Website: http://www.apjn.org/
The Appalachian Peace and Justice Network (APJN), established in 1984, is a non-profit organization that empowers and challenges groups and individuals to work for peace and social justice. Twenty-one years ago, a visionary director of the United Campus Ministries at Ohio University, Athens, initiated APJN during a nuclear freeze campaign. Since then, the organization has grown from a volunteer organization serving five counties to currently fourteen counties of Appalachian Ohio and West Virginia.
APJN educates, trains, and builds coalitions among local and regional groups and institutions. Although APJN began as a peace and justice networking organization, over the years, it has tried to address the root causes of violence and militarism in the society. APJN’s work for peace thus begins with providing education to respect diversity, increasing people’s information-base and skills to solve problems, and fostering an independent, creative and critical thinking environment. The central ethos, however, remained the same, securing peace and social justice.