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1. ACPJ Events & News

    a. Mar. 14 deadline for CC nominations

    b. Mar. 7 deadline for Cuba donations

c. UU services every Sunday

    d. Mar. 10 & 24: ABQ Workers School

    d. Mar. 19: CC Meeting

    e. Updates from the CC

2. Events in the Wider Community

    a. Mar. 1: WNS Bosque Hike

    b. Mar. 2: comment deadline for Project Jupiter

    c. Mar. 2: LASG Zoom mtg

    d. Every Monday: Indivisible ABQ

    e. Mar. 3: BikeABQ Membership mtg

    f. Mar. 4: public mtg re: LANL runoff

    g. Mar. 5: Landlord/Tenant Law workshop

    h. Mar. 6: comment deadline for PFAS rule

    i. Mar. 7: Standup for Science demo

    j. Mar. 7: TFB Community Walk Audit

    k. Mar. 8: NMWM rally/vigil at Zorro Ranch 

    l. Mar. 9: Strong Towns ABQ book club

    m. Mar. 13 & 27: ID Food Hub

    n. Mar. 14: Save the Farm, Save the Future screening

o. Mar. 15: Love Me Bait Me screening

p. Mar. 15: Coffee & News w/WNS

q. Mar. 18: Strong Towns ABQ mtg

r. Mar. 23: UNM4JP book club

s. Mar. 24: LWVNM Voter Registration & Civic Education

t. Mar. 24-26 End of America Double Feature

u. Mar. 27: Critical Mass Bike Ride

v. Mar. 28: No Kings protest

w. Mar. 30: Preserved screening

x. Apr. 5-11: Shut Down Drone Warfare

ACP&J Events and News

The ACP&J annual Membership Meeting will take place on March 28. If you are interested in serving on the Coordinating Council (CC), please nominate yourself by sending in a blurb about yourself to council@abqpeaceandjustice.org. We will not accept nominations on the floor, so please send these in by the March 14 deadline. A full statement is attached in this email, and we look forward to seeing members on Saturday, March 28 at 3pm!

Food & Medicine Drive for Cuba by March 7th

One of our CC members will be traveling to Havana very soon, and we are taking the opportunity to collect food and medicine for Cubans who are facing worsening conditions under the current administration. In particular we are asking that if you have access to any unopened medicine, food and household items that you would consider donating. Unopened medicine, like vitamins, inhalers, antibiotics, and parasite control would be helpful. Cuba is rationing gas, so please give pantry items that are easily available from a can or easily rehydrated with minimal gas, like lentils, tuna, pasta, peanut butter. If you have any lightly used clothes or shoes (not jackets or heavy coats), we will accept this as well.

Cash donations: A kind donor has agreed to match donations that will go to buying more supplies. If you would like to give money, please email us at council@abqpeaceandjustice.org.

We will be collecting donations at the Peace Center, which is open Mondays and Fridays from 12:30-2:30pm and Wednesdays and Thursdays from 1-5pm. Calling the office at (505)268-9557 beforehand to make sure it’s open is always best.

Unitarian Universalist Fellowship is a small, but very close and committed group to socially responsible Unitarian Universalist ideals. We are doers and activists who support peace and social action issues in Albuquerque and New Mexico. We welcome anyone to join us in-person at our Sunday morning meetings, 11am at the Peace Center. Website: http://www.abquuf.org. Contact: (505) 440-6688, abquuf@gmail.com, also aeba38@yahoo.com

Albuquerque Workers School is a political education class facilitated by Workers for a New Southwest, reading and discussing fundamental Marxist theory. Meetings are Tuesday, March 10 & 24, 6-8pm in the front office at the Peace Center. workersforanewsouthwest@proton.me.

Coordinating Council meeting at the Peace Center, Thursday, March 19, 6-8pm. If you can't attend in person, a zoom link will also be posted at abqpeaceandjustice.org/home prior to the meeting.

Updates from The CC

To get updated on what the CC is working on, please view this roadmap. We would love feedback, questions and suggestions. Feel free to write us at council@abqpeaceandjustice.org.

Events in the Wider Community

Sunday, March 1, 3pm: Workers for a New Southwest kick off their March activities with a Bosque Hike at Rio Grande Park, 1744 Kit Carson Ave. SW. Contact: workersforanewsouthwest@proton.me.

Monday, March 2 - Deadline for Public Comment to the Air Quality Bureau, speaking out against Project Jupiter’s permits to pollute: https://newenergyeconomy.salsalabs.org/project-jupiter-air-permit-comment/index.html. CCNS News Update at nuclearactive.org for information, links to sample comments, etc. NMED plans to issue the permits on April 22, 2026.

Monday, March 2, 10am: Los Alamos Study Group Zoom meeting about the dramatic new changes in LANL's mission, and in NNSA's nuclear weapons mission overall. The National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA's) Feb. 11 plan for more nuclear weapons as fast as possible ("Responsive Today, Dominant Tomorrow: Enhancing American Nuclear Dominance") was leaked to us recently. It lays out the Administration's "framework" strategy to accelerate U.S. nuclear warhead design and production to support the "continued supremacy" of U.S. nuclear weapons so the United States can "prevail in an era of renewed great power competition." This shocking memo was issued 6 days after the expiration of New START. It was clearly written earlier. It is possibly the single most important leaked document we have obtained in 30 years.
At Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), the principal "acceleration" required is to at least double the rate of planned plutonium warhead core ("pit") production, from at least 30 pits per year (ppy) to at least 60 ppy, with (apparently) the capacity to go to "100." Most of the environmental impacts would scale along with production rate, if these plans succeed.
At the same time, across NNSA's warhead complex, safety and security rules are being "streamlined" to enable higher warhead production. (Just in this afternoon: "Secretly rewritten nuclear safety rules are made public," Geoff Brumfiel, National Public Radio, Feb. 26, 2026). At LANL, the allowable radiation dose has been increased from 1 and 5 rem/year, among other changes.
This policy is the nuclear complement to Marco Rubio's speech in Munich, in which he unabashedly called for renewal of the West's 500 years of colonization and domination. (For one of many succinct reviews see Moon of Alabama, "U.S. Calls For New Colonial Era, Feb 16, 2026). To enable this external domination, internal colonies are also needed -- places where administrative expedience reigns, not human development. That's us.
This coming Monday, March 2, at 10am MST, we will review and discuss this rapidly evolving situation and what can be done to stop it. Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89730509443?pwd=HZbCIbBzLykw3Dx8j6FsmJKp2PPOEh.1 Meeting ID: 897 3050 9443 / Passcode: 915967 / Join instructions HERE. We hope you will be able to attend. We will record the meeting and post it on our YouTube channel for those unable to do so.

Every Monday, 6pm: Indivisible ABQ weekly meetings at Historic Lobo Theater, 3013 Central Ave NE. Contact: IndivAbq@gmail.com

Tuesday, March 3, 7pm: BikeABQ General Membership Meeting at JUNO (1501 1st St NW), with guest speakers Susan Gorman and Patrick Burton of the Sierra Club: Rio Grande Chapter sharing insights and connect on advocacy efforts. We’ll also provide updates on what BikeABQ is working on to make biking in Albuquerque safe and accessible for people of all ages and abilities.

Wednesday, March 4, 2-3:30pm: an hybrid public meeting about Monitoring Storm Water Runoff from LANL under the EPA’s Individual Stormwater Permit, at Cities of Gold Hotel, Tribal Room, Pojoaque, NM. More info: https://ext.em-la.doe.gov/ips/Home/PublicMeetings

March 5, 5:30pm: NM Legal Aid’s online Landlord-Tenant Law Workshop, see flyer below for details

Friday, March 6 – Last day to provide public comments to the NM Environmental Improvement Board (EIB) about the proposed new Rule 20.13.2 NMAC – Per- and Poly-Fluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Consumer Products. See Notice under Statewide/Across Multiple Counties: https://www.env.nm.gov/public-notices/ and https://www.env.nm.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/2026-02-20-COMMS-NMED-launches-PFAS-dashboard-for-drinking-water-systems-Final.pdf

Saturday, March 7, Noon-2pm: National Standup for Science Day Demonstration at Albuquerque Civic Plaza. We come together in response to the Trump Administration's dismantling of our nation's premier science institutions and escalating threats to the lives and livelihoods of Americans. We recognized these attacks for what they are: authoritarian powergrabs. We believe that science is the lifeblood of American democracy and freedom. With a bold strategy combining activism, messaging campaigns, grassroots organizing, and political advocacy, we’re mobilizing the fight for science and democracy, now and for generations to come.

Join Together for Brothers as we come together to demand safer streets along Central Avenue. Our community continues to feel the impact of traffic violence. According to Smart Growth America’s Dangerous by Design report, Albuquerque ranks the most dangerous one mile stretch for pedestrians between Louisiana & Wyoming. Meet us Saturday March 7, 1-3pm at the International District Library, 7601 Central NE, for a Community Walk Audit. It’s about action, it’s about slowing traffic. It’s about protecting our families, elders, and transit riders. It’s about listening to the people who live, work, play, pray, and learn in the International District.

Women’s March will be in Albuquerque for the Brave Women Weekend of Action, March 7-9. On International Women's Day, Sunday, March 8, they will rally at the gates of Zorro Ranch near Stanley, NM 87056, where Jeffrey Epstein trafficked girls for years. NM Women's March is stepping up, demanding accountability, and refusing to let this be buried. The truth belongs to the public, and we’re taking it to the streets. RSVP: act.womensmarch.com/signup/ABQ_IWD

Monday, March 9, 6:30pm: Strong Towns ABQ Book Club at High & Dry Brewing, 529 Adams St NE.— This month, we’re reading On the Housing Crisis by Jerusalem Demsas. What happens when local democracy is shaped to benefit the few at the expense of the many? How did well-intentioned civic processes become tools that deepen the housing shortage? Join us for a relaxed, thoughtful conversation about land use, housing, and how cities like Albuquerque got here—and where we might go next. All are welcome. You don’t need to finish the book to join the conversation.

Fridays, March 13 and 27, 2-6pm: International District Food Hub Free Grocery Program at Whittier Elementary School, 1110 Quincy St. SE, nestled between Kathryn & Truman.

Save the Farm, Save the Future (Dir. Chad Weber, 2025, 60m) Film screening and panel discussion Saturday, March 14, 12:30pm doors open / 1:00pm screening at Guild Cinema, 3405 Central Ave NE. A NM Healthy Soil Working Group free event with limited seating - RSVP HERE. Trailer HERE.

Love Me Bait Me: The Power of Queer Representation (Dir. Rachel van der Bie, 2025, 79m) Sunday March 15, 1pm only, all seats $8 at Guild Cinema, 3405 Central Ave NE. The movie's editor Erika Lygren (she/her) will be in person for a short intro & post screening discussion! Trailer HERE.

Sunday, March 15, 1pm: Coffee and News with Workers for a New Southwest at Santa Cecilia, 111 Romero St. NW

Wednesday, March 18, 5pm: Strong Towns ABQ meeting at Homewise, 500 2nd St. SW. Contact: strongtownsabq@gmail.com

Monday March 23, 7pm: UNM for Justice in Palestine book club meets at Sukoon Coffee House, 3001 Central Ave NE, in their meeting room towards the back of the cafe to discuss The Revolution of 1936-1939 in Palestine: Background, Details, and Analysis by Ghassan Kanafani. We discuss two chapters at a time, this meeting being the book’s Intro + Preface. Please email sailor7mercury@proton.me to request a printed copy of the pdf.

Tuesday, March 24:

Tuesday-Thursday, March 24-26: End of America Double Feature at Guild Cinema, 3405 Central Ave NE. See one or both for the same price! WTO/99 (Dir. Ian Bell, 2026, 102m) at 3:45pm & 6pm, documenting the watershed moment that was the Seattle WTO protests. Trailer HERE. Followed by Hello Dankness (dir. Soda Jerk, 2022, 70m) at 8:15pm, an epic video mashup satirizing the 2016 election cycle. Trailer HERE.

Friday, March 27, 6:30pm: Critical Mass Community Bike Ride- meet up at the UNM Duck Pond, roll out 7pm, head east on Central and back around after a few miles. Once we get back to Yale, folks can go back to the duck pond or keep the ride going! Monthly event, every last Friday.

Saturday, March 28, 11am-3pm: No Kings protest at Montgomery Park, 5301-5499 Ponderosa Ave NE. mobilize.us/mobilize/event/894473

Preserved: The Story of Ted Turner’s Vermejo (Dir. Ben Clark - 2025 - 94m) Monday, March 30, 3pm/5:15pm/7:30pm at Guild Cinema, 3405 Central Ave NE. Guest speakers TBA, trailer HERE.

April 5-11, 2026: Shut Down Drone Warfare – A week of education & resistance at the largest U.S. drone training center, Holloman AFB, Alamogordo, NM. The week's schedule HERE, includes film screenings of National Bird & Abby Martin’s Earth’s Greatest Enemy, Daily Yoga after morning vigils, Alamogordo Peace Party, New Mexico musicians Paul Pino & friends and others, Rally & March in Downtown Alamogordo, Day of Nonviolent Resistance, and, most importantly, daily am & pm vigils at Holloman Killer Drone Training Base, to educate and foster GI Resistance. More info: view flyers below or visit ShutDownDroneWarfare.org & BanKillerDrones.org