by Fatima van Hattum | Jul 23, 2020 | Uncategorized
Last month, NMW.O Program Co-Director, Fatima van Hattum was honored to be a panelist for a Listening Session on Racial Justice, organized by the Governor’s Advisory Council on Racial Justice. The two-hour session with Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham focused on racial...
by Fatima van Hattum | Jul 23, 2020 | Uncategorized
Bueno Para Todos (BPT) is a matriarchal Indigenous-led farming project of El Valle Women’s Collaborative, a non-profit located in the rural community of Villanueva, NM, and a grantee and community partner of NewMexicoWomen.Org. El Valle’s BPT project has taken...
by Fatima van Hattum | Jul 23, 2020 | Uncategorized
Last week, Program Co-Directors, Renee Villarreal and Fatima van Hattum, were interviewed on KRQE’s Brave Space Radio program! With co-host Cecile Lipworth, we discussed the role of female leadership in helping communities navigate through these times, why the...
by Fatima van Hattum | Jun 25, 2020 | Uncategorized
In 2020, Black trans women have a life expectancy of 35 years. 35 years. This is devastating and unacceptable. In 2019, at least 28 transgender and gender non-conforming people lost their lives to fatal violence. We cannot talk about how all lives matter, without...
by Fatima van Hattum | Jun 25, 2020 | Uncategorized
During Pride month, we are seeing the visible result of years of community work come to fruition, as we witness the removal of statues that symbolize colonization and genocide, elected leaders publicly committing to defund the police and defend Black lives, a Supreme...
by Fatima van Hattum | Jun 25, 2020 | Uncategorized
This month, NMW.O has been busy sharing our new report, Gender Justice at the Heart of New Mexico’s Pandemic Recovery , with our communities, statewide and nationally. We were recently interviewed by KRQE News, which you can watch above. We have also been...
