North Carolina

New Immigration Bill Includes Support for Families and Workers,
Yet Would Continue Key Failures of Current System           

Quaker Group: Fair Path to Citizenship Must Reflect More Humane Principles

Fredd Reyes

Fredd Reyes (right) and his wife Valentina Pavone Reyes-Sagastume.

For Fredd Reyes, the U.S. is home. He’s lived here since he was two years old and has no memory of his native Guatemala. He was a top student at East Davidson High before attending a local college.

Fredd’s English is better than his Spanish. He is a taxpayer with no criminal record. His younger brother is a U.S. citizen. There was no reason to suspect his past was unusual. Fredd’s friends did not know he was living in the country without documents until he was arrested, detained, and threatened with deportation.

Daphne Hines

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Daphne Hines, AFSC Greensboro intern, readies a presentation for program staff and participants.

Photo: Bryan Vana

As a college student who grew up on a military base and in a southern town, 22-year old Daphne Hines has a unique perspective on the world.

Her father was a United States Airman, so Daphne spent ten years of her childhood living on an Air Force base. Daphne thrived on the base. The community was global, diverse, and welcoming, and exposed her to foreign languages and cultures. The tight-knit support structure sometimes felt like a large extended family: “The bonds of the military community were stronger bonds than the differences of race or ethnicity,” she says.

Peaceful Means

AFSC Area Office of the Carolinas is pleased to co-sponsor the new Peaceful Means Film Series in Durham, NC, a film series about ordinary people making a world of difference through peaceful means. AFSC joins Durham Peace Action, Veterans for Peace (Eisenhower Chapter), and the Triangle/Chapel Hill Branch of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom; and Witness for Peace Southeast in presenting these exciting events. All films are shown at the Hayti Heritage Center in Durham, 804 Old Fayetteville St.

Let's Learn NC logo

Tuesday, February 5 marked the launch of a new campaign seeking college tuition equality for all North Carolina students. Let’s Learn NC is all about fairness, opportunity and equal access to education. The group advocates for the same college tuition for all North Carolina students, because higher education should be equally accessible to all state residents.

putri

Putri Pamela Powell works on developing her narrative in a digital storytelling training in the AFSC Area Office of the Carolinas

Putri Pamela Powell is one of the Youth Cultural Media Project interns in AFSC's Greensboro, North Carolina office. Watch the meaningful short digital story she created reflecting on her journey from Indonesia and her understanding of herself as a Muslim young woman.  

Watch her story here:  http://youtu.be/TzK_ZFsST6E  

Newcomer Student

Young girl at the Newcomers School, Greensboro, NC

American Stories: New Start

UPDATE DECEMBER 2012! Haejin is featured in the Guilford County Schools news!

And check out the holiday video made by the students that Haejin worked with here! 

See the online photo album of Haejin's photo exhibit opening here!