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American Friends Service Committee

The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) is a Quaker organization which promotes social justice, peace, and humanitarian service[?]. The group was founded, in 1917, to assist civilian victims of World War I.

Offical Statements of the AFSC

"Criminal justice cannot be achieved in the absence of social justice."

External Link

American Friends' Service Committee (http://www.afsc.org/default.htm) (Official)

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