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New Mexico Letter-Writing Schedule (Albuquerque Unless Otherwise Noted) February 21 Offering of Letters Workshop-Las Cruces at Peace Lutheran Church Program 28 Offering of Letters Workshop-Albuquerque at St. Andrew Presbyterian Church Program March 1 Offering of Letters Workshop-Santa Fe at First Presbyterian Church Program 15 Church of the Good Shepherd (UCC) 17 Smith Memorial Presbyterian Church-Women’s group (Truchas) 15 & 22 La Mesa Presbyterian Church 22 New Life Presbyterian Church April 18-19 Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Catholic Community 18-19 Immaculate Conception Catholic Church 19 St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church 25-26 Aquinas Newman Center 26 United Church of Santa Fe (Santa Fe) 26 St. Bede 's Episcopal Church (Santa Fe) 26 All Saints Lutheran Church 26 St. Andrew Presbyterian Church 26 Peace Lutheran Church (Las Cruces) May 3 St. Bede 's Episcopal Church (continued) 2-3 Risen Savior Catholic Community 3 Immaculate Conception Catholic Church-youth group 10 St. Paul Lutheran Church 10 & 17 First Presbyterian Church (Santa Fe) 10 & 17 First United Methodist Church 17 & 31 St. Thomas of Centerbury Episcopal Church 24 Trinity United Methodist Church June 6 First Unitarian Church 14-16 Bread for the World National Gathering and Lobby Day (Washington, D.C.) August 27 Trinity House Catholic Worker September 20 St. Andrew Presbyterian Church Fall Offering of Letters Dates TBA: Iglesia Congregacional Unida St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church (Española) St. Anne Catholic Church Central United Methodist Church St. Paul United Methodist Church (Las Cruces) The Center for Action and Contemplation (interns) First United Methodist Church (Gallup) 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) Christ Lutheran Church (Santa Fe) The Community at Prayer The Well Community

Letter Count from 2009 Updated on August 27 Results from 20 churches, 1 workshop Sen. Jeff Bingaman (652) Sen. Tom Udall (657) Rep. Martin Heinrich (573) Rep. Harry Teague (66) Rep. Ben Ray Lujan (112) *Undetermined () Total (2,060) Letters were also written in New Mexico to these legislators: Sen. Mary Landrieu-LA (1) Sen. David Vitter-LA (1) Total (2) Recent Offerings of Letters And other legislative victories

RECENT OFFERINGS OF LETTERS In New Mexico 2008 A total of 2,243 letters were written in New Mexico in 2007. We asked our all our legislators to support a a $5 billion increase in poverty-focused development assistance and our senators to sign on to the Global Poverty Act. Sen. Pete Domenici (710) Sen. Jeff Bingaman (659) Rep. Heather Wilson (554) Rep. Steve Pearce (124) Rep. Tom Udall (128) Undetermined (68) Out of State letters written in New Mexico 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) 2007 A total of 1,655 letters were written in New Mexico in 2007. 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. HeatherWilson, 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, United Church of Santa Fe