Southwest Organizing Project

About

about swop...organizing for effective change SWOP is a statewide multi-racial, multi-issue, community based membership organization. Since 1980 we have worked to make it possible for thousands of New Mexicans to begin to have a place and voice in social, economic and environmental decisions that affect our lives. Our mission is "working to empower our communities to realize racial and gender equality and social and economic justice." Visit our Frequently Asked Questions page. People of color in New Mexico have resisted this historical domination by outside interests and have strong traditions of advocating for equitable control over public resources and for political powe