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ACPJ, 202 Harvard Dr. SE, Albuquerque NM 87106
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To pay a stipend for an Information Technology assistant
Help with monthly utilities expenses (electricity, water, etc)
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These popular signs are available for sale in the office!
Hard at work: Andreas, Dar and Jeanne
WISH-LIST
Desk Volunteers! Thoughtful people who would like to spend 2 hours/week helping at the front office.
Volunteers! An I.T. Wizard who can help us navigate the many systems here.
Volunteers! To join one of the many working committees - Check the "Committees" page.
Individual soup, oatmeal, cream of wheat packets, as well as individual ramen noodles. At P&J we share with the community knocking at the door asking for immediate assistance.
Single-ply toilet paper (plumbing is working! but single-ply works better). Kroger 1000 single-ply is good.
A good, sturdy working vaccuum cleaner.
At least one 4x6 white board.
New carpet for our office area or a good cleaning.
HVAC service on our heat/cooling system.
Someone to climb a ladder and install some chicken wire over our front door to keep the pigeons away from the overhang.
Thank you :)
Introducing Alia to the Albuquerque Peace & Justice Community:
It is my honor and privilege to introduce Alia Kassab to the Peace & Justice Community. Alia has been accepted to attend UNM and will start classes this fall! Alia who turns 24 years old in January has survived a terrifying genocide. Before her university was destroyed in 2023, Alia was studying English literature and translation at the Islamic University in Gaza City. Dr. Alareer, world famous intellectual, editor and teacher was her literature professor before he was killed in December of 2023. His poem, If I Must Die continues to travel around the world.
Alia and I met almost two years ago through We Are Not Numbers (WANN), a program that helps Gazan college students get their stories ready for publication in English. I was her mentor. At first we talked about ideas, revision and rewriting! Now we talk about family, faith, philosophy, life changes, sorrows, joys, and more. Alia and her family managed to escape to Cairo where they are out of immediate danger, but their dreams for a future in Gaza have been reduced to a rubble.
Alia has been offered a partial scholarship at UNM for tuition. I have offered room and board in my home. Other expenses include, but are not limited to airfare, visa, healthcare, clothing, transportation (a bike), cell phone, computer, books, etc. I thank the Peace & Justice Center for creating a vehicle to allow people to donate to Alia's expenses.
There is a saying in the Talmud and the Quran that says: to save one life is equal to saving an entire world. Our community has just been given an opportunity to help Alia Kassab get a new start in life. The number eighteen stands for life in Jewish tradition. To life! I start the donations with $18.00. Thank you for caring.
Iris Keltz - award winning Journalist & Author; Unexpected Bride in the Promised Land: Journeys in Palestine & Israel (2017) and Scrapbook of a Taos Hippie (2000). Founding Member of Jewish Voice for Peace-ABQ, founding Member of Muslims and Jews United.
If you would like to donate toward this effort, you are invited to use the donation button above to contribute to the ACPJ Refugee Support Fund.