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Bookmark or Share- Our Work - American Friends Service CommitteeAFSC works with communities worldwide to challenge injustice and build conditions for lasting peace. We are steadfast in our commitment to nonviolence and our belief in the transformative power of love to overcome conflict and oppression.
- New Jersey Immigrant Rights - American Friends Service CommitteeThe Immigrant Rights Program (IRP) in Newark, N.J., works for policies that respect the rights and dignity of all immigrants, including a fair and humane national immigration policy. The United States has a cruel and oppressive system of enforcement, detention and deportation of immigrants.
- History - American Friends Service CommitteeWhen the U.S. entered World War I, young pacificists needed ways to serve their country nonviolently. That led to the creation of AFSC. In 1917, AFSC was founded in Philadelphia in response to an urgent need for conscientious objectors to find alternatives to military service during World War I.
- Get Involved - American Friends Service CommitteePass a Farm Bill to reduce hunger and address climate change. Resume U.S. funding for life-saving Palestinian aid. End violence and occupation in Palestine and Israel. See More Actions. Stay updated on how you can take action to help build a more just, peaceful, and sustainable world.
- Crossing South | American Friends Service CommitteeResources for people returning to México, Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala. México. Honduras. El Salvador. Guatemala. Many people and families in the U.S. have had to return to their native countries, either voluntarily or due to deportation.
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