LWVCNM Members,

 

Please join us for our next monthly meeting Thursday, June 10th at noon.

 

League Members Share Different Perspectives of NM Legislative Session

 

League members have a unique chance to hear about making change happen when Brenda McKenna, a new state senator and Trish Lopez, a woman who saw a need for change and made it happen, speak at the Thursday, June 10 meeting. Both women are current members of the Central New Mexico league. Please join us at noon for a virtual discussion.

 

Brenda McKenna is a field representative for the District One Congressional Office.  She is a long-time League member and served as the LWVCNM PR Director and has volunteered with many environmental and wildlife advocacy organizations.  In November 2020, she was elected as a State Senator to represent district nine and serves as the Caucus Chair.  This district includes the communities of Algodones, Placitas, Town of Bernalillo, City of Rio Rancho, Corrales, and Albuquerque. 

Brenda is from Nanbé Ówîngeh and lives in Corrales with her husband and three rescue cats.  She attended Syracuse University, (B.A.) and Central Washington University, (M.S.).

 

At the 2021 legislative session Brenda sponsored 9 bills, including SB 304, an important piece of legislation backed by the LWVNM. That bill requires the New Mexico Secretary of State to provide geographical mapping information for every voting district in the state.

 

Trish Lopez joined the league about four years ago. She is a native New Mexican who spent 13 years in the film industry before returning to New Mexico as a new mom. She was inspired to create Teeniors® after seeing he own mom struggle to adapt to the digital world. Her business hires tech-savvy teens and young adults who help seniors learn technology through one-on-one personalized coaching.

 

During the last legislative session, she used her expertise in social media to help successfully advocate for passage of a bill to allow judges access to public funding for their campaigns. Trish saw the need for public funding after a custody dispute in family court where she represented herself against attorneys who had contributed to the political campaign of the judge who heard the case. She set up a website and began collecting signatures.

 

Her bill was signed into law by Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham.

 

We have a chance to hear how the legislature works from two of our members, a new senator and from an activist who had a big impact on a specific issue. It will be interesting.  We hope you can attend.  Your zoom invitation to join is below.

 

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Topic: Perspectives of Legislative Session

Time: Jun 10, 2021 12:00 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada)

 

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