Join Bob Suberi and others to discuss his most recent trip to the West Bank on Wednesday, June 4, 5:30 pm MDT on Zoom. https://bit.ly/WBankPales
Ethnic Cleansing in Palestine’s West Bank
2025 GPNM Annual Meeting
Saturday, April 26, 2:00 p. m., Community Room, La Farge Library, 1730 Llano St., Santa Fe. A virtual option will be available. Please contact us if you want to be an At-Large Delegate or plan to run for office.
2025 GPUS Annual Meeting, July 31-August 3.
Early registration ($80) ends on March 31. After that, the registration fee goes to $100. Registration fee now at $150. Discounts may no longer apply. Check it out: https://www.gp.org/anm.
Webinar: Proportional Representation
Please join the national GPUS webinar for a discussion of a proportional representation electoral system in Wednesday, April 2, 6:30 p. m. MDT on Zoom. Register at https://bit.ly/ProRepr or https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/9SHnwNuKQm6FkQXIkelGyA#/registration.
HM 40: Study Office of Peace
This memorial sailed through committee with positive public comment and positive reception from committee members. Unfortunately, it sat on the House Calendar for the remainder of the session and did not get a vote. With Governor Luján Grisham promising a special session to address violence, we hope to get another shot at getting a feasibility study on creating a state-wide office devoted to distributing curricula and training in non-violent conflict resolution, restorative justice, and peer counselling. We will also work in the interim to get the feasibility study done without passage of the memorial. Note the previous efforts were toward creating an office directly. The name of the office in future efforts could change again (has also been Peacebuilding) to emphasise non-violence and violence reduction as well as peacebuilding.
2025 Legislative Update
HM 40 Study Office of Peace Please contact members of the House Government, Elections, and Indian Affairs Committee (HGEIAC) and ask the HM 40 be placed on the calendar. This memorial would authorize a study of the feasibility of creating an Office of Peace. Providing youth and adults with resources to resolve conflicts non-violently likely would benefit society as a whole. As a simple memorial, it only needs to be passed by one chamber to get to staff for action.
HB 9 Immigrant Safety Act This legislation is on the list for a floor vote. Please contact your representative and ask her or him to support HB 9. It prohibits public bodies in New Mexico from using public facilities to detain individuals with alleged federal civil immigration violations.
HB 130 Public Banking This bill would create the Public Bank of New Mexico and is sitting in its first committee, the House Commerce and Economic Development Committee (HCEDC). Please contact members of this committee and ask them to put it on the calendar and give it a chance to advance.
COP 16: Biodiversity
Part two of COP 16 (continued from Cali, Colombia) will be held in Rome, Italy from February 25 through February 27. The GPUS EcoAction Committee hosts Mr. Alain Tellier on Monday, February 10, at 6:00 p. m. MST, for a discussion. Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/EIRZKOEVSsyFA1eILprqeA#/registration
Learn more from Global Greens (Biodiversity Working Group): https://globalgreens.org/cop16-overview/
Key demands are securing financing to put the adopted framework into effect, respecting human rights, and integrating nature and climate. Read more: https://globalgreens.org/step-up-for-biodiversity-our-cop16-demands/
More Webinar News (Good Stuff)
First, here is a link to the edited panelist presentations for the Immigrant Justice webinar presented on February 5th.
https://greenpartyofnm.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Immigrant-Justice-Panel.mp3?_=1
Second, please consider attending the upcoming GPAX webinar on February 17, at 5:30 p. m. MST. The discussion will be about U. S. Foreign Policy, including covert and over operations. Speakers include Matthew Hoh, Butch Ware, Daniel Kovalik, and Jill Stein. Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/nG2cJo_3SG2ODCL4ojfFMQ#/registration
Immigrant Justice Webinar
GPNM co-hosts an educational webinar on Wednesday, February 5, 6:30 p. m. MST. Please join us for this important topic. Register in advance at https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/hENTz5kOSx6gY7bTrz8-Ww.
New Year and Opportunities for Action
Happy New Year, Taoseñ@s. Please keep in mind the Four Pillars (Ecological Wisdom, Grassroots Democracy, Peace/Non-Violence, and Social Justice) in 2025 in your individual and group activities to prioritise people, planet, and peace over profit.
