New Mexico Community Forum on
Immigration Policy

Thursday, September 28, 2006
Santa Fe Community College, Jemez Rooms
Two sessions from 4:00 to 6:00 PM and from 6:30to 8:30 PM
Time Allotted for Public Comment
(Refreshments will be served at 6:00 PM)

Tentative Agenda:
3:30 PM Press Conference in the Jemez Rooms

4:00 PM to 6:00 PM Listening Panelists: Representative of US Senator Jeff Bingaman’s Office Representative of Congressman Tom Udall’s Office Speaker of the NM House of Representatives Ben Luján NM Majority Floor Leader Ken Martínez Sen. Nancy Rodríguez (Santa Fe) Rep. Peter Wirth (Santa Fe) Chief District Judge Martha Vázquez Santa Fe Mayor David Coss President of NM Municipal League Mayor Joe Maestas Eric Griego, NM Economic Development Department Expert Witnesses: Dr. Manuel Griego y García, Hispanic Research Institute Christine Trujillo, NM Federation of Labor AFL-CIO Chief Ron Haley, NM Police Chiefs’ Association Ruth Hoffman, Lutheran Office of Gov. Ministries Jerry Bradley, New Mexico Voices for Children Leo Anchondo, US Conference of Catholic Bishops Councilor Miguel Chavez Santa Fe Mayor Pro-tem Dr. Liz Gutierrez, SFCC Board Member Duane Trythall, NM Ass. of Commerce and Industry

6:30 to 8:30 PM Listening Panelists: Representative of US Senator Jeff Bingaman’s Office Representative of Congressman Tom Udall’s Office Justice Edward Chávez, NM Supreme Court Sen. John Grubesic (Santa Fe) Sen. Gerald Ortiz y Pino (Albuquerque) Rep. Jim Trujillo (Santa Fe) Rep. Jeanette Wallace (Los Alamos) Rep. Miguel García (Albuquerque) Santa Fe Mayor David Coss Expert Witnesses: Michael Davis, NM NAACP President Dr. Julia Rosa López Emslie, NMABE President Alma Olivas, Community Coalition for Healthcare Access Mauricio de Segovia, Colonias Development Council Greg Solano, Santa Fe Sheriff Rev. Holly Beaumont, NM Conference of Churches Evangeline Trujillo, Hispanic Round Table

Convening organizations and elected officials:
Speaker of the New Mexico House of Representatives Ben Luján,
Archdiocese of Santa Fe, City of Santa Fe,
Communications Workers of America—Local 7076,
Hispanic Round Table, New Mexico Association for Bilingual Education,
New Mexico Association of Commerce and Industry, New Mexico Conference of Churches, New Mexico Federation of Labor—AFL-CIO, New Mexico NAACP,
and Somos Un Pueblo Unido.

For more information:
Contact Somos Un Pueblo Unido at (505) 424-7832 or somos@rt66.com