Afghanistan

Windows and Mirrors Pittsburgh

Poetry reading at Windows and Mirrors

 The turnout to see the Windows and Mirrors exhibit, American Friends Service Committee’s wonderful traveling exhibit of art on Afghanistan from artists around the country, has been very gratifying. Over 800 people attended the opening, which coincided with a downtown gallery crawl. Many of the people attending would not normally come to AFSC events. In all about 1,100 people attended the events or saw the exhibit during the two weeks it was being shown. 

Matt Hoh speaks in Greensboro, NC, Feb2012

Matt Hoh speaks in Greensboro, NC, Feb2012

The Makings of a Grassroots Movement Brewing: Greensboro comes Alive

By Victor Lopez, Intern – AFSC Office of the Carolinas

 

Congressional Breifing on Afghanistan

Michael Sheridan (at podium) with Community Supportive Film opening the floor to questions and thanking participants; Afghan filmmakers Zahra Sadat (projected on screen, right) and Jamal Aram (projected on screen, left) and panelist at table, AFSC's Peter Lems (left) and Lisa Schirch (right), Director of 3P Human Security.

A conference room on Capitol Hill was transformed into an interactive dialogue space as participants experienced the perspectives of Afghan filmmakers in Kabul through a live video conference.

International Conference For a Self-Determined Afghanistan
Bonn,Germany, December 4, 2011
Joseph Gerson*

I want to thank the conference organizers for the privilege of joining you. It has been ten years since 9-11, when believe it or not, Secretary of War Donald Rumsfeld told President Bush that invadingAfghanistanwould violate international law, and Bush the Lesser responded that he wanted to “kick some ass.”

Mike Ferner of Vets for Peace at WAM in KC 11-13-11

Mike Ferner, interim director of Veterans for Peace, speaks at AFSC's Windows and Mirrors opening reception in Kansas City. Ferner said the images from the Afghanistan War reminded him of buses and planes carrying wounded soldiers home from the war in Vietnam. For a slideshow from the reception, please click here.

By Jon Krieg, AFSC Senior Administrative Associate

Talk with people at a recent reception marking the opening of AFSC’s Windows and Mirrors Exhibit in Kansas City and you hear reactions like powerful and intense, painful and hopeful.

Listen a little more, and you realize that everyone views the Afghanistan war images somewhat differently.

Peace for Afghanistan

Peace for Afghanistan by Patricia Sotarello & AFSC Chicago Summer Institute Students. From AFSC's Windows and Mirrors Exhibit.

Dear Friends,

Today marks the 10^th anniversary of the war in Afghanistan, the longest war in US history.

Most Americans are just beginning to grasp the devastating effects of this war—not only on the people of Afghanistan who will be grappling with the consequences for years to come—but on those we sent to fight, on our economy, and on our social and educational services here at home.