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

[Richard Mason]

Justice Chavez is confirmed


 
 
 
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VIRTUAL LEAGUE DAY AT THELEGISLATUREThursday, February 18, 2021
Zoom link to follow on Constant Contact10:30 am                     Welcomingcomments 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 theNew Mexico Supreme Court. Chavez was born in Santa Fe. He was appointed to theSupreme Court by Governor Bill Richardson and served from March 10, 2003 toMarch 2018. Justice Chavez oversaw the litigation concerning the New MexicoHouse Redistricting maps in 2011. Justice Chavez received his undergraduatedegree from Eastern New Mexico University in 1978 and his J.D. fromthe University of New Mexico School of Law in 1981. Justice Chavez was theco-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, NewMexico Voices for Children
Amber oversees New MexicoVoices for Children’s research and policy work. She also manages the KIDS COUNTprogram and does policy research on education, tax and budget, hunger, andeconomic issues. She joined NM Voices in 2012 as a Center on Budget and PolicyPriorities Fellow, after which she was a Research and Policy Analyst  Amber has worked in the public sector at themunicipal, state, and federal levels, working in the government department atNew Mexico State University and the budget department at the city of Las Crucesprior 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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