Repository: Swarthmore College Peace Collection / Place: Central America -- Foreign relations -- United States - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Extent:: 10.2 linear ft. (10.2 linear ft.)
Abstract:: The Philadelphia Area Alliance for Central America was formed in 1991 by the merger of two Philadelphia Area Central America activist organizations: the Central America Organizing Project (CAOP) and the Philadelphia chapter of Pledge of Resistance. All of these groups were involved with issues concerning U.S. intervention in Central America.

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Extent:: 0.42 linear ft. (5 linear inches.)
Abstract:: Collection includes minutes of meetings, correspondence, reports, flyers, newspaper clippings, publicity materials reference files.

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Extent:: 0.08 linear ft. (1 folder.)
Abstract:: Collection includes minutes of meetings, correspondence, reports, flyers, newspaper clippings, publicity materials, reference files.

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Extent:: 0.83 linear ft. (10 linear in.)
Abstract:: The MCCACA was founded in September 1984, joining a nationwide effort to educate and mobilize citizens to challenge the United States government's foreign policy stance and actions in Central America. It was disbanded in 1993.

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Extent:: 5 linear ft. (5 linear feet (12 boxes))
Abstract:: The Pledge of Resistance group in Albany, New York was part of an active nationwide network of grassroots organizations opposed to U.S. intervention in Central America. The Albany group was active between 1984 and 1993. Its members engaged in marches, protest demonstrations, extensive correspondence and meetings with legislators, fundraising activities, boycotts, and networking with like-minded organizations. The Albany POR produced newsletters, press releases, and leaflets. The Pledge of Resistance in Albany and the national Pledge of Resistance were dissolved in 1989.

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Extent:: 10 linear ft. (10 linear ft.)
Abstract:: Philadelphia CISPES was loosely affiliated with national and other local CISPES groups. It was concerned with issues of human rights and U.S. intervention in Central America in general and El Salvador in particular.

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