We also provide an update on our campaign to support Asylum Seekers (you done good!), and information about an array of events and opportunities. NM Voices report includes a link to a summary of every bill signed into law in… Read More ›
Child, Youth & Families
Roundhouse Opens Today with NM Voices for Children Youth Day 9-2 and Opening of Session at Noon
We’ve been planning for many months for the legislative session and it begins today .As NM Voices for Children has declared: “It is time to go bold, or go home.” We couldn’t agree more. Today we focus on NM Voices… Read More ›
“Kids Count” Report: Childhood Poverty in NM–Worst in Nation & Getting Worse
While not all child well-being indicators are going down, NM children are 50% more likely to live in poverty than children in other states AND not only are we ranked 50th in child poverty, while the nation is improving in… Read More ›
Gratitude in Action: With an Unfathomable International Scene, Go Local to Create Change
One measure of a society, indeed of a world, is how well it can work together to solve problems, address challenges, take advantage of sustainable opportunities. Right now, we get an F for this and have for some time. Retake… Read More ›
Urgent Action Needed by 5pm Today
There were hundreds of people inside and hundreds lined up to get in to testify against the obscene ALEC-inspired revisions to national science standards. You have til 5pm for formally contact PED with input. But this post also includes links… Read More ›
K-12 Education In Tatters Nationally. NM Science Standards Omit Climate Change & Evolution. Seriously?
IATSE, DPNM, Retake and others are sponsoring a rally to protest NM’s new science standards that omit evolution and climate change. The post also includes a look at the general state of public K-12 education in the US as well… Read More ›