The American Friends Service Committee
The American Friends Service Committee is an independent
Quaker organization founded in 1917 that today carries
out programs in 22 countries worldwide and 43 sites
throughout the U.S. AFSC includes people of many backgrounds,
of various faiths and of none, committed to social justice,
peace, and humanitarian service. All of our work is
nonsectarian.
In 1947, AFSC shared the Nobel Peace Prize with British
Friends Service Council for our reconstruction work
in Europe. The Pacific Mountain Region of AFSC was founded
in 1942 in response to the internment of Japanese Americans,
and currently operates programs working with farm workers,
immigrants, homeless and low-income people, and youth
of color with program offices in San Francisco, Oakland,
Davis, Stockton, Visalia, and Fresno, California.
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