The state of Israel was established in 1948. I was born in 1950. For my whole life, I have watched the headlines go by, on things like “the Arab/Israeli conflict” and “the Middle East peace process.” The Oslo Accords were signed; the Nobel Prize was awarded. I listened to reports of deeply moving messages in … More Why Gaza? Why now?
Questions have been raised within AFSC about its track record on finances. A short presentation of answers to some of those questions appears at this link, with a focus on the time when I was Treasurer.
The AFSC Treasurer and a veteran member of the Finance Committee wrote the analysis linked here of the internal and external factors that were in the background of the drastic AFSC downsizing in Fiscal 2010.
When I was AFSC Treasurer, we had the painful experience of two budget cuts. It has recently emerged that the pain of those cuts was widely shared and never healed. To help in remembering how clearly the pain was expressed at the time, I am sharing two documents. The first is the analysis from the … More Institutional Racism and AFSC Finances
My last two months as Treasurer of the American Friends Service Committee were spent putting together a plain-English guide for reading the AFSC audit. I was joined in the project by AFSC’s Chief Financial Officer, Joe Njoroge, and the incoming Treasurer, David Singleton. It’s not easy to compare the numbers in the audit to the … More AFSC Audit Guide
13 April 2022 In the discussion around AFSC restructuring, your group reports hearing few alternatives to the structural proposals made in spring 2021 for “governance.” Since my open letter in January did that, I am writing to make sure you have seen that letter and to stress the connection to issues that are still under … More To the AFSC Board Working Group on Program Decision Making
Finding My Place 