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Doña
Ana
Communities United
February 2019
Newsletter
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Happy February! We are excited for the blooming Spring ahead, and hope you are too.
In this newsletter, you'll find updates on who was elected to the timebank steering committee, our recent trips to the legislative session, and the upcoming project that our DACC students are working on. As usual, you'll also hear about this month's guests on Kari's weekly radio show,
Just Community.
Many thanks for all you do to make our work--and our world--wonderful!
In good health,
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Upcoming DACU Events
Click this link to see the full details of DACU's upcoming events.
Timebank Orientation
March 16, 1:30-3 PM
Timebank Theatre Day
March 16, 4-6 PM
All events are held at the DACU office:
151 S Walnut Street, Unit B13.
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Timebank Elections
Congratulations to Tim Franco, Sandra BarMcQ, and Charles Clements! All three were elected to the timebank steering committee (TBSC) this month. We are elated to welcome them to the TBSC!
The election of our three new members allowed for the founding members of the TBSC to conclude their service with the committee. We are so grateful for the wisdom that Susan, Florence, Shelly, and Rosa have imparted to us, and will miss them dearly. Thank you for all you have set in motion on the TBSC!
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| Founding members Rosa, Shelly, Florence, and Susan at their final TBSC meeting. |
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| The full group met to wish the founding members goodbye and hear departing advice. |
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Supporting Decision-Making in New Mexico
DACU members continued to be involved with the legislative session this February. Members traveled in groups to Santa Fe to participate in legislative action days with Strong Families NM, the New Mexico Coalition to End Homelessness, and the ACLU. Multiple DACU members shared their lived experience related to homelessness and incarceration, making a big impression with elected officials on both sides of the aisle.
Before we began our trip home, we took time to visit our NMHEP partners at their home base in Santa Fe. We enjoyed a tour of their offices and ate lunch with fellow AmeriCorps VISTA members working with the Santa Fe Community Foundation.
Photo by Jessi Jensen
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DACU members with David, Sarah, and Dana from SFCF.
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Photo by Robert Yee.
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DACU members gather outside the Roundhouse.
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DACC Student Project
Most semesters, DACU hosts DACC public health students as interns. This spring, Deborah Allen and Arturo Quezada are working with DACU to create an ongoing timebank presence on the NMSU and DACC campuses. This might take the form of a student club or an ongoing service learning project with various professors.
If you have ideas or suggestions of people at either school who might be helpful in this work, please contact Kari and she can put you in touch with Deborah and Arturo.
We are excited to reach more college students through this project!
Photos by Mairead McCarthy
Deborah and Arturo recently joined the timebank as members.
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Kari continues to broadcast her radio show
Just Community on KTAL-LP every Thursday morning from 8 to 9
AM. (Locally, tune your dial to 101.5 FM, or listen to the show
online from anywhere in the world
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The show focuses on social equity and features voices not often heard in our community.
These guests and topics were featured in January:
- Grace Telles (mentoring young women and working in corrections)
- Richard Quinn (a creative writer drawing from life experience)
- Erin Underwood (Amador Health Center, Run With Your Doc event coordinator)
- Kay Lilley (in recognition of The Beloved Community's new office and non-profit status)
If you'd like to listen to archived shows or know someone who would be an interesting guest, please
contact Kari.
Richard shared an original spoken word piece on the air.
Erin in front of the KTAL wall of radio personalities.
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Directions to Our Office
151 South Walnut Street, Unit B13
You'll find DACU at the corner of Walnut and Griggs in the Walnut Business Park.
Please call before you come by as we may be out and about in the community!
We are just a few blocks away from several bus routes: Route 6 (stops 16 and 17), Route 7 (stop 20), and Route 8 (stop 5).
For more information, visit
the
Roadrunner Transit webpage.
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Vision:
Mission:
Doña Ana Communities United (DACU) creates welcoming spaces for all people, especially those whose voices and stories go unheard. We build genuine relationships, carry out uplifting projects, and engage with local government.
DACU conducts two main projects. (1) Social equity mapping: Undervalued community members explore their neighborhoods and work with local decision makers to develop policies that advance health equity. Current efforts focus on the Community of Hope, Gallagher Park, the Nevada Neighborhood, and Lisa Drive in Chaparral. (2) hOurTime timebank: Members build social cohesion and practice an equitable form of alternative economics by exchanging
services.
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