The 2008 Offering of Letters

 

 

 

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New Mexico Letter-Writing Schedule

(Albuquerque Unless Otherwise Noted)

 

March

8 Offering of Letters Workshop-Albuquerque

  at St. Andrew Presbyterian Church

29 Offering of Letters Workshop-Santa Fe

  at  St. Bede 's Episcopal Church   

30 St. Thomas of Centerbury Episcopal Church

 

April

13 Peace Lutheran Church (Las Cruces)

13 United Church of Santa Fe (Santa Fe)

13 & 20 First Presbyterian Church (Santa Fe)

20 La Mesa Presbyterian Church

20 St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church

20 & 27 St. Andrew Presbyterian Church (includes letters written by students at Albuquerque High School)

26-27 Aquinas Newman Center

27 New Life Presbyterian Church

 

May

1 Hungry Machine  A play by UNM drama class  (letter after play)  

4 All Saints Lutheran Church

4 Trinity United Methodist Church

17-18 Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Catholic Community

18   First United Methodist Church  

18 St. Bede 's Episcopal Church   (Santa Fe)

18 St. Paul Lutheran Church

18 St. Paul United Methodist Church (Las Cruces)

Piñon Elementary School (Santa Fe)

 

June

1 St. Bede 's Episcopal Church   (Santa Fe) -Continued

15 Church of the Good Shepherd (UCC)

15 The Center for Action and Contemplation (interns)

22 First Unitarian Church

 

July

 

August

 

September

 

October

 

Dates TBA:

 

Iglesia Congregacional Unida

First United Methodist Church (Gallup)

St. Anne Catholic Church

Shrine Parish of St. Bernadette Peace & Justice Committee

 

Albuquerque Mennonite Church

The Center for Action and Contemplation (staff)

St. John’s United Methodist Church (Santa Fe)

St. Jerome’s Episcopal Church (Chama)

Smith Memorial Presbyterian Church (Truchas)

Christ Lutheran Church  (Santa Fe)

The Community at Prayer

St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church (Española)

Trinity House Catholic Worker

The Well Community

Central United Methodist Church

 

 

 

Letter Count from 2008

Updated on June 30

Results from 19 churches

2 schools  1 play

Sen. Pete Domenici (710)

Sen. Jeff Bingaman (659)

Rep. Heather Wilson (554)

Rep. Steve Pearce (124)

Rep. Tom Udall (128)

*Undetermined (68)

Total (2,243)

 

Letters were also written in

New Mexico to these legislators:

 

Sen. Barack Obama (D-Illinois)

Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Illinois)

Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn)

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn)

Sen. Mel Martinez (R-Fla)

Sen.  Ron Wyden (D-Ore)

Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)

Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX)

   -2 letters

Total (9)

 

 

Recent Offerings of Letters

And other legislative victories

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RECENT OFFERINGS OF LETTERS In New Mexico

 

2007

A total of 1,655 letters were written in New Mexico in 2006.  We asked our elected representatives to support Seeds of Change: Help Farmers. End Hunger

 

Sen. Pete Domenici (550) Sen. Jeff Bingaman (501) Rep. Heather Wilson (320) Rep. Steve Pearce (44) Rep. Tom Udall (223) Undetermined (52)  *Includes 21 paper-plate letters to Sen.

Domenici, Sen. Bingaman and Rep. Udall from the children of First Presbyterian Churchin Santa Fe, and one banner for Rep. Heather

Wilson, put together by students and teachers at Menaul School in Albuquerque.   The banner 22 signatures.

 *Total (1,656)

Out of State letters written in New Mexico

Rep. Dave Camp (1) Sen. Debbie Stabenow (1) Sen. Carl Levin (1)

(All from Michigan) 

Sen. Norm Coleman (1) (Minnesota)

Rep. Don Young (2) (Alaska)

Sen. Richard Lugar (1) (Indiana)

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (1) (California)

Undetermined (2)

 

2006

A total of 1,140 letters were written in New Mexico in 2006.  We asked our elected representatives to support One Spirit, One Will Zero Poverty

Sen. Pete Domenici (378) Sen. Jeff Bingaman (346) Rep. Heather Wilson

(206) Rep. Steve Pearce (36) Rep. Tom Udall (118) President George W. Bush (5) Undetermined (52)  *Total (1,140)

 

 

2005

A total of 1,214 letters were written from New Mexico in 2005. We asked our elected representatives to support the Hunger-Free Communities Act

Sen. Pete Domenici (354) Sen. Jeff Bingaman (309) Rep. Heather Wilson

(199) Rep. Steve Pearce (92) Rep. Tom Udall (95) *Total (1,049)

and  The Millenium Goals Resolutions H.Con.Res 172 & S.1315

to Rep. Wilson & Sens. Bingaman and Domenici (75)

Grand Total (1,124)

 

These congregations, schools and organizations in Albuquerque, Las Cruces, Los Alamos, Santa Fe, and Gallup have participated in recent Offerings of Letters:

Albuquerque Mennonite Church, All Saints Lutheran Church, Aquinas Newman Center, Bethlehem Lutheran Church (Los Alamos), Church of the Good Shepherd (UCC), ELCA Rocky Mountain Synod (annual assembly-Albuquerque), First Presbyterian Church (Santa Fe),  First United Methodist Church (Gallup),  First Unitarian Church, Hillel at the University of New Mexico,  Holy Cross Lutheran Church,  Iglesia Congregacional Unida, La Mesa Presbyterian Church, Luther House,  Menaul School, Mesa View United Methodist Church,  Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Catholic Community,  Peace Lutheran Church (Las Cruces),   Risen Savior Catholic Community,  St. Andrew Presbyterian Church, St. Bede 's Episcopal Church (Santa Fe),  St. John’s United Methodist Church (Santa Fe),  St. Michael's High School  (Santa Fe), St. Paul Lutheran Church.  Sisters of Charity Albuquerque-Texas Network, The Community at Prayer, Trinity United Methodist Church