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October 2012 E-Newsletter - NC Immigrant Rights Program

The October 2012 e-newsletter for the NC Immigrant Rights Program

September 2012 E-Newsletter- NC Immigrant Rights Program

The September 2012 e-newsletter of the NC Immigrant Rights Program

"Windows and Mirrors" at the Democratic National Convention

Sunday, September 2, 2012 - 1:00pm - Saturday, September 8, 2012 - 6:00pm

A provocative art exhibit on the human cost of war. Visit windowsandmirrors.org/exhibit/charlotte-nc for details and related events.

"Windows and Mirrors" Opening Reception

Saturday, September 1, 2012 - 4:00pm - 6:00pm

Join us for an opening of the "Windows and Mirrors" community exhibition with music and stories by Jacob George. Light refreshments will be served. 

Jacob, a 30-year-old, three-tour paratrooper turned peace activist, is a cofounder of A Ride Till The End (ARTTE), a perpetual bicycle protest of the Afghan War that has covered over 7,000 miles in the United States since 2010.

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Humanizing the cost of war

Mother Son Mural

Windows and Mirrors Panel

Mother and Child mural developed by Guilford College students.

As Democratic delegates gather in Charlotte, N.C. to weigh in on their political party’s platform for the next four years, a silent cadre of Afghan faces will ask them to consider the people affected by those policies.

Eighteen murals depicting civilians wounded or killed during the war in Afghanistan will be displayed in the midst of the Democratic National Convention from Sept. 1-8. They are replicas of the murals of "Windows and Mirrors," AFSC’s exhibition of 45 murals created by U.S. artists.

AFSC South Star Spring Newsletter

The South Star newsletter for AFSC's South Region.

AFSC sponsors vigil to prevent NC mother’s deportation

Fredi Reyes’ Letter to my country

AFSC sponsors vigil to prevent NC mother’s deportation

Orfilia Reyes and her son

Orfilia Reyes and her son

Orfilia Reyes and 15-year-old US citizen son Fredi comfort each other at the vigil

Reflection on Vigil for Orfilia Reyes

By Lori Fernald Khamala, Immigrant Rights Program Director 

The fifth annual Lake Junaluska Peace Conference, "Love in Action: the Transformative Power of Nonviolence"

Peace Conference Lake

The fifth annual Lake Junaluska Peace Conference, "Love in Action: the Transformative Power of Nonviolence," 

Thursday, November 8, 2012 (All day) - Sunday, November 11, 2012 (All day)

The fifth annual Lake Junaluska Peace Conference, "Love in Action: the Transformative Power of Nonviolence," will draw upon the lessons of nonviolent campaigns and their leaders who discovered a force that can change the world. Participants will explore the principles and learn the applications of nonviolence as taught by Gandhi, King, and many spiritual leaders who offered this alternative paradigm for resolving conflict, achieving justice, and building peace.

Contact Information: 

(800) 222-4930 

AFSC Office of the Carolinas Press Release 5/10/2012

Contact: Lori Fernald Khamala 

Office: 336-854-0633
Cell: 919-491-0039
email: LKhamala@afsc.org                                                                          

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