2025 AFS Janus: Volunteers Lead a Community of Global Citizens
We are excited to share the latest edition of AFS Janus, a newsletter for AFS Alumni & Friends. This issue…
History
Honoring a Remarkable AFS Volunteer: Richard Bayly Winder
Memorial Day is observed in the United States on the last Monday in May to honor military personnel who died…
Remembering an Extraordinary Volunteer: Eugene Bullard
AFS has its roots in World War I, and for Black History Month we would like to feature an incredible…
Commemorating the Bergen-Belsen Liberation
This year’s 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp was a rather different occasion from the one…
Richard M. Hunt, 1926-2020: AFS Volunteer, Historian and Philanthropist
“I like to think that the AFS intercultural education experience works in this way to make thousands of young people…
AFS Drivers on Leave: Cultural Experiences during World War II
The nature of the volunteer work done by the American Field Service volunteer ambulance corps is well documented in the…
Walk Together, Talk Together
AFS Returnee Joan Salajan created this painting for AFS Director General Stephen Galatti for Christmas in 1955. Joan had recently…
Wartime Service in the Middle East
In honor of International Volunteer Day (December 5), we’re sharing the story of a World War II AFS ambulance driver…
AFS Janus: Fall 2017
This issue of the AFS Janus epitomizes the very name of our publication: Janus, the ancient Roman god of beginnings and…