AFSC Iowa

With Israel again attacking Gaza it is important that we lift a voice to demand an end to the bombings and an end to the siege.

Call to Action: 

1. go to the Senators offices to insist US to call for Israel to stop the siege immediately; this is another way of letting our senators know we oppose any resolutions affirming Israel’s actions
2. hold a public protest outside the Fed. Bldg. to Nollen Plaza.

People around the world are reacting. We should  be too!

Feast of Holy Innocents

Please join Iowans Against the Death Penalty in marking our 50th anniversary.
Marty Ryan will be presented with the Gov. Harold E. Hughes Award on
November 10, 2012 and Rob Warden, executive director
of the Innocents Project at Northwestern University Center
on Wrongful Convictions Bluhm Legal Clinic will keynote the event.

Reception, dinner, award ceremony at 6 p.m.,
Marriott Hotel, Des Moines, $30 per person.
Please RSVP to Patti Brown at abolition@iadp.org,

The Occupy Wall Street Movement continues to fight economic injustice and corporate greed.  Occupy Des Moines celebrates its 1st anniversary by reaching out to the community to join us in confronting economic inequality.  We are  expanding our movement and this event is an opportunity  to learn about Occupy and how you can make a difference.

Where Soldiers Come From

"A coming-of-age story, part American Graffiti (without the music), part The Hurt Locker (without

Diane Randall, Executive Secretary of FCNL (Friends Committee on National Legislation, will speak on “Eleven Years is Too Long: Ending the War in Afghanistan.”  Randall, a Quaker, has been engaged in peace work since the 1980’s Nuclear Freeze movement and now leads FCNL, the oldest ecumenical lobby in Washington D.C.   FCNL lobbies on a wide range of social justice, environmental, and peace issues, including finding peaceful solutions to deadly conflict.