San Antonio
Peace and Justice Resource Center
Texas
It’s hard to believe that just three years ago the peaceCENTER library easily fit on a borrowed bookshelf crammed into a corner of the bathroom. The peaceCENTER and the Mennonite Church have combined resources and now have a 2,200+ volume Peace and Justice Resource Center that fills three rooms and serves the entire San Antonio community.
Mission of the Resource Center
  • To continue to support the staff and other members of the peaceCENTER and the San Antonio Mennonite Church with reference and curriculum materials needed to teach peace and justice in San Antonio and beyond.

  • To become a destination for people throughout North America who wish to study peace and justice in a supportive setting.

  • To serve the surrounding inner-city community and the greater community of San Antonio activists with a specialty lending and reference resource center responsive to and reflective of their needs.

  • To use the resource center and its materials as a springboard to engage the community in dialogue on difficult issues.


    Dry Bones Rattling: Community Building to Revitalize American Democracy
     by Mark R. Warren
    Order this book from Amazon
    or check it out of the Resource Center

    book coverThis richly drawn study shows how the San Antonio's own COPS and Metro Alliance work with religious congregations and other community-based institutions to cultivate the participation and leadership of Americans most left out of our elite-centered politics. The author spoke at UTSA on January 30, 2001 (see calendar)

    Visit the peaceCENTER bookstore for more book recommendations. Amazon.com pays the peaceCENTER a 5-15% commission for every book bought through our Web site, which helps fund the Peace and Justice Resource Center.

  • Resource Center Hours
    The Resource Center is open whenever the peaceCENTER or Mennonite Church are open. You can pretty much depend on it being open Sunday mornings and Wednesday evenings (from 7-9) or check the peaceCENTER calendar for other open times.
    Resource Center Catalogue
    About the Catalogue

    Select a category using the drop down menu, then click the GO button to obtain a complete listing.

  • New Resources: a list of materials added to the Peace and Justice Resource Center but not yet incorporated into the online catalogue

    Wish List
  • Donate your used books. Because of space limitations we can't shelve everything, but if you're willing to let us pick through your books and sell the ones we can't use, the money will go towards buying new books. If you've written a book yourself, consider donating one to us, or have your publisher send us a copy.

  • Recommend books to us - please! Call in your suggestions to the peaceCENTER at 210/224-HOPE or email suives@texas.net.
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