black-on-black violence; “Code Pink Women For Peace"; a group organizing a “Stand Together Against Trump” march; a man organizing a “Stop Trump” event; the Greater Cleveland Immigration Network; the Northeast Ohio American Friends Service Committee; and Revolution Books bookstore.
Jesuit Refugee Service/USA
April 29, 2016
(Washington, D.C.) April 29, 2016 — When young asylum seekers flee extreme violence to seek safety in the United States, they often find themselves in immigration court without a lawyer. Jesuit Refugee Service/USA and 176 other organizations today urged the United States Attorney General to halt theÃâà...
MLive.com
March 29, 2016
"Complaints have gone up," said Natalie Holbrook of the American Friends Service Committee, a nonprofit that advocates for incarcerated people. Women may not be able to get daily showers or time out of their cells because of the crowded conditions. They may wait in long lines for meals or medication.
Jesuit Refugee Service/USA
March 11, 2014
Washington, D.C. (March 12, 2014) — Fifty-three CEOs of major international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) have signed on to a statement calling on all parties to the Syrian conflict to "immediately allow and facilitate unfettered humanitarian access throughout Syria" in response to what hasÃâà...
Black Star News
December 31, 1999
The next year, in 2015, the American Friends Service Committee and Oakland Privacy approached the City of Berkeley and asked them to withdraw their .... In 2014, she received the Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza Democracy and Peace Prize for her reporting on conflict in the African Great Lakes Region.
