Central America -- Politics and government -- 1979- -- Sources
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:
Central American Historical Institute Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-174
Abstract
Primarily reference files on Central America in the 1980s; most material is about El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua; in English and Spanish.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1980-1993
Central American Sanctuary Alliance Collected Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Central American Sanctuary Alliance
Abstract
Collection includes correspondence, financial records, leaflets and flyers, newsletters, newspaper clippings, and photographs.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1990-1994
Common Ground Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-243
Abstract
Common Ground was a community of faith founded by Quakers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in 1982 to break cycles of poverty, racism, and sexism through nonviolence education and action. Collaborative work with Baton Rouge Friends Meeting, local Clergy and Laity Concerned and Dignity chapters led to founding and shared workspace at Bienville House Center for Peace and Justice. Common Ground developed an educational program for abused residents and ex-residents from the city's domestic violence...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1982-2006
Delaware County Pledge of Resistance Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-242
Abstract
Delaware County [Pennsylvania] Pledge of Resistance (aka Delco Pledge of Resistance) was organized in the Fall of 1986. It was originally founded as a response to the threat of a U.S. invasion into Nicaragua and U.S. government's policies toward Central America. Delaware County Pledge of Resistance persisted as a local group, working for economic and social justice for oppressed people in the United States and abroad. The group disbanded in winter 2008.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1985-2002
Friends of Central America United in Support Collected Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Friends of Central America United in Support
Abstract
Collection includes minutes of meetings, correspondence, reports, flyers, newspaper clippings, publicity materials reference files.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1981-1983
Inter-Religious Task Force on Central America Collected Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Inter-Religious Task Force on Central America
Abstract
Collection includes minutes of meetings, correspondence, reports, flyers, newspaper clippings, publicity materials, reference files.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1981-1987
Latin America Working Group Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-184
Overview
Latin America Working Group was founded in 1983 as Central America Lobby Group, a project of the Coalition for a New Foreign and Military Policy. It became a separate entity in 1988, under the name Central America Working Group, and changed its name in 1995 to Latin America Working Group to reflect its expanded mandate.
Dates:
1989-
Philadelphia Area Alliance for Central America Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-181
Overview
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.
Dates:
1984-1994
Pledge of Resistance, Albany Chapter Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-258
Overview
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...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1985-1993
Pledge of Resistance Collected Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Pledge of Resistance
Abstract
This collection includes: reports of national board meetings, 1985-1992; programs and actions, 1984-1993; information about the national convention, 1986-1991; also includes information about the following POR chapters: Bay Area and Los Angeles, California; Colorado; New Haven, Connecticut; District of Columbia, Washington D.C. area; Mid-Atlantic; Chicago, Illinois; Indiana; Louisville, Kentucky; Baltimore, Maryland; Michigan; Minnesota; Missouri; New Jersey; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1984 - 1993
