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The Story of the American Friends Service Committee, 1917-1952 by American Friends Service Committee, 1952-01-01 For more than bread,: An autobiographical account of twenty-two years' work with the American Friends Service Committee by Clarence Evan Pickett, 1953 INDIANS OF CALIFORNIA: PAST AND PRESENT by AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE, 1957 The Recent relief programs of the American Friends in Spain and France; in Spain, 1937-1939. By Joh van Gelder Forbes. In France, 1941-1942. By the American Friends Service Committee. by Donald S., ed Howard, 1943 Swords into Ploughshares: An Account of the American Friends Service Committee, 1917-1937 by Mary Hoxie Jones, 1971-02-09 Two Koreas - One Future?: A Report Prepared for the American Friends Service Committee Welcome to the world: Discoveries with the American Friends Service Committee on the Frontiers of Social Change by Stephen H Thiermann, 1968 Lloyd Balderston's Visit to China, 1925-26: His Reports and Letters Home While on an Exploratory Trip for the American Friends Service Committee by Lloyd Balderston, 1988-06 Uncommon Controversy - Fishing Rights of the Muckleshoot, Puyallup, and Nisqually Indians by American Friends Service Committee, 1972 Memo to a very important person. Subject: peace and your responsibility for it. by American Friends Service Committee, 1951 Steps to peace : a Quaker view of U. S. foreign policy by Society of. American Friends Service Committee Friends, 1951 Peace In Vietnam A New Approach In Southeast Asia by The American Friends Service Committee, 1967 Pacifist living -- today and tomorrow; a brief exploratin of pacifism under conscription, in time of war, and post-war reconstruction. by American Friends Service Committee. The Peace Section, 1941 A brief explanatory statement of the Fayette County Rehabilitation Project. by American Friends Service Committee, 1937

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1. Nobel Prize
   In 1947, the american friends service committee and the British friends serviceCouncil received the nobel Peace Prize, on behalf of the Religious Society of  
   http://www.afsc.org/nobel/nobel.htm

2. The American Friends Service Committee Winner Of The 1947 Nobel Prize In Peace
   The american friends service committee, a nobel Peace Laureate, at the nobel PrizeInternet Archive. THE american friends service committee (The Quakers).  
   http://almaz.com/nobel/peace/1947b.html

3. American Friends Service Committee - Nobel Symposia
   american friends service committee – nobel Symposia. american friends service committeeHistory of Organization nobel Lecture nobel Symposia Other Resources.  
   http://www.nobel.se/peace/laureates/1947/friends-committee-symp.html

4. American Friends Service Committee - Nobel Lecture
   american friends service committee – nobel Lecture. nobel Lecture*,December 12, 1947. Quakers and Peace. Before I give my address  
   http://www.nobel.se/peace/laureates/1947/friends-committee-lecture.html
   
   Extractions: Nobel Lecture , December 12, 1947 Before I give my address, I want to express on behalf of Miss Backhouse and myself a word of gratitude for the very warm hospitality we have received here this week. This September I crossed the Atlantic together with one hundred Americans who had been here in Oslo either at the summer school or at the Youth Conference and I knew then what the hospitality of the Norwegians was like from the warm words of appreciation that those young people gave as I talked to them. Near my home in Massachusetts - perhaps a quarter of a mile from my house - there is a marble stone, and on this stone there is an inscription which says that near this spot Leif Eiriksson landed in Vineland in the year 1000 My address is to be on the subject of Quakers and peace. In the last two or three weeks, I have been reading all I could about the views of Mr. Alfred Nobel on the subject of war and peace. His ideas were not completely consistent and unchanging. He seems to have had several views on this subject. Sometimes he thought that war would be stopped by the invention of more terrible weapons, though he did not dream of some of the weapons which are in existence today. Sometimes he thought it would be stopped by collective force, by arbitration, or by international law, and sometimes he mentioned international friendship. These divergent views of Nobel stress the fact that the struggle against war is a struggle which - if I may use a military metaphor - may be carried on on many fronts.

5. American Friends Service Committee
   PHILADELPHIA March 2- The american friends service committee (AFSC) Board of Directorsannounced today that it Helen Prejean for the 1999 nobel Peace Prize.  
   http://www.commondreams.org/pressreleases/march99/030299d.htm
   
   Extractions: NewsCenter is a news service - providing breaking news and views for progressive-thinking Americans. The press releases posted here have been provided to NewsCenter by the one of the many progressive organizations we have selected to participate. If you would like more information about this press release, you should contact the organization directly. MARCH 2, 1999 5:58 PM Carl Maugeri 215 241-7060 American Friends Service Committee Nominates Death Penalty Activist for Noble Peace Prize PHILADELPHIA - March 2- The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) Board of Directors announced today that it has nominated noted anti-death penalty activist and author Sr. Helen Prejean for the 1999 Nobel Peace Prize. In its nominating letter, the Board cited Sr. Prejean's faith-based advocacy in the United States and around the world towards abolition of the death penalty. Among her many efforts against capital punishment, Sr. Prejean testified in 1998 before the UN Commission on Human Rights in Geneva in favor of a resolution calling on Member States to establish a moratorium on executions, with a view to completely end the death penalty. The resolution passed the Commission, 26 in favor, 13 against and with 12 abstentions.

6. American Friends Service Committee
   WASHINGTON April 21 - The american friends service committee (AFSC) has nominatedDenis Halliday and Kathy Kelly for a joint 2000 nobel Peace Prize.  
   http://www.commondreams.org/news2000/0421-03.htm
   
   Extractions: AFSC Nominates Denis Halliday And Kathy Kelly For The Nobel Peace Prize WASHINGTON - April 21 - The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) has nominated Denis Halliday and Kathy Kelly for a joint 2000 Nobel Peace Prize. The commitment and courage of these nominees illustrate the far-reaching impact of the actions of individuals in the cause of peace. In the nomination letter to the Nobel Committee Don Reeves, AFSC General Secretary (Interim) stated: "Taken together, the work of Kathleen Kelly and Denis Halliday represents a comprehensive approach to the problem of economic sanctions against Iraq and the devastation wrought on the population of that country, particularly the children." On the cusp of ten years of the most comprehensive sanctions in modern time, the humanitarian crisis in Iraq, sadly neglected for many years has already taken the lives of more than one million Iraqis. During those ten years the AFSC has expressed repeatedly its deep concerns over the increase in infant and child mortality, decline in health and education standards, and overall rise in death rates from preventable and treatable illnesses-all resulting from the effects of the economic sanctions on the people of Iraq. Kathy Kelly is a cofounder of Voices in the Wilderness, the first U.S. grassroots organization to bring activists into Iraq to witness the effect of sanctions, to bring food and medicine to the people of Iraq, and to educate the public upon their return.

7. Kathy Kelly And Denis Halliday Nominated For Nobel Peace Prize
   american friends service committee nominates Denis Halliday and KathyKelly for the nobel Peace Prize. The american friends service  
   http://www.southendpress.org/books/iraqkkdh.shtml
   
   Extractions: Denis Halliday and Kathy Kelly for the Nobel Peace Prize The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) has nominated Denis Halliday and Kathy Kelly for a joint 2000 Nobel Peace Prize. The commitment and courage of these nominees illustrates the far-reaching impact of the actions of individuals in the cause of peace. In the nomination letter to the Nobel Committee Don Reeves, AFSC General Secretary (Interim), stated: "Taken together, the work of Kathleen Kelly and Denis Halliday represents a comprehensive approach to the problem of economic sanctions against Iraq and the devastation wrought on the population of that country, particularly the children." On the cusp of ten years of the most comprehensive sanctions in modern time, the humanitarian crisis in Iraq, sadly neglected for many years has already taken the lives of more than one million Iraqis. During those ten years the AFSC has expressed repeatedly its deep concerns over the increase in infant and child mortality, decline in health and education standards, and overall rise in death rates from preventable and treatable illnesses-all resulting from the effects of the economic sanctions on the people of Iraq. Kathy Kelly is a cofounder of Voices in the Wilderness, the first U.S. grassroots organization to bring activists into Iraq to witness the effect of sanctions, to bring food and medicine to the people of Iraq, and to educate the public upon their return.

8. American Friends Service Committee
   service and public information, founded by american and Canadian friends (Quakers)in 1917. Its program of Voluntary International service Assignments (VISA  
   http://www.britannica.com/nobel/micro/19_35.html
   
   Extractions: (AFSC), organization to promote peace and reconciliation through programs of social service and public information, founded by American and Canadian Friends (Quakers) in 1917. In World War I, the AFSC helped conscientious objectors to find work in relief projects and ambulance units as an alternative to military service. In World War II it broadened the scope of alternative-service possibilities to include duty in mental hospitals and other humanitarian work. In peacetime the AFSC continued such national and international programs as community development, racial reconciliation, aid to migrant workers, relief to civilians in war-torn areas, and refugee work. Its program of Voluntary International Service Assignments (VISA) served as a model for the U.S. Peace Corps. In 1947 the AFSC was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace jointly with the Friends Service Council, its British counterpart. The AFSC is financed by contributions from individuals, foundations, and, in some cases, governments of countries where its programs are carried out. Headquarters of the organization are in Philadelphia. BIBLIOGRAPHY.

9. Nobel Prize Winners For Peace
   1945, Hull, Cordell, US. 1946, Balch, Emily Greene, US. Mott, John R. US.1947, american friends service committee, US. friends service Council (FSC),UK.  
   http://www.britannica.com/nobel/table/peace.html
   
   Extractions: Year Article Country* Dunant, Henri Switzerland France Switzerland Gobat, Charles-Albert Switzerland Cremer, Sir Randal U.K. Institute of International Law (founded 1873) Suttner, Bertha, Freifrau von Austria-Hungary Roosevelt, Theodore U.S Moneta, Ernesto Teodoro Italy Renault, Louis France Arnoldson, Klas Pontus Sweden Bajer, Fredrik Denmark Belgium Estournelles de Constant, Paul-H.-B. d' France International Peace Bureau (founded 1891) Asser, Tobias Michael Carel The Netherlands Fried, Alfred Hermann Austria-Hungary Root, Elihu U.S. Lafontaine, Henri-Marie Belgium International Committee of the Red Cross (founded 1863) Wilson, Woodrow U.S. France Branting, Karl Hjalmar Sweden Lange, Christian Lous Norway Nansen, Fridtjof Norway Chamberlain, Sir Austen U.K. Dawes, Charles G. U.S. Briand, Aristide France Stresemann, Gustav Germany France Quidde, Ludwig Germany Kellogg, Frank B. U.S. Sweden Addams, Jane U.S. Butler, Nicholas Murray U.S. Angell, Sir Norman U.K. Henderson, Arthur U.K. Ossietzky, Carl von Germany Saavedra Lamas, Carlos Argentina Cecil (of Chelwood), Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 1st Viscount

10. Nobel Prize Nomination
    american friends service committee NOMINATES DENIS HALLIDAY AND KATHY KELLY FOR THENOBEL PEACE PRIZE Contact Peter Lems, Program Assistant for Iraq Middle  
    http://www.nonviolence.org/vitw/old_site/pages/98.htm
    
    Extractions: American Friends Service Committee, (215) 241-7170, http://www.afsc.org/iraqhome.htm The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) has nominated Denis Halliday and Kathy Kelly for a joint 2000 Nobel Peace Prize. The commitment and courage of these nominees illustrate the far-reaching impact of the actions of individuals in the cause of peace. In the nomination letter to the Nobel Committee Don Reeves, AFSC General Secretary (Interim), stated: "Taken together, the work of Kathleen Kelly and Denis Halliday represents a comprehensive approach to the problem of economic sanctions against Iraq and the devastation wrought on the population of that country, particularly the children." On the cusp of ten years of the most comprehensive sanctions in modern time, the humanitarian crisis in Iraq, sadly neglected for many years has already taken the lives of more than one million Iraqis. During those ten years the AFSC has expressed repeatedly its deep concerns over the increase in infant and child mortality, decline in health and education standards, and overall rise in death rates from preventable and treatable illnesses-all resulting from the effects of the economic sanctions on the people of Iraq.

11. Int'l Code Of Conduct - Statement By American Friends Service Committee
    (Remarks by Donald Gann, chairperson of the american friends service committee,at the public signing of the nobel Peace laureates' International Code of  
    http://www.arias.or.cr/fundarias/cpr/code16.shtml
    
    Extractions: New York, 29 May 1997 The American Friends Service Committee, together with its British partner, the Friends Service Council, accepted the peace prize 50 years ago on behalf of the Religious Society of Friends. That body, the Quakers, has been committed since its founding to the establishment of a world without weapons. Despite that clearly absolutist position, we believe that this goal must inevitably be achieved incrementally. Consequently, we are joining enthusiastically in the initiative of President Arias for a Code of Conduct on weapons transfers. We are committed to developing a grassroots campaign in support of the Code, emphasizing in our educational efforts the linkages among violence in ourselves, violence in our communities and violence among peoples and nations, and their connection in turn to the availability of weapons. (Remarks by Donald Gann, chairperson of the American Friends Service Committee, at the public signing of the Nobel Peace laureates' International Code of Conduct on Arms Transfers.

12. Communità Di Sant'Egidio - Attualità
    PHILADELPHIA, PA The american friends service committee (AFSC), a co-recipientof the nobel Peace Prize in 1947 on behalf of all Quakers, has nominated the  
    http://www.santegidio.org/archivio/premi/2002_nobel_afsc_EN.htm
    
    Extractions: Community of Sant'Egidio Described as "Community without Borders or Walls" PHILADELPHIA, PA - The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), a co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1947 on behalf of all Quakers, has nominated the Community of Sant'Egidio for the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize. The Community of Sant'Egidio is a worldwide community of more than 40,000 members who work for the cause of peace in more than 60 countries around the globe. "The Sant'Egidio Community demonstrates the important role that non-governmental organizations can play in conflict resolution by bringing together parties to violent conflicts for face-to-face discussions of their common future," said Margery Walker, clerk of the AFSC Nobel Nominating Committee. "Their commitment to nonviolence and their sustained and effective peacebuilding work amply qualify the Community of Sant'Egidio to join the ranks of other Nobel Peace Laureates who have pointed the way toward world peace."

13. La Comunità Di Sant
    Translate this page per la pace. 11/01/2002, L'american friends service committee (AFSC) candidala Comunità al premio nobel per la pace. 10/11/2001, Assegnato  
    http://www.santegidio.org/it/pace/premi.htm
    
    Extractions: Il Premio Internazionale Montessori " Educazione e Pace " alla Comunità di Sant'Egidio Il Parlamento Italiano sostiene la candidatura della Comunità al premio Nobel per la pace L'American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) candida la Comunità al premio Nobel per la pace Assegnato alla Comunità il premio " Marcello Candia, una vita per gli altri " La città di Matera conferito la cittadinanza onoraria a Mario Marazziti, in rappresentanza della Comunità di Sant'Egidio, per il lavoro in favore del dialogo interreligioso, della pace e dei diritti umani. Conferito alla Comunità il premio "

14. Wfn.org | AFSC Nominates Mexican Bishop For Nobel Peace Award
    or Aishah Shahidah Simmons (215) 2417056 Mexican Bishop Nominated for nobel PeaceAward PHILADELPHIA The american friends service committee (AFSC) has  
    http://www.wfn.org/1997/12/msg00076.html

15. Wfn.org | AFSC:Nobel Peace Prize Nomination
    The american friends service committee received the 1947 nobel Peace Prize with thefriends service Council of Great Britain on behalf of the Religious Society  
    http://www.wfn.org/1997/02/msg00078.html

16. American Friends Service Committee
    British friends service Council shared a nobel Peace Prize Address Personnel DepartmentHelenePollock; american friends service committee 1501 Cherry Street  
    http://www.angelfire.com/mt/internships/32.htm
    
    Extractions: hpollock@afsc.org Eligibility: Volunteer: open to anyone over the age of 15. Mexico: open to 18- to 26-year olds; must be proficient in Spanish. International applicants eligible. Field: Peace studies; Human rights Duration: US: 4 weeks minimum: on-going; Mexico: 7 weeks: Summer Compensation: PA: occasional carfare and lunch money; Regional offices: none; Cuba: $400 fee; Mexico: $900 fee (includes room, board and transportation). Accepted: 90-115 Part of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) is a nonprofit organization committed to the principles of nonviolence and justice. Through education programs, worldwide development projects, policy papers, lobbying efforts, and its Quaker United Nations Office (see separate entry), AFSC seeks to end war and poverty, improve conditions in mental hospitals and prisons, and achieve racial equality. Volunteers work in all capacities, including doing administrative tasks, folding clothing in the Material Aids warehouse (PA only), and writing for the Information Services Department. Volunteers in AFSC's Mexico Program, placed in villages throughout Mexico, complete projects involving construction, reforestation, gardening, health, and nutrition. Volunteers live in a diverse community with others their age.

17. American Friends Service Committee Press Release
    Assistant for Iraq Middle East Peace Education american friends service Committee1501 Cherry incumbents into crusaders ; Next by Date nobel Peace Laureats  
    http://www.casi.org.uk/discuss/2000/msg00185.html
    
    Extractions: The following is an archived copy of a message sent to a Discussion List run by the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq Views expressed in this archived message are those of the author, not of the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq. Main archive index/search List information Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq Homepage Date Prev ... Thread Index http://www.afsc.org/iraqhome.htm - This is a discussion list run by the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq For removal from list, email soc-casi-discuss-request@lists.cam.ac.uk Full archive and list instructions are available from the CASI website: http://welcome.to/casi Prev by Date: The job turns "incumbents into crusaders" Next by Date: Nobel Peace Laureats Speak Out Prev by thread: Re: Nobel Peace Laureats Speak Out Next by thread: The job turns "incumbents into crusaders"

18. Sign NOW To Join Nobel Peace Prize Winners! -- Christians For Peace
    This letter has been signed by the following nobel Peace Prize Rigoberta MenchuTum, Joseph Rotblat, Jody Williams, The american friends service committee.  
    http://www.voy.com/49886/16.html

19. Princeton Review Internship Profile: American Friends Service Committee
    In 1947, AFSC and the British friends service Council shared a nobel Peace Prizefor Personnel DepartmentHelene Pollock; american friends service committee.  
    http://www.princetonreview.com/cte/profiles/internshipGenInfo.asp?internshipID=1

20. American Friends Service Committee
    It was awarded the 1947 nobel Peace Prize for service performed american Friendsservice committee www.afsc.org/ematasst.htm 1501 Cherry St., Philadelphia, PA  
    http://www.everymothersday.org/donate/Friends.html
    
    Extractions: Emergency and Material Assistance Program (EMAP) AFSC has provided relief and reconstruction since 1917. It was awarded the 1947 Nobel Peace Prize for service performed after the two world wars. American Friends (EMAP) partners with local organizations, such as Save the Afghan Children , to provide food and medical supplies in Northern Afghanistan. It also serves more than 2,000,000 displaced people and refugees in Colombia where Mary Robinson, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, affirms that civil war and resulting displacement constitutes a true humanitarian emergency. For $500.00 AFSC is able to provide basic foodstuffs to feed four families for a month and $35 purchases clothing for a family of four. American Friends Service Committee

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