Albuquerque Center for Peace and Justice - Newsletter -- The Peace Center participates in the 3rd Americas Social Forum! and 2009 Nuclear-Free New Mexico Calendar Order Form

Albuquerque Center for Peace and Justice 202 Harvard SE Albuquerque, NM 87106 505-268-9557		Updated: 25 September 2008
Newsletter October 2008

October 2008
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The Peace Center participates in the 3rd Americas Social Forum! and 2009 Nuclear-Free New Mexico Calendar Order Form
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The Peace Center participates in the 3rd Americas Social Forum!

The 3rd Americas Social Forum (ASF) will be October 7-12 in Guatemala City. Amongst many topics to discuss and work on will be the femicides perpetrated against mostly working-class young women, not only in Mexico but in Guatemala as well.

For years, the Peace Center has supported the relatives of victims in Ciudad Juárez and Chihuahua, Mexico:

participating in demos,
selling photographs and raising awareness in the community,
organizing NM delegations of solidarity,
networking with grassroots organizations south of the border as well as with Amigos de las Mujeres de Juárez based in Las Cruces, NM.

The Peace Center raised the topic in our community and has worked with Amnesty International and Mexico Solidarity Network to bring the International Caravan for Justice to Albuquerque. We have worked with students at the RFK Charter School and Highland High School, put together the Justicia para Nuestras Hijas panel discussion in collaboration with UNM's Women's Resource Center, Solas and the Art of the Americas Institute. Throughout the years we have also promoted calls to NM representatives in support of bills, resolutions and memorials in solidarity with the mothers of the victims, shown films and opened dialogue with our neighbors from the south. With your help, we have raised money that has been contributed to grassroots Juárez-based organizations and to Fundación Sobrevivientes ( www.sobrevivientes.org ) in Guatemala City.

We are proud that Cecilia Chávez, our co-coordinator, will be part of a panel discussion at the Americas Social Forum, representing the Peace Center, networking and strategizing for the future. Cecilia is grateful for the opportunity to participate and connect with international groups that have similar goals.

The Peace Center invites you to contribute/help cover part of the expenses. (Cecilia is very frugal and will make the best of your contribution - she figures $900 will cover transportation, food and housing altogether.) There will be a report in mid-November.

Additionally, we would like to raise enough money to take to Fundación Sobrevivientes (FS) to support its work addressing domestic violence, family education and women's rights. Please earmark whether you prefer your $$ to go to FS or to cover our Peace Center representative's expenses.

2009 Nuclear-Free New Mexico Calendar Order Form

Citizens for Alternatives to Radioactive Dumping, Trinity Nuclear Abolitionists, and P&J present the 4th annual day planner. It will feature poetry, art, dates in movement history, and profiles of New Mexico youth activists who are working for a more livable future.

Day Planners are $12 each.

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Please mail this order to PO Box 4099, Albuquerque, NM 87196.
Deadline is October 8, 2008.
Questions? Call 505-242-0497 or email tna@catholicworker.biz .

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