AFSC Iowa

Progressive Coalition's Annual Meeting

Sunday, December 4, 2011 - 4:00pm

[From the Progressive Coalition of Central Iowa]

You are most cordially invited to PCCI's annual meeting.  Once again our meeting will be held at Chet Guinn's fire house. 

Preoccupied with Justice: Kathleen McQuillen and Arnie Alpert on the Fallon Forum

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Kathleen McQuillen and Arnie Alpert talk Occupy on the Fallon Forum

What's new with the Occupy movement in Iowa and New Hampshire? What's driving people around the nation and around the world to confront economic injustice? AFSC staff Kathleen McQuillen and Arnie Alpert explore these questions and more with guest host Jon Krieg on the Fallon Forum.

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Finding Faithful Voices in Dangerous Times

Kathleen McQuillen at Iraq War 8th anniversary rally

Kathleen McQuillen at Iraq War 8th anniversary rally

Kathleen McQuillen of AFSC speaks at a rally marking the eighth anniversary of the U.S. war in Iraq. View the slideshow.

By Kathleen McQuillen, AFSC Iowa Program Coordinator

The role of the church in times of rising militarism and a gaping economic divide was the focus of an ecumenical discussion held at First United Methodist Church in Des Moines recently. Organized by AFSC, Methodist Federation for Social Action, and Catholic Peace Ministry, the event brought together 40 people to explore how the church is responding to these threats to our communities and to democratic processes.

Iowa Conference on US Policy in Palestine-Israel: The Discourse is Changing

Kathleen McQuillen and Samar Sarhan

Kathleen McQuillen and Samar Sarhan

Kathleen McQuillen, left, and Samar Sarhan were the lead organizers for AFSC's conference on US Policy in Palestine-Israel, held in Ankeny, Iowa in October 2011. To view a slideshow of photos from the conference, click here.

By Kathleen McQuillen, AFSC Iowa Program Coordinator

A recent opinion piece in the Washington Post calls for the US to consider cutting military aid to Israel; Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian National Authority, takes a bid for Palestinian statehood to the UN;  and 35 organizations in Iowa join AFSC in sponsoring a conference to change US policy.

Caroline Wadhams to speak on the wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan

Monday, November 7, 2011 - 7:30pm

Wadhams is a Senior Fellow at American Progress where she focuses on Afghanistan, Pakistan, terrorism issues, and U.S. national security.  Among her other responsibilities, she served as a U.S. election observer in Afghanistan's parliamentary elections in September 2010.  Wadhams previously served as a legislative assistant on foreign policy issues for Sen. Russ Feingold (D.

The Economics of Happiness

Wednesday, November 16, 2011 - 6:30pm

The Story of a World-wide Grassroots Movement for Localization

A film on how government and big business continue to push for ‘growth’ in the form of  increased global trade which results in climate chaos, senseless war, fundamentalism, financial volatility, income inequality, and the consolidation  of corporate power.  People around the world are  resisting , demanding regulation of  both trade and finance and re-building more human-scale, ecological economies based on a new paradigm-an economics of localization.

US Policy in Palestine-Israel Conference in Iowa

This flyer describes a major conference on US Policy in Palestine-Israel set for October 14-15, 2011 in Ankeny, Iowa.

Lydia Kirior on social work and social change

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Lydia Kirior, AFSC Iowa summer intern in 2011

Originally from Kenya, Lydia Kirior served her MSW practicum internship this summer with AFSC Iowa. Lydia has a bachelor's degree in social and religiuos studies and hopes to "educate myself and go back home to work for social change and fight for justice in my community."

During her time at AFSC, Lydia helped organize this public forum on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD.

Friends House Ice Cream Social 2011

Friends House Ice Cream Social

Friends House Ice Cream Social

Peace and justice supporters tuck into the cold and creamy stuff at the inaugural Friends House Ice Cream Social in 2010.

Wednesday, August 24, 2011 - 4:30pm

Back by popular demand! You and yours are warmly invited to attend the second annual Friends House Ice Cream Social and watermelon feast.

Feel free to bring your favorite toppings. Come just for fun and chill with other friends new and old. This year, we’ll offer tours of Friends House and introductions to the good work of our tenants.

For more information, or just to hear a few puns, contact Jon Krieg at 515-274-4851, ext. 10 or JKrieg@afsc.org.

 

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