[Lwvcnmtopics] LWVCNM Hot Topics for the week of August 30, 2026

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*Hot Topics for the week of August 30, 2026*

Current events and issues of interest to LWVCNM members

This list is available online <https://www.lwvcnm.org/hot-topics/>.


*LWVCNM will meet with students at *the Digital Art and Technology Academy
on Wednesday, *September 2*.

*LWVCNM will provide timekeeping for a Roadrunner Food Coalition Chat *with
Gubernatorial Candidate Deb Haaland on Friday, *September 4*, from 6 to 7
pm. It will be live streamed on the Roadrunner YouTube channel. Attendance
in person is for members of the Coalition to End Hunger.

*LWVCNM will give a presentation* at the Estancia Valley Classical Academy
on Tuesday, *September 8*.

*The next happy hour is at Nexus Brewery and Restaurant* on Wednesday,
*September
9*, from 4 to 6 pm. Check out this graphic
<https://www.lwvcnm.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/September-HH.png> for
details about why it’s at this location. The only access to Nexus is from
the I-25 east frontage road north of Montgomery. It’s in a cluster of
buildings just north of the Spark by Hilton Hotel.

*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, *from 6 to 8 pm.

*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
<https://www.freedomtoreadnewmexico.org/know_the_issues>. LWVCNM members
are invited to attend and observe remotely. If you are interested, please
call or email Kit Rosewater (505-270-4690, rosewaterkit at gmail.com).

*LWVCNM will have a table at Suncat Days *on the CNM main campus on Tuesday
and Wednesday, *September 15 and 16.*

*LWVCNM is participating in a Constitution Day event *at the Albuquerque
Press Club on Thursday, *September 17*, from 5:30 to 9:30 pm. Read about
the event here
<https://www.lwvcnm.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Constitution-Day-2026.png>
.

*LWVCNM will give presentations* at the NexGen Academy on Thursday and
Friday, *September 17 and 18**.*

*On* *Saturday, **September 19**, LWVCNM will have two events:* A Table at
the Enchantment Games in Rotary Park, Bernalillo from 10 am to 2 pm and a
presentation at Tony Hillerman Library at 11:30.

*LWVCNM will have a table at the Albuquerque Railyard Market* on
Sunday, *September
20 *from 8 am to 2 pm.

*LWVCNM will have a table at the UNM Valencia Campus Career Fair *on
Tuesday, *September 22 *from 2 to 5 pm.

*The next Book Club gathering* is on Wednesday, *September 23*, at 5:30 in
the conference room.

*LWVCNM will have a table at the Rio Grande High School Career Fair *on
Thursday, *September 24*.

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*DID YOU KNOW?*

Free classic books for high school students!

ABQ Reads is an event for local high school students and their families at
three cherished Albuquerque bookstores, where St. John’s College will be
giving away paperback classics *FOR FREE* to any Albuquerque high school
student who wants one.

*When*: *Saturday, September 12 and Sunday, September 13, 2026 from 10 a.m.
– 5 p.m. *

*Where*: *Three Albuquerque Bookstores*

   - *Books on Bosque* - 6261 Riverside Plaza Ln Ste A-2, Albuquerque, NM
   87120


   - *Page 1 Books* - 5850 Eubank Blvd NE Suite B-41, Albuquerque, NM 87111


   - *Bookworks* - 4022 Rio Grande Blvd NW, Albuquerque, NM 87107




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