Educate and Advocate: 2010 Conference follow-up!

Last weekend, AFJN hosted its 2010 annual meeting and conference, entitled “Justice in Africa: On Whose Terms” featuring Fr. Peter Henriot, S.J. as a keynote. Nearly 150 individuals – missionaries, students, activists, scholars, and more – from across the...

World Food Day: A Time to Listen

by Allison Burket October 16 is World Food Day at the UN, and this year focus is how to achieve food security in times of crisis. This is a timely topic on the heels of last year’s food price crisis, the recent financial crisis, and the ongoing and accelerating...

Impact of Small Arms Proliferation on Africa

June 2, 2009 The persistence and the complication of wars in Africa are partially due to small arms proliferation.  The consequences of small arms on African people due to international conflicts within Africa, rebel group activities, mercenary groups, and...

Three Resolutions Approved by Members in Tucson

The members of AFJN, gathered in Tucson, Arizona in October 2005 for two days of work and prayer, approved three resolutions to be carried forward in their advocacy work. The resolutions concerned the ongoing crisis in Uganda, the genocide in Darfur and the HIV/AIDS...