PVA Mission
The Progressive Voter Alliance is a clearinghouse and point of contact for advocates of a wide range of progressive issues. We do not endorse specific candidates or causes. For an idea of the issues have been addressed at PVA meetings, check out the Meeting Recaps. For current issues, come to the next meeting, almost always held on the 4th Thursday of the month.
Unified Action
The PVA executive committee will determine the next unified action at their February 9 meeting. Suggestions for a unified action can be communicated to Cheryl Frank or any member of the Executive Committee. Past unified actions are indexed here. The current unified action will be posted on or before Monday, January 30.
January 2012 Meeting
There was standing room only for the January meeting. Forty people spoke, eight of them candidates for public office. People raised concerns about our driver’s license law and other issues before the New Mexico legislature in their 30-day session. The diverse list of topics included NMSU’s Model United Nations team, Walmart’s plan to plant and sell genetically engineered sweet corn this year, the advantages of the dollar coin, the peaceful success of Occupy Las Cruces (which will celebrate its first quarter anniversary on January 28), and much more.
Several people announced NM Centennial celebration events: Story Corps will be in Mesilla from February 9 to March 4, Nopalito’s Galería is hosting a series of platicas with members of founding families, and Mesilla Valley Preservation Inc. is holding a tour of historically important homes that were standing when statehood was declared.
Recaps of all past meetings are indexed here.
The next regular meeting of the PVA will be Thursday, February 23, 2012.