AFSC work in Hawai’i began in 1942 with a program of service to Japanese residents suffering persecution after the Pearl Harbor bombing. Friends’ opposition to the Vietnam War led to initiation of the present program in 1968. The Hawai’i Program offers grassroots, social analysis-based economic workshops. Advocacy work is initiated by others and focuses almost exclusively on state public policy affecting welfare.”
AFSC’s focus is to assure that state policies bridge work and welfare. In 1996