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Because People Matter Collection, Guide to the
MC 104  
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Description
Contained is a complete set of issues for the monthly and bimonthly newspaper Because People Matter, a Sacramento-based publication that ran from 1992 to 2009. Also included in the collection is an assortment of photographic prints and a cloth banner.
Background
Because People Matter (BPM) began in the early 1990s as a creation of three Sacramento progressive groups: Peace Action, the Central American Action Committee (CAAC) and the Sacramento Religious Community for Peace (SRCP). Local activist Ruth Hultgren initiated this project. There was overlap in the organizations' membership, and BPM took the place of their different newsletters. The organizations committed to jointly pay an editor who would create an engaging and active community newspaper, and Peter Feeley became that editor. BPM published its first issue in October, 1992.
Extent
3.0 Linear Feet 3 Archival Boxes
Restrictions
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