Women’s History Month takes place every March. Yet at NMW.O we are inspired each day by the grandmothers, teachers, mentors, leaders, elders, and ancestors who have come before us, and on whose shoulders we stand. Their strength and knowledge give us the energy required to work for gender justice and healing all year long.
In their honor, NMW.O created #WeavingourStories, a campaign featuring those who have nurtured and supported us through their stories of triumph, resistance, integrity, and generosity. By telling our stories we ensure that our narratives and knowledge survive, we imagine and weave new futures together. Click here to visit our social media and hear from colleagues and community members who participated in #WeavingourStories throughout the month.
In other news this month, we visited with with our Adolescent Girls of Color grantee partners and launched our inaugural Healthy Masculinities Grant Cycle! As we move into the spring season we want to thank you for your ongoing support of gender justice and healing in New Mexico.
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NMW.O is excited to announce our 2023 Healthy Masculinities grantee partners. After five years of working with the New Mexico Healthy Masculinities Collaborative, including developing the NM Healthy Masculinities Toolkit, this grant cycle represents an intentional investment in programs serving self-identified men and boys. We are in a crisis of masculinities and gender, with profound impacts upon our children, families, and communities. Promoting healthy masculinities and reimagining our gender frameworks are essential to gender justice and healing. We are honored to support the following grantee partners and their transformative work.
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Alas de Agua Art Collective serving Santa Fe County, the Southside of Santa Fe, and Espanola with poetry, monologue, and art workshops, as well as ceremony for BIPOC men and boys.
Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women serving Tribal and Pueblo communities statewide through trauma informed focus groups engaging with the NM Healthy Masculinities Toolkit using an Indigenous lens.
Earthseed Black Arts Alliance serving self-identified Black and BIPOC youth in Santa Fe County through a week of intentional and culturally relevant summer programming using the Toolkit to explore patriarchy, structural racism, and masculine expressions of protection
Fathers New Mexico serving Santa Fe, Sandoval, Bernalillo, Chavez, Rio Arriba, Cibola, McKinley, and San Miguel Counties through school-based groups for youth focused on gender expectations, healthy relationships, sexuality, and the challenges youth are facing.
New Mexico Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs working statewide on violence prevention through healthy masculinities workshops.
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Solace Sexual Assault Services serving Santa Fe, Rio Arriba, and Los Alamos Counties, as well as the Eight Northern Pueblos through school-based programming around healthy masculinities, healthy relationships, and gender roles.
Tewa Women United serving the six Tewa speaking Pueblos and Indigenous communities in Española and Santa Fe, specifically in their work with youth at the Santa Fe Indian School around gender and masculinities using their 'braided' curriculum.
Together for Brothers serving boys and young men of color in the Albuquerque area with their cohort model centered around healthy masculinities through cooking, art making, biking, civic engagement, and relational leadership.
Transgender Resource Center of New Mexico working statewide to provide services and programs to transmasculine individuals of all ages.
Valencia Shelter for Victims of Domestic Violence serving Torrance, Socorro, Catron, Sandoval, and Bernalillo Counties through The Family Peace Initiative working with men who have chosen to commit violence toward their partners or family members by providing education, addressing unresolved trauma, and challenging cultural and generational stigmas.
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This legislative session here in New Mexico showed us how policy can push forward change rooted in gender justice. In a time where queer, trans, and reproductive rights are under attack across the country, with over 60+ Anti-LGBTQ+ bills in Arizona and Texas alone, we are proud of the strides being made locally to protect the rights of sexual and gender minorities in our communities. Wins like HB7 and SB13 that ensure safe access to reproductive and gender affirming healthcare are some concrete ways we see policy in action, moving New Mexico towards a future of gender justice and healing.
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Since 2019, we have been intentionally investing in and partnering with various Adolescent Girls of Color (AGOC) organizations across the state. After years of isolation from the pandemic, we wanted to prioritize relationship building and connection in community! This past month we were excited to visit with some of our partners across the AGOC cohort to reconnect and hear more about their incredible work. Read more about our AGOC partners here.
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Organizations in the photo collage clockwise from center: Earthseed Black Arts Alliance, Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women (CSVANW), UNM Community Engagement Center, New Mexico Black Leadership Council, Girls Inc. of Santa Fe, and CSVANW.
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