Congresswoman Melanie Stansbury to headline the New Mexico Press Women Banquet

Melanie Stansbury

Born and raised in New Mexico, Congresswoman Melanie Stansbury leads with determination and compassion. She has dedicated her career to finding solutions to water issues, poverty, and climate change — representing New Mexico in the Legislature and now in Congress.

She is a champion of efforts to address hunger, food, and water insecurity, conservation and climate change, and economic development and recovery. Stansbury worked in communities across the state as a STEM educator, researcher on land and water issues, and served as a former staffer in the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the White House Office of Management and Budget.

As the Congresswoman from New Mexico’s 1st Congressional District, she will share her efforts to tackle our biggest challenges—from economic development, to food and water security, to climate change—with New Mexico Press Women on Saturday, March 11, at the Isleta Resort.

Sherri Burr on Black Range Pub podcast

 Sherri Burr, who is in her fifth year serving as President of New Mexico Press Women, was the guest of Robert Kidera on his January 19, 2023 Black Range Pub podcast. She discusses the history of the organization, its currently active writing contests (ending soon) and her own recent and current writing projects. It can be found at: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1735855/:
Find details of the  2023 conference here

2023 Conference

Plans are shaping up for the 2023 NMPW conference, which will take place at Isleta Resort on March 10 and 11. The conference theme is “Telling the Untold Story.” A detailed program will be announced January 20, as we are still waiting for responses from some invited speakers. There will be events on Friday afternoon in addition to the usual welcoming reception that evening. Events will also take place all day Saturday, including the Zia Book Award Luncheon and the Awards Banquet. Registration is open now, and hotel rooms reservations can be made. See information and sign up on our Conferences page.

Albuquerque Press Women and Friends April Meeting

Albuquerque Press Women and Friends will meet virtually by Zoom on Monday, April 11, at 12 noon to discuss the guardianship issue, which could potentially affect any one of us. 

Our invited speakers are Kent Walz, senior editor at the Albuquerque Journal, who has written several stories about this, and Colleen Heild, investigative reporter, who has also covered the topic.

To attend, you must RSVP to Karen Wentworth at karen.wentworth3@gmail.com
no later than 9 p.m. Sunday, April 10, so she can put you on the list to be allowed into the Zoom meeting. To protect our privacy and prevent unwelcome spammers, etc., only those on this approved list are allowed in. If you have not previously participated with Albuquerque Press Women and Friends, please give Karen one sentence identifying yourself–that is a safety measure for all our participants.