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The vision of the Denver Justice and Peace Committee is to emphasize people-to-people solidarity. It's priority is to bring the voices of the most affected, demonstrating our commitment to walk in solidarity with them.
Your support allows us to build national and transterritorial solidarity with diverse communities - the communities where globalization and US policy have uprooted Indigenous and peasant communities and forced them to migrate.
"Partnering with DJPC was critical to the success of NISGUA's fall speaking tour. DJPC's deeply local approach to international solidarity allowed us to identify opportunities for high-impact horizontal exchange in the Denver area, and their Global Peace and Justice Award Night gave our Guatemalan partners a platform to share about their successful work to protect water and defend Indigenous Peoples' rights. By honoring ACODET with the award, DJCP recognized the critical importance of environmental justice organizing led by those most directly impacted by climate change, extraction, and environmental destruction -- DJCP recognizes that the future of our movements and our planet depends on this leadership, and we're grateful that they use their awards night to spread this awareness in local social movements." - David Imhoff, NISGUA, former U.S. Operations & Programs Coordinator
The Denver Justice and Peace Committee (DJPC) is a grassroots organization, that promotes human rights, economic, and environmental justice through education and nonviolent activism to support communities seeking justice for all people. We stand in solidarity with peoples in the Americas, particularly with oppressed communities in Latin America.
YEARS OF SOLIDARITY, 1979 – 2022!
Denver Justice and Peace Committee (DJPC) was founded in late 1976 in response to the National Catholic Bishops’ Call to Action. DJPC expanded and incorporated in 1979, as an interfaith membership-based organization addressing global injustice in developing countries. One of its first projects was participating in the international boycott of the Nestle Corporation for its unethical marketing of infant formula in the Third World.
In 1984, DJPC supported a campaign against Western Airlines for its cooperation in the deportation of Salvadorans. Soon after that DJPC promoted a campaign to declare the City of Denver a sanctuary for Central American refugees. Through the rest of the decade and into the 1990s, DJPC has continued to work in solidarity with the people of Latin America by sponsoring educational programs, lobbying elected officials, and promoting action campaigns.
DJPC's vision is to emphasize people-to-people solidarity, it's priority is to bring the voices of the most affected, demonstrating our commitment to walk in solidarity with them.
Organization name
Denver Justice and Peace Committee
other names
DJPC
1979
Tax id (EIN)
74-2427143
Category
Civil Rights, Social Action & Advocacy, Education, Environment, International, Foreign Affairs & National Security
Organization Size
Small Organization
Address
PO BOX 12403Denver, CO, US