LWVCNM will have a table at the Valencia County Fair this week from Monday, August 24, through Saturday August 29.

LWVCNM will provide timekeeping for a Roadrunner Food Coalition Chat with Gubernatorial Candidate Greg Hull on Friday, August 28, from 10:30 am to 1 pm.

LWVCNM will provide timekeeping for a Roadrunner Food Coalition Chat with Gubernatorial Candidate Deb Haaland on Friday, September 4, from 6 to 7:30 pm.

The next happy hour is at Nexus Brewery and Restaurant on Wednesday, September 9, from 4 to 6 pm. Check out this graphic for details about why it’s at this location.

The September monthly meeting is hybrid at noon on Thursday, September 10.

LWVCNM will provide a moderator, timekeeping and a table for the Valencia County State Candidate Meet and Greet on Thursday, September 10.

LWVCNM will have a table at the Albuquerque downtown library book sale on Saturday, September 12.

Freedom to Read Coalition is having a meeting on Monday, September 14, from 2:30 to 5 pm, to discuss and strategize legislative efforts to protect public school, public, and academic libraries and those who staff them. Learn more about the coalition here. LWVCNM members are invited to attend and observe remotely. If you are interested, please call or email Kit Rosewater (505-270-4690, rosewaterkit@gmail.com).

For more September events see our calendar on our website home page at lwvcnm.org.                                                                               

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DID YOU KNOW?

A BEAUTIFUL TRADITION

After New Mexico women won the right to vote in 1920, it became a custom among Nuevomexicanas to register to vote on their 21st birthday.

Think about what that means. Not just a legal right — a cultural celebration. A rite of passage passed down through families. A way of saying: this was hard-won, and we honor it from the very first moment we're eligible.

Before women in Santa Fe went to the polls for the first time, voter information was distributed in both English and Spanish — because Nina Otero-Warren and her coalition insisted on it.

How do you celebrate your right to vote?