[LWVNM Action] VIRTUAL LEAGUE DAY AT THE LEGISLATUREThursday, February 18, 2021 at 10:30 am - speakers set

[Richard Mason]

*VIRTUAL LEAGUE DAY AT THE LEGISLATURE*


*Thursday, February 18, 2021 Zoom link to follow on Constant Contact*

*10:30 am                     Welcoming comments from LWVNM President
Hannah Burling New Mexico *



*10:45 – 11:30  am       Redistricting Reform Legislation
                                    Invited: Edward Chavez, Former New
Mexico Supreme Court Justice *Justice Chavez  is a former Justice and Chief
Justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court. Chavez was born in Santa Fe. He
was appointed to the Supreme Court by Governor Bill Richardson and served
from March 10, 2003 to March 2018. Justice Chavez oversaw the litigation
concerning the New Mexico House Redistricting maps in 2011. Justice Chavez
received his undergraduate degree from Eastern New Mexico University in
1978 and his J.D. <https://ballotpedia.org/J.D.> from the University of New
Mexico School of Law in 1981. Justice Chavez was the co-Chair of the 2020
New Mexico First Redistricting Task Force.


*11:30 am – 12:30pm  Taxes and Funding for Essential Services
                                      Amber Wallin MPA, Deputy Director,
New Mexico Voices for Children*
Amber oversees New Mexico Voices for Children’s research and policy work.
She also manages the KIDS COUNT program and does policy research on
education, tax and budget, hunger, and economic issues. She joined NM
Voices in 2012 as a Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Fellow, after
which she was a Research and Policy Analyst  Amber has worked in the public
sector at the municipal, state, and federal levels, working in the
government department at New Mexico State University and the budget
department at the city of Las Cruces prior to joining the Voices team.
Voices oversees the Fairness Project that advocates for fair taxation and
revenue for essential services.The LWVNM is a member of the Fairness
Project.
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