by Viante New Mexico | Jan 3, 2020 | Informational, New Mexico Legislature, Public
What is a Citizen Legislature? Here in New Mexico, we have what is called a “citizen legislature”, meaning that our state lawmakers do not receive a salary and typically have full-time occupations outside of their legislative duties. This system was implemented over...
by Rhiannon Samuel | Jan 3, 2020 | Podcasts, Public
Special Episode 1 Viante New Mexico Fosters Bipartisanship Hosts Rhiannon Samuel, Executive Director of Viante New Mexico recaps the August 2019 anniversary event and shared the panel discussion. ...
by Rhiannon Samuel | Oct 29, 2019 | Podcasts, Public
Season 1, Episode 6 New Mexico’s Quality of Life Opportunities and Challenges Hosts Rhiannon Samuel, Executive Director of Viante New Mexico and Deena Crawley, Co-Chair of Viante New Mexico talk with young leaders Annermarie Henton and Jesse Heron about what are New...
by Rhiannon Samuel | Oct 29, 2019 | Podcasts, Public
Season 1, Episode 5 Crime in New Mexico: Taking a Holistic Approach This dynamic group representing very different components of the criminal justice system discuss if and how can we comprehensively address crime in New Mexico....
by Rhiannon Samuel | Oct 29, 2019 | Podcasts, Public
Season 1, Episode 4 Education: Where has New Mexico been and where are we going? Conversation about what is and isn’t working in New Mexico education. As well as historical context around why we are facing our current issues....
by Rhiannon Samuel | Oct 29, 2019 | Podcasts, Public
Season 1, Episode 3 Get out and VOTE! A candid discussion with Aviva Rosman from BallotReady and Rhiannon Samuel on why its important to prepare yourself before you vote. https://media.blubrry.com/viantenm/p/content.blubrry.com/viantenm/VianteS1E3.mp3Podcast: Play in...
by Tammy Thomas | Oct 18, 2019 | Podcasts, Public
Season 1, Episode 2 Divisive Political Rhetoric How can you transcend it and still make an impact? https://media.blubrry.com/viantenm/p/content.blubrry.com/viantenm/VianteS1E2.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 24:52 — 34.2MB)Subscribe: Apple...
by Rhiannon Samuel | Oct 8, 2019 | Press Release, Public, Voting In New Mexico
Ocotber 8, 2019 New Mexico – New Mexico’s elected school board officials have control of nearly half of New Mexico’s $7 billion budget. According to the New Mexico Public Education Department, $3.25 billion is allocated to the state’s kindergarten through 12th grade...
by Tammy Thomas | Oct 8, 2019 | Podcasts, Public
Season 1, Episode 1 New Mexico, How Did We Get Here? How did New Mexico get to the bottom of the list in all the national statistics? How do we improve New Mexico in education, quality of life and reduce crime? ...
by Viante New Mexico | Sep 27, 2019 | Focus Areas, Opinion, Public
Guest Blog by Josh Lujan, Viante Board Member We have all seen education in our news lately with reports ranging from poor test results to teacher evaluations and of course, the recent firing of Public Education Department (PED) Secretary. New Mexicans constantly hear...
