A 12 year old student at Batiste Cultural Arts Academy performing" Stop the Killing" at AFSC New Orlean's Poetry for Peace night.
A five year old student at Batiste Cultural Arts Academy in New Orleans performing "Read the Book" at AFSC New Orlean's Poetry for Peace night.
Gabriela Flora, AFSC immigrants' rights regional organizer, created this "digital story" about the roots of her social involvement.
View additional digital stories produced by immigrants and their allies with support from AFSC.
AFSC sponsored a Public Hearing on prison privatization in Arizona. This is a record of some of the testimonies and presentations given at the event. 150 people were in attendance. Stephen Nathan, Susan Maurer, Victoria Lopez, Joe Glen, and Jim Sanders were the speakers. It was convened by Phil Lopes, Richard Miranda, Richard Elias, Steve Kozachik, Nancy Young-Wright, and Mark Kimble. Moderated by Mari Herreras. The conveners listened and received the testimony and public comment. These testimonies were delivered by AFSC to the Governor of Arizona and the State Legislature on Tuesday, February 15, 2011.
Straight talk from soldiers, veterans and their family members tells what is missing from the sales pitches presented by recruiters and the military's marketing efforts.
Briseida Montiel
"If I Had A Trillion Dollars"
Amplify Media
"If I Had A Trillion Dollars"
[Update] The 2nd Annual If I Had a Trillion Dollars (IHTD) Youth Film Festival is now accepting submissions for the event in 2012. Visit the festival page for details.
AFSC & National Priorities Project are proud to announce the winners of the 2010 "If I Had A Trillion Dollars" Youth Video Contest.
Zeke Foerster, Maya Rivera, Deja Carr
Youth Action Coalition Video Vanguards
(Amherst, MA)
"If I…"
Christopher Luchini, Jessica Valdefiena, Allah Parks, and Indasia Summerfield
AFSC United Voices Youth Group
(Portland, OR)
"If I Had A Trillion Dollars"
The Village of Arts & Humanities
(Philadelphia, PA)
"The Trillion Dollar Question"
AFSC, BAY-Peace, Met West High School, Emiliano Zapata Street Academy
(Bay Area, CA)
"No We Can't-$1 Trillion and Counting"
Youth Action Coalition's Video Vanguards
(Amherst, MA)
"If I Had A Trillion Dollars"
Aidan Tharp & Michael Johnson
University of Chicago/Columbia College
(Chicago, IL)
"IHTD Chicago"
E.P. Harney Spirit of Excellence Academy
(New Orleans, LA)
"$1 Trillion, A Brighter Future"
Donald Ung
UCLA
(Fontana, CA)
"Our Education, America's Hope"
Lucy Zhang
Xtech Exploratorium
(San Francisco, CA)
"A Trillion Dollars for Natural Disaster"
Sergio Rico
"Trillion"
Noemi Rivera
Xtech Exploratorium
(San Francisco, CA)
"Cure the Cause"
Hope Street Youth Development
(Wichita, KS)
"One Trill"
Sam Irwin & Aaron Naves
(New York, NY)
"The Public Issue-Trillion Dollar Project"
Suggested Use of $1 Trillion
Quiante Hoggard
Xtech Exploratorium
(San Francisco, CA)
"What To Do with a Trillion Dollars"
Comprehension of $1 Trillion
Sergio Rico
"Trillion"
Courageous Journalism
Human Rights Revolution Productions
(Chicago, IL)
"Human Rights Revolution Production"
Film Technique
Aidan Tharp & Michael Johnson
University of Chicago/Columbia College
(Chicago, IL)
"IHTD Chicago"
Research
Cara Cheng
Xtech Exploratorium
(San Francisco, CA)
"Water For All"
Lucy Zhang
Xtech Exploratorium
(San Francisco, CA)
"A Trillion Dollars for Natural Disaster"
Live Music and Student Art
Kristjan Salasoo
Niskayuna High School
(Niskayuna, NY)
"Salasoo Trillion Dollar Contest"
Original Music and Lyrics
Andru Cairl
(Becker, MN)
"If I Had A Trillion Dollars"
Mark Coats
Xtech Exploratorium
(San Francisco, CA)
"Cancer"
Maxwell Vreeland and Hannah Nixon
Music 1991
"Trillion Dollars"
Morgana Warner-Evans
Mt. Ararat High School
(West Bath, ME)
"Bikes Not Bombs"
Mohammad Malik
Xtech Exploratorium
(San Francisco, CA)
"Trillionaire - Mohammad Malik"
Digital stories about immigration produced with support from AFSC and the Center for Digital Storytelling.
A short film delving into the power of stories to connect and inspire both the storytellers and the listeners.
The course was organized by the Greensboro, N.C., program of the American Friends Service Committee.
Bonnie Kerness, director of AFSC's Prison Watch Project discusses solitary confinement on New Jersey Network (NJN).
From the program description:
"On this week's edition of Due Process, Solitary Confinement - a cruel and unusual punishment, or an essential Corrections tool?
Sandra King introduces us to a man who spent 22 years in isolation, and hosts a spirited debate in the studio. This week's studio guests: Prof. Alexander Reinert of Cardozo Law School, Bonnie Kerness of the American Friends Service Committee's Prison Watch Project, and former New Jersey Corrections Commissioner Jack Terhune."
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