Campaigns and news
- Gaza Unlocked
- No Way to Treat a Child
- Palestine
- AFSC BDS (boycott-divest-sanction) campaign
- Israel bans (partially) AFSC
Among their issues: ending discrimination, building peace, defending immigrant rights, ending mass incarceration, and building economic justice.
Founded in the aftermath of World War I to serve conscientious objectors and provide humanitarian aid to those suffering the war’s results, the AFSC is a quasi-Quaker organization, meaning it operates along Quaker principles, has a largely Quaker board, and functions with a mixture of staff, some of whom are Quaker.
The AFSC shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 1947 with the British Friends Service Council on behalf of Quakers worldwide for its humanitarian and advocacy work. Currently it takes a leading role in bringing peace, justice, and security to all parties in the Palestine-Israel conflict.
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