American Friends Service Committee
American Friends Service Committee
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Duration: 1917-current
Newsletter(s):
Southern Africa International Affairs Report,Southern Africa News,United States Anti-Apartheid Newsletter
The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), a pacifist organization, was founded in 1917 to provide young Quakers and other conscientious objectors an opportunity to serve those in need instead of fighting during World War I. For many years it had a Southern Africa Program based in it national office but it also operated in regional office. In...
The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), a pacifist organization, was founded in 1917 to provide young Quakers and other conscientious objectors an opportunity to serve those in need instead of fighting during World War I. For many years it had a Southern Africa Program based in it national office but it also operated in regional office. In the early 1970s AFSC was involved in campaigns opposing imports from Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). The organization was active in campaigns against apartheid in South Africa. For many years the national coordinator of the Southern Africa Program was Jerry Herman. Thandi Gcabashe, an exiled South African and daughter of ANC President Chief Albert Luthuli, was appointed Director of the Southern Peace Education Program of the American Friends Service Committee in Atlanta, Georgia, a post she occupied for 15 years. The organization has regional offices in many cities. AFSC offices in Atlanta, Georgia; Cambridge, Massachusetts; Denver, Colorado; Kansas City, Missouri; Portland, Oregon and Seattle, Washington did a significant amount of work supporting African struggles against colonialism and apartheid.
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