Community Conversation on Clean Water in Northern New Mexico

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Join the New Mexico Environmental Law Center for a community conversation with Communities for Clean Water, an organization that works to safeguard clean water in the Rio Grande watershed.
Their mission is to ensure that community waters impacted by Los Alamos National Labs (LANL) are kept safe for drinking, agriculture, sacred ceremonies, and a sustainable future.
Panel speakers include:
  • Kathy Sanchez (Tewa Women United),
  • Rachel Conn (Amigos Bravos),
  • Beata Tsosie-Peña (Tewa Women United),
  • Emily Arasim (NM Acequia Association), and
  • Joni Arends (Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety).
The event will be moderated by Dr. Virginia Necochea, Executive Director of the New Mexico Environmental Law Center.
This event will be held over zoom. To register please click here and the zoom link will be emailed to you.
More info on CCW: Communities for Clean Water (CCW) was formally organized in 2006 after several community organizations joined forces to address water contamination at LANL. As of January 2015 CCW Council members include Amigos Bravos, Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety (CCNS), Honor Our Pueblo Existence (HOPE), the New Mexico Acequia Association, Partnership for Earth Spirituality, and Tewa Women United. CCW brings together these separate organizations in order to have a collective and powerful impact on protecting and restoring water quality downstream and downwind from Los Alamos National Laboratory.
For more info, email nmelc@nmelc.org.

Holding Regulators Responsible for Protecting Public from Pollution

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In this video, Earthworks (a partner with NM-IPL and Citizens Caring for the Future on Permian Basin initiatives), spotlight regulators’ responsibility to protect the public from the industry’s pollution — and hold them accountable when they don’t.

Mark Your Calendars: Green Amendment Day on July 13

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Green Amendments For The Generations is launching National Green Amendment Day, featuring special actions that folks can take to spread the word as well as a virtual panel discussion with environmental justice leaders from across the nation at 5:00pm MT. Register here

 

Panelists and Speakers include two prominent New Mexicans, State Sen. Antoinette Sedillo and Terry Sloan.
  • Kim Gaddy, Founder and Director of the South Ward Environmental Alliance
  • Kerri Evelyn Harris, Community Organizer and Advocate
  • Senator Antoinette Sedillo Lopez, serving New Mexico’s 16th District and lead sponsor of the NM Green Amendment
  • Maya van Rossum, Founder, Green Amendments For The Generations and the Delaware Riverkeeper
  • Terry Sloan, Director, Southwest Native Cultures, Member of NM-IPL board of directors
  • Dr. Sacoby Wilson, Associate Professor, Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health
The Panel will be moderated by Maria Payan, Senior Regional Representative at Socially Responsible Agriculture Project (SRAP) and Sussex Health & Environmental Network (SHEN).
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Help bring new voices to the table! Please extend the panel invitation to other civil rights, environmental, environmental justice and Indigenous leaders and community members that may be interested in learning more about the power of Bill of Rights protection for strengthening environmental justice.