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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.
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MLK Jr. & Climate Justice: The Urgency of Now
New Energy Economy, Tewa Women United, Earth Care, and others are drawing on MLK Jr and some inspirational words from his Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence speech to organize an urgent Climate March event. This post is devoted… Read More ›
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What Makes Retake Different from Indivisible & Others
People say: There are so many groups out there, what makes Retake Our Democracy different? This post will answer this and also serve as a call to action. Too many of our supporters come to meetings but are not consistently… Read More ›
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North Korea: Why are we still fighting almost 70 years later?
Why does North Korea still hate us while Vietnam is an ally? This post explores this question and presents a human side of North Korea, its people, and its culture. It also views the North Korean conflict through the lens… Read More ›
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A Public Bank in Santa Fe, Another Tool for Social Justice
We feature an article about the campaign to establish a State public bank in New Jersey (our future once Susana is gone), as the effort to create a public bank in Santa Fe moves forward, passing unanimously in the City’s… Read More ›
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A Strategy to Revitalize Santa Fe & Other US Cities
Revitalization without displacement is, indeed, a challenge, but this post explores how Community Land Trusts can both increase public services and infrastructure without displacing current residents. The post also includes the latest on our Governor and the legislature’s apparent end… Read More ›
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Community Development & Gentrification: A Tale of Two Cities
For decades city planners, economists, and social justice advocates have wrestled with the challenge of improving blighted or low-income neighborhoods without making them unaffordable to current residents. Now it is the City Different’s turn. A refreshing break from the world… Read More ›