NMPW Chapters
Albuquerque Press Women & Friends
Albuquerque Press Women & Friends (APW&F) holds monthly lunch meetings starting at 11:45 a.m. on the second Monday of each month, except July and August.
Currently, APW&F meetings are being held in the back meeting room at Weck’s in Albuquerque on Holly Ave. NE between Wyoming and Louisiana. The official address is 7301 Paseo del Norte, but the restaurant and its parking lot face Holly, not Paseo del Norte.
Meeting attendees may choose to order breakfast/lunch items and receive separate checks.
Membership dues for APW&F are $10 per calendar year. Non-members may attend a meeting by paying $5.
APW&F now operates under the direction of a leadership team. The current leadership team members of Merilee Dannemann, Janet Ford, Marcia Simmons, Linda Lockett (handles treasurer duties), Sherry Robinson, and Karen Wentworth strongly encourage others to join the leadership team.
2025 PROGRAMS:
- Monday, Jan. 13 – Bernalillo County District Attorney’s Office – Deputy Director Victoria LeBlanc and Communications Director Nancy Laflin
- Monday, Feb. 10 – City of Albuquerque representative speaking about the City’s work on reducing problems caused by and experienced by the unhoused
- Monday, March 10 – Megan Holcomb with Keep Albuquerque Beautiful – speaking about recycling in ABQ
- Monday, April 14 – Bernalillo County Fire and Rescue officers speaking about their department’s important work and ways to reduce the likelihood of damaging fires starting and spreading in our area
- Monday, May 12 – Speaker will be Chris Ramirez, communications director for UNM Health Sciences, including UNM Hospital. Ramirez was previously a television journalist and Public Information Officer for the City of Albuquerque.
- Monday, June 9 – Speaker will be NM Representative Marian Matthews (District 27 in Bernalillo County) sharing a summary and analysis of the 2025 NM Legislative session.
- July and August – APW&F does not meet.
- Monday, Sept. 8 – Gwyneth Doland, veteran journalist and professor of practice at UNM Dept. of Communications and Journalism, will speak about New Mexico’s loss of news outlets and journalism jobs during the past decades with resulting diminished coverage of local news and dearth of news sources throughout our state.
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Northern New Mexico Chapter
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Las Cruces Chapter
(No Longer Active)
New Mexico Press Women (NMPW) will meet in Las Cruces on Saturday, September 20, 2025 at the Hilton Garden Inn, 2550 Don Roser Drive. NMPW will hold its First Communicator’s Salon in Las Cruces from 3 to 5pm.
NMPW looks toward expanding their southern New Mexico membership. Communicators are invited to join this prestigious and hardworking organization and learn about the organization. Both men and women are welcome.
The salon will be followed by an optional dinner at 7pm at La Posta de Mesilla (2410 Calle De San Albino, Mesilla, NM 88046).
Local hostess is Denise Chávez, Las Cruces author, and NMPW Member at Large. Be assured of southern New Mexico hospitality with abundant delicious green chili.
If people wish to stay overnight at Hilton Garden Inn, or would like more information, please contact Denise Chávez at,comezon09@comcast.net
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