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Paul Gibson and his wife, Roxanne Barber came to Santa Fe in 2012. Since arriving in Santa Fe they have been involved in the development of the Academy of Sustainability Education at Santa Fe High, as volunteers with Master Gardeners, New Energy Economy, and other local efforts. Most recently they coordinated the SantaFe4Bernie campaign, an effort that took advice from Bernie and focused locally, morphing into Retake the Roundhouse. Retake the Roundhouse worked with other advocacy groups around the state to support nine important races, winning seven of them and contributing to NM being the only state legislature in the country that turned blue in the last election. They now are exiting from partisan election processes and have created Retake Our Democracy, a 501-c-4 non-profit organization that tried to make daily activism easier by providing a wide range of resources, information and tools that empower and activate supporters.

• Criminal Justice Failure in Minneapolis and Santa Fe, Plus a Panel Discussion on the Red Deal: An Indigenous Action to Save the Earth

  By paulgibson51 on April 22, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Two calls to action in Santa Fe, a focus on criminal justice, and video on sustainable agriculture, criminal justice in Philly & an update on Rethink. Plus an upcoming Indigenous perspective on nuclear issues, & an update on the Report… Read More ›

• Sustainable Agriculture Can Feed the World But Agribusiness Misinformation Enslaves us to GMO’s, Pesticides, Fertilizer & Unsustainable Agri-Practice

  By paulgibson51 on April 19, 2021 • ( 4 )

  

  Today: a Rethink progress report, an interview with Mariel Nanasi from New Energy Economy & compelling research on how small, local farmers using sustainable, organic farming can feed the world…easily, repudiating agribusiness’ false claims.

• Over the Last 50 Years, We’ve Lost Our Capacity to Care: It’s Time to Re-Invent a Caring Society

  By paulgibson51 on April 15, 2021 • ( 4 )

  

  What Could a Caring Society Look Like This piece is framed around an article, from The Washington Post: “A cook at a frat house was like a mother to the members. Years later, they paid off her mortgage.” This is… Read More ›

• Rethinking Government: An Activist, FDR-Style Government that Delivers for America, OR…

  By paulgibson51 on April 13, 2021 • ( 3 )

  

  We offer a guest post focusing on GOP reasons for choking government at all costs, preceded by Heather Cox Richardson contrasting the differences between GOP privatization and 1930s style Democratic Activist Government. We close with Roxanne’s and my legislative wrap… Read More ›

• Advances In Rethinking Our Democracy & Legislative Update

  By paulgibson51 on April 8, 2021 • ( 3 )

  

  Today, we update you on what we’ve been doing, reading and viewing to continue our movement toward creating Rethink Our Democracy with a focus on the appropriate function of governance and government.

• Inspiring Border Partnership Worthy of Your Support, Joe Monahan on Wednesday & Rethink Our Democracy Vision, Purpose and Scope of Work

  By paulgibson51 on April 5, 2021 • ( 2 )

  

  Today we share our Rethink Our Democracy vision, purpose and scope of work statement and ask for your feedback. In just a week, we have achieved 80% of our fundraising goal to kick off the 501c3, needing just under $2000… Read More ›