Friends Peace Teams records
Scope and Contents
This collection includes records of Friends Peace Teams Council, the governing body of the group, such as meeting minutes and financial records. Subject files contain organizational correspondence, African Great Lakes Initiative (AGLI) reports, information relating to kindred charitable organizations, and individual files of FPT participants, including Val Liveoak, coordinator of FPT’s Peacebuilding en las Américas from 1993-2016.
Dates
- Creation: 1993 - 2020
Creator
- Friends Peace Teams, Inc. (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce items in this collection beyond the bounds of Fair Use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder or their heirs/assigns. See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-RUU/1.0/.
Biographical / Historical
Friends Peace Teams (FPT) is an international non-profit charitable organization founded by North American Quaker Yearly Meetings in 1993. It works to promote world peace and decolonization, oppose racism and political violence, and facilitate Quaker Meetings and individual participation in peace work by visiting locations experiencing violence.
The African Great Lakes Initiative (AGLI) was established in 1999 when an international delegation of members visited Africa following the Rwandan genocide, and focuses on promoting peace activities in Burundi, Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda. FPT currently works in conjunction with peace organizations in 15 countries.
Extent
1.25 linear ft. (3 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Friends Peace Teams (FPT) is an international non-profit charitable organization founded by North American Quaker Yearly Meetings in 1993. This collection includes records of Friends Peace Teams Council, the governing body of the group, as well as subject files.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Friends Peace Teams via John Kintree, Gay Howard, Val Liveoak, and Ann Sieber, 2015, 2018, and 2021. Accession numbers FHL-2015-025, FHL-2015-037, FHL-2018-047, FHL-2021-008.
Separated Materials
Issues were removed and transferred to the Peace Collection periodicals: PYM Waging Peace, PBI/USA Report, Signs of the Times, Friends Peace Teams PeaceWays, PeaceWays AGLI, Peace Teams News
Processing Information
Computer storage media (1 CD and 1 3.5" floppy) were retained with the collection, while serials were removed to SG1.
Source
- Friends Peace Teams, Inc. (Organization)
Subject
- Friends Peace Teams, Inc. (Organization)
- Friends Peace Teams. African Great Lakes Initiative (Organization)
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Chloe Lucchesi
- Date
- 2023
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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