Office Of The Amercias For The Cause Of Justice And Peace

Mission Statement

The Office of the Americas is a non-profit organization dedicated to furthering the cause of international justice and peace through broad based educational programs. Founded in 1983 in Los Angeles, the Office of the Americas is a recognized source of documentation and analysis of current international events with a focus on the foreign policy of the United States.

Through its public education campaign, the Office of the Americas works to reach constituencies of students, religious and human rights organizations and all others concerned about issues of international justice and peace. Our goal is to end the long-standing international culture of militarism.

Programs of the Office of the Americas include

• WORLD FOCUS, weekly radio interviews with key scholars, analysts and movement leaders who are generally excluded from commercial media (Pacifica Radio, KPFK, Los Angeles).
• A program also called WORLD FOCUS is broadcast on Time Warner Television's educational and public access stations.
• PACIFICA NEWS COMMENTARIES broadcast weekly from KPFK (90.7 FM) Los Angeles and made available to all Pacifica and affiliated stations.
• Information and commentary are also offered to mainstream and independent media as well as to scholarly publications.
• Press conferences and background briefings.
• Assisting in documentary, feature film and TV productions.
• Publishing FOCUS, the Office of the Americas newsletter.
• Lecturing at universities.
• Providing information for legislative issues.
• Providing services and networking with other justice and peace organizations.

The Office of the Americas is an organization of four thousand people concerned about issues of international justice and peace. The work of the organization is carried out by a small staff, supplemented by seventy volunteers.

Contributing members receive newsletters, invitations to special events, and alerts. They are given opportunities to use their talents through a wide range of Office of the Americas programs. Most important, they become part of an ever-expanding community of people dedicated to bringing about international justice and peace.

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