Please join Walking 4 the Climate, a special event on Martin Luther King Day, January 17th, the day before the state legislature starts. New Mexico residents will walk from the four directions to the Roundhouse, arriving together at noon for a rally to encourage brave action to combat the climate crisis.

Walking is a great way to take climate action. Not only is it a pollution free alternative to driving, walking is a healthy way to stimulate the mind and activate the body. When we walk as a community for a cause greater than ourselves, like we can do now for the climate, like was done brilliantly during the Civil Rights Movement, it wakes us up out of our slumber. What we need in response to climate change is — not a feeling of paralysis but — movement, a mass movement to end fossil fuel use and restore our fellow humanity.

So let’s journey together on January 17th when we can step up our action, step up the pressure on our elected leaders and step up the movement as citizens overcoming the powers that be.

Ways to participate
– Gather at any of the four locations below at 11:30 a.m. and walk to the Roundhouse as a community;
– Walk on your own from your home or work to arrive at the Roundhouse at 12 p.m.;
– Form a team of neighbors, friends and/or family to walk together to arrive at the Roundhouse at 12 p.m.;
– Volunteer and spread the word to help make the event a success.

11:30 a.m. Meeting Locations

– North: Fort Marcy Park main parking lot at 490 Bishops Lodge Rd.

– South: Parking lot of St John’s United Methodist Church at 1200 Old Pecos Trail.

– East: Patrick Smith Park at 1010-1098 E Alameda St.

– West: Behind Site Santa Fe at 1606 Paseo de Perralta in the parking lot near the Railyard park.