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6 unusual facts about American Friends Service Committee


Crystal Bird Fauset

1925, after an Interracial Section was formed of the American Friends Service Committee, Bird was offered a staffing position in September 1927.

As an active member of American Friends Service Committee, she made 210 between September 1927 to September 1928 public appearances to nearly 40,000 people addressing "having people of other racial groups understand the humanness of the Negro wherever he is found."

Grace Paley

She also worked with the American Friends Service Committee to establish neighborhood peace groups, through which she met her second husband Robert Nichols.

Luis Gilberto Murillo

Murillo also has served on the board of directors and on advisory committees of various U.S. based organizations, such as the Colombian Human Rights Committee, US Office on Colombia, American Friends Service Committee, the Global Exchange Speaking Bureau, and the Center for International Policy.

Peace Testimony

In 1947 Friends as a worldwide religious group were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, which was accepted by the American Friends Service Committee and the then London Yearly Meeting's Friends Service Committee, now called Britain Yearly Meeting Peace & Social Witness on behalf of all Friends.

The Nobel prize was accepted by the American Friends Service Committee, along with the UK's Friends Service Council on behalf of all Quakers.


Race Street Friends Meetinghouse

The Meetinghouse is part of the Friends Center campus, which includes the National Office of the American Friends Service Committee, Friends World Committee for Consultation, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, the Greater Philadelphia Chapter of the United Nations Association.


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Mildred Robbins Leet

Recipients of the award included the Heifer Project International, the American Friends Service Committee, Save the Children and Partners of the Americas.

Samsara: Death and Rebirth in Cambodia

Her jobs include working as a field coordinator for the International Rescue Committee and as a director of the Cambodian Women's Project for the American Friends Service Committee.