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American Friends Service Committee — Part 20
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4 es; THE AreROACH: To « ‘exomine these “end ‘other re-
“sS 4% lated questions, the AFSC institute will be based of
2 ."“soundtable™ discussion groups. The method will be
_ & 3" Quaker in that, although resource persons, ou-
eR nigel
ieee 8. athorities, will be present; the essentiaf resources will,
as SiMe? Come. from normak: individvols joined together in a
a cos 3.common search.’ The unstructured. groups, meeting
gl k regularly in the mernings,. will generate creas of
ven Er response for thie focultys.a' group chosen for their in-
dividual achievements and’ diverse viewpoints in
. various fields of education and social-political analy-
*” - gis Thus there wilt be on interplay between unstruc-
tured expression and formal discussions, between
rounded human experience and professional knew!-
edge. Individuols ond, in many cases, family groups
‘ will pursue serious concerns in a vocation setting
away from the usual pressures of daily living.
; THE SPONSOR: The American Friends Service Com- '
. The economic sep is repid'y widening “between a mittee is a Quaker international voluntary service
“Pg? ty white, complacent, highly bourgeois, very. wealthy, «.. > organization with programs in some 20 countries. '!
, very smo North Atfontic efite and everybody else, nas AEE operates in the belief tha? there is that of God in
and this is not a very comfertcble heritese to lecve every man and that ‘ove, expressed through cective
to one’s children." “Everybody else” includes ap- action, con overcome haired, prejudice, and fear
proximately two-thirds of the popusstion of the earth, The Committee is staffed and supported by peosh
spread through shout 100 nctiors... . Many dislo- of many foiths and races.
mats and ezoncmists view the impucaiions os over-
wheimirg'y—and dengerousty—pelitics!, Uniess the oy A at niet .
tn annuaiy Sy many of ite 1S regiorst offices ia in
bs oalg +
fare. : oo
i ~ Note ten be . .
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THE PROSLESM: The Wall Stract Journal! on its edi-
torial page of May 12, 1965, put it this way:
Summer institutes on world affairs cre sponsore
. present dactine con be reversed, these anciysts fear,
the United States and other wecithy indusiriat cowers
of the West face the distinc! possibility, in the words
of Miss/Barsorc/Werd, “of a sort of internahonal
United Sictes. Other programs include refugee re
habilitation, social and techniccl essistance, summe
ond year-round voluntary service sroieots for youm
people, work with the probiems of minorities, an:
internaiicasl confererces ond seminars. The «ork |
' The U.S. ressonsas to this situation seem to be mani- carried on entirely through voluntary contributions.
: fold: aid of ikerazing programs, suscort of the con
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: the belief ! non-comaienist sotona! “st forces will on-om -
f texe nold. Sur mony Se2i tmar in reaury there has °
: been only one response: the all-enquif'ng commitment resi
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‘ On the domestic scene there ‘s the same apscrently —_ . rad -L : ™
i unericterc’2 yoo setween the cceccied of rer se Vow e - wn
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