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Hot Topics for the week of January 4, 2026

Current events and issues of interest to LWVCNM members

This list is available online.

 


The monthly educational meeting is this Thursday, January 8, hybrid at noon. The topic is League Priorities for the 2026 Legislative Session.

LWVCNM will have a table at the Bernalillo County Naturalization Ceremony on January 9.

LWVNM will have an advocacy workshop on January 10 on Zoom. All League members are invited. Sign up here.     

The 2026 Legislative Session begins on January 20 (and ends on February 19).

The Drop-In Coffee is on January 24 from 10 AM to noon in the conference room.

The next LWVCNM Book Club session is on January 28 at 5:30. The book is The Line Becomes A River – Dispatches from the Border by Francisco Cantú.

The LWVNM League Legislative reception is January 29th at La Fonda in Santa Fe.

League Day at the Legislature is January 30th.

 

 See the calendar of events on our website.

 

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DID YOU KNOW?


The LWVCNM Board invites you to share your skills and abilities or your passion for an issue. Fill an open board seat or create a seat based on your interest. To learn more please email 
nominating@lwvcnm.org.

There is still time to write a letter to the governor asking her to send a message to include the Freedom to Read New Mexico bills to the 2026 session. One of the three bills has been filed by Representative Cates. The bill is HB26 PROHIBITING BOOK BANNING AT PUBLIC LIBRARIES.

There will be two more bills filed in the near future. One by Senator Pope and the other by Senator Sedillo Lopez.

The New Mexico Commission on the Status of Women encourages women to know their rights. Read about it here.

 




League of Women Voters of Central New Mexico
6739 Academy Rd. NE  Suite 124
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87109-3352