Albuquerque Center for Peace and Justice.

The Albuquerque Center for Peace and Justice (ACPJ) was founded in 1983, during the Reagan Era and the Cold War, by local community members to provide space for groups working on peace and justice issues to do their work and to network with one another. ACPJ's mission states: "We provide space for organizations and individuals working on peace and justice issues to network with one another, share information, and learn from each other's work. Through our programs and collaborations, we work locally to support regional and global justice." During its history, ACPJ has initiated and supported projects focused on peaceful economic conversion; nuclear disarmament; militarism and war; environmental justice; colonization; resistance to US wars including Central America, the Sanctuary Movement; September 11 and the War on Terrorism; and resistance to the invasion of Iraq in 2003.

During the 1980s and 90s, the Center developed a Peace Education Project providing local educators with resources, curricula, and training on issues such as racism, classism, sexism, rethinking Columbus, and nonviolence. ACPJ published Center News, a newspaper of local actions, campaigns, and commentary on peace and justice issues.

The Center, still active today, is available for community meetings and maintains a community bulletin board, literature shelves, a multi-media lending library, and public hours for visitors to browse and get information about issues of peace and justice. The Center News is no longer published, but has been replaced with the P & J Calendar/Newsletter.

From the description of Albuquerque Center for Peace and Justice records, 1961-2010 (bulk, 1980-1989). (University of New Mexico-Main Campus). WorldCat record id: 70911887

March on War Profiteers, Albuquerque, NM. April 12, 2003. Part of photo-collage, box 10.

The Albuquerque Center for Peace and Justice (ACPJ) was founded in 1983, during the Reagan Era and the Cold War, by local community members to provide space for groups working on peace and justice issues to do their work and to network with one another. ACPJ's mission states: "We provide space for organizations and individuals working on peace and justice issues to network with one another, share information, and learn from each other's work. Through our programs and collaborations, we work locally to support regional and global justice." During its history, ACPJ has initiated and supported projects focused on peaceful economic conversion; nuclear disarmament; militarism and war; environmental justice; colonization; resistance to US wars including Central America, the Sanctuary Movement; September 11 and the War on Terrorism; and resistance to the invasion of Iraq in 2003.

During the 1980s and 90s, the Center developed a Peace Education Project providing local educators with resources, curricula, and training on issues such as racism, classism, sexism, rethinking Columbus, and nonviolence. ACPJ published Center News, a newspaper of local actions, campaigns, and commentary on peace and justice issues.

The Center, still active today, is available for community meetings and maintains a community bulletin board, literature shelves, a multi-media lending library, and public hours for visitors to browse and get information about issues of peace and justice. The Center News is no longer published, but has been replaced with the P&J Calendar/Newsletter.

From the guide to the Albuquerque Center for Peace and Justice Records, 1961-2010, 1980-1989, (Center for Southwest Research, University of New Mexico.)