Contacting a legislator:  If a legislator has an email address listed on the Legislature's Web Site and on this web site (Legislative Contacts), she/he probably picks up their messages regularly.  If an email address is not listed, telephoning or writing their office is the best way to contact them.  Legislator's home addresses are listed on our Legislative Contacts page. During legislative sessions, letters to legislators should be addressed to the State Capitol, Santa Fe, NM 87501.  Also during sessions, you can reach any legislator by calling the Legislative Switchboard at 986-4300 or you can call their office using the telephone number that can also be found by clicking Legislative Contacts. You can reach the governor's office by calling 476-2200 or sending a message at Gov. Richardson.

New Name, Same Mission    As you can see, LOGM-NM is now Lutheran Advocacy Ministry-New Mexico.  Our Policy Committee has acted to adopt a new name and we have joined a number of other ELCA state public policy offices which use the name "Lutheran Advocacy Ministry."  Our mission remains the same:  

Interim Legislative Committees    The time between legislative sessions is called the "interim" and a number of legislative committees meet during this time to consider and discuss issues.  Lutheran Advocacy Ministry-NM follows several interim committees closely.  Some of those committees include Legislative Health & Human Services, Legislative Finance, Welfare Reform Oversight, Revenue Stabilization & Tax Policy, and Mortgage Finance Authority Oversight.  You can find the schedule and agendas for interim committees on the Legislative Website .

Governor Appoints Task Force on Poverty Reduction    Gov. Richardson has appointed 21 people to serve on the Task Force on Poverty Reduction.  Lutheran Advocacy Ministry-NM director, Ruth Hoffman, is among the appointees.  The Task Force will meet during the summer and is scheduled to make recommendations to the governor by September 5.  Poverty is a serious situation in our state with over 18% of our neighbors living in poverty.  The federal poverty level (100% FPL) for a family of three is now $17,600.  Most economists agree that 200% of the FPL is a more accurate measure of poverty.  The first meeting of the Task Force is scheduled for June 12.