The Quixote Center is a social justice group in Maryland founded by Catholic priest William R. Callahan and Dolores "Dolly" Pomerleau[1] in 1976.
[2] The Quixote Center achieved prominence in its support of the ideals of the Sandinista government of Nicaragua in the 1980s.
[3] Although the Center did not officially take sides during the revolution in Nicaragua, its work was described by The New York Times as "intensely political" and the aid it sent went largely to assist victims of the Contra War.
[5] Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio worked for the Center in 1988.
[6] In the 1970s and early 1980s, many activists affiliated with the Quixote Center supported the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment including Sister Maureen Fiedler.