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All registered Democrats are cordially invited to attend any EJC meeting.

Executive Committee Meeting, October 7, 7PM

We always plan our membership meetings at Executive Committee Meetings and deal with other pending matters. Please join us. We'd love your input.

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General Membership Meeting, October 14, 7 PM

Please join us for our next Membership Meeting on Monday October 14 at 7PM.


We will hear from those who have nominated themselves to run for the following positions at the EJC upcoming election:


  • Running for Chair is Chase Jacques-Maynes . . . Chase says, I am deeply passionate about addressing our world's biggest problems, the climate emergency being one of the biggest. In addition to being young and full of passion and ideas, I have experience in local politics, serving as First Vice Chair of the Democratic Party of Bernalillo County. I believe that as chair of the Environmental Justice Caucus, I will be the kind of youth leader that can unite and build the caucus, serving the environmental justice movement and leading us toward a better, more equitable and safe future.


  • Running for At-Large Officer "A" is Jane Yee . . . Jane says, I am a tireless worker for our communities of working people and people of color, especially on environmental justice issues. Together with other EJC leadership and members, I have participated in the development of community solar and, as important, the community education on the democraticization and decentralization of energy. I have helped write several resolutions on environmental justice issues. I have traveled to different parts of the state to share information about EJC's advocacy and support EJ advocacy throughout the state. I lead the renewable energy working group in its work on community solar and public power. I would appreciate your vote so that I can continue this work.


You may recall that two other Executive Committee positions were up for election: the secretary and the treasurer. Since no one has self-nominated for either of these positions, the EJC bylaws state that it will be up the the newly elected Chair to appoint people to these positions with the approval of the Executive Committee by a 2/3 vote.


Per the bylaws, there will be two other positions - the political director and the administrative director - that the new Chair may appoint with the approval of 2/3 of the Executive Committee.


The Political Director shall oversee certain Environmental Justice Caucus activities such as endorsements, lobbying, resolutions, voter registration and other activities designated by the Chair of the Executive Committee.


The Administrative Director shall oversee organizational matters of the Environmental Justice Caucus not already assigned to another officer, such as communication, events, and volunteers.


Perhaps one of you would like to speak to the new Chair about being considered for one of these positions.


Link to Membership Meeting Here

More EJC Election Details

Election Dates


All who have been members in good standing for 30 days will receive emailed ballots on October 15. These need be submitted by October 29. If you do not receive a ballot, your email did not work for some reason. Please let Muriel know your current email if this happens to you. Her email is mucarpenter412@gmail.com.

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SCC Voting


If you are an SCC member, you have received a ballot asking you to vote for several new rules being promulgated by the DPNM Rules Committee. The EJC strongly urges that you vote against these Rules because they are complex, and there has been no time for general membership input into them. Instead of promoting transparency and grass-roots activism, the state party is once again showing its heavy handed approach to maintaining central control.


DPNM officers refused to place two Resolutions on the SCC fall absentee ballot even though these resolutions were properly referred to the SCC for a vote by the State Platform and Resolutions Committee and the Bernalillo County Resolutions Committee. These two Resolutions, sponsored by the Adelante Progressive Caucus, proposed general principles to guide the revision of the rules governing the standing committees. These general principles were designed to ensure transparency and inclusivity in the operations of the standing committees and Judicial Council. Instead of placing these resolutions on the ballot, DPNM placed rule revisions - without any consultation with Party membership, even the chairs of those committees - that would generally centralize power in the hands of a few and thereby lessen transparency.


The following DPNM members also urge the need to vote against the above-mentioned rules:


Jay Levine

Chair State Platform and Resolutions Committee, SCC Member, Taos County


Flora Lucero

Secretary Affirmative Action Committee, SCC Member, Bernalillo County


Ashley M. Sarracino

Chair Affirmative Action Committee, President of Laguna Pueblo Federation of Democratic Women, & SCC Member (Native American Democratic Caucus of NM)


Marisol Enriquez

Chair, Democratic Party of Bernalillo County, SCC Member, Bernalillo County 


On the other hand, we fully support the resolutions up for SCC vote including:


Resolution 2024-05 - Bicyclists May Treat Stop Signs as Yield Signs (by our own Eric Biedermann and Alex Applegate.)


Resolution 2024-06 - Prohibiting Housing Discrimination Based on Income Source (by Elizabeth Romero)


Resolution 2024-07 - Emergency Methane Emission Reduction Through Enforcement (by our own Kathleen Moseley and Athena Christodoulou)


Resolution 2024-08 - Support Passage of Paid Family Medical Leave (by Kathleen Moseley, Carl Peterson, Dr. Osana Obich Oliva, Cheryl Haase, Athena Christodoulou)


Resolution 2024-09 - Supporting Ballot Initiatives (by our own Carl Peterson and Jane Yee)


As you can see, EJC members are involved in drafting and supporting important changes to our state platform.



Your Email Can Help Save Lives

As our Albuquerque members know, the intersection of I25 and Comanche is under construction. Comanche is one of the few east west bicycle routes in the north part of the city. While we appreciate all the changes that they are doing to make the intersection safer for automobiles, we are appalled to find out that they made the intersection, which already caused the death of a cyclist in 2010, even more dangerous for pedestrians and cyclists.


Nothing in the plans for this intersection make it safer. While improving the safety under the interchange, the designs, in fact, make crossing the intersections and safety past the bridge, especially on the east side of the interchange (where the cyclist died), much more dangerous:


1)     The plan permits right turn on red. Studies show that, not allowing right turn on red reduces the number of accidents involving pedestrians and cyclists by over 10%. With a speed limit of 40mph, this situation becomes even more dangerous


2)     The corners on all the right-hand turns are all rounded. ASHTO states that rounded corners allow motorist to turn at higher speeds Making the corners right angles forces drivers to take them with much more caution, making them much safer for pedestrians and cyclists. This also reduces the length of the street that a pedestrian and cyclist must cross, putting them in harm’s way for a shorter period of time.


3)     On the east and north side of the intersection, where a cyclist was killed, cyclists are put in a lane to the right of the turn lane, putting them in between cars with speed limits of 40mph. While this is standard practice for intersections with lower speeds, forcing a cyclist to move left into the bike lane and then to cross right, across the turning traffic, to reach the protected lane under the bridge is overly dangerous.


4)     On the east and south side of the intersection, the bike lane is removed completely, and cyclists must share the road, going up hill, with cars going 40mph. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)’s Bikeway Selection Guide states that if a street has more than 2,000 vehicles per day or speeds exceeding 20 mph, bicyclists need a dedicated lane. And when those number climb even higher—more than 30 mph and 6,000 vehicles per day—it is unsafe not to have a fully separated bicycling facility.


Therefore, we ask for the following:

1)     The intersection be posted no right turn on red at all right turns or add street lights, that pedestrians and cyclists can activate, that give them the right away at these crossings.

2)     Right corners be squared to force cars to slow when making turns.

3)     The barrier separated shared-use paths be extended on all sides of the intersection through the entire project area.


Please take action now by reaching out to the following people to demand that NMDOT make these easy changes to the intersection to save lives. Thank you! Alex


Take Action Now by contacting the following:

Albuquerque City Councilors (the interchange is on the border of Joaquin Baca's and Tammy Fiebelkorn's districts): https://www.cabq.gov/council/find-your-councilor


State Legislators with strong transportation safety records:


Senator Antoinette Sedillo-Lopez: a.sedillolopez@nmlegis.gov


Senator Michael Padilla: michael.padilla@nmlegis.gov


Representative Day Hochman-Vigil: dayan.hochman-vigil@nmlegis.gov


Representative Joy Garratt: joy.garratt@nmlegis.gov


Project contractor AUI Inc. https://auiinc.net


If you have any questions, contact Alex

Renewable Energy Working Group

Meetings of this working group are on Zoom every month on the fourth Wednesday at 7PM Get updated about Community Solar and other public power issues. The next meeting date is October 23.

Join Zoom Meetings Here

Water Working Group

Meetings of this working group are on Zoom every month on the third Monday at 7PM The next meeting date is November 4. Contact Zlata for more information and to receive the Zoom link.

Zlata's Email

Transportation and Housing Working Group

The Transportation and Housing Working Group will meet on October 9 at 7 PM. We will also discuss how to fight the horrible bike infrastructure plans at I25 and Comanche.



Email Alex here if you want to attend, and he will send the Zoom link to you.

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