Joseph Gerson

Joseph Gerson

Joseph Gerson is the Director of Programs and the Director of the Peace and Economic Security Program of the American Friends Service Committee in New England.1345 He has served in this role since 1976.5

The American Friends Service Committee is a Quaker-based organization committed to nonviolence, human rights, and the dignity of all people.2 Gerson has been involved with the organization since the 1970s, when he sought draft counseling from them during the Vietnam War.2

Gerson is an international authority on U.S. foreign and military policy, with considerable experience in the Middle East.1 He has traveled extensively in the Middle East, Europe and East Asia.1 Gerson has written several books on nuclear weapons, U.S. foreign military bases, and U.S. intervention.1

He has spoken widely on U.S. foreign policy issues across New England and the United States, as well as in Sweden, Japan, and South Korea.1 Gerson has also been involved in organizing peace conferences and marches, including a 2010 conference in New York that brought together 1,000 people and a march of 15,000 to the United Nations.2

Gerson's LinkedIn profile with the username joseph-gerson-667a0515 accurately reflects his role as Director of Programs for the American Friends Service Committee's Northeast Region and Director of AFSC's Peace and Economic Security Program.3