Prince, Margaret

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Margaret Prince was an active member in the Albuquerque Chapter of the United Nations Association of the United States of America. She served on the steering committee, as co-chair, and as newsletter editor of the League of Women Voters' sponsored Western States Water Study. Additionally, Prince was involved in Los Alamos County and New Mexico State Democratic politics. She was a member of the Los Alamos Grass Roots Committee a liberal wing of the Democratic party which was formed in protest to politics as usual, the War in Vietnam and its supporters. The Grass Roots Committee worked to elect anti-war Democratic candidate Eugene McCarthy as president in 1968. Prince was a member of the Los Alamos Citizens for Peace in Vietnam organizing and participating in the Vietnam Moratorium Day demonstration. In 1970 she was a key organizer for the Hiroshima Day remembrance which was a bold endeavor considering Los Alamos was the birth place of the atom bomb.

The United Nations Association of the United States of America, Albuquerque Chapter (UNA Albuquerque Chapter) is also known as the Albuquerque Association for United Nations. The Chapter was organized and incorporated in the mid-1960's, to serve as a local link to the national United Nations Association. According to their Articles of Incorporation, the UNA Albuquerque Chapter was formed "[t]o foster and encourage research and study of the United Nations and the means by which the United Nations may be further developed to meet the needs of an ever changing world," "[t]o educate and disseminate and make available through all mediums, results of research and study and to distribute information about all phases of the activities of the United Nations" and "[b]y all proper means to improve the level of knowledge, education and understanding of the United Nations." The UNA Albuquerque Chapter strives to acquaint the public with the goals and achievements of the United Nations through sponsorship of activities such as UN Day, discussion groups, conferences, workshops, presentations, relief efforts, and scholarly contests and activities. The UNA Albuquerque Chapter posits that in 2005, the United Nations is more important than ever, with stated goals of increased human security and human rights. There are currently 175 local chapters of the United Nations Association of the United States of America, spread through 43 of the United States.