Quaker Action: American Friends Service Committee Founded
The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), founded on this day, is the social action arm of the Quaker religion, which is officially the Religious Society of Friends.
The AFSC has a long history of activism related to pacifism, conscientious objection to war, civil rights, and social justice. In the 1920s it joined the ACLU, the Fellowship of Reconciliation and other groups in the Joint Amnesty Committee seeking amnesty for people still in prison for opposing World War I. During World War II it was very active is providing assistance to young me who claimed conscientious objector status and refused to cooperate with the draft.
The AFSC was co-winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1947.
Go to the AFSC web site: www.afsc.org
Learn About the Quakers: http://www.quaker.org/
Read the FBI file on the AFSC: http://vault.fbi.gov/American%20Friends%20Service%20Committee