[Lwvcnmtopics] This Thursday - June 10th Meeting at 12:00

[Trish Lopez]

Thank you, League members!

I'm really looking forward to this opportunity to speak with each of you
this Thursday.

Cheers!
Trish

*Trish Lopez  <http://linkedin.com/in/trishlopez>*
*(310) 266-4128*


On Fri, Jun 4, 2021 at 12:10 PM LWV CentralNewMexico <lwvcnmoffice at gmail.com>
wrote:

> LWVCNM Members,
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> Please join us for our next monthly meeting Thursday, June 10th at noon.
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> *League Members Share Different Perspectives of NM Legislative Session*
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.).
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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
> <https://www.fixjudicialcampaigns.org/> and began collecting signatures.
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> Her bill was signed into law by Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham.
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> 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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> Zoom information to join
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> LWVCNM Zoom is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
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> Topic: Perspectives of Legislative Session
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> Time: Jun 10, 2021 12:00 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada)
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> Starlyn Brown
> Director & Office Manager
> League of Women Voters of Central New Mexico
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