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New Mexico Children's Cabinet Career Cluster Town Hall June 30, 2008.

 

" To engage citizens of New Mexico of all ages and backgrounds in community based service to address the state's human, educational, environmental, public safety, health, housing, and other needs.
 

The Commission has for its purpose the promotion and guidance of Corporation for National and Community Service grant expenditures in a judicious and reasonable manner, consistent with pertinent provisions of federal law and regulation."

 

The New Mexico Commission for Community Volunteerism adopted its by-laws in September of 1997.


Lt. Governor Denish toured the Navajo Nation last month, meeting with advocates, mill workers and residents who live near abandoned uranium mines near Church Rock. The Lt. Governor said she wanted to see up close the damage done by the last wave of mining and said she would support reopening the industry only if clean-up of the “legacy” mines was addressed.

                    Lt. Governor pictured at ASC Award ceremony in Atlanta with Greg Webb, Executive Director of New Mexico Commission for Community Volunteerism and Commissioner Mark Bentley

Lt. Governor Denish receives top honor
from volunteer service commission
Award recognizes “architect” of state’s
Blueprint for Civic Engagement

SANTA FE – Lt. Governor Diane Denish on Saturday, May 31, was recognized in Atlanta as the American Service Commission’s “Friend of ASC” awardee. It is the major honor given by the group, which oversees 52 state commissions on volunteerism, the largest administrators of AmeriCorps funds in the nation.

Tom Brannen, executive director of the Commission, said the Lt. Governor was nominated by the chair of its board, Bill Basl, executive director of Washington State’s volunteerism commission.

 “This award goes to leaders who have done things to benefit our sector,” Mr. Brannen said. “Lt. Governor Denish, as chair of the New Mexico Commission for Community Volunteerism, has been the architect of the Blueprint for Service. We wanted to honor her for showing leadership on what our state governmental leaders are doing. Lt. Governor Denish is blazing the trail for that.”

The Blueprint for Civic Engagement, published in 2006, provides a framework for engaging New Mexicans of all ages and backgrounds in community-based activities that address the state's human, educational, environmental, public safety, health, housing, and other needs. Thanks in part to the document’s guidance, New Mexico has been one of the few states in the nation to see an increase in federal volunteerism money that support programs like AmeriCorps.

“We know that when people are engaged in their communities, they become healthier, happier and more committed to the public good,” Lt. Governor Denish said. “That’s especially true for our youths, who are otherwise at risk of truancy, dropping out and other illegal behaviors. Civic engagement is good for everyone.”

Past winners of the award are Robert Goodwin, past president and CEO of the Points of Light Foundation; Eli Segal, the founder of AmeriCorps; and Rosie Mauk, former director of AmeriCorps, the domestic version of Peace Corps.

Gregory Webb, executive director of the New Mexico Commission for Community Volunteerism said: “Lt. Governor Denish's leadership in the development of the Civic Blueprint has served as a roadmap not only for New Mexico, but for other states as well.  Recently, the State of Colorado sent a delegation to meet with me to discuss how Colorado could emulate a similar plan for their state.  This is a theme I am hearing more and more from other states from across the country."

Created in 1997, ASC is dedicated to advancing service and volunteerism in the United States. The commission works on behalf of a network of commission members and staff, who promote and represent all the streams of national and community service.  Attendance at this year’s National Conference on Volunteering and Service featured an estimated 250 leaders from all 50 states and the U.S. territories. The Lt. Governor’s award was presented at the ASC Annual Dinner at the Downtown Hilton in Atlanta.

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Honorable Bill Richardson, Governor

Honorable Diane Denish, Lieutenant Governor

 

New Mexico Commission for Community Volunteerism

For questions regarding the New Mexico Commission for Community Volunteerism, contact Julie Reeves, Program Officer

Mail:
New Mexico Commission for Community Volunteerism
3401 Pan American Freeway, NE
Albuquerque, NM  87107

Telephone:
505-841-4811
1-888-549-6913 (toll free)

Email:
julie.reeves@state.nm.us

 


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