Genesee Valley Citizens for Peace was formed in May, 1972, to help bring an end to the war in Vietnam. Since then, we have worked for amnesty for war resisters, for nuclear disarmament (with particular emphasis on Seneca Army Depot), and for a change in national priorities to stress human needs rather than military spending. We have protested U.S. intervention in Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Guatemala. We have demonstrated in local shopping areas against war toys and at local post offices against the draft registration. We helped defeat the establishment of an ROTC program on the SUNY Geneseo campus.

We have participated in peace rallies and demonstrations in Washington D.C., New York City, Seneca Army Depot, Rochester, Syracuse, Harrisburg, Griffiss Air Force Base, Valley Forge, and Niagara Falls, Ontario. We have organized local peace walks and vigils in Geneseo, Avon, Batavia, Henrietta, LeRoy, Livonia, Mt. Morris, Pavilion, Warsaw, and Wayland. We were a part of the Continental Walk for Disarmament and Social Justice in 1976 and the Great Peace March in 1987.