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Throwing Light on the Military-Industrial Complex

NARMIC (National Action Research O n the Military Industrial Complex) continues to keep the public in- formed of military-industrial programs which are so calculatingly brutal that exposure results in automatic public indignation. The program's new profiles of coun- tries with gross human rights violations document U.S. arms sales, and other forms of support, to those coun- tries and emphasize U.S. responsibilities.

In Hawaii, AFSC staff revealed the presence of nuclear weapon storage depots and helped get one closed, all of which prompted the governor to take a stand against the depots. AFSC campaigned to convert to peaceful uses the nuclear weapons plant at Rocky Flats, Colorado with its hazard of low-level radiation.

As a Quaker organization, the AFSC carries on its programs as an expression of a belief in the dignity and worth of each person, and in a faith in the power of love and nonviolence to bring about change. The work is financially supported by individuals of dif- ferent persuasions who care about service, develop- ment, justice and peace. Additional help is needed in the coming months to meet critical material shortages for people around the world, to expand ongoing pro- grams which seek to keep the public informed and work for disarmament and peace; and to help in- dividuals and groups draw creatively on their own resources to solve such problems as inadequate housing, poverty and poor nutrition. For more information please call o r write the national AFSC office, or the nearest regional AFSC office listed below.

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American kriends Service Commit tee

Annual Report 1978

world attention constantly shifted from one inconclusive crisis to another: in the Middle East, Iran, Nicaragua, Vietnam, Cambodia, southern Africa-and in the U.S.A., where inflation was punctuated by an upswing in the military budget and a downswing in social programs.

Meanwhile, away from the hectic headlines, concerned and competent people were at work on segments of manageable, or even seemingly unmanageable, problems. AFSC worked on a good many of them at home, in Africa, Asia and Latin America-where one finds the poor, the unpublicized, the too-easily ignored and forgotten, but at the same time, people who could be helped to draw creatively on theu own resources. They were a source of inspiration to AFSC, as they built their solid achievements on an unpretentious, human scale.

Supporting Basic Human Rights For Students and Parents

While numerous school officials welcome parent in- volvement in their schools, others have placed criminal

I charges against parents who may d o no more than ask questions at school functions. Some of these parents have sought assistance from the AFSC.

A parent attending a school meeting voiced her concern about discipline procedures used by the school and a complaint was filed against her for disorderly conduct. AFSC's lengthy investigation and discussion with the state's attorney led to dismissal of the case after two court appearances. In another instance a parent leader was arrested for criminal trespass on school prop- erty while inspecting operation of a new school lunch program. After one court appearance the case was dismissed.

In a number of cities AFSC works with students, parents, teachers and community groups for a school

' system accountable to the community. Together they 1

focus on such issues as desegregation, students rig1 ! and responsibilities, school finance, discipline, sexism

the schools, appropriate education for the handicappc They seek to lessen the use of corpo punishment and suspensions and exp sions that make a child in difficulty 11 motivated to d o well in school.

A new AFSC publication, "A Citizen's Introduction to Minimum Competency Programs for Students," gives parents the information they need to express their views to schools adopting such programs.

For Farmworkers and Immigrants

In California, Texas and Florida, AFSC continued to help farmworkers and their families to improve their working condi- tions and to secure better housing, health care and social services. In Florida, AFSC is planning a program to assure that both legal immigrants and undocumented workers know their rights.

AFSC supported a Spanish group in El Paso fighting city development plans which would have uprooted the majority of the inhabitants. Efforts resulted in the city changing its plans and the community gaining a voice in the decision-making.

A new AFSC program addresses the problems of pov- erty and human suffering on the Mexico-U.S. frontier, and works to change U.S. policies affecting the economic rights and the lives of Mexican and U.S. residents along the border. A seminar in Texas gave community leaders from both sides of the border a chance to search for ways to gain community participa- tion in economic development plans for the area. Seminars on border concerns were held in Los Angeles and attended by representatives of business, labor and government from both Mexico and the U.S.

for Native Americans

This past year AFSC staff gave renewed support to In- dians in the State of Washington in their continuing dispute with the state over the Indians' court-honored fishing rights.

O n Cape Cod AFSC hired an economist to study the economic impact on the town of Mashpee of the Wam- panoag Indian land claims suit for over 15,000 acres of undeveloped land. The report-which concluded that despite a halt in land development there had been little adverse impact on the economy of Mashpee-helped relieve some fears and provided a clearer perspective on the problem.

For the Prisoner, Ex-Prisoner

AFSC continues to challenge jail practices and expan- sion, organize families of prisoners, provide services to prisoners and ex-prisoners, and work to abolish capital punishment. In Ann Arbor AFSC played a major role in breaking the stranglehold that private bondsmen had over the state bail system.

Women

A number of AFSC programs seek to meet needs of low- income women, working women, battered women, women on welfare.

New programs in North Carolina and Appalachia seek to help low-income women overcome isolation and lack of access to information as well as exclusion from jobs and training opportunities.

AFSC's Welfare Advocacy Project in Northwest Indiana received a community award this year for "its efforts to improve the quality of lifestyle for residents of North- west Indiana." The project trained 25 men and women in 1978 to help the poor and hungry to learn about and avail themselves of community resources.

In New York, AFSC founded a coalition for battered women and gave support to coalition programs. Staff organized a conference that brought together 250 men and women to share information on services to battered women. In Cambridge, AFSC worked with staff in Massachusetts hospitals to sensitize them to the needs of abuse victims. They also are training police in order to improve the quality of intervention. The program played a role in the creation of the new Massachusetts Abuse Prevention Act which expands the remedies available to abuse victims.

A national conference was held in the fall to examine the impact of global corporations on women. The 200 par- ticipants represented labor, community, third world, church and peace organizations, and workers in elec- tronics and textile industries and agribusiness.

Citizens

"It is not that the citizen should be under surveillance by the government, but that the government should be under surveillance by its citizens," testified AFSC's Louis Schneider before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.

A lawsuit by AFSC's Surveillance and Citizens Rights Program in Seattle resulted in receipt of Seattle police in-

1 telligence files showing current spying and ciissemina-

I tion on non-criminal information; police claimed such

I surveillance ended in 1975.

In Los Angeles, staff discovered police infiltration of seven local community organizations and police dcpart- ment intelligence files that included church, peace, civil rights and social action groups. Baltimore staff sup- ported citizens in getting the Maryland legislature to ap- prove a model Freedom of lnformation bill. As the year ended, the Program was preparing a report to Congress and the public.

In the Middle East

AFSC's Information and Legal Aid Center in East Jerusalem felt an increasing demand for assistance in the area of human rights this past year. In one significant case AFSC secured legal assistance to help Palestinian villagers gain a temporary restraining order in a land claims suit and regain a portion of their land taken for an Israeli settlement.

AFSC's pre-school ccnters In refugee camps in the Gaza Strip expanded this year to include mentally handi- capped children. Also two AFSC representatives established a project for the retarded in Reersheva, Israel under an agreement with Ben Gurion University of the Negev.

AFSC published an account of textile workers in South Korea who are struggling for basic human rights, decent wages and working conditions.

In Puerto Rico the Service Committee gave staff support to the people of the island of Vieques who seek to get the U.S. Navy to desist from bombardment of the island and their fishing grounds.

Providing Technical and Material Aid Encouraging Self-Reliance

In the village of Tin Aicha, in Mali, 1,000 nomads have now developed a stable life and the community I

organizations that go with it. The help has come from AFSC and the government of Mali. Where there was once empty sandy space today there are normal com- 1

ponents of village life: a weekly farmers' market; a I school which adds one grade a year and is now up to the fifth grade; a school canteen serving three meals a day; a school garden which the students run and which helps j supply the school canteen; a dispensary with a nurse; a 1 social worker aide who runs a nutrition and health i center, and a demonstration nutrition garden. A cooperative for fabric dyeing enables women to make and market their own fabrics, a women's leathercraft cooperative markets its own goods; an agricultural ser- vice agent teaches agricultural methods; and there is a livestock service, a consumers' cooperative, and a village council which has women as well as men elected to it.

The new Tin Aicha village has become well-known throughout the countries of the Sahel, especially as a , contrast to high-cost development projects. I

Two major projects were started in West Africa by the Women and Development Program: the Palm Oil Soap Making Project in Guinea Bissau and the Malian Women's Rural Advisory Service. Higher family in- comes, essential for better health and nutrition, should be the result.

AFSC shipped more than 100,000 pounds of clothing, bedding, shoes, textiles and medical supplies to refugees in Mozambique who have fled border fighting in Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) and to refugees from South Africa's apartheid now sheltered in camps in Zambia and Botswana.

In Lusaka, Zambia AFSC began a new two-year self- help housing project for families left homeless in last winter's floods, and expanded the food production and nutrition project to include these families and those in other low income areas.

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A I ~ continues to Vietnam In the form ot pro4thetic sup- piles to the Qui Nhon Rehabilltation Center, machinery for the safety pin factory in Ho Chi Minh City, and assistance to the screw-making factory in Hanoi. AFSC contributed $20,000 toward the cost of sending 10,000 tons of wheat to Vietnam (for bread and noodles) to alleviate the food shortage resulting from war, drought, and then floods.

T o sustain new settlers in the Vientiane Plain in Laos, AFSC provided people with 910,000 worth of rice and

vegetable seeds following devastating floods. AFSC also I

delivered tools and spare parts for tractors and pur- chased pumps for an irrigation project.

In Bangladesh, AFSC continues to support local com- munity development efforts as well as the development project in Rajoir Thana. In 1978 grants were made to a legal aid society-the first of its kind in Bangladesh, and to a cooperative proiect started by villagers to improve their economy.

In Chile, staff expanded the agricultural program among '

the Mapuche Indians in the South to five new com- munities. Projects in agriculture and small cooperatives continue to encourage self-reliance in Mexico. This year the American and Mexican Friends Service Committees

brought <,~~.itcmalan v~lla}:c~r\ to tc,lch vndll I,lrmers their method5 of soil conservation. The Guatemalans in turn learned from their Mexican hosts the income- producing craft of weaving wheat straw into hats.

During the summer some 30 young North American volunteers worked with Latin American volunteers on Service Committee projects in rural Mexico. They enlarged one town's water pipe system, put in vegetable gardens and trees, repaired a school building and began construction on a road.

Focusing on Disarmament C-- -- Staff began major grass roots organlzlng around d~sar - 4- a ' AVj -- -7

mament. The Quaker Un~ted Nat1on4 Off~ce sponsored I semlnars In New York on d~sarmament Delegates from -

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58 countr~es attended At the same tlme AFSC took an actlve part In a natlonal coalltlon to call for a - - ;-..>

-C P morator~um on nuclear weapons and for a cut In the mll~tary budget to provlde for human needs.

In Manhattan's Lower East Side, in a community full of deteriorated housing, 13 Hispanic teen-agers on an AFSC project are changing their community tor the bet- ter. They've cleared debris for a community park, painted a mural on a blocked-up store front, and pro- vided maintenance and security for neighborhood com- munity centers.

Promoting Local peace conversion campaigns helped people understand the ramifications of the arms race. Conver-

Disarmament and Peace sion work in California resulted in official state-initiated hearings on the military dependence of California.

Many American communities are just discovering that dangerously radioactive material is being regularly On Southern Africa

trucked through their streets, sometimes without any AFSC took the position this year that it is morally warnings or safeguards. wrong to derive a profit from apartheid, and sold over

45,000 shares of stock in firms operating in South In South Carolina AFSC is publicizing and providing Africa. Forty college-age volunteers, including several resource material on health and safety hazards of sponsored by Friends Meetings, worked on education radioactive materials transported from that state to Col- and action projects in 11 U.S. cities last summer, orado and other nuclear weapons facilities. Staff met stimulating local groups to take up the issue of southern

with local government officials on the issue. As a result Africa. 1 of such exposure over 40 municipalities passed or-

1 dinances prohibiting nuclear transport and the Depart- The Middle East ment of Transportation is now considering the inade- Welcoming the positive achievements of the Camp quacy of its own regulations. David agreements, AFSC continued to work on the

unresolved issues of a Middle East settlement. Written support for AFSC efforts were received from prominent religious figures, newspaper editors, civil leaders and

I academicians whose expertise is analyzing U.S. policy toward the Middle East. In San Francisco, the AFSC organized four Arab-Jewish dialogue groups to bring about discussion of the central issues in the Middle East conflict and to be a positive voice in the community for Middle East understanding.

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American Friends Service Committee, Incorporated Financial Highlights for the Year Ended September 30, 1978

These highliglits are taken f r o m the complete fina?rcialstatcmetrt audited by Deloitte. Haskins. Sells. C.P. A A copy of t;rc 'u!! rcyort i~ ar.n!ln!~lr o n request.

OPERATIONS FUNDS UNRESTRICTED TOTALS

PUBLIC S U P P O R T AND REVENUE Contributions (including clothing of 5145.476). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . s 6,407,218 Bequests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,823,149

Total Public Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,230,367

RESTRICTED 'Fund Balances, End of Year In accordance with the Audit Guide for Voluntary Health and Welfare Organizations, all contributions are considered avail- able for unrestricted use unless specifically restricted by the donor. In order to comply with the Audit Guide, the Commit- tee classifies the Bequest Funds. Funds Functioning as Endow- ments and the Informal Pension Plan as Operations Funds for use in accordance with the following policies of the Board of Directors:

Fees a n d G r a n t s f rom Governmenta l Agencies

O T H E R REVENUE

Investment income, net of related fees (including gains losses on investment transactions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,106,169

Programsen.icetees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331,546 Xliscellaneous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174,048

T o spend Bequests generally over a period o f t u ~ o o r more years. in order to use tlris fluctuating income mos t e f fec t iz~ely for Commit tee programs.

T o use on ly the income f r o m Funds Functioning as Endoul- ments while maintaining the prrncrpal. Total Other Re~renue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,613,763

Total Public Support and Revenue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,322,429 T o provide certain retirement benefits. at the Board o f Directors' discretion which are not provided f o r under the Commi t t ee s formal pension plan. EXPENSES

Program Services Restricted Funds represent amounts donated or granted to the Committee for use as specified by the donor. Overseas: promoting international understanding:

human rights, economic and social justice, and the relief of human suffering through programs of communication, education, technical assistance and material aids (including clothing of 5120,0113 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,240,116

Seeking peace, reconciliation and disarmament. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,863,446 In the U.S..4.: rooting out those causes of violence which

lie in poverty, exclusion and the denial of rights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,673,338 Special programs !including contributions of 551,324

to other senrice agencies]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 891,847 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71ces Total Program S e n ' 7,668,747

Fund Balances: Unrestricted Func Undesignated . . . . . . 5 Designated:

Bequests . . . . . . . . . . . 58,908,806 Funds functioning as endowments. . . . . . . 481,761

Informal pension plan 252,905

Total designated . . 9,643,472

Total unrestricted 10,433,767 Suppor t ing Services

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Xlanagement and General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fund Raising Restricted Funds:

Current Contributions 1,784,936 Bequests . . . . . . . . . . . . 806,106 Funds functioning as endowments. . . . . . . . 10.254

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Total Supporting Services

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Total Expenses Excess (deficiency) of Public Support and Revenue

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Over Expenses. O t h e r Changes in Fund Balance

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vatured Annuity and Life Income Gifts. Property and Equipment Acquisitions from

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unrestricted Funds.

Total restricted . . L . O U l . L Y 0

Total fund balances . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Total Contnl.ut!ons to A F S C n r ~ d ~ d u c t r h l e for Fed~leral Incom~ Tm vzrrpos~s

Fund Balances, Beginning of Y e a r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,975,598