Albuquerque Center for Peace and Justice - Newsletter -- Mas Noticias

Albuquerque Center for Peace and Justice 202 Harvard SE Albuquerque, NM 87106 505-268-9557		Updated: 28 May 2010
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Carol Sullivan's Art Exhibit at ACP&J June 2 to July 31
Carol Sullivan has been an activist for human rights for almost half a century. This art exhibit is a series of pastels, photos, and sketches on pieces of cardboard and card stock that reflect a few of her memories of past events and people. Sullivan's pieces of art are based on her experiences in the Amazon Basin with urban Indians, on the American Indian Movement take-over at Wounded Knee, on doing AIDS work with transvestite prostitutes in Ciudad Ju·rez, Mexico, on protesting a house demolition in Palestine with Solidarity, and on other such activities. Sullivan chose cardboard because it is cheap, and it tells the viewer that these memories, like all our cherished moments, will fade in time and crumble in the rain.

The American Civil Liberties Union & relationship protections
ACLU is working on a project to win relationship protections for same-sex couples in New Mexico. Real people with real stories are needed to convince the public, the courts, and the legislature that lesbian and gay couples deserve the legal protections necessary to sustain their relationships and families. ACLU is looking for same-sex couples who are willing to share their stories about their lives together. Please fill out an online survey at http://www.aclu-nm.org/Action/couplessurvey.html. If you have any questions, you can ask champton@aclu.org .

Mountain States Peace Conference cancelled
We have been informed that the conference scheduled for the end of June (which was announced in our May newsletter) has been cancelled. For further information, please visit www.peacenm.bloggles.info .

Youth TV Production Summer Camp and Media Education Teacher Training
Space is still available. Youth will have the opportunity to participate in the 48-hour film festival. Call 243-0027 or visit quote-unquote.org for more info.

Quote Unquote, Inc. (QUQ) is the non-profit operator of two tv channels on Comcast Cable: Encantada TV Channel 26 and Public Access TV Channel 27. QUQ seeks to make media accessible to the public as a community media center and as an access television station. QUQ staff and associates are also founders of the Media Arts Collaborative Charter School. QUQ is willing to work with parents and educators on payment plans or finding other ways to cover the cost of the program. Contact the media education coordinator at training@quote-unquote.org .

Progressive New Mexico: a new live talk-radio show
Progressive NM is a new weekly radio talk-show featuring peace and justice issues on 1550 am. KIVA airs Sunday evenings from 6 - 7pm and is an all-local, live call-in show. Progressive NM is also streaming live over the internet at http://radiotime.com/station/s_33508/KIVA_1550.aspx . For volunteer opportunities, call Peter at 414-7801 or email peter.j.gallo@gmail.com .

Seeking your support for peace in Korea
The National Campaign to End the Korean War is a collaboration of several leading Korean-Americans, veterans, and human rights organizations working to promote a U.S.-Korea policy that will bring about a lasting peace on the Korean Peninsula. Our goal is to achieve peace and nuclear disarmament by finally ending the 1950-1953 Korean War, which ceased with only an armistice to halt the shooting.

Go to www.endthekoeanwar.org and sign the Petition to end the Korean War. Also: www.nlg.org/korea . You can directly email info@endthekoreanwar.org .

Eric Sirotkin,
National Lawyers Guild Korean Peace Project
National Campaign to End the Korean War

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