Art

Macy's Sodastream Boycott

Dear Artists, Collectors, Educators, and Community Organizers,

The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) and the Center for the Study of Political Graphics (CSPG) are creating a traveling poster exhibition highlighting different historical boycott movements up to the present. The working title is Boycott! The Art of Economic Activism, and it will include the United Farm Workers' grape and lettuce boycott, divestment from South Africa to protest Apartheid, boycotts of corporations using sweatshops, and many others.

KC "If I Could Change the World" Spoken Word Youth

KC "If I Could Change the World" Spoken Word Youth Performed at The Writers Place on March 23, 2013

American Friends Service Committee’s (AFSC) “If I Could Change the World” Spoken Word project is getting attention all over the Kansas City area. AFSC Program Coordinator Ira Harritt and Peace Interns Joshua Smith, Isabella Fassi, and Pearl Webb, carried out the project to encourage and engage young people in social action. The project was conducted in collaboration with The Writers Place and area spoken word artists.

Guyub Harmony through Art Performance

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After waiting patiently for hours, hundreds of local residents – youth, children and elderly – packed the town hall of Mantrijeron  to watch the Javanese traditional drama from Kethoprak.