American Friends Service Committee

E11759

Quaker organization nongovernmental organization nonprofit organization peace organization

The American Friends Service Committee is a Quaker-founded organization dedicated to peace, social justice, and humanitarian service worldwide.

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Label	Occurrences
American Friends Service Committee canonical	4

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Quaker organization ⓘ nongovernmental organization ⓘ nonprofit organization ⓘ peace organization ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	AFSC ⓘ
awardReceived	Nobel Peace Prize ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
foundedBy	Religious Society of Friends ⓘ surface form: Quakers Religious Society of Friends ⓘ
foundedFor	civilian alternative service ⓘ conscientious objectors in World War I ⓘ
hasIdeology	nonviolence ⓘ pacifism ⓘ social justice activism ⓘ
hasProgram	economic justice programs ⓘ healing justice programs ⓘ immigrant rights programs ⓘ peacebuilding ⓘ policy advocacy ⓘ youth leadership programs ⓘ
hasPurpose	advocacy ⓘ conflict resolution ⓘ economic justice ⓘ ending mass incarceration ⓘ human rights ⓘ humanitarian relief ⓘ humanitarian service ⓘ immigrant rights ⓘ nonviolence ⓘ peace ⓘ peace education ⓘ racial justice ⓘ social justice ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Philadelphia ⓘ surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
inception	1917 ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
motto	“Quaker values in action” ⓘ
NobelPeacePrizeYear	1947 ⓘ
notableAward	Nobel Peace Prize ⓘ
religiousTradition	Religious Society of Friends ⓘ surface form: Quakerism
sharesNobelPeacePrizeWith	Friends Service Council ⓘ
website	https://www.afsc.org ⓘ
workArea	Africa ⓘ Asia ⓘ Latin America ⓘ Middle East ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States global ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Religious Society of Friends → hasOrganization → American Friends Service Committee ⓘ

Friends → notableOrganization → American Friends Service Committee ⓘ

subject surface form: Religious Society of Friends

Friends Service Council → co-recipientWith → American Friends Service Committee ⓘ

AFSC → fullName → American Friends Service Committee ⓘ