Join us at the 2010 Spirit of Hope Celebration! Buy your tickets online today! Enjoy live music with Cathy McGill, food from local restaurants, a live auction, and more as we pay tribute to extraordinary New Mexicans who work to make the world a better place by honoring the winners of the 2nd Annual Alice King Public Service Award, the 2nd Annual Patty Jennings Citizen Advocacy Award and the 17th Annual Amy Biehl Youth Spirit Award! We will also pay special tribute to Polly Arango The 2010 Spirit of Hope Celebration is Saturday, September 25, 2010, 6:30pm at the Albuquerque Museum Amphitheater Click here to buy your tickets! Want to be a sponsor of the 2010 Celebration? Download the sponsorship sheet. Want to be a food station sponsor? Download the information sheet and registration form.

New Report!

New Mexico Revenues and Expenditures: A Mid-Recession Snapshot Only two other states had a employment picture more dismal than New Mexico's this June. With unemployment at 8.2 percent—and likely to be as high as 6.3 percent until 2015—New Mexico has a ways to go before its recovery from the recession is complete. Download the report (Aug. 2010; 6 pages; pdf) Download the press release (pdf)

The Report is Out

Whether you participated in the America Speaks Our Budget, Our Economy national town hall or not, you're encouraged to take a look at the latest report. Largely expected to mirror the messages of deficit hawks, the recommendations that came from the meetings speak to a fundamental belief in progressive taxation and a positive role for our government in the economy, particularly during periods of economic distress. Click here for the interim report to Congress (pdf); here for a slide show summary of the report; and here for the Albuquerque site report (pdf).

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