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Peace Building & Conflict Resolution

China - Recent News

Recent News

AFSC brought 14 experts and practitioners of conflict resolution from 11 nations to Chongqing.

China and the world

China’s influence as an economic superpower

It's a topic of fierce debate. This AFSC-authored editorial provides an alternative view on how America could respond.

Avoiding an Energy War with China, April 2008 (PDF, 212KB)

Overseas investment and foreign assistance

Let the People Speak

Since 2001, AFSC's Mozambique Integrated Rural Development Program(MIRD) has worked in partnership with three communities located in Manica Province. In Denglelenga, Dororo and Chitunga, AFSC has developed projects that include reforestation, fish ponds, community gardens and school construction. Throughout this time, the MIRD program has been committed to following three basic steps:

Violence. It's everywhere you look. You see it on TV, you hear it in advertising,  it's reflected in our speech. You'd think violence could solve problems, but instead it makes them worse. Sometimes it feels as though we're trapped by it.

Are you looking for some new choices? For a way out of this?

Nonviolence requires strength, courage, self-respect, and respect for others. It isn't safer than violence; it involves taking risks. It's just a choice between different kinds of risks.

The Baltimore Urban Peace Program is the key organizer of a new effort to respond to violence in the Govans Community. There has been an upsurge in violence in the Govans neighborhood of Baltimore where the AFSC-MAR office is located.  In early September, a young man was killed on the street in front of the AFSC office.  Two bullets hit our building.

After School and Out of School Programs

These programs provide places for youth to learn, have fun, and/or get help with school and employment. Some programs focus on art or athletics, while others provide tutoring, homework help, or job counseling.

3 Rivers Computer Clubhouse
Creative after-school learning opportunities in photography, fashion design, graphic design, journalism, music and video production, lego robotics, web podcasting, web design and more. Helps members explore professional jobs and academic opportunities. www.3rcc.org