New Mexico peeps - here is info about statewide local elections that are coming up in 2025...not just info about your particular county, but how the various types of races are set up and how they will look on the ballot.

I'm doing this to help boost civic engagement, voter education and registration and other good stuff.

If you want the 2021 NM Election Proclamation for the entire state (8MB pdf file), or an excerpt of your county...email me at tom.krajci@gmail.com

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What local election races will be held in 2025?

The official answer won't be released until about August of this year. The NM Secretary of State will release their Proclamation for the 2025 RLE (Regular Local Election). That document will describe every race in the state, sorted by county (alphabetically).

But I'm providing an excerpt of the 2021 Proclamation that is 99% correct. (More on that in a bit.)

#NewMexico #Voting #Elections #Community #Education #Civics #CivicEngagement

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Vanderbilt University: Bringing the past to life: fellows announced for new initiative to bolster teaching of high school history. “Vanderbilt University’s Alexander Initiative, part of Peabody College of education and human development, has selected its inaugural cohort of Alexander Fellows. The immersive professional development experience for outstanding high school teachers from across […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/15/bringing-the-past-to-life-fellows-announced-for-new-initiative-to-bolster-teaching-of-high-school-history-vanderbilt-university/

"Why", you may ask, "in the name of unholy fuck has this message not resonated throughout all societies, that non-violent resistance to injustice & oppression is twice as likely to succeed than an armed uprising!?"

And right you would be. We need to stop lionizing violent hero figures & start understanding & celebrating literal people power.

An important, 12-year-old talk by Erica Chenoweth, the researcher behind the 3.5% rule.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJSehRlU34w #resist #politics #civics #society

Systems can be overwhelming, they can feel inevitable. "News" is depressing, disempowering.

People, OTOH, are incredible. They can be dauntless and inspiring.

Systems can be broken. History says clearly that systems will break, they always break.

Be with the kind of people who break bad systems. I just did that for two hours. It was beautiful. #LifeHack #Civics #Politics #GrandRapidsMI

On the plus side, more Americans are now #learning the fundamentals about how not to govern — especially how not to craft & impose economic #policies.
#civics #cautionaryLessons #silverLinings #policyFailure #impoverishment #plunder #dismantlement #disruption

The #AP Fund for #Journalism (APFJ) announces pilot program supported by #Google News Initiative to provide #content, #editorial tools, and training to ~50 #nonprofit #news organizations in the #US

https://www.ap.org/media-center/press-releases/2025/ap-fund-for-journalism-announces-board-of-directors-1st-program-with-nearly-50-local-newsrooms/

#goodnews #goodearth #agriculture #farming #cleanwater #civics #Australia

Sunshine Coast Recycles Wastewater to Irrigate Farms–Instead of Dumping into a River

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/sunshine-coast-recycles-wastewater-to-irrigate-farms-instead-of-dumping-in-river/

Thanks to teacher Sandra Martinez, the AAUW Thousand Oaks chapter, and the TOHS Latino Youth Leadership Group for inviting councilmember Gutierrez and me to attend today’s session on city government and youth involvement.

Students asked really good questions about representation, mass transit, and the role of local government. Councilmember Gutierrez and I encouraged them (and everyone, really) to become more engaged in civic life.

> Civics Lessons | Lewis Black's Rantcast clips
https://youtu.be/Iax7Phu8oR4?si=_Oy_yDfTwTMs31L_ (video)

A history and civics teacher writes in to Lewis, who then shares it with us. This is worth listening.

What do people think of a lecture series on how government works? Does anyone know of any groups doing this? I live in a very red, small town, rural area and would like to make it as politically neutral as possible. But it feels like a good chunk of the populace has no idea how government works, how to contact your congressionals, etc. Please contact me with any resources or ideas, thanks!
#politics #civics #PublicEducation

𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼 𝘁𝗼 𝗠𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁:

• Every kitchen table conversation
• Every food pantry shift
• Every DIY civics workshop

That’s movement DNA.

Big wins start small. And they multiply.

You've got time (not much!) to sign up for this great webinar from HGSE.

https://calendar.gse.harvard.edu/en/36YmkP6/g/54VVVpBN0P/nurturing-democratic-engagement-in-the-classroom-4a5YUYNb0T/overview?source=ednow_newsletter
#Civics #education #democracy #k12

𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗜𝘀 𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹

School boards. Zoning commissions. County clerks.

That’s where authoritarianism wins quietly.

Flip the local script.

𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘰.

#Community #Civics #Local #Power #Solidarity #Democracy

The FBI Is Investigating Attacks on Tesla as ‘Domestic Terrorism.’ Here’s Why That Matters

https://www.wired.com/story/fbi-tesla-arson-domestic-terrorism-protests/

#Civics should be the cause of our #generation

https://thefulcrum.us/civic-engagement-education/civics-learning-week

I'm completely on board with all three trends!

#civics #civicscience #libraries #publiclibraries #pizza #thincrust #earlybird

https://civicscience.com/3-things-to-know-americans-are-eating-dinner-earlier-usage-of-public-libraries-and-americans-favorite-style-of-pizza-crust/

if every elected official had a fedi account on an offical govt server, what would be the point of calling their office vs just tagging them? wouldn't this make reaching out to them much more efficient? #civics #SocialWeb

Calling or showing up to their office does prove greater commitment than a post, but less people than all those who do care and might post would take those other steps. A way to prove who you are and where you vote (but obviously only if you want to) might be really valuable.

Civics Glossary

How well do you know your civics?

https://tiereddemocraticgovernance.org/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=29&id=156

#tiereddemocraticgovernance
#civics

New types of civic spaces for civil dialogue, such as citizen assemblies, are showing promise in “bringing to light a truth.” #Civics #forums https://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/the-monitors-view/2025/0311/Listen-up-wise-up-Forums-that-inspire-trust

Posted into The American Story @the-american-story-csmonitor

Watch, listen to, or read Ralph Nader's important 90 year history of #PublicAdvocacy, #democracy, #civics, #governance, #WallStreet, and the #media interact to ultimately bring us to today.

https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/how-the-media-walked-us-into-autocracy