Tuesday, 1/31. 1:30pm. Automatic Voter Registration, (Rm. 309) is scheduled for a hearing in the House Consumer & Public Affairs Committee (HCP). Please plan to attend if at all possible. This is a bill that Retake Our Democracy is supporting strongly.

Tuesday, 1/31, 1:30pm (arrive by 12:30 to get in) Senate Hearing Room 321, Roundhouse, Santa Fe. Gun Background Checks Bills Senate Bill 48, and House Bill 50 will be heard by the Senate Public Affairs Committee. The bills would close loopholes in NM law which currently enable folks who may have criminal records or be involved in domestic violence to purchase guns from unlicensed dealers at gun shows throughout NM or online, no questions asked. If you can’t make it, call Governor Martinez 505/476-2200 and tell her (or her staffer) to please support SB 48 & HB 50, Background Checks on Gun Transfers.

Tues., Jan 31, 5:30-7pm,Social Media Training for Volunteers.1420 Cerrillos Rd.,Santa Fe. Ken Baumann will provide training in the effective use of social media, focusing first on Facebook and Twitter, and then Instagram. To participate, YOU MUST RSVP as space is limited. Click here to RSVP. We ask that you bring your laptop and/or smart phone as this will help you learn by doing. If you do not have FB and Twitter accounts, please create them and take a look at the platforms before coming. This training is almost full, so if you plan to attend, sign up today. If you’re not on the RSVP list, you won’t get in!

Weds, Feb. 1, 5:30 to 7 p.m., Chavez Community Center, 3221 Rodeo Rd. — District 4 Town Hall with City Councilmen Ron Trujillo and Mike Harris to discuss with their constituents city issues including the proposed Sanctuary City Resolution and the expanded Early Childhood initiative. Attend and let your voice be heard.

Thurs., Feb. 2, 10 a.m. — Legalize New Mexico Rally at the Roundhouse: Come to support HB 89, a bill to bring legalization of marijuana to our state. Get more info and RSVP at this link.

Tues. Feb 7, 5:30-7pm, Outreach Action Team Planning, 1420 Cerrillos Rd, Santa Fe. Join us to plan the launch of our Community Conversations Canvassing campaign and to discuss organizing panels and trainings, expanding alliances with other organizations, developing an outreach and organizing strategy in other NM communities, finalizing a plan for our Moral Monday event on Feb 20, and organizing a range of other events and outreach activities.

Thurs., Feb 9, 6pm-7:30pm. Showing Up Racial Justice (SURJ) Call-in Training in Creating Powerful Advocacy Research. This call will dig into concrete tools to research targets for actions and organizing campaigns. Join the Public Accountability Initiative to learn how you can deepen your chapters research capacity to develop powerful campaigns, and learn more about the launch of SURJ’s research working group. This call will build on the research call in January, but it’s not required that you participated in the first call to join this one. This is a tremendous national organization. Retake Our Democracy is forming an alliance with the Northern NM Chapter. I recommend this call-in to all members of our Research Action Team and to others who want to better understand how to use information to move people. Click here to RSVP and for more details. To request closed captioning, email meredith@showup4rj.org.

Sat. Feb 11, 3:30-5:30pm, Retake Our Democracy Town Hall Meeting,1420 Cerrillos Rd, Santa Fe. Join us for presentations, breakout discussions, and action planning. Details coming soon.