PARTICIPATE: More NM Healthcare Community Forums Scheduled

Community forums to discuss healthcare reform in New Mexico were held in many parts of New Mexico this summer. Scheduled events continue from now through October. This is your chance to hear first hand about the results of Mathematica's study on reform options and to speak up about what you'd like healthcare reform legislation to look like when it's taken up in the NM Legislature.

From the NM Human Needs Coordinating Council:
Community Forums: Achieving Healthcare for All, September-October 2007 - Statewide Cosponsors: Health Care for All Campaign, New Mexico Voices for Children, League of Women Voters NM, AARP, New Mexico Conference of Churches, New Mexico Coalition to End Homelessness, Health Action New Mexico, NM Public Health Association, NM Human Needs Coordinating Council, Con Alma Health Foundation, National , Association of Social Workers-NM, CWA.

Upcoming forums:

Eddy County
Date: Monday, September 10, 5:30-7:30 PM

• Location: NMSU-Carlsbad, Room 101, 1500 University Drive, Carlsbad
• Sponsors: Eddy County Community Health Council and NMSU
• Local Contact: Candace Autry, cautry@CO.EDDY.NM.US, 505-887-9511

Grant, Catron, Luna and Hildago County/ Silver City
Date: Tuesday, September 11, 6-8:00 PM

• Location: Bayard Community Center, 290 Hurley Avenue, Bayard (about 10 miles from SC)
• Lead Sponsor: SW Council of Governments
• Local Contact: Gloria Terrazas, SW New Mexico Council of Governments, 505.388.1509, gterrazas@gilanet.com

Santa Fe County
Date: Tuesday, September 18, 10 AM-12 PM, 5:30-7:30 PM

• Locations/address:
  • (10 AM-12 PM) Forum Building at College of Santa Fe Campus, 1600 St. Michael’s Drive, SF
  • (5:30-7:30 PM) Santa Fe County Courthouse/BCC Chambers, 2nd floor, 102 Grant Street, SF
• Cosponsors: Santa Fe County HHS Department, League of Women Voters, Results-Santa Fe CWA Local 7076
• Local Contact: Steve Shepard, Santa Fe County, 505.992.9840 sshepher@co.santa-fe.nm.us

Chaves County/Roswell
Date: Thursday, September 20, 2-4:00 PM

• Location: ENMU- Roswell, Occupational Technology Center Building, Room 124, Roswell
• Local Contact: Barbara Thompson 505.623.6173Thom-mom@zianet.com

Los Alamos County
Date: Thursday, September 20, 7-9:00 PM

• Location: Fuller Lodge, 2132 Central Ave, Los Alamos
• Sponsors: League of Women Voters-Los Alamos, Los Alamos Community Health Care Roundtable
• Local Contact: Chris Chandler, 505.662.5900, cchandler@cybermesa.com

Torrance County--Moriarty
Date: Wednesday, October 3, 12-2:00 PM

• Location: Teen Center/ Moriarty
• Sponsors: The Partnership for a Healthy Torrance County (Torrance Health Council)
• Local Contact: Billie Clark, Program Manager, Torrance County Project Office 505.832.0332, pmanager@lobo.net

Valencia County:
Date: Wednesday, October 3rd, 5:30-8:00 PM

• Location: UNM-Valencia campus
• Sponsor: Valencia Community Partnership
• Local Contacts: Peggy Gutjahr 385-0160/peggyrae@datasages.com and Sandra Chavez 865-3999, schavez@ydinm.org

McKinley County
Date: Thursday, October 4, 6:30-8:30 PM (time pending)

• Location: UNM-Gallup/ Calvin Hall Auditorium, 200 College Drive, Gallup
• Sponsor: McKinley County Health Alliance
• Local Contact: Ophelia Reeder, 505-863-5107, McKinley County Health Alliance, Ophelia_reeder@pmsnet.org ­

­Otero County/ Alamogordo
Date: Wednesday, October 24, 2 PM and 6 PM

• Location: 907 New York Ave., Alamogordo
• Sponsor: CAPPED, Inc.
• Local Contact: Tresa VanWinkle, RN, Executive Director CAPPED, Inc., tresa@capped.org
  PH: (505) 434-HOPE (4673), FAX: (505) 434-1177

For more information on the health care reform issue and scheduled events visit Health Action New Mexico.