Earth Month Events & Activities in New Mexico (Updated April 8)

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 Mark Your Calendars for these events 
(click on each link for more information)  Page will be updated

 6 Tree New Mexico ABQ Mesa Village neighborhood tree planting

10 Faith Leaders Breakfast  Rev. Talitha Arnold from United Church of Santa Fe and Bishop Michael Hunn from Episcopal Diocese of the Rio Grande will lead particpants in a conversation on how we deepen our spiritual lives and sustain our commitment to transformation amidst crises of creation.

 15  An Evening with Larry Rasmussen, author of ‘The Planet You Inherit’ (This is a virtual event.  Register Here)

17  Care for the Earth Event (New Mexico State University)

18 Earth Day Nosh & Knowledge: Local Flavor at Congregation Albert (Albuquerque)

18 Screening of Documentary ‘Common Ground’ (Albuquerque Mennonite Church)

20  Earth Day Las Cruces

20 Earth Day Hike & Clean-Up on the Caja del Rio

21 Earth Day Festival  (Balloon Fiesta Park, Albuquerque)

22  Screening of Documentary ‘Common Ground’ (Central United Methodist Church-Albuquerque)

27  Tree New Mexico ABQ Tuscany neighborhood tree planting

27 Screening of documentary ‘Common Ground’ First Congregational Church, Albuquerque

Watch: Our Sacred Land–Farms, Food, and Fairness

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This hybrid event, held March 6 at First Congregational Church in Albuquerque, lifted up the voices of those at the center of our food systems in New Mexico and beyond. Panelists discussed the multi-faceted challenges facing farmers and ranchers – from mental health to local challenges to national legislation. — such as the Opportunities for Fairness in Farming Act (OFF Act).


Pam Roy, executive director of Farm to Table New Mexico, introduced
panelists and led the discussion


Alan Brauer from Indigenous Farm Hub was one of our panelists


Desiree Woodland spoke about the stress conditions facing farmers


Our special guest Sarah Carden from Farm Action Fund visited us from western New York.
She and Cash Carruth, a farmer from Bloomfield, NM, spoke about the Opportunities for
Fairness in Farming Act, also known as the OFF Act.

Here is the full video, courtesy of First Congregational Church.  
Included are an introduction by Rev. Clara Sims and a question-and-answer session

Villa Guadalupe Award Noted in Gallup Independent Newspaper

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A little over a week ago, we congratulated Villa Guadalupe  and Little Sisters of the Poor in Gallup  for earning a runner-up award in National Interfaith Power & Light’s annual Cool Congregations Challenge contest.  The local newspaper Gallup Independent also reported the award .  Here is a screenshot of the brief article that was posted in the Gallup, NM, newspaper