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The Southwest Organizing Project is founded in New Mexico.

1980s

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The Southwest Organizing Project (SWOP) defines their mission as: "to build a strong grassroots organization in the Southwest to fight for environmental and social justice." Over the ensuing decades, they will run voter registration drives, develop political campaigns, and draft a Community Environment Bill of Rights, building environmental justice actions and analyses to represent Southwestern Indigenous and People of Color communities.