Join Us for a Forum on Water Advocacy in the Coming State Legislature

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How to Advocate for Water Funding from the NM Legislature

Water is Life! Join the Green Justice team at First Congregational UCC and co-sponsor IPL-New Mexico El Paso to learn about how New Mexico’s water supply is dwindling at an alarming rate and how you can advocate for robust water funding during the 2025 New Mexico Legislative session.

Sunday, January 12, 11:45
First Congregational UCC,
2801 Lomas Blvd. NE  Albuquerque
(in the Music Room)

Guest Speaker Norm Gaume
President of NM Water Advocates

Norm has spent his career managing water in New Mexico and is a former director of the Interstate Stream Commission. He is now the president of NM Water Advocates, educating and organizing citizens of NM to participate in shaping our water future. He was involved n the creation of the 50-Year Water Action plan.

Contact Rev. Clara Sims, clara@nm-ipl.org for Zoom link if you can’t attend in person.

Pilgrims Protest Approval of Los Alamos Lab Transmission Line

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Earthkeepers 360 held a  Caja del Rio Peace and Prayer Pilgrimage in Santa Fe on Friday, October 25. Participants traveled from the Santa Fe county Administration Building to the National Nuclear Security Administration Office to protest the recent approval of the Los Alamos National Lab’s transmission line.

The participants hand delivered the Caja Del Rio Coalition’s formal objection Letter and held a press conference featuring the voices of Pueblo and Hispanic leaders, local elected officials, Spiritual leaders, conservationists and other community advocates speaking up to Permanently protect the caja.

Here are some photographs, courtesy of Rev. Andrew Black

 

 

A Prayer/Blessing for Apache Stronghold at First Congregational UCC

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Albuquerque was one of the stops for Apache Stronghold on its journey to the Supreme Court in Washington to stop the shattering of human existence and to protect Mother Earth. The prayer journey began in the Lummi Nation, north of Seattle, in July, and it will conclude on September 11, 2024 when the Apache Stronghold files their appeal at the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, with stops along the way visiting tribes and supporters for prayer and ceremony.

Sister Joan Brown, Rev. Ryan Tate

The local event, held on Monday, Aug. 20, at First Congregational UCC, featured prayers and blessings from three IPL New Mexico-El Paso leaders: executive director Joan Brown osf, board member Rev. Ryan Tate and assistant executive director Clara Sims.

The Apache Stronghold delegation then traveled to  Pueblo, Co.