Established in 1968 in response to the war in Vietnam, the AFSC
office in western Massachusetts did not limit its focus to draft and military counseling,
instead the organization broadened its focus over time to include educational and outreach
programs for a variety of peace and socal justice issues. Closing in 2017, the chapter
focused on economic justice, campaigns against U.S. military intervention, and actions to
combat racism and classism. With an emphasis on serving the community of western
Massachusetts, the program wss equally committed to calling attention to issues of both
national and local importance. Campaigns ranged from ending the war in Iraq and supporting
peace in Columbia to preventing the construction of a new jail in Chicopee.
The collection consists chiefly of subject files that together provide a picture of the various issues in which the western Massachusetts AFSC was involved. Topics range from the organization's earliest focus, the Vietnam War, to the first Gulf War, landlord/tenant relations, immigration, and landmines. The collection also includes materials relating to public figures, some of whom traveled to the region to speak.
The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) is a grassroots community action and education organization dedicated to understanding and addressing the root causes of poverty, injustice, oppression, suffering, and war. The organization and its many regional offices work for peace and social justice both domestically and globally. Although there are no legal ties between the organizations, AFSC is guided by the values and principles of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), including respecting the goodness in all people and asserting the transformative powers of love and nonviolence. Originally founded in 1917, the organization quickly took on a broad number of issues, and won the Nobel Peace Prize (along with the British Friends Service Council) in 1947 – on behalf of all Quakers – for peace work and specifically its help with refugees, conscientious objectors, and relief and reconstruction in the wake of the two major world wars.
A later war, in Vietnam, was the catalyst for the creation of the Western Massachusetts American Friends Service Committee (WMA AFSC) in 1968. Founder Frances Crowe was active in the Vietnam protest movement and in draft and military counseling, and because of her energy as a broadminded activist and founding leader, the WMA AFSC office in Northampton, MA grew exponentially. Under Crowe and others, the group worked for a broad range of peace and social justice issues, including early on for Latin American solidarity, the nuclear freeze movement, and against South African apartheid. A number of program coordinators made their mark on the organization in collaboration with and after Crowe, including:
Anna Megesyi, who brought the national youth program Help Increase the Peace Project to the region;
Jo Comerford, whose tenure overlapped with a surge of activity in the wake of the attacks of September 11, 2001;
Doug Renick and then his co-program coordinator Maya Winfrey, who continued the broad work of the organization as well as emphasis on long-standing programming such as the remembrance of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings and Martin Luther King Jr. celebrations; and
Jeff Napolitano, who helped lead the office through difficult financial times to renew and recommit to peacebuilding, social change, and grassroots organizing across communities and organizations in western Massachusetts.
For almost 50 years the leaders, members, and countless volunteers, advocates, and program attendees of the WMA AFSC dedicated their efforts to intergenerational education and activism on behalf of the social justice causes effecting their communities in western Massachusetts, but also to issues of national and international importance. Recent areas of focus included economic justice, campaigns against U.S. military intervention and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and actions to combat racism, classism, and the prison-industrial-complex. Officially closing its offices on September 30, 2017, due to major budgetary shortfalls at the ASFC National Office, the WMA AFSC made its mark not only by initiating change and understanding in numerous areas, but also by leaving an active legacy living in the people of the organization and those they worked with over the years. Through these individuals and their communities, the work of WMA AFSC will live on and expand, into other social justice organizations, programing, protests and personal acts of kindness, support, and solidarity.
Scope of collection
The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) Records primarily document the activities and concerns of the Western Massachusetts AFSC (WMA AFSC) office, located in Northampton, MA. The majority of the collection consists of subject files, which together provide a picture of the various issues in which the office was involved. Topics range from the organization's earliest focus, the Vietnam War, to the Gulf and Iraq wars, landlord/tenant relations, immigration, international solidarity and peace-work, race and class issues, and youth leadership programming. The breadth of topics is impressive, and the organization of content and specific folders under larger thematic topics is retained from the original order. The subject files are diverse in content as well as theme, ranging from newspaper clippings and promotional materials to meeting minutes, planning materials, correspondence, and reports. The collection also includes documentation relating to public figures, some of whom traveled to the region to speak, in separately marked people files. A small amount of organizational materials includes administrative and resources files from WMA AFSC and other AFSC offices, photograph albums, and AFSC publications.
Arrangement
The collection has been divided into three series:
The organizational files contain photographs, publications, and administrative materials from the western Massachusetts AFSC, including detailed "how to" and "resource" files on specific actions or information needed in running AFSC programming. Additional content is from the National and New England Regional Offices, and from various regional offices within New England.
By far the majority of the collection, the subject files document the diverse activities,
issues of interest, and collaborators of the Western Massachusetts AFSC (WMA AFSC). The
number of topics is impressive, ranging from local, to national, to global social justice
issues. This breadth reveals the deep commitment of WMA AFSC to bettering its community and
to fighting poverty, injustice, suffering, and war. Subject files are diverse in content as
well as theme, ranging from newspaper clippings and promotional materials to meeting
minutes, planning materials, correspondence, and reports. Some document the issues of their
times, while others highlight long-standing WMA AFSC programming, such as atomic bomb
remembrances, Martin Luther King Jr. celebrations, Listening Projects, and Help
Increase the Peace Programs. The organization of content and specific folders under larger
thematic topics is from the original order, and topics are listed alphabetically. Major
themes with heavy documentation include:
The alphabetically arranged people files follow the original organizational scheme of the western Massachusetts AFSC, which kept separate files on individuals of interest and on those traveling to the region for events. Files may contain correspondence, administrative material, publicity, and news clippings.
Inventory
Series 1. Organizational Files
1970-2007
3 boxes (3.2 linear feet)
Administrative: Western Massachusetts AFSC
Appointment book: Megyesi, Anna
1994
Box 22: 70
Appointment book: Megyesi, Anna
1995
Box 22: 71
Comprehensive Program Plan
2008
Box 22: 72
Event promotion
2000, 2003
Box 22: 73
How To: Bulk Mailing
ca.1993
Box 22: 74
How To: Canvas, Leaflet, Petition
ca.1995
Box 22: 75
How To: Contact United States Senators and Representatives
1989-1993
Box 22: 76
How To: Do a Civil Disobedience Training
1986-1989
Box 22: 77
How To: Do a Teleconference (handbook from Union of Concerned Scientists)
1984
Box 22: 78
How To: Facilitate
1982-1987
Box 22: 79
How To: Fasting
1981, 1985
Box 22: 80
How To: Follow Congress on Central America
ca.1985
Box 22: 81
How To: Fundraise
1991
Box 22: 82
How To: Get Publicity in the Press, on the Radio
1974-1986
Box 22: 83
How To: Get a Referendum on the Ballot
1980, 1991
Box 22: 84
How To: Get Space
1986
Box 22: 85
How To: Hold a Vigil
undated
Box 22: 86
How To: Initiate a Local Film Program
1980
Box 22: 87
How To: Letter to the Editor
ca.1995
Box 22: 88
How To: Lobby the Legislature
1976-1995
Box 23: 1
How To: Media, Media Activism
1991-1998
Box 23: 2
How To: Organize a Local Group
ca.1985
Box 23: 3
How To: Organize a Summer Study Course
ca.1993
Box 23: 4
How To: Poster Distribution
1984
Box 23: 5
How To: Reach Consensus in Group Decision Making
1982-1984
Box 23: 6
How To: Report Waste/Abuse/Fraud/Neglect
1993 Mar
Box 23: 7
How To: Research the Military at Your University
ca.1970
Box 23: 8
How To: Set up a Literature Table
ca.1980
Box 23: 9
How To: Thank You Letter
1995 Jun
Box 23: 10
How To: Touring Speakers
1983-1984
Box 23: 11
How To: Volunteers, Work Study
1992-1996
Box 23: 12
How To: Warrant Article
1990
Box 23: 13
How To: Write a Press Release, Hold a Press Conference
1983-1986
Box 23: 14
Meeting brainstorm and notes
ca.1995
Folder OS1
Open house
2000
Box 23: 15
Place Information: Boston vicinity
1996-1998
Box 23: 16
Place Information: Brooklyn
1984-1989
Box 23: 17
Place Information: Maps - general
1995-1998
Box 23: 18
Place Information: Maps - local
1994-1998
Box 23: 19
Place Information: Maps - world
1995-1997
Box 23: 20
Place Information: New York City
1993
Box 23: 21
Place Information: Washington D.C.
ca.1986-1990
Box 23: 22
Place Information: Westover
1990-1992
Box 23: 23
Resources: Area Resources
1987-1997
Box 23: 24
Resources: Articles on Military Spending
1986-1987
Box 23: 25
Resources: Catalogs
ca.1983-1989
Box 23: 26
Resources: Catalogs
ca.1990-1998
Box 23: 27
Resources: College Newspapers and Radio Stations
1993-1994
Box 23: 28
Resources: Conference Centers
1992-1995
Box 23: 29
Resources: Five College Contacts
1985-1987
Box 23: 30
Resources: Local Churches
1980-1995
Box 23: 31-32
Resources: Originals - Spanish
1984-1985
Box 23: 33
Resources: Peace Events
1994-1995
Box 23: 34
Resources: Penny Poll, Tax Day
1991-1997
Box 23: 35
Resources: Petitions
1980-1995
Box 23: 36
Resources: Program Ideas
1992-1994
Box 23: 37
Resources: Quotes
ca.1986-1987
Box 23: 38
Resources: Signs
ca.1990-1998
Box 23: 39
Resources: Songs
ca.1983-1993
Box 23: 40-41
Resources: Speakers
1985-1986
Box 23: 42
Resources: Teachers
ca.1995
Box 23: 43
Resources: Travel
1986-1987
Box 23: 44
Service clubs
ca.1976-1981
Box 23: 45
Workshop/Activity submission forms
2007
Box 23: 46
American Friends Service Committee National Office (NAFSC)
Annual Reports
1992-1994
Box 23: 47
Board and Executive reports
1983-1996
Box 23: 48
Bridges
1992
Box 23: 49
Brochures, pamphlets
ca.1989-1998
Box 23: 50
Chicago Team
1996 May
Box 23: 51
Concentration areas/networks
1996-1999
Box 23: 52
Executive Director - Newell, Kara
1992-1995
Box 23: 53
Filing system guide
1988
Box 23: 54
Financial statements and auditors report
1991
Box 23: 55
History
1977-1995
Box 23: 56
Information services
1988, 1992-1995
Box 23: 57
International Division
1986-1995
Box 23: 58
Organizational policies
1985-1997
Box 23: 59
Organizational structure
1987-1996
Box 23: 60
Publications
1979-1994
Box 24: 1-2
Publications, memos, reports
1988-1995
Box 24: 3
Relationship to Friends Meeting
1989, 1994
Box 24: 4
Work and volunteer camps
1989-1994
Box 24: 5
American Friends Service Committee New England Regional Office (NERO)
Connecticut
1988-1996
Box 24: 6
Executive Committee
1997-1999
Box 24: 7
Executive Committee, Five Year Plan
1996-2000
Box 24: 8
Maine
1979 Feb
Box 24: 9
New Hampshire
1992-2000
Box 24: 10-11
Newsletter
1994, 1998
Box 24: 12
Organizational structure, restructuring
1991-1995
Box 24: 13
Priorities Committee
1995-1996
Box 24: 14
Program Committee
1994-2000
Box 24: 15-16
Staff Evaluation Committee
1981-1987
Box 24: 17
Staff meeting notes
1997-1998
Box 24: 18
Union
1989-1997
Box 24: 19-20
Union - contract
ca.1995
Box 24: 21
Vermont
1993-1998
Box 24: 22
Photographs, Scrapbooks
Album 1
1994-1995
Box 24: 23
Abolish Apartheid; War Toy Exchange (1994 Sep); Honoring Frances Crowe (1994 Nov); NOW March on Washington D.C. (1995)
Album 1
1995-1996
Box 24: 24
"Cuba End the Blockade" (1995); Protest of the School of Americas, Springfield and Washington D.C. (1996)
Album 1
1996-1997
Box 24: 25
Nevada Nuclear Test Site (1996 Apr); miscellaneous
Album 2
1996, 1998
Box 24: 26
HIIP Basic, Florence, MA (1996); HIIP Basic, Greenfield, MA (1998); Berkshire HIIP (1998 Jul); HIIP Advanced, Greenfield, MA (1998); Training of Trainers, Raymond, NH (1998)
Album 2
1997, 1999
Box 24: 27
Penny Poll, Northampton, MA (1997); Martin Luther King Day, Jackson Street School, Northampton, MA (1999)
Album 3
1998
Box 24: 28-30
Economic Human Rights Campaign and ARISE event, Springfield, MA
Album 4
ca.1998
Box 24: 31
HIIP, Florence, MA; HIIP, Manchester, NH; Un-Strike and Workers' Holiday
Album 4
1998
Box 24: 32
Martin Luther King Day
Album 4
1998
Box 24: 33
Don't Bomb Iraq Protest, Springfield, MA (1998 Feb); The Newsletter Workers (1998 Apr 12); Silent March, Anti-Handgun Demonstration, Springfield, MA (1998 May 2); Mothers in Prison, Children in Crisis Campaign (1998); Welfare Rights, Northampton, MA
Album 5
1993
Box 25: 1-4
War Tax Resistance, Colrain, MA
Album 6
1995 Sep
Box 25: 5-6
Norfolk Prison to Walpole Prison (1995 Sep)
Publications: Western Massachusetts AFSC
Newsletters
1989
Box 24: 34
Newsletters
1990
Box 24: 35
Newsletters
1991-1992
Box 24: 36
Newsletters
1993-1994
Box 24: 37
Newsletters
1995-1996
Box 24: 38
Newsletters
1997-2000
Box 24: 39
Newsletters - Community News
1999-2000
Box 24: 40
Newsletters - Community News
2001-2004
Box 24: 41
The Valley War Bulletin
2003 Apr-Jun
Box 24: 42
The Valley War Bulletin
2003 Jul-Oct
Box 24: 43
The Valley War Bulletin
2003 Nov-Dec
Box 24: 44
The Valley War Bulletin
2004 Jan-Mar
Box 24: 45
The Valley War Bulletin
2004 Apr-Jun
Box 24: 46
The Valley War Bulletin
2004 Jul-Sep
Box 24: 47
The Valley War Bulletin
2004 Oct-Dec
Box 24: 48
The Valley War Bulletin
2005 Jan-Mar
Box 24: 49
The Valley War Bulletin
2005 Jun-Aug
Box 24: 50
The Valley War Bulletin
2005 Sep-Dec
Box 24: 51
The Valley War Bulletin
2006 Jun-Aug
Box 24: 52
The Valley War Bulletin
2006 Sep-Oct
Box 24: 53
Series 2. Subject Files
1960-2009
20 boxes (30 linear feet)
20/20 Vision
1990-1995
Box 1: 1-2
A peace, disarmament, and environmentalist activist organization.
Abortion clinics, pro-choice
1992-1996
Box 1: 3
Abuse
ca.1990-1998
Box 1: 4
Affirmative action
ca.1992-1995
Box 1: 5
Affirmative action - AFSC
1981-1997
Box 1: 6
Affordable housing - Meadowbrook apartments, Northampton, MA
2001-2003
Box 1: 7
Afghanistan
2002
Box 1: 8
Afghanistan - women
2001
Box 1: 9
Africa
The Africa Fund
1990-1995
Box 1: 10
The Africa Fund - Stop Apartheid's Violence, Unlock Apartheid's Jaws
1987, 1991-1993
Box 1: 11
American Committee on Africa (ACOA)
1989-1992
Box 1: 12
Botswana
1987, 1992
Box 1: 13
Drought
1992
Box 1: 14
Famine, hunger
ca.1975, 1985
Box 1: 15
Malawi
1992
Box 1: 16
Mozambique
2000-2002
Box 1: 17
Namibia
1989
Box 1: 18
News media
ca.1990-1992
Box 1: 19
South Africa - African National Congress (ANC)
ca.1991-1993
Box 1: 20
South Africa - AFSC study group
1986
Box 1: 21
South Africa - Bullock, Roy
1993
Box 1: 22
F.B.I. files and other items of Roy Bullock's, an undercover investigator related to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and the South African apartheid regime.
South Africa - boycotts - Citibank
1990
Box 1: 23
South Africa - boycotts - Coca-Cola
1987-1990
Box 1: 24
South Africa - boycotts - Shell Oil
1988-1990
Box 1: 25
South Africa - Capital District Coalition Against Apartheid and Racism
1991-1992
Box 1: 26
South Africa - Divestment
1985-1990
Box 1: 27
South Africa - Educators Against Apartheid
1989-1993
Box 1: 28
Majority of content is Educators Against Apartheid newsletter, which changed its name to Educators Against Racism and Apartheid in 1990.
South Africa - elections
1994
Box 1: 29
South Africa - fact sheets
ca.1986-1991
Box 1: 30
South Africa - films
ca.1988-1993
Box 1: 31
South Africa - fliers
ca.1991
Box 1: 32
South Africa - Human Rights Commission (HRC)
1990-1994
Box 1: 33
South Africa - information 1
1976-1989
Box 1: 34
South Africa - information 1, publications
1976-1989
Box 1: 35
South Africa - information 2
1990-1992
Box 1: 36
South Africa - information 2, publications
1990-1992
Box 1: 37
South Africa - information 3
ca.1993-1994
Box 1: 38
South Africa - individuals
ca.1994
Box 1: 39
South Africa - Jewish community
ca.1985-1992
Box 1: 40
South Africa - Krugerrand
1979, 1989
Box 1: 41
South Africa - labor, unions
1984-1992
Box 1: 42
South Africa - news clippings
1979-1993
Box 1: 43-45
South Africa - news clippings, news releases
1990-1992
Box 1: 46
South Africa - newsletters, news releases
1991-1992
Box 1: 47
South Africa - nuclear program
1993
Box 1: 48
South Africa - poster, "Free All South African Political Prisoners"
1991
Folder OS1
South Africa - sanctions
1986-1993
Box 2: 1
South Africa - sanctions, petitions
ca.1992
Box 2: 2
South Africa - Soweto
1989-1991
Box 2: 3
South Africa - student tour
ca.1990
Box 2: 4
South Africa - women
ca.1990-1993
Box 2: 5
Southern Africa - AFSC consultations on sanctions
1993
Box 2: 6-7
Also labeled "AFSC Southern African Staff Meeting, October 1993."
Southern Africa - AFSC Southern Africa Working Group
ca.1986-1994
Box 2: 8-13
The AFSC Southern Africa Working Group (SAWG) was also referred to as the South African Staff and the Southern African Program.
Southern Africa - AFSC Southern Africa Working Group - finances
ca.1988-1993
Box 2: 14
Southern Africa - AFSC Southern Africa Working Group - western MA addresses, correspondence
ca.1990
Box 2: 15
Correspondence is personal correspondence to Frances Crowe, AFSC Western Mass Community Representative.
Southern Africa - AFSC - U.S. Anti-Apartheid newsletter
1985-1992
Box 2: 16
Southern Africa - post-apartheid
1993-1995
Box 2: 17
Southern Africa - Selective Purchase Bill
1987-1991
Box 2: 18
Southern Africa - Southern Africa Educational Campaign
ca.1994
Box 2: 19
Washington Office on Africa
1990-1995
Box 2: 20
Zambia
1975-1979, 1991
Box 2: 21
Zimbabwe
1974-1993
Box 2: 22
Anthrax research
1994
Box 2: 23
Arise for Social Justice
2001
Box 2: 24
Art and Social Justice Series
1999-2000
Box 2: 25
Artistic responses to injustice
1997-1998
Box 2: 26
Includes copy of play script, "The War Machine" by Diana Davies, and materials from the New WORLD Theater.
Banks, Community Reinvestment Act (CRA)
1977-1993
Box 2: 27
Bosnia, former Yugoslavia
Bosnia, former Yugoslavia
ca.1992-1994
Box 2: 28-29
Bosnia, former Yugoslavia, and Somalia
1992-1993
Box 2: 30
Includes materials from AFSC Bosnia Working Group.
Five College Conference poster
ca.1993
Folder OS1
Friends of Bosnia
1993-1994
Box 2: 31
Peace initiatives
1991-1995
Box 2: 32-33
Peacekeeping
1993
Box 2: 34
Petitions
ca.1993-1994
Box 2: 35
Sjeme Mira project
1993
Box 2: 36
Teach-in
1993
Box 2: 37
United Nations rally
ca.1993
Box 2: 38
Vigils
1992-1993
Box 2: 39
Canada
1983-1994
Box 2: 40
Includes materials from the Canadian Friends Service Committee (CFSC), including their newsletter Quaker Concern.
Casa Latina, Institute for Latino Empowerment
1994-1995, 2002
Box 2: 41
Central and South America, Latin America
These various region names were used interchangeably by AFSC in their filing, to co-locate a number of issues and countries.
Agribusiness
1988
Box 2: 42
AFSC Central America Working Group
ca.1992-1994
Box 2: 43
AFSC Committee for Social Action in Latin America (CASAL)
1993
Box 2: 44
AFSC Gifts for Central America
1993-1995
Box 2: 45
AFSC materials
1982-1993
Box 2: 46
AFSC New England Regional Office
1993, 1997
Box 2: 47
AFSC study group - Central America for Beginners
1986
Box 3: 1
Basta!
1985
Box 3: 2
Publication of the Chicago Religious Task Force on Central America.
Berkshire Amistad
1990
Box 3: 3
Bus trips to Washington, D.C.
1986-1993
Box 3: 4
Majority trips are around issues related to Central and South America, although a few other protest topics are represented, such as nuclear issues and the war in Iraq.
Campaign against U.S. intervention
1984-1986
Box 3: 5
Central America Bulletin
1984
Box 3: 6
Publication of the Central America Research Institute.
Central American Historical Institute
1984-1985
Box 3: 7
Central American Peace Accord
1987-1988
Box 3: 8
Chile
ca.1973
Box 3: 9
Columbia
1994-2003
Box 3: 10-15
Columbia - AFSC
ca.2000
Box 3: 16
Columbia - human rights
1999-2001
Box 3: 17-18
Columbia - information and emails
ca.1991
Box 3: 19-20
Columbia - speaking tour
ca.2001
Box 3: 21
Columbia - Witness for Peace reading packet
2001
Box 3: 22
Committee of Inquiry on Central America
1982-1985
Box 3: 23
Contadora peace process
1984-1986
Box 3: 24
Cuba
1969-1996
Box 3: 25
Cuba - articles, clippings
1976-1996
Box 3: 26
Cuba - correspondence
1993-1995
Box 3: 27
Cuba - events
1984-1994
Box 3: 28
Cuba - grassroots organizations
1989-1994
Box 3: 29
Cuba - letter campaigns, petitions
ca.1992-1993
Box 3: 30
Cuba - Pastors for Peace, Friendshipment
1992-1996
Box 3: 31
Ecuador
1994
Box 3: 32
El Salvador
1979-1997
Box 3: 33-37
El Salvador - Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES)
1994
Box 3: 38
The Environmental Project on Central America (EPOCA)
1986, 1988
Box 3: 39
General information
1986-1996
Box 3: 40-41
General resources lists
ca.1987-1993
Box 3: 42
Guatemala
1981-1997
Box 4: 1-5
Guatemala - Accompaniment Project
1993-1995
Box 4: 6
Guatemala - human rights reports
1989-1994
Box 4: 7
Guatemala - Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala (NISGUA)
1995
Box 4: 8
Guatemala - Phillips-Van Heusen Campaign
1992-1994
Box 4: 9
Guatemala and Nicaragua
ca.1993
Box 4: 10
Haiti - AFSC national work
1991-1995
Box 4: 11-12
Haiti - Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES)
1994
Box 4: 13
Health care and rights, Partners in Health
1984-1994
Box 4: 14
Honduras
1984-1995
Box 4: 15
Inter-Religious Task Force, Religious Task Force, Religious Witness
1986-1988, 1995
Box 4: 16
Kissinger Report
1984-1986
Box 4: 17
Latin America Update
1986-1988
Box 4: 18
Publication of the Washington Office on Latin America.
MADRE
1985
Box 4: 19
Media packet
1984-1986
Box 4: 20
Mesoamerica
1985 Oct
Box 4: 21
Publication of the Institute for Central American Studies (ICAS).
Mexico
1994-1997
Box 4: 22-23
Military Industrial Complex (USA)
1981-1987
Box 4: 24
New England Central America Network (NECAN)
1994
Box 4: 25
Neighbor to Neighbor
ca.1985
Box 4: 26
Nicaragua
1982-1997
Box 4: 27-29
Nicaragua - CIA, covert operations, international law
1983-1989
Box 4: 30
Nicaragua - Contra aid
1983-1990
Box 4: 31-32
Nicaragua - Educators Tour
1986-1987
Box 4: 33
Nicaragua - electoral process
1984-1990
Box 4: 34
Nicaragua - human rights abuses
1978-1989
Box 4: 35
Nicaragua - militarization, war economy
1975-1985, 1993
Box 4: 36
Nicaragua - Miskito Indians
1983-1987
Box 4: 37
Nicaragua - newsletters, publications
1984-1996
Box 4: 38-39
Nicaragua - Nicaragua Network
ca.1988
Box 4: 40
Nicaragua - Nicaragua Network newsletter
1987-1989
Box 5: 1
Nicaragua - Nicaragua Network Education Fund newsletter
1993-1994
Box 5: 2
Nicaragua - Quixote Center - Quest for Peace
1987-1988
Box 5: 3
Nicaragua - reconstruction after Somoza
ca.1979-1988
Box 5: 4
Nicaragua - USA embargo
1985-1988
Box 5: 5
Nicaragua - USA foreign policy
1978-1987, 1992
Box 5: 6-7
Nicaragua - Washington Office on Latin America
1985-1986
Box 5: 8
Nuremberg Actions
1988
Box 5: 9
Panama
1977-1993
Box 5: 10
Pledge of Resistance
1984-1987
Box 5: 11
Puerto Rico - Vieques
2001-2002
Box 5: 12
Sanctuary - Arizona Sanctuary Defense Fund
1985-1986
Box 5: 13-14
Sanctuary - articles, news clippings
1985-1986
Box 5: 15
Sanctuary - declared sanctuary
1983-1986
Box 5: 16
Sanctuary - legal liability
1984-1985
Box 5: 17
Sanctuary - Mt. Toby Sanctuary
1985-1987
Box 5: 18
Sanctuary - New England Sanctuary Network
1986
Box 5: 19
Sanctuary - refugees
1982-1989
Box 5: 20
Solutions for peace
1984-1987
Box 5: 21
Springfield Area Central America Project (SACAP)
1987-1992
Box 5: 22
USA aid, covert and public
1984-1986, 1995
Box 5: 23
Veterans protest movement
ca.1987
Box 5: 24
Winooski 44 trial
1984
Box 5: 25
Witness for Peace
1985-1993
Box 5: 26
Witness for Peace Newsletter
1985-1994
Box 5: 27
Children and Conflict - AFSC study group
1991
Box 5: 28
Church World Services
1997
Box 5: 29
Citizens for Participation in Political Action (CPPAX)
1994-1997
Box 5: 30-31
Civil liberties
2001-2002
Box 5: 32
Civil rights
ca.1983-1993
Box 5: 33
Committee for Northampton
ca.1995
Box 5: 34
Group focused mostly on issues of racism and other concerns in local Northampton schools.
About The Depot, a play on disarmament written by Eve Ensler and performed at Williston Northampton School.
Disarmament
ca.1979-1996
Box 6: 12
Disarmament and development
1987-1994
Box 6: 13
Institute for Defense & Disarmament Studies
1981-1993
Box 6: 14
Institute for Defense & Disarmament Studies newsletters
1985-1989
Box 6: 15
Klare, Michael article
1995
Box 6: 16
Meetings with Massachusetts legislators
1994-1995
Box 6: 17
Newsletters, pamphlets
ca.1979-1988
Box 6: 18
Trapprock Weapons Elimination Committee
1994-1996
Box 6: 19
Woolman Hill strategy retreat
1985-1986
Box 6: 20-21
Domestic violence
1995-1998, 2003
Box 6: 22
Domestic violence - Necessities/Necesidades
1993
Box 6: 23
Support organization for lesbians.
Don't Give Up Seminar
1996
Box 6: 24-25
Seminar sponsored by WMA AFSC, Western Mass Rainbow Coalition, and Smith College School for Social Work, on the topics of political analysis, and information and organizing strategies.
Social Justice, Environmentalism, and Alternative Education report
2004
Box 7: 40
Report on collaborative project between the AFSC, the Florence Learning Center, The Northampton Board of Health, and Smith College School of Social Work to expand Northampton's on-the-street recycling program.
Three Circles Center
1994
Box 7: 41
United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED)
1992
Box 7: 42
Also known as the Rio Conference and the Earth Summit.
Whole Earth Review
ca.1985
Box 7: 43
Exploration of Empire
2003-2004
Box 7: 44
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) - AFSC
1976-1978, 1995
Box 7: 45-46
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) - AFSC newsletter, Spotlight on Spying
1977-1978
Box 7: 47
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) - AFSC western Massachusetts
1976-1980
Box 7: 48
Film catalogs and guides
1981-1987
Box 7: 49
Food Not Bombs
ca.1996
Box 7: 50
Folk Education Association of America
1997-1998
Box 7: 51
Freedom of Information Act
1981, 1987
Box 7: 52
Friends Committee on National Legislation
1993-1995
Box 7: 53
Friends General Conference
1987-1994
Box 7: 54
Friends World Committee for Consultation
1991-1994
Box 7: 55
Gambling, lottery
1994-1996
Box 8: 1
Gay rights
1977-1988
Box 8: 2
The umbrella term "gay rights" was used by AFSC at the time to document issues related to gay men, lesbians, bisexuals (and to some extent others) and homophobia.
Hampshire College Public Service and Social Change Program
ca.1988-1991
Box 8: 23
Hampshire County Family Network (HCFN)
ca.1994
Box 8: 24
Hampshire Youth Coalition
1992-1993
Box 8: 25
Haymarket People's Fund
1989-1994
Box 8: 26-27
Includes grant information from AFSC projects related to the Campaign for a Citizens Budget, Central America, and South Africa.
Haymarket People's Fund - publications
1986-1993
Box 8: 28
Health - AIDS, HIV, drug related disease
1987-2001
Box 8: 29
Health care - national, international
ca.1992, 2003
Box 8: 30
High fructose corn syrup
2001-2003
Box 8: 31
Hightower, Jim - We the People: Powers That Ought To Be
2004
Box 8: 32
Holidays and their meanings
ca.1997
Box 8: 33
Holocaust
1993-1995
Box 8: 34
Homelessness, Housing
Binder - local, international, Northampton State Hospital squatters
1990-1996
Box 8: 35-36
Economic development approaches
1997-1998
Box 8: 37
Housing Discrimination Project
1993-1997
Box 8: 38
Landlord/tenant relations
1976
Box 8: 39
Local
ca.1980-1988
Box 8: 40-41
Local
ca.1993-1998
Box 8: 42
Northampton, MA
1996-1997
Box 8: 43
Northampton, MA, Florence Inn
ca.1996
Box 8: 44
Northampton State Hospital
1988-1989, 1996
Box 8: 45-46
Human rights - Americas Watch
1989
Box 8: 47
Human rights - international
1979, 1997-2008
Box 8: 48
Human rights - International Bill of Human Rights
ca.1978-1982
Box 9: 1
Human rights - Training on Documentation of Abuses
2001-2002
Box 9: 2
Human rights - United States
1978-2002
Box 9: 3
Human Rights Watch
1991-1992
Box 9: 4
Hurricane Katrina
2005
Box 9: 5
Immigration - AFSC
1988-1992
Box 9: 6
Immigration - bill, rights
1986-1997
Box 9: 7
Immigration - facts
1995-1997, 2001
Box 9: 8-9
Immigration - racism
2001-2002
Box 9: 10
In and Around the U.N.
1978-1991
Box 9: 11
Publication of the Quaker Office at the United Nations.
Institute for International Cooperation and Development (IICD)
1990-1994
Box 9: 12
Institute for Science and Interdisciplinary Studies (ISIS)
1995
Box 9: 13
Interfaith Pilgrimage for Peace and Life
1991-1998
Box 9: 14
International Voluntary Services (IVS)
1991-1992
Box 9: 15
Jonah House
1992-1994
Box 9: 16
Jonah House newsletter, Year One
1982-1988
Box 9: 17-18
Land trusts
1985-1996
Box 9: 19
Landmines
1993-1998
Box 9: 20-21
Landmines
2003
Box 9: 22
Latina Rights Initiative
1995-1996
Box 9: 23
Law
1999-2001
Box 9: 24
Law of the sea
1974-1982
Box 9: 25
The Learning Tree
1989-1993
Box 9: 26
Listening Project
The "Listening Project" is a conflict resolution program originated in the early 1980s by Herb Walters of Celo, NC Meeting in Southern Appalachian Yearly Meeting and Association. Each Listening Project can be fit to specific subjects and contexts.
Background information, training manual
ca.1987-1998
Box 9: 27
Community Coalition for Economic Conversion
1993-1994
Box 9: 28
Global Listening Project on Economic Insecurity and Work
ca.1996
Box 9: 29
Global Voices
2000
Box 9: 30
Educational Access
1998
Box 9: 31
New Hampshire - Jobs
1996
Box 9: 32
Northampton Jobs and Living Wage
1997
Box 9: 33-35
Virginia - Winchester North End
1995
Box 9: 36
Welfare, Jobs, Listening Project binder
1996-1999
Box 9: 37-40
West Virginia - Civil Rights and Human Rights, Upper Kanawha Valley, Welfare Reform
1995-1999
Box 9: 41
The Literacy Project - Volunteer Training Manual
1998
Box 9: 42-43
Making Another World Possible Film Festival
2003
Box 9: 44
Maoist Internationalist Movement (MIM), and Revolutionary Anti-Imperialist League (RAIL)
1995
Box 9: 45
Majority of content concerns the MIM/RAIL protest of W. Anthony Lake as commencement speaker at UMass Amherst.
MassCOSH (Western Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health)
1992-1994
Box 9: 51
Material Aids Program - New England AFSC
1992
Box 9: 52
Media and game violence - news clippings
1989-1994
Box 9: 53
Men's Resource Center
1976, 1993-1994
Box 9: 54
Middle East
"Middle East" was used by AFSC as a term for topics and countries surrounding the Persian Gulf. Topics in folders often overlap. See also Military & War.
AFSC Disarming Conflict magazine
1990-1995
Box 10: 1
AFSC materials
ca.1985-1998
Box 10: 2
AFSC Middle East Peace Education Program
1989-1995
Box 10: 3-5
AFSC Middle East Working Group
1991-1992
Box 10: 6
Alternatives to Violence in the Middle East study group
1991
Box 10: 7
Arab-Israeli conflict and peace
ca.1986-2004
Box 10: 8
Arab Report
1978-1980
Box 10: 9
Publication of the Arab Information Center.
Fliers, pamphlets
ca.1989-1993
Box 10: 10
Health - Palestine, Occupied Territories
1992-1993
Box 10: 11
Hebron Mosque massacre
1994
Box 10: 12
Israel
1990-1993
Box 10: 13
Israel - Gulf War
1990-1991
Box 10: 14
Israel/Palestinian "settlement" aid
1991-1992
Box 10: 15
Jewish Committee on the Middle East
1993-1994
Box 10: 16
Kurds
1974, 1990-1991
Box 10: 17
Middle East Justice Network
1989-1994
Box 10: 18-19
Middle East Justice Network conference - Apartheid's ARC and the Palestinian Uprising: Making the Connections
1989 Nov
Box 10: 20
Middle East Justice Network conference - From Occupation to Apartheid: Israel, South Africa, and the 'New World Order'
1991 Nov
Box 10: 21
Middle East Justice Network conference - Occupation & Intervention: Perspectives on the Middle East Crisis
1990 Nov
Box 10: 22
Middle East Peace Coalition
1991-1997, 2002
Box 10: 23-25
Middle East Peace Coalition - meeting minutes
1990-1994
Box 10: 26
Nuclear
Box 10: 27
Palestine
1987-1992
Box 10: 28
Palestine Perspectives
1986-1987
Box 10: 29
Publication of the Palestine Research and Educational Center.
"State and Society in the Middle East" course notes, Hampshire College
Mostly newsletters and newspapers. Publishing groups include the Defense Committee, the Highway 13 project, the Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization, the People's Party, and Vietnam Veterans Against the War/Winter Soldier Organization.
Alternative publications
1980-1988, 2005
Box 10: 33
Mostly newsletters and newspapers. Publishing groups include AFSC, Berkeley Draft Counseling Center, Committee Opposed to Militarism and the Draft, Draft Action, Fellowship of Reconciliation, Militarism Resource Project, the National Resistance Committee, and Resist.
Bases
ca.1989, 1995
Box 10: 33A
Cartoons
ca.2001-2004
Box 10: 34
Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors (CCOO)
1969-1979
Box 10: 35
Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors (CCOO)
1980-2005
Box 10: 36
Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors (CCOO) - News Notes
1967, 1979-1994
Box 10: 37-39
Committee Against Registration and the Draft (CARD)
1979-1983
Box 10: 40
Conscientious objectors, draft
ca.1969-1993
Box 10: 41-42
Conscientious objectors, draft
ca.2004
Box 10: 43
Conscientious objectors, draft - pamphlets
ca.1967-1989
Box 10: 44
Counter-recruitment
ca.1978-1992
Box 11: 1
Counter-recruitment
1999-2006
Box 11: 2
Counter-recruitment - Alternatives to Military Service (AMS) program
2002
Box 11: 3
Counter-recruitment - "False Advertising" cartoon
2004
Box 11: 4
Counter-recruitment - fliers, handouts, posters
ca.2000-2006
Box 11: 5
Counter-recruitment - inventory of literature
2003
Box 11: 6
Counter-recruitment - Junior ROTC
1973-1996
Box 11: 7-8
Counter-recruitment - Latina/o recruitment
2003-2006
Box 11: 9
Counter-recruitment - local
ca.2002-2004
Box 11: 10
Counter-recruitment - national conference summary
2003
Box 11: 11
Counter-recruitment - news clippings
2003-2005
Box 11: 12
Counter-recruitment - Not Your Soldier Camp
2005
Box 11: 13
Counter-recruitment - pamphlets
ca.1989-2009
Box 11: 14
Counter-recruitment - school counter-recruitment trainings evaluations
2005
Box 11: 15
Counter-recruitment, draft
1968, 1979-1985
Box 11: 16-18
Counter-recruitment, draft
ca.2001-2005
Box : 19
Counter-recruitment, draft - pamphlets
ca.1975-1985
Box 11: 20-21
Counter-recruitment, draft - Spanish language
ca.1980-1985
Box 11: 22
G.I. counseling, G.I. rights
ca.1973-1991
Box 11: 23
Gulf War - AFSC humanitarian assistance packet
1991
Box 11: 24
Gulf War - AFSC pamphlets, posters
ca.1990-1993
Box 11: 25
Gulf War - AFSC responses
ca.1990-1996
Box 11: 26-31
Includes correspondence, op eds, press releases, reports, resource packets, and more, on the build up to, events of, and aftermath of the Gulf War, including the sanctions on Iraq.
Gulf War - analysis
1990-1996
Box 11: 32
Gulf War - analysis, background
ca.1990-1991
Box 11: 33-34
Gulf War - Arab-American harassment
Box 11: 35
Gulf War - Baghdad bombing
1993
Box 11: 36
Gulf War - casualties, victims
1991
Box 11: 37
Gulf War - churches, religious community
ca.1990-1991
Box 11: 38
Gulf War - conscientious objectors
ca.1990-1991
Box 11: 39
Gulf War - correspondence to government, legislators
1989-1993
Box 11: 40
Gulf War - The Crisis in the Persian Gulf - conference notes, program
1991 Apr
Box 11: 41
Gulf War - economics, military spending
ca.1990-1991
Box 11: 42-43
Gulf War - environment
1991
Box 11: 44
Gulf War - fliers
ca.1990-1991
Box 11: 45
Gulf War - Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL)
1990-1991
Box 11: 46
Gulf War - Gulf Assistance Fund, relief efforts
ca.1991
Box 12: 1
Gulf War - Gulf Information Pack
1993
Box 12: 2
Gulf War - "Gulf War Syndrome," illness
1994, 1996
Box 12: 3
Gulf War - health statistics in Iraq
1991
Box 12: 4
Gulf War - international responses
1990-1991
Box 12: 5
Gulf War - letters to the editor
1990-1991
Box 12: 6
Gulf War - media, critique of coverage
1990-1991
Box 12: 7
Gulf War - military families
1990-1992
Box 12: 8
Gulf War - National Campaign for Peace in the Middle East
1991
Box 12: 9
Gulf War - New England Yearly Meeting minute
1990
Box 12: 10
Gulf War - news clippings
1990-1993
Box 12: 11-14
Gulf War - newsletters
1990-1992
Box 12: 15-16
Gulf War - oil
1990-1991
Box 12: 17
Gulf War - Pioneer Valley Anti-War Coalition
ca.1991
Box 12: 18
Gulf War - Pledge of Resistance
1990
Box 12: 19
Gulf War - pro-war
1990-1991
Box 12: 20
Gulf War - protests
ca.1990-1991
Box 12: 21
Gulf War - protests, local
ca.1990-1991
Box 12: 22
Gulf War - protests, Westover Air Force Base
1990-1991
Box 12: 23-24
Gulf War - SANE/FREEZE Campaign for Global Security
1990
Box 12: 25
Gulf War - Story, Eileen - "Iraq Today"
1993
Box 12: 26
Gulf War - town meetings, western Massachusetts
1991-1996
Box 12: 27
Gulf War - war crimes, Coalition of Inquiry for the International War Crimes Tribunal
1991
Box 12: 28
Gulf War - war crimes, Coalition to Stop U.S. Intervention in the Middle East
1991
Box 12: 29
Iran
2008
Box 12: 30
Iraq sanctions
1991- 2001
Box 12: 31-36
Iraq sanctions - action pack
1998-1999
Box 12: 37
Iraq sanctions - Seeger, Peggy concert
2002
Box 12: 38
Iraq War
2002
Box 12: 39-42
Iraq War
2003-2008
Box 12: 43-45
Iraq War - Adil, Samir
2006
Box 12: 46
Iraq War - AFSC materials
2003-2006
Box 12: 47
Iraq War - anniversary event
2008
Box 12: 48
Iraq War - Books Building Bridges
2006
Box 12: 49
Iraq War - Books Building Bridges - correspondence, meetings
2005-2006
Box 12: 50A
Iraq War - Bring Our Troops Home Now volunteer packet
2007
Box 12: 50
Iraq War - Eyes Wide Open
2005
Box 12: 51
Iraq War - Harvest Aid
2004
Box 12: 52
Iraq War - Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW)
2008
Box 13: 1
Iraq War - letter to the Iraq people
2004
Box 13: 2
Iraq War - Million Doors for Peace
2008
Box 13: 3
Iraq War - New England United conference
2008
Box 13: 4
Iraq War - Nostoi (Homecoming) Project
2006
Box 13: 5
Iraq War - Not One More Death
2005
Box 13: 6
Militarism and African Americans
1971, 1980-1982
Box 13: 7
Militarism and gender
2001-2002
Box 13: 8
Militarism and geopolitics
2001
Box 13: 9
Militarism and youth
1979-1995
Box 13: 10
National Action/Research on the Military Industrial Complex (NARMIC)
ca.1977-1979
Box 13: 11
National Guard
1994-1995, 2005
Box 13: 12
Resisters testaments
1971, 1983
Box 13: 13
School of Americas (SOA) Watch
1993-1997
Box 13: 14-16
Space, Star Wars
1986-1991
Box 13: 17A
United States Space Command
2003
Box 13: 17
Veterans, Veterans Against Foreign Wars
ca.1980
Box 13: 18
Veterans, Veterans Education Project
ca.1985-2003
Box 13: 19
Voices of Hope and Anger
1989
Box 13: 20-21
"Women Speak Out for Sovereignty and Self-Determination" on topic of military bases. Featuring speakers Socorro I. Diokno of the Philippines and Lilo Klug of West Germany.
Hiroshima & Nagasaki - remembrance, cranes and lanterns
1987, 1995-2000
Box 15: 41
Hiroshima & Nagasaki - remembrance, poems and songs
1983-1986
Box 15: 42
Komisaruk, Katya
1987-1988
Box 15: 43
Massachusetts Peace Action, SANE/FREEZE
1991-1993
Box 15: 44
Mayors for Peace
2003-2005
Box 15: 45
New England Organizing Conference for Nuclear Weapons Abolition
1997
Box 15: 46-47
Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)
1993-1994
Box 15: 48
Nuclear Free America - Nuclear Free Zone Organizing Packet
1983-1985
Box 15: 49-50
Nuclear Free Pacific
1989
Box 15: 51
Nuclear power plants, safe energy
1987-1991, 2007
Box 15: 52
Nuclear power plants - Yankee Rowe
ca.1991
Box 15: 53
Nuclear war prevention conference
1993
Box 15: 54
Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign (The FREEZE)- Euro missile Packet
1983
Box 15: 55
Nukewatch
1989-1991
Box 15: 56
Peace Wave
1990-1995
Box 15: 57
Plowshares
1981-1987
Box 15: 58
Plowshares
1993-1997
Box 15: 59
Radiation victims
1978-1980
Box 16: 1
Student/Teacher Organization to Prevent Nuclear War (STOP)
1981-1985
Box 16: 2
Test ban
1986-1994
Box 16: 3-4
Test Ban Caravan
1987
Box 16: 5
Test ban referendum
1986-1987
Box 16: 6-7
Test ban referendum, local petition
1986
Box 16: 8
Union of Concerned Scientists
1985-1987
Box 16: 9
Union of Concerned Scientists - publications
1982-1987
Box 16: 10
United Nations - Sit-In for Survival
1978
Box 16: 11
War Resisters League - anti-nuclear organizing
2002
Box 16: 12
Women's Action for Nuclear Disarmament (WAND)
1983, 1988
Box 16: 13
Women's Pentagon Action
1978-1981
Box 16: 14
World Conference Against Atomic & Hydrogen Bombs
1986-1995, 2003
Box 16: 15
Nuestras Raíces
ca.1993-1994
Box 16: 16
Nuestras Raíces is a grassroots urban agriculture organization based in Holyoke, MA.
Omnibus Counterterrorism Act of 1995
1995
Box 16: 17
One World Fair
2003-2004
Box 16: 18-20
One World Fair - posters
2003-2004
Folder OS1
Opposition
1985-1996
Box 16: 21
Materials organized into an "Opposition" folder by AFSC. Related either to critiques of AFSC, Quaker, and leftist activism and positions (including groups grounded in alternative viewpoints, such as the far right or conservative religious organizations) or critiques centered around the type of opposition activism AFSC was engaged in, such as civil disobedience and activist rights. Mostly clippings.
Opposition - correspondence
1985-1991
Box 16: 22
Includes some personal correspondence to Frances Crowe, including f harassment and ridicule of her and AFSC activism, as well as several lengthy letters to AFSC from Sondra Taylor.
Opposition - correspondence - Stewart, Joffre L.
1987 Nov
Box 16: 23
Contains several identical packets of photocopied materials mailed to Frances Crowe, both for her own possession and to distribute to others. Content covers a controversy involving the Social Revolutionary Anarchist (SRAF) Bulletin, and Stewart's positions, including his anarchist thought, anti-nuclear stance, and particularly his anti-Zionism.
AFSC study course - Institutional Racism & Classism
1993
Box 17: 30-32
Calendar
2003-2004
Box 17: 33-37
A calendar project, variously called "365 Things We Can Do To End Racism Calendar" and "366 Days for Racial Justice" organized by AFSC and other organizations in and around Northampton, MA.
Calendar photos
ca.1988-2003
Box 17: 38
Photographs which seem to be for the calendar project. Many are from prior Martin Luther King Jr. Day events.
Cultural Appropriation, Cultural Theft 101
1992
Box 17: 39
English only movement
ca.1992
Box 17: 40
Handbook for A Neighborhood Conversation on Race
2003
Box 17: 41
Multicultural youth reading lists
2003
Box 17: 42
Northampton Committee for Multi-Racial Unity
1987
Box 17: 43
People Against Racist Terror
2001
Box 17: 44
The Struggle Continues
2005
Box 17: 45
Radio
1972-1995
Box 17: 46
Rainbow Coalition Party
1995-1996
Box 17: 47
Reagan - human rights, social service policies
1980-1988
Box 17: 48
Reganomics
1982-1986
Box 17: 49-50
Refugees
1980-1982
Box 17: 51
Resist
1990-1991
Box 17: 52
The grant funding agency also known as A Call to Resist Illegitimate Authority.
Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), globalization
2001
Box 18: 40
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), World Trade Organization (WTO)
1994-1995
Box 18: 41
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
ca.1992-1997
Box 18: 42-44
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) - Global Economics Working Group
1997
Box 18: 45
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) - labor
1992-1994
Box 18: 46
Trade relations with China
2000
Box 18: 47
University of Massachusetts Amherst student protests
1992-1998
Box 18: 48
Majority of material is related to the Graduate Employee Organization (GEO) union.
Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA)
1996
Box 18: 49
Voter Empowerment Packet
1996
Box 18: 50-51
W. E. B. Du Bois Foundation
ca.2000
Box 18: 52
Welfare and Living Wage binder
1995-2001
Box 18: 53-55
Welfare reform
1993-1994
Box 19: 1
Welfare to What? - Alternatives to the Massachusetts Welfare Program
1999
Box 19: 2
Women
AFSC Women's Program
1977-1992
Box 19: 3
AFSC Women's Program - labor
1973-1982
Box 19: 4
Includes material from AFSC Vocations for Social Change.
AFSC Women's Program - publications
1979-1994
Box 19: 5
Against Violence Against Women binder
ca.1991-1995
Box 19: 6-7
Everywoman's Center
ca.1994
Box 19: 8
Five College Women's Studies Research Center
1992-1994
Box 19: 9
National Organization for Women (NOW) - Hampshire County Chapter
1992
Box 19: 10
The North American Woman's Caucus - Committee for Grassroots: Getting the Word Out
1991
Box 19: 11
Seneca Peace Encampment
1983-1986
Box 19: 12
Valley Women's Voice
1992-1994
Box 19: 13
Witness to Violence
1994
Box 19: 14
Women's Action Coalition (WAC)
1993
Box 19: 15
Women's Dialogue: Creating Community in the Face of Violence
1995
Box 19: 16
Tour of Arab women, invited by AFSC, to the United States for dialogue and cultural exchange.
Women's issues
2000-2004
Box 19: 17
World Conference on Women
1995
Box 19: 18
Woolman Hill
1990-1993
Box 19: 19
World Federalist Association of New England (WFANE), Coalition for a Strong United Nations
1993-1995
Box 19: 20
World Fellowship Center
1996
Box 19: 21
World Population Year poster
undated
Folder OS1
Young Women's Christian Association (YMCA), western Massachusetts
ca.1992
Box 19: 22
Youth
AFSC youth opportunities, lesbian/gay issues
1989
Box 19: 23
Reports concerning AFSC desire to collaborate with other Friends organizations on youth opportunities, but problems stemming from those organization's positions on homosexuality.
Amherst Literacy Project
ca.1995
Box 19: 24
Art, A Call to Action
ca.2003
Box 19: 25
Children's care, children's rights
1969-1994
Box 19: 26-27
Children's museums and activities
ca.1994-1997
Box 19: 28
Community Coalition for Teens (CCT)
1998-1999
Box 19: 29
Community Coalition for Teens (CCT) - pamphlets, stickers
1998-1999
Box 19: 30
Conflict resolution in schools
1994-1997
Box 19: 31
Criminal justice
1996
Box 19: 32
Economic justice
ca.1995
Box 19: 33
Fellowship of Reconciliation Youth Leadership Training
1995, 1998
Box 19: 34
Help Increase the Peace Program (HIPP)
Program dedicated to non-violent conflict resolution amongst youth. See also Nonviolence
Addresses
ca.1996-1999
Box 19: 35
AFSC Urban Program Committee
1996-1997
Box 19: 36
AFSC New England Regional Office Urban Youth Program
2001
Box 19: 37
Elementary schools
1999
Box 19: 38
Facilitator agreements
1998
Box 19: 39
Grants
1993-1999
Box 19: 40
Grants, Youth Media Project
1997-1999
Box 19: 41
Handouts, Think HIIP, domestic violence
ca.1995
Box 19: 42
Information packet resources
1993-1999
Box 19: 43
Letters of support
1997-1998
Box 19: 44
Manual revision
1996-1999
Box 19: 45
National Gathering
1998-1999
Box 19: 46
Newsletters, publications
ca.1993-1999
Box 19: 47
Permission slips
ca.1999
Box 19: 48
Program history, summaries
ca.1996-1999
Box 19: 49-50
Program updates
2005
Box 19: 51
Registration forms
1996-1999
Box 19: 52
Study of the Impact of the HIPP in the Chambersburg Area School District
2000
Box 19: 53
Vermont correspondence, AFSC report
1998
Box 19: 54
Workshop
1998
Box 19: 55
Workshops
1996-1998
Box 19: 56
Workshops
1999, 2003
Box 19: 57
Youth Concentration Network
1999
Box 19: 58
Youth Empowerment Gathering
2008
Box 19: 59
Initiatives for social change
1991-1997
Box 19: 60
Megyesi, Anna - correspondence, minutes, notes
ca.1997-1998
Box 19: 61-62
Correspondence with Geoff Huggins, and minutes and notes relate to the AFSC Program Committee, American Friends Service Committee, and other groups and topics.
North Quabbin Community Coalition (NQCC) Youth Task Force
Cite as: American Friends Service Committee Records (MS 459). Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries.
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