WWLP: MA Rally reminds activists of MLK's message
NORTHAMPTON, Mass. - The American Friends Service Committee of Western Massachusetts held a rally Monday afternoon at the Edwards Church in Northampton to remember the work of Dr. Martin Luther King...
View ArticleTimesRecord (ME).com Opinion: Wiscasset students step out to build the...
kharveyAFSC's Keith Harvey discusses "redskins," his childhood and "building the beloved community."TimesRecord (ME).com Opinion: Wiscasset students step out to build the ‘beloved community’ Fri,...
View ArticleNew Hampshire Public Radio: An Unemployment Carol
Christmas songs and an interpretation of Charles Dickens’ ‘A Christmas Carol’ could be heard at the statehouse today in Concord.NHPR’s Dan Gorenstein reports the holiday cheer was laced with a...
View ArticleScreening of (In)secure Communities
Tuesday, December 14, 2010 - 7:00pm - 9:00pmSponsor(s): Tufts University, and AFSC New England’s Project Voice.Contact Information: Gabriel Camacho at 617 947-7019Email: gcamacho@afsc.org
View ArticleJoint the Hyatt 100
Monday, December 13, 2010 - 5:00pm - 7:00pmInformational picketing. On August 31st, 2009 Hyatt fired the entire housekeeping departments of its three Boston area hotels. Many of the fired immigrant...
View ArticleGeneration Justice blog: LeftTurn piece on CORI
This summer, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick signed a landmark law reforming the state’s criminal background check system. Aimed at improving acc ess to jobs, housing and other vital services for...
View ArticleDorchester MA Reporter.com: Interfaith Breakfast in Observance of Survivors...
Tue, 11/30/2010 - 8:30amJoin the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute for an Interfaith Discussion and Dialogue Breakfast in Observance of Survivors of Homicide Victims Awareness Month, November 20-December...
View ArticleThe American Reporter: How Vermonters Helped End the Cold War
DUMMERSTON, Vt. -- Twenty-five years ago this month, something else was on the annual town meeting warrants in Vermont besides school budgets and highways: stopping the spread of nuclear weapons. The...
View ArticleConcord NH Monitor: Martin Luther King associate to speak at AFSC dinner
VINCENT HARDING, a friend, associate and sometime speech-writer for Martin Luther King Jr., will be the guest at a dinner Friday in Concord to benefit the American Friends Service Committee.Concord NH...
View ArticleSalem MA Gazette: Celebrating International Day of Peace by Honoring AFSC
Salem State University Peace Institute celebrates International Day of Peace every year by giving a Champion of Peace award and holding a songfest with peace music.This year Maggi Smith-Dalton and...
View ArticleQuoddy Tides: Bissonette named new chair of MITSC
Jamie Bissonette of Pembroke was appointed as the new chair of the Maine Indian Tribal State Commission (MITSC) at the commission's meeting on July 1. Bissonette, a Missisquoi Abenaki, coordinates the...
View ArticleMemorial Day Marks the Human Cost of War in Boston
The Boston Globe featured AFSC's Eyes Wide Open exhibit, showing the human cost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, in its Memorial Day coverage. Read the article on the Boston Globe's site by...
View ArticleFood Not Bombs 30th Anniversary Festival!
Sunday, May 23, 2010 (All day)Join Food not Bombs in celebrating 30 years of free meals and political protest. Food Not Bombs started as an anti-nuclear action against the Seabrook, New Hampshire Power...
View ArticleAn Evening of Education and Hope - Support and Celebrate Matenwa Community...
Saturday, May 8, 2010 - 6:30pm - 9:30pmSpecial Guest, Tracy KidderMark your calendar for this special event. We look forward to seeing you.Please see http://www.matenwaclc.org/ to learn about the...
View ArticleLabor and the Afghanistan War: a Teach-In
Saturday, May 8, 2010 - 9:00am - 1:00pmJoin us May 8 in Dorchester and hear the inside story of the war with an Afghanistan veteran, an Afghan-American woman, and the author of Ending the US War in...
View ArticleThe City of Cambridge will present its annual Holocaust Memorial
Tuesday, May 4, 2010 - 7:00pm - 9:00pmJoin us for an evening of remembrance, candle lighting and music as we recall all who perished during the Holocaust. The guest speaker is Ingrid Kisliuk. Kisliuk...
View ArticleGlobal Warming, End of Oil, Perfect Storm
Thursday, April 29, 2010 - 7:30pmRichard Heinberg to Speak in Lexingtonread more
View ArticlePoster Art: Standing for Peace and Justice
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 (All day) - Tuesday, April 20, 2010 (All day)This far-ranging and rare exhibit brings together historical posters from the 1960's and 70's and recent work by local artists....
View ArticleSave Our School, Library and Services and Reduce Military Spending 25%: A...
Saturday, May 8, 2010 - 2:30pm - 4:30pm"Why to Do It and How to Do It" workshop with Mike ProkoshMike Prokosh is a Board Member of United for a Fair Economy and the Eastern Mass. 25% Solution...
View ArticleCambridge Material Assistance Program Background
Who We Are and How You Can Help The AFSC Material Assistance Program (MAP) has been giving clothing and basic household supplies to people in need since 1944. Part of our space is structured to...
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