The Santa Fe New Mexican recently wrote about our plans to hold a powerful Call for Climate Courage protest outside the New Mexico State Capitol on the Opening Day of the 2025 Legislative Session in their "Roundhouse Report" newsletter. Read on to view the excerpt, or click here to read "The Roundhouse Report: Politics in New Mexico" in its entirety.
The Roundhouse Report: Politics in New Mexico
By Daniel J. Chacón, Santa Fe New Mexican, January 18, 2025
Protest Planned on Opening Day
Tuesday marks the start of New Mexico's 60-day legislative session, and the drama is already taking shape.
A group of activists known as Youth United for Climate Crisis Action, or YUCCA, is planning to stage a protest at 9 a.m. outside the state Capitol.
"YUCCA and its allies will lead a strategic direct action at the New Mexico State Capitol to call attention to the climate crisis and the need for bold, meaningful action from legislators," a news release states.
Exactly what a "strategic direct action" looks like remains to be seen.
YUCCA spokesperson Zoey Craft declined to elaborate, saying only the group has "an action planned where we're expecting over 200 students and other community members to be joining us outside the Roundhouse."
Last year, members of the group and pro-Palestinian activists disrupted Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham's State of the State address, shouting from the gallery and removing layers of clothing during three separate outbursts to reveal T-shirts with slogans such as "real climate action now" and "defend the sacred."
Craft said a protest during the governor's speech is not "currently" in the works.
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