{"value"=>"<p>The <span class=\"emph\">Racial Justice Working Group</span>(RJWG) was founded in 1974 with the purpose of bringing “representatives of Church and Society together to share concerns and define issues and actions that promote racial justice.” The files of the RJWG, 1980-1989, document the policies, priorities and work of the group. The records include minutes, agendas, planning documents, reports, correspondence, memos, budget files and miscellaneous papers. The RJWG was made up of regional networks and their work and membership reflected this geographical diversity. Among the members of the group during the 1980's were Joseph Agne, Julia Estrella, Cindy Luft, Alfonso Roman, Loretta Williams and Michael Yasutake.</p> <p>The RJWG addressed many issues during the 1980's including the sovereignty of Native American nations, justice for farmworkers, racial violence, the erosion of civil rights, and the situation of new immigrants and refugees. Specific topics include the land claims of Native Alaskans, discrimination in Robeson County, North Carolina, discrimination at the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the farmworker's Grape Boycott. A 1985 East Coast Farm Labor Fact Finding Tour is documented by an itinerary, clippings and two extensive, but anonymous reports by participants. These items have been filed separately. The papers of the Prisoners of Conscience Project, directed by Mike Yasutake, which worked on the problems of political prisoners and more generally to change public policy on prisons, have also been filed separately.</p>"}