NMIPL IN THE NEWS

New Documentary Features Youth Movement Demanding Right to Stable Climate

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Register to host a screening of YOUTH v GOV, a powerful film that follows 21 young Americans suing the world’s most powerful government to protect their constitutional rights to a stable climate.

The national Interfaith Power & Light invites you to screen this award-winning film as part of your celebrations of Faith Climate Action Week and join the community of people of faith preaching, teaching, and acting to heal the climate in 2022!

Register now through April 5 to screen the film for your group for free by streaming during the window of April 11-May 1, either to an in-person or virtual audience.

SAVE THE DATE: April 27, 4:30pm Pacific, IPL will host a webinar with the filmmaker Christi Cooper, and two youth plaintiffs from the film. Check back here for details closer to the date.

 

REGISTER HERE TO HOST A GROUP SCREENING

(Registration available March 21 through April 5)

BORROW A DVD HERE

Barrelmaker Productions has produced a limited number of dvds for houses of worship who do not have the capacity to stream at their event. They are available to borrow for $10 plus shipping.

Download screening guide

 

IPL Launches Faith Climate Justice Voter Campaign

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The national Interfaith Power & Light and state affiliates like New Mexico El Paso Region Interfaith Power & Light are launching our 2022 Faith Climate Justice Voter Campaign to reach out to people of faith and conscience. We want to make sure they are registered and ready to vote and mobilize them to vote their values of caring for our common home and loving our neighbors.

Is your voter registration is current? Confirm it’s up to date for this important election year.

Mark Your Calendars for these election dates in New Mexico

  • Primary Election:

    June 7, 2022

  •  General Election:

    November 8, 2022

As people of faith and conscience, our values call us to ensure that everyone is cared for and to be good stewards of our Sacred Earth. Climate change is destroying our common home, harming our communities, and putting future generations at risk.

For too long, the fossil fuel industry has divided and distracted us with lies while they endanger our climate and pollute our air and water. They exploit our differences trying to divide us. They pick and choose where to dump toxins based on the contents of our wallets and the color of our skin, hoping to avoid accountability for the crisis they created for all of us.

This election is about the values shaping our future. Together, we can express our values of ensuring a livable planet for our children and that all are cared for. We can come together to vote our values and make a difference.

Please confirm your voter registration is current at our online voter portal.

Once you’ve done that, help make sure your faith community is ready to vote by asking them to check their registration or register to vote.

Voting is the central sacrament of our democracy. Join us in ensuring our faith communities are ready to vote and are voting their values this year.

Sister Joan to Offer Two Keynote Presentations for Catholic Climate Covenant Series

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Catholic Climate Covenant has invited Joan Brown, osf, executive director of New Mexico El Paso Region Interfaith Power & Light, to deliver a keynote address as part of its EcoSpirituality Nights series.
Sr. Joan will share her thoughts on integral ecology and how spirituality must be a lens to guide work and shift worldviews as we address climate justice and the social, ecological and economic implications. She will present on two dates.

On Monday, March 21, she will prepare her presentation for a multigenerational audience  Register Here

On Monday, April 4, her audience will be young adults 18-39)   Register Here

Carlsbad Current Argus. Sep. 3, 2020 New Mexico finalizes oil and gas wastewater regulations, lawmakers hear testimony (Rev. Nick King Quoted)

Las Cruces Sun-News,  Aug. 19, 2020, Report on solving climate crisis brings hope (Co-authored by Michael Sells, Clara Sims and Edith Yanez)

Santa Fe New Mexican, Aug. 15, 2020 Vote your values this November  (Commentary by Larry Rasmussen and Tabitha Arnold)