Budgets for Peace and People

Why spend billions on war while we shortchange education, healthcare and other essential services? AFSC’s Budgets for Peace and People campaign advocates for shifting use of our tax dollars away from wasteful military spending and towards meeting basic human needs.

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Cost of War Campaign

Our cost of war campaign explores how we could better spend the $720 million that one day of the Iraq war costs. Watch costs of war video and find out more about the campaign here.

Email us to inquire about using our giant cost of war banners or to order "here's how I would spend it" signs for your event.

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The AFSC Budgets for Peace and People program collaborates extensively with our partners in the PDX Peace Coalition to build a vibrant, diverse and strategic movement for peace. Visit the coalition website to find out about events, camaigns and actions for peace and justice in the Portland area.

Eyes Wide Open

Eyes Wide Open Oregon: the Human Cost of the War in Iraq

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Eyes Wide Open Oregon.

Dozens of Oregon military personnel have lost their lives in the war in Iraq and hundreds more have been wounded. More than 600,000 Iraqis have been killed. This traveling exhibit honors their lives and explores the human and economic cost of the war to Oregon.

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Oregonians choose how to use
their tax dollars at the penny
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With our partners, Military Families Speak Out-Oregon and the Rural Organizing Project, AFSC is bringing the exhibit to interested communities around the state. Write to kcampbell@afsc.org to request the Oregon Eyes Wide Open exhibit in your town.

See where Eyes Wide Open will be shown next >