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American Friends Service Committee  

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  • The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) is an international social justice organization with a mission based on Quaker philosophy. Founded in 1917 after the United States entered World War I, AFSC initially mobilized conscientious objectors and anti-war activists to support relief and reconstruction initiatives that served poor communities and war-torn countries. [Source: Encyclopedia of the First Amendment; American Friends Service Committee]

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