Brava Media New Mexico

05/11/2018

Brava Podcast Episode 2: Not Serious Enough.

We’re back! Post-Kavanaugh, pre-general election and musings on double standards for local candidates not being “serious enough.” like you’ve never seen it before!

https://bravanm.com/2018/09/24/brava-podcast-episode-2/

Post-Kavanaugh, pre-general election and musings on double standards for local candidates not being “serious enough.”

01/11/2018

“A company is nothing without its workers. From the moment we start at Google we’re told that we aren’t just employees; we’re owners. Every person who walked out today is an owner, and the owners say: Time’s up.”

Our company has a history of harassment, discrimination, and protecting abusers. We’ve had enough.

27/09/2018

Resources for a heavy day.

The current wave of sexual abuse news is causing thoughtful people everywhere to feel disgust, sadness and rage on behalf of those victimized. But for some of us who have endured such violence, the relentless coverage and subsequent backlash are taking us to an even more disturbing place. Here, we t...

25/09/2018

BREAKING: Candidates, elected officials & community leaders call on Mick Rich to apologize for & address callous sentiment on sexual assault.

The New Mexico Political Report recently published comments from Mick Rich, New Mexico’s Republican candidate for the United States Senate. The focus of the story was whether he and fellow candidat…

25/09/2018

EXCITING NEWS! We’ve launched our podcast! Hang out with us as we talk about why we’re launching Brava, “The Year of the Woman”, Rep. Monica Youngblood’s disappearing video, the “progressive” stamp of approval, and more!

https://bravanm.com/2018/09/24/brava-podcast-episode-1/

Welcome to Brava Media, a platform in which women, inclusive of LGBTQ communities, will finally be highlighted and valued for our contributions to the community. Hang out with us as we talk about w…

24/09/2018

The “Year of the Woman” spurred by Trump? We say no.

“Because in the year 2018, it is still inconceivable that a woman could make decisions without approval, or in this case, inspiration, from a man.”

https://bravanm.com/2018/09/24/womens-work/

By Alex Bazan on behalf of the Brava Editorial Board They call it the Trump Effect. Women across the United States stepping up and running for public office. They credit number 45 for lighting a fi…

24/09/2018

Brett assaulted someone during his freshman year at Yale University.

A Yale classmate of Kavanaugh’s describes a dormitory party gone awry and a drunken incident that she wants the F.B.I. to investigate.

14/09/2018

One of the most pernicious modern myths about motherhood is that having kids will damage your career. Women are told that we need to choose between our jobs or our children, or that we’ll spend our…

01/09/2018

ICYMI: Reena Szczepanski was recently featured on Brava! What better way to celebrate this amazing woman on her birthday than learning a little bit more about her life, the people who inspire her, and the incredible work she does for our state?

https://bravanm.com/2018/08/26/5-questions-with-reena-szczepanski/

1) Who is your greatest inspiration? The women of Emerge are a deep well of inspiration and support to me, because they are together pushing themselves to do better, and to represent their communit…

09/06/2018

If folks were as upset about school shootings as they were about a woman cursing in a meeting, we might not be in this position in the first place. Elizabeth Monteith Armijo

'My word choice is not offensive. What's offensive is that our community continues to be divided.'

07/06/2018

"New Mexico primary defeat won't halt harassment probe" by SFGATE

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - The defeat of New Mexico state Rep. Carl Trujillo in the Democratic primary election has not halted an investigation by the Legislature into allegations of sexual harassment against the Santa Fe-area lawmaker. The Legislature's lead attorney, Raul Burciaga, said Wednesday that....

07/06/2018

From Santa Fe Reporter on Mayor Alan Webber: "But the mayor has shown a willingness to act without the city attorney's blessing...There's no women's panel." Still, no women's panel.

Three months in, Alan Webber still has to fill the city’s top jobs and create a women’s advisory council

04/06/2018

ICYMI: Jeff Apodaca isn't pro-choice, despite all his campaign talk. He gave money to a crisis pregnancy center--an organization that opposes women making their own personal health care decisions. http://www.santafenewmexican.com/elections/tax-documents-raise-questions-for-two-democrats/article_e27d9530-5c27-5069-ae6e-5541ca1ee2a2.html

04/06/2018

In this era of inaccuracy and deception, we need to stick together to share information that helps us save each other’s lives. Our choice is always pro-choice, Jeff Apodaca.

by Brava Editorial Board When we started Brava Media New Mexico, we agreed as a Board that we would not endorse in political races, but rather, that our mission was to support Democratic women in p…

03/06/2018

Wait, what? Jeff Apodaca gave money to a crisis pregnancy center--an organization that opposes letting women make their own personal health care decisions? So much for all of his talk about being . http://www.santafenewmexican.com/elections/tax-documents-raise-questions-for-two-democrats/article_e27d9530-5c27-5069-ae6e-5541ca1ee2a2.html

18/05/2018

Students shouldn't have to anticipate gun violence like this - 'I always felt like eventually it would happen here. I wasn't surprised, I was just scared.' Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America Moms Demand Action - NM
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/05/18/612286146/shooting-reported-at-high-school-near-houston

"It could be anywhere between 8 to 10 fatalities at the school, including students and adult staff as well," said Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez.

17/05/2018

ICYMI: Class-action lawsuit says that city of Albuquerque has an issue - systemically pays women less than their male counterparts https://www.abqjournal.com/1172938/lawsuit-city-pays-women-less-than-men-for-same-work.html

Class action filed by four female evidence technicians working for APD

09/05/2018

Women on the Democratic ticket are emerging as Tuesday night's victors.

07/05/2018

Center for Civic Policy, OLÉ NewMexico, New Mexico Asian Family Center, Native Voters NAVA, Drug Policy Alliance, Conservation Voters New Mexico, ProgressNow New Mexico, SouthWest Organizing Project, El Centro de Igualdad, Equality New Mexico and Emerge NM stand with woman who shared story of sexual harassment by Rep. Carl Trujillo.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 4, 2018 Contact: Oriana Sandoval (505) 615-7058 [email protected] Advocates stand with Laura Bonar We applaud the courage it took for Laura and all victims of sexua…

05/05/2018

Rep. Debbie Armstrong and Rep. Christine Trujillo HD 25 speaking out.

SANTA FE — Democratic Rep. Deborah Armstrong said Friday that at least two women have confided in her and described sexual harassment by fellow Rep. Carl Trujillo — a Nambé Democrat who already faces an…

04/05/2018

BRAVA EXCLUSIVE: Hear from Rep. Angelica Rubio about how she went from saying no 37 times when asked to run for public office to serving in the New Mexico State Legislature and saying, “Adelante, mi gente!”

By Angelica Rubio, State Representative, NM House District 35, Executive Director, NM CAFé Statistically, they say it takes seven times for a woman to be asked to run for office before she agrees t…

03/05/2018

BREAKING: Planned Parenthood Votes New Mexico Stands With Sexual Harassment Victim; Calls for Public Officials Guilty of Harassment to Resign

https://bravanm.com/2018/05/03/planned-parenthood-statement-on-harassment-allegations-in-new-mexico/

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 3, 2018 CONTACT [email protected], 303-359-8519 PLANNED PARENTHOOD STATEMENT ON HARASSMENT ALLEGATIONS IN NEW MEXICO ALBUQUERQUE, NM – The following statement w…

02/05/2018

Animal Protection Voters stands by employee who today made allegations of sexual harassment against Carl Trujillo & called for his resignation.

02/05/2018

Read the full letter from a community advocate outlining sexual harassment allegations against Rep. Carl Trujillo and calling on him to resign.

02/05/2018

BREAKING: Rep. Carl Trujillo asked to step down amid new sexual harassment allegations.

02/05/2018

We see you Brave Space! We feel the same. Somos mujeres bravas (in the reclaimed sense of the word) and we’re excited to hear more from your show!

https://santafe.com/ktrc/podcasts/brave-space-the-inaugural-show-with-cecile-lipworth-patricia-trujillo-renee

BRAVE SPACE Takes To the Air-Waves with Patricia Trujillo, Cecile Lipworth & Councilor Renee Villarreal

25/04/2018

Thanks for the shout-out, The New Mexican Inquisition-- and thanks to Michelle Lujan Grisham for advancing the conversation around women running for public office!

22/04/2018

Take it from someone who has been there: The lack of diversity among policymakers results in bad policies. If we want better laws, we need more women's voices at the decision-making tables.

21/04/2018

https://www.npr.org/2018/04/21/600902444/how-to-suppress-womens-writing-three-decades-old-and-still-sadly-relevant

This collection of essays by novelist and scholar Joanna Russ was first published in 1983 — but it reads as if it might've come out last week. "Get angry; then get a reading list," says our critic.

19/04/2018

Well, gentlemen… what we know to be true is this: the higher the horse, the harder the fall.

By the Brava Editorial Board Just a short month ago, Gubernatorial Candidates Jeff Apodaca and Peter DeBenedittis rode their high horses into the pre-primary convention to accuse the only female ca…

19/04/2018

The 'Sore Losers Caucus' is still in session, everyone.

Written by Heather Brewer on behalf of the Brava Editorial Board More than a month after the Democratic Party of New Mexico held its statutorily mandated Pre-Primary Convention to select candidates…

19/04/2018

Check out the Mariposa Fund in Brava Media NM's 5 Questions series!

"The Mariposa fund is founded by women of color and q***r folks all of whom are abortion care providers. Our mission is rooted in a desire to create equal access to reproductive health for all."

1) What is your organization, and who – and what needs – does it serve? The Mariposa fund is founded by women of color and q***r folks all of whom are abortion care providers. Our missi…

12/04/2018

COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR The Democratic Party of New Mexico (DPNM) seeks a Communications Director to lead the daily operations, rapid response efforts, press events, long-term communications projec…

09/04/2018

Illinois Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth gave birth to a baby girl Monday, her office announced, the first US senator to do so while in office.

08/04/2018

Do it for our kids! Great piece by Albuquerque's Celerah Hewes

OPINION | As a mother, my top priority is advocating for the health and safety of my child.