LAS CRUCES — A coalition of Las Cruces organizations and individuals are asking the Las Cruces City Council and Mayor Miyagishima to prioritize taking immediate action to end police violence and defend Black Lives in the city of Las Cruces, in alignment with the work of Movement for Black Lives. La Semilla Food Center, Empowerment […]
Dreamers across the United States awoke today to favorable and much awaited news regarding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Program. The Supreme Court of the United States, in a 5-4 decision, ruled against President Trump’s move to end the program. NM Comunidades en Acción y de Fe (CAFe) Leaders with DACA are celebrating […]
Dozens of portable buildings to house hundreds of out-of-state workers to build new sections of Trump’s border wall were delivered to the small border town of Columbus, N.M. These temporary housing units and the workers who accompany them pose a grave public health threat to this small border community amidst a worsening state public health […]
Advocacy groups from across the state urged New Mexico’s leaders to exercise their emergency powers and provide emergency assistance, access to healthcare, and other relief to stem the rising financial insecurity and income inequality caused by the coronavirus crises. The recommendations were sent to Governor Lujan Grisham, Attorney General Balderas, Chief Justice Nakamura, Speaker Egolf, […]
**This message will repeat in English below** Estimada familia de CAFe, En estos tiempos difíciles, no he dejado de pensar en ustedes, sus familias y nuestras comunidades en general, especialmente aquellos por quienes ya luchamos, aquellos que se encuentran en los márgenes. Sé que este es un momento de profunda preocupación, ansiedad e incluso […]
DEMING, NM — Community members from Luna, Hidalgo,and Grant counties are officially launching their Census 2020 Get Out the Count (GOTC) campaign to ensure families throughout all three counties in Southern New Mexico are counted in the 2020 Census. The GOTC campaign will include educational components and canvassing efforts throughout these counties in order to […]
LAS CRUCES – Local government leaders Friday extolled the importance of getting an accurate count of the state’s population as America heads into the 2020 census. Leaders pressed citizens to participate, saying funding for federal programs essential to New Mexicans are on the line. They also tried to reassure residents who may be afraid to participate because of […]
A nationwide group of faith leaders congregated outside the Otero County Processing Center in Chaparral to protest reportedly poor conditions, mistreatment and deaths of detainees in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Roughly 50 people including pastors, activists and community members stood in a lot located between the ICE facility and Otero County prison […]
Chaparral, N.M. – NM CAFe will host faith leaders from across the country for a week long Border Encounter. LA RED and LIVE FREE, the immigrant rights and gun violence and mass incarceration programs of Faith in Action, are joining area community and faith leaders to stage a public action at the Otero County Detention […]
We all need each other to have a successful election in Las Cruces this year. For the first time we will use ranked choice voting to determine the strongest support for mayor and city council candidates. While ranked choice voting has been used successfully in other countries and other cities in America, including Santa Fe, […]