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Myanmar (Burma)—Poor children who can’t afford state schools can get a basic education at schools started by Buddhist monasteries. To date, AFSC has helped train about 40 abbots in school management.
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Baltimore—AFSC’s Miafere “Mia” Jones uses games, discussions, role-playing, and other activities to help youth in two after-school programs find common ground and peaceful resolution to conflict.
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Haiti—With a goal of changing a culture of violence in schools into a culture of peace, AFSC works with the St. Charles Borromee School to train teachers in mediation and conflict transformation skills.
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Atlanta—Music, school supplies, and guidance on how to nonviolently respond to challenges in the upcoming year were shared at a back-to-school party for K–12 students. AFSC’s work includes helping youth explore nonmilitary options for after high school.
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Pittsburgh—Each year, high school students implement a project to create change in their community as part of their exploration of racial inequality and human rights. In 2011, they successfully petitioned Pittsburgh to declare itself a Human Rights City.
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Los Angeles—Lincoln High School students asked AFSC to help create a Peace Garden at their school. Due to budget cuts, they’d lost most opportunities to learn outside the classroom while their class sizes doubled. (Learn more in Quaker Action this fall.)
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St. Louis—AFSC’s new peace education program starts its work this fall, led by native son Joshua Saleem. He says that youth face limited resources and violence, but their resiliency and a culture of family in schools are strengths on which AFSC can build.
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Kayford, W.Va.—Students from neighboring Maryland visited mountaintop removal sites during a service trip that included community gardening and flood cleanup. Both of AFSC’s West Virginia programs gave lessons on economic justice in the state.