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Looking Back at our Campaign |
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When pediatrician Sherri Alderman requested our help to
sponsor children’s elections around town, I knew from my experience in
the arts that we had a winning formula. In the world of dance, every
ballet company raises their largest chunk of operating capital each
year by presenting the Nutcracker ballet. Along with their prima
ballerina and the other professional dancers, the stage is packed with
sugar plum fairies, waltzing flowers, and other dancing children. Some
companies even have children’s choirs perform in the lobby before
performance and at intermission. The kids bring the audience with them.
The theater seats are filled with parents, aunts and uncles, grand
parents, brothers and sisters of the dancing kids.
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Results are in from Kids Vote NM! |
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Every Child Matters in New Mexico sponsored presidential elections all across the state from Alamogordo to Lordsburg and from Albuquerque to Roswell. “Daddy I voted!” cried a little girl who ran across the room to the voting booth where he was filling out his own ballot. Two little girls voted in Los Ranchos de Albuquerque dressed as a fairy princess and an angel. One five-year-old boy was so excited about voting that he slept with the flyer under his pillow.
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Congressional Candidates Debate SCHIP |
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Our intrepid Rosa Barraza was able to place questions about kids into the Town Hall debate and directly asked each candidate about their positions on SCHIP.
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Children's Presidential Election In New Mexico |
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Sherri Alderman, MD, discribes our campaign to engage young people in the electoral process by sponsoring voting days for kids before the general election.
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Step Up for Kids Day at the New Mexico State Fair |
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Once the sounds of silly children's songs and performers with poodles
had subsided, our event at the New Mexico State Fair launched with the
governor's proclamation that September 16th is Step Up For Kids Day in
New Mexico.
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