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Peace, justice groups to share site
East Genesee Street center also will provide space for meetings, video screenings.
Syracuse Post-Standard, Wednesday, April 11, 2007
By Mariam Jukaku
Syracuse-area groups working on peace and social justice issues are collaborating to open a new center at 2013 E. Genesee St. in Syracuse.
The location for the Syracuse Center for Peace and Social Justice was chosen because it was close to downtown, along a bus route, a central location for Syracuse University and Le Moyne students and in a racially diverse neighborhood, said Ann Tiffany, a board member of the new center.
Tiffany said the groups started raising money for the building in October and now have more than $200,000, which is more than halfway toward their goal. The money will be used to purchase the two-story building, renovate the property with an elevator and expanded parking lot and improve the building's energy efficiency.
The Syracuse Peace Council, Peace Action of Central New York and the American Friends Service Committee all have ommitted to renting space in the building. The anti-nuclear group Citizens Awareness Network also may come on board.
Tiffany said the groups have been thinking about starting a center like this for years and finally put the plan into action because the Peace Council outgrew its space and was looking for a place to rent.
"We wanted to work more closely, support each other, share resources and share space," Tiffany said.
She said the second floor of the new building has a large open space that will be available to outside groups with similar peace or social justice values who want to use it for meetings, workshops, video screenings or other events.
Mariam Jukaku can be reached at mjukaku@syracuse.com or 470-2293.
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