Albuquerque Center for Peace and Justice

Albuquerque Center for Peace and Justice 202 Harvard SE Albuquerque, NM 87106 505-268-9557		Updated: 29 July 2010
Center Projects

Center Projects

The main goal of P&J Projects is grassroots community involvement. Find a project from this list that moves you and join in, or develop your own. This is your space - your community. Together, let's build the better world we know is possible.

If you find a project that interests you or want to develop a new one, contact us. If not, remember to check here again - new projects will be added to this list as people develop them.

Here are the Center's current projects:

Archives

The Peace Center was founded in 1983 by concerned members of the community who felt it was important for groups working on peace and justice issues to have a place to go to share in and support each other's work. Over those two decades of grassroots action, we have built up a significant archive.

For more information about and to view the entire collection of ACP&J archives, please see our ACPJ Archival Repository page.

Art Project

The art project features diverse artists and varied content. We believe that many roads lead to peace and that part of art making is to stimulate dialogue. We welcome your responses to our exhibits.

Book & Film Lending Libraries

We have a library of alternative media sources and information, available for checkout by our members and the community. This is information you cannot get at the public library or the corporate bookstores.

Central America Solidarity Network

We are a local Albuquerque group and project of the Peace Center, organized to support human rights and economic justice efforts in Central America. We seek to inform, educate and learn from church and community members about issues concerning Central America.

We are organizing around immigration issues and U.S. immigration policies; support of human rights accompaniers in Guatemala who are needed due to violence, impunity, and human rights abuses; and economic justice issues relating to Central America. Join us in solidarity efforts around these issues. Info at 505-341-9146 or email renee.wolters@gmail.com .

Dialogue/Creating Peace

Many dedicated individuals have worked throughout history to deal with conflict among us, yet it quickly surfaces when others invade our comfort level in some way. They may have a different culture or personality, or conflicting opinions about what is important. These differences cause us to lose sight of what we have in common, and as the sense of "other" grows we cannot solve problems that affect our work settings, our communities and our relations with other nations. How can we reach across our differences to resolve the huge issues facing us today in our attempt to create a just and sustainable future for ourselves and our children? As part of our Center's work for peace and justice we create projects that present techniques to help us move through conflict and achieve common goals. We focus on dialogue, meeting facilitation skills, and training in communication techniques. If you would like to become part of this important work call Judith at 505-243-6174. Your grandchildren's children will thank you. This project has its own Web site - http://www.dialogue4peace.com .

Darfur

In 2007 a baby was conceived, the "Project on Darfur". It has struggled to find its unique place. It has jointly worked with the "Task Force on Darfur" that is coordinated by the First Unitarian Church of Albuquerque. Two of our activities were: a) a night Peace Vigil at the Duck Pond at UNM; and b) a "Save Darfur" talk given by two Darfuri persons who had escaped from Darfur. Three hundred persons attended their talk at UNM and eighty five persons attended their talk at the First Unitarian Church Sanctuary on November 21st, 2007. These two persons told us what it is like to live in Darfur.

Nine months later, we were born and our first project is to contact NATO Leaders. We are asking them to each contact the Chinese Government to put pressure on Sudan to stop the Genocide. The pressure point for this project is the Olympics in China, the Summer of 2008.

Follow the link (at end of this sentence) to read the Proposal. For more information: call Bob Press at 505-255-3986 or 505-514-5101.

GrassrootsNM Wedns. 3:55pm on 89.9 FM

A four-minute community action radio calendar of local and state actions, events and campaigns, airing Wednesdays on 89.9 FM KUNM, at 3:55pm, right before Democracy Now. E-mail your events by Monday morning of that week to mail@abqpeaceandjustice.org .

IndyMedia Thurs. 7pm, Channel 27, Quote-Unquote.org

Indy Media TV, 7:00-8:00pm, each Thursday, on cable channel 27 (Albuquerque). Unembedded, non-corporate news, local people working for global justice. Hosted by Allen Cooper. Call 505-304-3144. On the web at quote-unquote.org .

Monthly Newsletter/Calendar

We publish a monthly newsletter/calendar highlighting social justice events and happenings in our community. We welcome submissions from groups or individuals about upcoming activities related to peace and justice, and short articles relevant to our mission.

In mid summer 2010, we will go electronic! We will continue to have printed editions available at the Center.

Print edition deadline : 20th of the month (e.g., 20th of September for the October issue). E-mail to MonthlyCalendar@abqpeaceandjustice.org .
Website edition: there is no deadline. Submissions are appreciated at least 10 days before a meeting/event/etc. date (since it may take a few days before the information is posted). E-mail to web@abqPeaceAndJustice.org .

Nuclear Resistance Calendar

Nuclear Resistance Calendar is a date calendar chronicling nuclear events and the victories of groups who fight to end the nuclear age. The calendar is illustrated with art by local artists.

Nukes Next Door

Nukes Next Door takes a hard look at nuclear projects at Sandia National Laboratories, in Albuquerque, which are contaminating or have contaminating potential. We advocate for air monitoring and reduction of emissions.

Peace and Justice Organizations Linking Arms/PAJOLA

PAJOLA is the member organization of the Peace Center. For a current list of PAJOLA groups, each doing its own creative and innovate work in New Mexico for all aspects of peace and justice, please check our PAJOLA page. PAJOLA is a way to link our work together. For meeting dates, please check our PAJOLA Information page. All are welcome. The potluck meetings are used to plan joint activities, share information, and seek support for our work from each other. Each member group has a page in the PAJOLA area of our Web site to facilitate networking and higher visibility in the community. So, please check them out!

People Before Profit Film/Speaker Series

The Peace Center is proud to present The People Before Profit film/speaker series the 3rd Thursday of every month (Note: People Before Profit is dormant for the summer). This free event showcases rare, independently produced films and expert speakers on a variety of topics relevant to global and local struggles for peace and justice. We welcome your input and collaboration. Give us a call and let's plan together.

Sustainable Retrofit

At the Peace Center's home, the physical space, we are working on energy efficient, sustainable retrofits. A small committee investigating the possibilities, brainstorming goals, and evaluating the current status of energy flow in the building. Any additional ideas, expertise, labor, energy, spirit, that can be devoted to this project would be so helpful. We are transforming this great new space into an example of urban sustainability.

Web: AbqPeaceAndJustice.org

The Web site includes the monthly newsletter / calendar in its entirety, plus listings of events scheduled after the hard copy of the calendar goes to print. Also, additional resources are available on the Web site, including descriptions of each of our Peace and Justice Organizations Linking Arms (PAJOLA) groups. We would love your pictures, graphics, input, etc. to help make the Web site a more effective organizing tool for the peace and justice community.

Please send calendar items, comments, and questions concerning this Web document to Web@abqPeaceAndJustice.org .