Amesbury Friends Peace Center

An Outreach Project of Amesbury Friends Meeting

What's New

These are recent items that have come across our desk that visitors might be interested in. 

--Tierney Speech on Afghanistan

John  Tierney is the Congressman for our local district - the greater Newburyport Area and beyond. Tierney is chair of the Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs and as such has held many hearings on Afghanistan and the Middle East wars. The Congressman offered remarks on U.S. policy toward Afghanistan during a National Press Club Newsmaker event.

The crux of his argument is that we are fighting the Taliban not Al Qaeda in Afghanistan at great cost to our country in lives and treasure. He argues that the Taliban are Afghans and that the Afghan people have to sort out under whom they want to live. Although he does not say it, the implication is that we should get out of Afghanistan. To read the speech, please go to: Tierney and click on the speech listing.

 

--Check out photos of the Peace Center opening

Opening photos

 

--Script of "The Human Cost of War" Reading

 You can download this pdf file it you have the Adobe Reader.

Human Cost of War.pdf

 

--How to Help Veterans 

The dramatic reading at the opening of the Peace Center on "The Human Cost of War" raised questions about how best to help the many vets from Iraq and Afghanistan who are homeless, suffering from post traumatic stress disorder, etc. We have prepared a document for those who would like more information. How to Help Veterans