When: Thursday, June 20, 6 to 7 pm

Where: O’Niell’s Pub, 4310 Central Ave SE, Albuquerque, NM 87108 and on Zoom (webinar info coming soon)

What: Join the local New Mexico Green Amendment Coalition members, legislative sponsors, and national Green Amendment expert & founder Maya van Rossum to get up to speed, learn, ask your questions and offer your input on securing a New Mexico Green Amendment in 2025.

Why? All of the people in our Land of Enchantment, including future generations, deserve a constitutionally protected right to a healthy environment and climate including water, soil, air, ecosystems and environment.

Learn more: https://nmgreenamendment.org/

Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/3786352148300084/

Download the flyer here.

Lora is a retired city planner and attorney who is collaborating with the Progressive Democrats of America to reform the Democratic Party from the inside and outside. Her home is in Albuquerque, her friends and family are worldwide. Lora can be reached at Loralucero3@gmail.com

Why is it so hard to end a genocide?

Israel’s current genocidal campaign in Gaza – considered a plausible genocide by the International Court of Justice – is not complicated, and it’s not about Hamas, either, despite the nearly universal opprobrium repeated in the halls of Congress. Thankfully, many Americans know better. My personal awakening occurred during my first visit to Gaza in 2004.

Read the complete article here.

Groups building pressure within state party over White House stance on Gaza War weeks ahead of primary voting

By: Austin Fisher – April 8, 2024 3:45 am from Source NM

A grassroots effort to use the New Mexico primary election to push President Joe Biden’s policy positions on Gaza officially launched in the state over the weekend.

The campaign called Vote Uncommitted New Mexico, is encouraging people to register as Democrats and vote “uncommitted” on their primary ballots, rather than selecting Biden as the Democratic presidential nominee.

The campaign here in New Mexico is inspired in part by earlier ones started in Michigan and Minnesota.

New Mexico’s primary on June 4 (early voting begins May 7) will be one of the last among the 25 states and territories where voters can fill out a ballot option other than the parties’ nominees, be counted in the actual national party results, and not get discarded.

By state law, “Uncommitted” appears below the presidential candidates on primary ballots.

Read the complete original article here.

Thoughtful, strategic and sustained action. The Progressive Democrats of America is committed to all three to build a future where our shared progressive vision thrives and nurtures everyone.

According to Carbon Brief, if global CO2 emissions continue at current levels, the world has less than five years before the world’s remaining carbon budget runs out and the dangerous and irreversible 1.5 degree Celsius threshold is breached. COP28 is happening now in Dubai (November 30 to December 12). Here are two ways to get a sense of what’s happening daily at COP28. (1) sign up for the “Politico Global” newsletter here: https://www.politico.com/newsletters and (2) Earth Negotiations Bulletin – Sign up here: https://confirmsubscription.com/h/i/C7C9FE881A9F4F51  

When the New Mexico Legislature meets in January (1/16 – 2/15) we will be joining many others to uplift our progressive values, including advocating for the NM Green Amendment. Get involved here if you want New Mexicans to have a chance to vote on a constitutional amendment for a clean and healthy environment. More information available https://nmgreenamendment.org/